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WWF Royal Rumble

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Graphics - Pretty good! Each wrestler has their trademark look. The ring is big and vibrant. There are also animated announcers behind the ring (probably Vince McMahon and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan as they were the WWF announcing team when this game was released [1993]). There is also a ref in his trademark blue shirt and black slacks (this was the WWF ref uniform back then). And when you win, WWF ring announcer Howard Finkel enters the ring and raises your arm in victory.

Sound - There are the trademark grunts and a very active crowd. The music in this game is totally PHAT! Thanks to the SNES sound chip, there are excellent reditions of the wrestlers' entrance songs, from Savage's "Pomp & Circumstance", Bret Hart's "Hart Attack", and Shawn Michaels' "Sexy Boy". My fave songs are Ric Flair's (WHOOO!), Crush (excellent metal-sounding song), Shawn Michaels', Ted DiBiase's, and Yokozuna's.

Control - Excellent!

Playability - You have several modes of play : one-on-one, tag, 6-man tag, and the Royal Rumble. In one-on-one, you can have a one-fall exhibition match wither either 1 or 2 players (in 1 player mode, you can pick the opponent or have the computer pick the opponent), a brawl (match ends when somebody's health meter reaches zero), and tournament (if you beat all 11 opponents, you win the World Wrestling Federation Championship). In tag team mode, you can have 1 player, 2 players competitive, or 2 players cooperative. Unlike the Genesis version, there is no tournament mode in tag team, so you will not be able to go for the World Wrestling Federation Tag Team championship. In 6-man tag mode, you can have one player, 2 player competive, or 2 player cooperative...there is no tournament mode in 6-man (well, the WWF never had a 6-man championship...only World Class and the NWA/WCW had 6-man titles). Finally, the Royal Rumble match where you must throw your opponents over the top rope without being thrown over the top rope yourself (stay off the turnbuckles because you risk being knocked off the turnbuckle onto the floor, which would eliminate you). There are 12 wrestlers in this game : The Undertaker, Bret "Hitman" Hart, Tatanka (aka Chris Chavis), Crush (babyface "Kona" Crush version), "Nature Boy" Ric Flair (WHOOOOO!), "Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon (aka "Last Call" Scott Hall), Yokozuna (who sadly died last year), "Narcissist" Lex Luger, "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase ("Everybody has a price for the Million Dollar Man! Gya-ha-ha-ha!"), "Macho Man"Randy Savage (OOH YEAH! DIG IT!), & Mr. Perfect (aka Curt Hennig).

Overall - A great wrestling game!

This was a fun game for the SNES back in the day, now it just seems sorta ancient, but it can be fun for those who don't like the more complicated games of today for the more advanced systems.

It's fun button mashing and you even get to use a finishing move, when your opponent is tired.

You can choose from 12 wrestlers: Yokozuna, Crush, Macho Man Randy Savage, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Lex Luger, Razor Ramon, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Mr. Perfect, Tatanka and The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase.

There are a few modes to play: Single, Tag Team and Triple Tag Team, all either vs. the computer or another player, Royal Rumble, where you fight the other 11 superstars and a single and tag title tournament.

The best modes are the Royal Rumble and tourney modes, the others are too easy.

Pros:

-The graphics are good, for back then especially.
-The characters have their own unique look.
-Different modes to play, gives some replay value.
-You can pull off a finishing move for each wrestler, some are harder to do than others, (i.e. Lex Luger's running forearm smash).
-The music is good, especially for a 16 bit system.

Cons:
-Besides the finishing moves, all the characters do the same moves.
-The finishing holds only work sometimes, not every time.
-It gets boring playing by yourself, pretty fast.
-The replay value wears off quicker than some games.

Overall it's a good game, worth renting (if you can find a place that rents SNES games these days) or buying for a low price, just don't expect groundbreaking stuff. But it's an agreeable time waster.

This game is classic button-mashing at its best. Darn fun and amusing as heck. It will make you laugh out loud. Definitely worth a rental, although there's not much to it. Just punch and kick your opponent until he gets tired and goes down. Then do a special move just for kicks. Also, since the hip toss out of the ring is so brutal, you might want to try that too. And knock the referee down whenever you get the chance. Lots of fun for the whole family.

Back in the early 90's I had a LOT of fun with WWF Royal Rumble. This game is a big improvement over WWF Super Wrestlemania because Royal Rumble has more wrestlers, more moves, and overall a much better experience. Unfortunately, the much better WWF Raw came along shortly after its release, making WWF Royal Rumble not as good as it first appeared.

It's true that WWF Royal Rumble is closer to WWF Raw than Super Wrestlemania. So for all you Super Wrestlemania haters out there... fear not! In WWF Royal Rumble, you have 12 classic wrestlers from the mid 90's (some of which are STILL wrestling, 14 years later) such as Ric Flair, Yoko Zuna, Crush, Razor Ramon, Macho Man and Shawn Michaels.

Now, even though the game engine moves *much* faster in Royal Rumble compared to Super Wrestlemania (in addition to more moves and options) I wouldn't call this game a masterpiece or anything. I think WWF Raw, even with its problems, is far and away the better overall game.

But if WWF Raw isn't available or too expensive, you can always pick up WWF Royal Rumble and have fun with it until you pop in the superior WWF Raw. The thing is, WWF Raw has more options (such as the Bedlam option where you and your partner are allowed to compete in the ring at the same time), a LOT more regular moves, the addition of SUPER moves, and just a better game overall. So for me, WWF Raw is the game to buy.

WOW WHAT A GAME.A LOT OF WRESTLERS LIKE RIC FLAIR,CRUSH,MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE AND ORTHERS.YOU GET ROYAL RUMBLES AND ONE ON ONE CHALLENGERS.PS BUY IT AND HAVE FUN.

I loved this game when it was the best a wrestling game could be in it's day. It was released sometime in the early 90's on the SNES. Originaly it was to have Hulk Hogan in it, but he left the WWF to join WCW and was taken out of the game before it's release.


It was like it's predoecsser "WF Wresltemania"(Snes) in the graphics department, but the last game had little options and button mashing game play. This game however worked pretty much the same way, but you had a special move. All the specials where preformed by using the shoulder R button, but it depended on where you where situated. Like The Undertaker had to do it in a grapple to do the Tombstone Piledriver and guys like Bret Hart and Ric Flair had to do them on the ground at the feet. The hardest is Lex Lugers, you have to whip him into the rope and run into the rope yourself and hit that r button when there close enough to elbow them in the face.

The game was a lot of fun, there was one on one, tag and royal rumble. Every charactor pretty much was the same with a different look, but it was great fun... the next version RAW changed the moves around a bit and added some new moves but it wasnt as fun as this version. This is the best wrestling game on the SNES. Next to Wrestlmania arcade.

This was quite a step from the original Wrestlemania game for SNES. This offered far better graphics, music, sound effects, finishers and maneuvers. A nice broad pallet of superstars, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Razor Ramon, HBK, Mr. Perfect and more, each has their own unique finishing maneuver, however they all have the same moves. This was also the first game to incorporate the WWF's 30 man over the top rope Royal Rumble, but they did not include many more modes. A nice game, but it is not as good as WWF RAW for the SNES.