WCW Nitro

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Product Features

• 1-2 Players
• Rated "K-A"

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00002STTQ
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 16, 1998
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,039 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

Product Description

GameSpot Review

After years of toiling in mediocrity, World Championship Wrestling has become the best wrestling promotion around. The minds behind WCW have secured the sport's top talents, and the angles are almost as good as WWF's Rock-n-Wrestling Connection years. So with the raging success of WCW, it's only natural that it would license its name out for some video games. The resulting products have been a mixed bag, with WCW vs. The World and WCW vs. nWo taking the easy way out by slapping WCW talent into a Japanese-made wrestling game with little or no connection to the organization. WCW Nitro was designed from the ground up to be a WCW-licensed game, and it shows.

The game has all the standard options that one would come to expect from a wrestling game. There are exhibition matches, tournaments, tag team matches, and the like. Actual gameplay is where Nitro chooses to make its differences known. Rather than rely on senseless button mashing to execute moves, Nitro instead has more of a fighting game style to it, with each move having its own set of buttons that trigger the move. Don't be fooled - there is still a bit of button pounding in the game, but not nearly as much as most other wrestling titles out there.

The game was made to look and feel like WCW's Monday night program, from FMV intros to ring decorations. The pregame graphics are all quite good, but once the game starts, the game takes a huge downturn. While the characters look quite a bit like their real-life counterparts, the graphics are also very blocky. The game's frame rate is decent in a one-on-one match, but the minute another character runs down from the locker room to help out, the frame rate goes way, way down. Adding a fourth character makes a bad situation worse. The game's sound effects are nice, although commentary is very sparse. The announcers only butt in to state the name of a move or mention that someone is running down to join the match.

Even with its graphical difficulties, WCW Nitro is still the best WCW-licensed wrestling game out there. WCW fans won't be disappointed, and wrestling game fans will have something to cheer about as well. THQ already has another WCW game, this one based on WCW's new show, Thursday Night Thunder, in the works. If the game fixes the few problems with Nitro, then WCW fans are definitely in for a treat. --Jeff Gerstmann
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Product Description

Insane 1 or 2 player Tag Team action, plus Tournament and Exposition modes.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars One of the Worst Wrestling Games EVER, November 12, 2001

By	R. Riemensnyder (Wilkes-Barre, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

(Bad) graphics, limited match options, no create-a-wrestler mode, and confusing gameplay. That's what WCW NITRO brings to the table, folks. This game has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Don't waste your money. If you want to play a fun wrestling game on your Playstation, buy the first or second Smackdown game. This one just isn't worth your time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars One of THQ's Weaker Efforts, September 6, 2001

By	Kanku (Brooklyn, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

After playing WCW Nitro in it's entirety I've come to one conclusion; this is a bad game. THQ, usually known for quality games, really show that this is one of their beginning efforts on the playstation. So many problems keep this game from being a top notch wrestling game. But let's start with the positives. There are a ton of hidden characters. Okay, that's it for the pros. The flaws in this game however are abundant. The graphics are way behind the curve and make the game seem childish. It looks as if you are using a cartoon as a wrestler. It isn't realistic at all. To add to the childish graphics is the childish gameplay. This game is just a bunch of mindless button mashing and that is what you have to resort to to makes it easy. There is also a serious lack of depth to this game. You only have a smal amount of modes to select fromwhich makes the game boring after you've beaten it. This creates a lack of replay value. The only thing keeping you coming back are the cooky hidden characters you unlock. The only reason I didn't fail this game completely is because of the hidden characters and the fact that it was created in 1998 ,but that is still no excuse in light of the fact that such excellent games such as Resident Evil 2 and Metal Gear Solid were released that year. If you HAVE to play this game, rent it before you purchase it. You'll see what I mean.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars worst game, April 2, 2004

By	Daniel Segal "Daniel" (Pittsburgh , PA) - See all my reviews

you cant pick up any weapons and their is hardly any commentary and you dont see the wrestlers come out, all you see is their picture. I would avoid this game.