WWF/WWE Video Games

[Wayne]

Yeah lol. Triple H VS John Cena new video: http://gamingring.com/news/?p=3287

[Wayne]

We had the opportunity to play the first section of John Cena’s Road to Wrestlemania storyline. Here is what we saw. The first thing we saw was John Cena opening up Raw with an in-ring promo. Basically he dedicated this week’s match against Mr Kennedy to his friends serving in the armed forces. He mentions that he is particularly interested in catching up with a armed service member named “Tony.” Next up you go to the locker room which with each of the different characters that are available in the Road to Wrestlemania mode will have a unique locker room specific to his character.

In the locker room you can check out the schedule, see what different challenges are for this particular week and check your voicemail. The challenges are your way to unlock the several unlockables in the game. Specific examples, are Superstars, arenas, and a new previously unseen match type.

So you have your match against Kennedy and it’s a regular exhibition one on one bout and you take the loud mouth to school. After the match, commentators Jim Ross and the King Jerry Lawler mention that this match was dedicated to the troops and that the tribute to the troops event is next week.

From there you take on MVP and in the locker room you find out that you have to make the highest paid WWE Superstar on Smackdown to beat the challenge. The Tribute to the troops arena is very nicely done. Its a outdoor arena with all of the fans around ringside and in the “arena” wearing army uniforms. Off in the distance you can see tanks, and humvees.

After beating MVP by submission, you will unlock the Tribute to Troops arena to be used in all of the other modes. Next week, at Raw MVP is in the ring talking about how he was cheated and that John Cena isn’t a hero like MVP is. MVP claims that he is leaving the USA and that any of the other WWE superstars are welcome to join him. MVP claims that he is no longer a US citizen. That concluded our hands on time with the Road to Wrestlemania mode but we were told that MVP forms his own country called IAMBETTERTHANYOUTOPIA and that his country is in the squared circle.

Other random notes from the event, we will have a video interview with Bryan Williams where a lot of good information is revealed. You wont want to miss that. And we did manage to pick up a updated build of the 360 version so expect even more coverage from GR in the very near future.

I did have a chance to play the WII version and the interactive cut scenes was done really well.

The Xbox 360 and PS3 versions will feature 66 playable superstars.

The DS version will feature over 20 superstars and it looks like it is nicely coming along. I played 1 match between Santino and Big Daddy V. You tap the screen to strike and you draw a circle and use the dpad to perform a grapple.

The Create a belt mode is absent this year. The reason that they gave was that it was a feature that was not used very much by the fans. They felt that with the addition of the Highlight reel, and create a finisher will soften the blow of the loss.

It looks like THQ is looking at allowing gamers to have the ability to make their own titantrons in future editions.

I couldn’t get a reason why the Wrestlemania 24 level has a room and is not outdoors. Perhaps it is a licensing issue?

Trophy support does not look likely this year for the PS3.

[Misawa]

SUCKS that 'Mania 24 is indoors.

[Wayne]

Yeah. I'm glad how detailed the tribute to the troops arena is. Also, John Cena's story sounds quite good.

[Misawa]

Any pics or video of the tribute arena? I wonder what the new match type is.

[Wayne]

I don't think there are any pics or videos of it. The only new match type I know of this year is falls count anywhere. I doubt it's the one that is being explained above though, since falls count anywhere pics have already been released.

[Misawa]

Well Falls Count Anywhere is just the Hardcore match renamed since WWE never uses that term anymore. There is Inferno, but that's already been announced. I wonder what it could be.

[Wayne]

Oh yeah, I forgot about Inferno. It could be bra and panties since there has been an increase in the amount of divas this year. [guess]

[newWORLDorder]

This new match type will most likely be a totally customisable match... I remember reading that in RTW mode some matches have twists, like a 5 pin count. So this could be a match where you make the rules. I want to make a 6 man title scramble.

It was confirmed in an interview with a french mag that Bra and Panties is returning next game.

[Wayne]

Seems cool but a 5 pin count would be so lame and unrealistic.