10 Strangest Wrestling Video Games Of All Time
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Most wrestling games attempt to replicate the professional wrestling experience as closely as possible. From 1989's WWF WrestleMania for the NES right up to WWE 2K22 on modern hardware, they try to represent the televised product as best as the available technology allows. However, for some developers, the bizarre world of cheap shots and chairs to the head just wasn't enough, and they decided to add stranger and stranger ingredients to the mix in order to stand out. This was, usually, a terrible idea, resulting in titles like the oft-discussed and critically panned The Simpsons Wrestling. Here are the 10 Strangest Wrestling Video Games of All Time.
VO: Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: Simon Pike (@Sim198k)
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Def Jam Vendetta is legendary and you can't convince me otherwise
Totally agree
FFNY is far superior in every single way.
@@alphaomegabeast169 if you’re telling me that FFNY beats Vendetta in finishers…then I want whatever you’ve been smoking, because clearly it’s the good stuff
I like Fight for New York better, but I can appreciate what Vendetta brought to the table
Only problem is, when it appeared I expected the developers to follow up with a new version of virtual pro wrestling using their new engine and it never happened
Of everything on the list Def Jam: (Fight for New York) has aged gracefully! The story is well written and the combat system is smooth and deep making it all addictively replayable with all the different types of fighters you can develop as you see fit. It can arguably not only stand toe to toe with other current wrestling games now. But even put them to shame.
I still have and enjoy both Def Jam games. The first is great if I feel like a more "pure" wrestling game, while the second is a great fighting game.
Both are probably in the top 5 wrestling games of the past 20 years.
I would argue the story is completely standard, but PERFORMED to pitch perfection by the hip-hop voice cast, which elevates it quite a lot.
Bummer that it costs do much.
The only thing that erks me is that Vendetta is the wrestling game, Fight For NY is just a fighting party game. Love both don't get me wrong but I wish 'If they make a comeback' lean a bit more into the wrestling side of things.
@@artminusme Yeah. I really enjoyed the wrestling in the first game. Maybe a little more than the second game, though the second game is technically better.
Rumble Roses was a solid game with a story mode unique to each heel and face version of the character. I had so much fun with it.
To people hearing about these games for the first time, if there's any game you play from these, make sure it's the Def Jam games, especially Def Jam Fight for New York. That game is a masterpiece.
Agreed, but good luck finding a physical copy for less than $100 though.
@@explosionsandstuff7787 Just emulate it bruh, who honestly gives a crap about physical copies? You aren't going to playing it on an original PS2 anyway. You'll be emulating it. And given that emulation literally gives you better results than the original console at this point. It's easily the best way to play.
@@jesseinfinite I can't find a working PS2 emulator. Do you know where to find one?
@@Day_Reezy How the fuck could you not find a working PS2 emulator? Literally the first result when you google search PS2 emulator would be PCSX2.
@@jesseinfinite I actually played it on PS2 half an hour ago. I also have it on Gamecube. Frankly, a lot of people prefer physical copies of retro games because emulators can be shut down and then you can't play the game anymore.
Def Jam Vendetta was my shit growing up. What a classic.
Suprised you guys didn't put any Kinnikuman/Ultimate Muscle games on this list. I played the ones on GBA and PS2 that came to the west and let me tell you I don't think any game on your list is stranger than a series where superheros fight aliens by pro wrestling them to death.
i'd kill for a solid remaster.
Surprised WWE Immortals wasn’t on the list. It was a mobile fighting game made by NetherRealm (you know, the Mortal Kombat devs) that reimagined WWE super stars as ancient warriors, superheroes, mages, and more. Characters included cyborg Brock Lesnar, necromancer Undertaker, evolved John Cena, zombie AJ Styles, and banshee knight Paige.
As a lifelong wrestling fan and a big Shantae fan, I've always found it so strange that WWF Betrayal was developed by the same people who developed Shantae, as both subjects (WWF & Shantae) are worlds apart and you would never think one would have any sort of relation to the other.
WWF Betrayal was actually the last game WayForward released before they released Shantae and you can see some similarities between the two games, such as both game's HUDs sharing a bit of a resemblance and even Shantae's walk cycle being a slight improvement from the walk cycle in WWF Betrayal.
Death jam vendetta was such a beloved game, people don't even talk about it being an odd concoction it seemed perfect as rap and wrestling has had its run ins
I loved Backyard Wrestling 1 and 2 back in the day. It came with a dvd of interviews with wrestlers in the game, a making of game doc & videos from chimaira, icp, etc., I know neither are great, but the nostalgia is great with this one. You guys might be the only channel I've seen include this series in a list....😀
I still have about 5 or 6 unopened copies of Backyard Wrestling 2. They went on clearance at the Best Buy I worked at for 35 cents each...... I bought about 15 of them and tried to sell them as new to Gamestop but they had a policy that they wouldn’t take unopened games. Had to open them and sell them that way. Still made a good profit as I sold about 10 of them for around $8 each..... Kept some unopened just in case (of what?.... I dunno).
Hell yea. Loved those.
@@AJ72281 That's awesome! Wish I still had my copies of those games. Those and Vendetta were always in my rotation of wrestling games when I was a kid!
Woop woop
I legitimately want a remaster or sequel for 'Rumble Roses'. It was fun and the characters were awesome/well designed. Besides the fan service, they each had tons of personality and their moves fit their personas.
There was a sequel (Rumble Roses XX) released on the 360.
@@Skorpio420 That's the one I played. Just want a new one.
@@ReverseBearTrapEscape play the ps2 game, it's said to better
Here's to hoping. As someone who's enjoyed both Rumble Roses and the XX sequel, I'd love a XXX entry to eventually follow suit.
As cool as that sound, it wouldn't work right now since you know they'll censor/tone it down, make it less fun than the previous titles because some idiot gonna complain about the fan service, also they probably will have you buy some of the wrestler via DLC
I actually really enjoyed Rumble Roses and Def Jam... I also remember that making up “Championships” on Backyard Wrestling and keeping track of who won them and how many times... even though the game had no belts lol
Every younger sibling from the 90's-early 2000's has been the victim of a stone cold stunner
A rock bottom and a good ol ankle lock with a little cross face mix in my sibling got all those aww good times good times
With Authority was the bomb. The idea of a blend of Magic: The Gathering with wrestling shouldn't work, but it did. The characters had unique abilities relating to their gimmicks...Kurt Angle had his 3 I's which gave him massive buffs if he got them all in play, Benoit could focus on individual body parts, Tazz could mentor for throws, etc. But more notable was the counterplay system. Each move had a category based on position, so the Stunner was "back to opponent". If your opponent had a "behind opponent" move (like a German Suplex) they could counter it...but you could counter the counter with, say, a Snapmare if you have one. So baiting out counters to your finisher was a big part of the game.
Not a full game but worth mentioning in terms of weird wrestling related things in games: In the game Jazzpunk, there's a level where you can walk up to a character that looks and acts like Macho Man. If you accept his challenge, you're transported into an arena with a ring where you fight him in a bonus boss fight. You can throw chairs and try and slam him through a table to win.
I played a lot of Crush Hour back in the day. I actually liked it and I loved Rumble Roses.
Man the Def Jam games were the shit back in the day!!!!! An old buddy and me used to play the hell outta that game when we hung out on weekends!!!!
OH YEAH, HERE WE GO, SPORTS TIME!!!!!
You mean sports entertainment time
I played a wrestling game before, however I'm not that good. But I'm going to give it my best shot.
You missed the absolutely bat**** craziness of Sgt. Slaughter’s Mat Wars for the C64.
In the games main story mode you play as a manager, and get to choose a team of wrestlers to take to the top…but to get there you have to do things like take steroids to increase your stats and bribe opponents managers so they’ll take dives. If you game over, failing to be a successful manager sees your character begging for change outside of a bar.
Def Jam Vendetta and FFNY were both legendary for combining my 2 loves in High School:
Wrestling and Hip Hop.
I'm pretty sure I remember seeing a news broadcast about videogames being evil or something and they were talking about how the kids would be imitating dangerous stuff, and they flashed backyard wrestling on screen. I never knew the games title until now, and I certainly didn't know it had "Don't try this at home" in it lol. Literally talking about how they'll try it at home with that exact disclaimer in its title. Amazing.
Fun fact, the company that made the Def Jam and Galactic Muscle wrestling video games for the PS2 had also made the early WCW and later WWF video games for the N64, as well as the first WCW video game for the PS1. Said company also was made up of former employees of what we now know as Spike Chunsoft, which made the Fire Pro Wrestling video game series.
Backyard wrestling one of the most underrated games ever
I love the original Rumble Roses....and you didn't even mention the strangest aspects of the series. The original has a full on mud wrestling mode ( which they legit pushed hard by touting the mud physics...I'm not even joking ) while XX has a mode or mechanic ( I forget ) revolving around further "humiliation" like using a crop to spank your opponent.
OK, not gonna lie, WrestleQuest sounds awesome and it's now on my wishlist. I'm particularly impressed they got real wrestlers for it.
Rumble Roses wasn't a hidden gem but it had an amazing feel. The animations were a few months more of work off from being phenomenal. The game felt rushed but if it were given a bigger budget and more time, I'm sure it would've been a top notch game.
Nice list and yes I would've put Betrayal in at number one as well. The very story is ludicrous LoL
Everyone's walk cycle is funny though
I was sure that weird Popeye game where you fight a xenomorph would make the list
Def Jam Vendetta was awesome! We loved that game, & we weren’t (aren’t) even big rap fans.
You should have put that weird All Japan Pro-Wrestling RPG/Card game that came out on the SNES/SFC in Japan.
That demo for Wrestling Cardboard Championship is wild.
I've played video games for about 28 years now and I struggle to think of a game that controlled worse than Simpsons Wrestling....but Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This At Home comes damn close. I bought that game for $1 at a garage sale back in like 2004 and I still feel like I got ripped off.
I loved Crush Hour! I played it a bunch.
Tp be fair the Def jam series is one of the best series ever made
those two def jam games were bangers (Vendetta and Fight for NY).. you can still play them to this day, and they totally hold up.
I am shocked they didn't mention MDickie's Wrestling Empire, which although never receiving a boxed release provides hours of absurdity.
Ah crush hour, you hold a special place in my heart. no matter what they say
I agree
The heel/face mode in Rumble Roses is pretty clever!
I played the shit out of Backyard Wrestling. I still, to this day, make created wrestlers in the modern games based on the people in Backyard wrestling. I especially always make a Sick Nick Mondo, usually having to find pictures of the actual dude and make my own designs to import. I also always have to have ICP in there.
WWF Betrayal was brilliant, I spent so much time playing that game as a kid
Thank you for the moment of recognition for all of us who had a Commodore 64 and/or 128 back in the day. Those computers had a lot of great games and a good many of those had loading times that were like an eternity... and the constant whirring and belching of the disc drive didn't exactly make things go by any faster. I haven't felt this kind of acknowledgment since the opening of Vice City.
I would include the TNA impact game. The game itself was normal enough. But the story mode, and the tie-in to their actual wrestling product...
So you’d include one of the most basic games of all time in a list of “strange” games? I’m really glad you weren’t chosen to make this list in that case 🤡. The list isn’t about strange marketing ploys. The game was every other wrestling game. There was literally NOTHING special about it. In fact it was pretty shallow and disappointing, especially when every wrestler has the same 4 moves except for their finisher. Terrible basic game. I’d rather never be reminded it happened ever again.
@@richardtherichard26 So give it an honourable mention. And that clown emoji is very fitting for you. It's just a game dude, no need to get so butt hurt over it.
I beta tested With Authority, It was actually a really fun game. And, way ahead of it's time. Some fans have done an outstanding job of taking it and improving it. Also able to be googled.
Def Jam Vendetta was amazing! Especially if you were a fan of the rappers in it and wrestling. One of those games that came out at the right time
2 - You just know Kenny Omega was the biggest fan of that game back in the day. Hell, he clearly hasn't grown out of it, yet.
loved Backyard Wrestling, spent many hours playing that on my PS2
My old roommate and I used to play the hell outta Rumble Roses XX for 360. We'd start at 8pm and play until 4 or 5am. We both had to be at our respective jobs at 9am but we didn't care. Miss those days.
Def Jam: Fight For NY still absolutely rules, but the "Submission" style is so woefully broken, it unbalances the whole game. Your limbs couldn't restore health, so you could just do the same move over and over again and have someone submit within 30 seconds.
And my favorite quote from Hulk Hogan's Main Event will always be Jeff Gerstmann's immortal, "I'm gonna make sweet love to him FROM THE BACK!"
That game was bad af. I had it for Gamecube. Whole lot worse or weird wrestling games than that
@@Tony-qm9jw If you think that game is bad, then you must be smoking
@@punisha4032 I said bad af meaning it was a good ass game lol
Fun fact: did you know that Def Jam Vendetta was originally supposed to be WCW Mayhem 2, but after WCW went bust they reused the mechanics when EA got the Def Jam license?
Def Jam Fight for NY is one of the greatest wrestling/fighting games of all time! I'd love to have a PS4 or 5 remake.
It's not a strange wrestling game but in WrestleMania X8 which I played on the GameCube back when I was a teenager and the early 2000s, you could make custom wrestlers but the customization was so crazy that you could make their bodies look so ridiculous and their heads look absolutely absurd.
I'm in footage from the two backyard wrestling games!
If there was a third game, I would have been in it, such a fun series!
The amount of videos you release in a short time is insane! 🙌🙌
I recently picked up the latest installment of the WWE 2K series (WWE 2K22) and I couldn’t wait to play it, but unfortunately, after installing the game on my console, one of the first things that appeared on my screen was a warning message that reads, “Do not try this at home, school, or anywhere.” While I completely understand why I shouldn’t try playing the game at school (luckily for me, I’m 46 years old, and my time spent in government indoctrination camps is well behind me), I thought to myself, “Great, then where the hell am I supposed to play this game?” I’m feeling pretty ripped off now. Thanks 2K.
5:07 "Wrestling Cardboard Championship at least gives the humble cardboard box it's time to shine.
Me: Laughs in Metal Gear.
The only game from this list I own is Rumble Roses and it's actually fun...yeah.
I have Rumble Roses on Xbox 360, it's a fun game with cool moves and the heel/face thing is cool. Would love a new modern game haha
You missed one...there is a TEXT-BASED browser game called simply The Wrestling Game...that's been around since the late 2000s(at least) and still being played TO THIS DAY.
Just discovered your channel and it's been a real treat. Binging your content tonight for sure.
What, no love for Yakuza (Kiwami) 2? Just because the wrestlers were Japanese doesn't mean we should forget Muto, Chono, Choshu and the gang... And of course, you could recruit undercard ( at the time) wrestlers to your side... I am not at all ashamed that I went for Okada...
Legit loved Crush Hour growing up 😅
Def Jam Fight for NY is one of the best wrestling games ever. Celebrity Deathmatch wasn't a bad game either.
How could you not mention "The Twisty Rockets!" from Crush Hour?
Day two of asking for "Every X-Men Video Game Ranked From Worst To Best", please.
Man did i adore crush hour when i was a kid, thank you for the nostalgia
Crush Hour is literally one of the best vehicular combat games of all time
You cannot change my mind
I always had Playstation and twisted metal, but my neighbor was a nintendo kid and had Crush Hour for GameCube. Idc what anyone says, it's a really fun game if you love wrestling
Kinda shocked you didn't mention RumbleVerse that's coming up in a few weeks!
I totally forgot about Crush Hour. It was a good idea, theoretically. In execution it was HORRIBLE. [>
Def Jam Vendetta was siiiiiick. Such a damn great game
Celebrity Deathmatch might not be the Ocarina of Time of wrestling games, but what other game lets me indulge in my fantasy of violently murdering Jerry Springer (unfortunately I can’t do it in real life).
I'm honestly surprised that the MDickie wrestling games aren't on here. They are great games, but they are so strange.
WCC is like one episode from SpongeBob with the cardboard box and imagination
Woah! That drink pour at 1:14 freaked me out.
I find it odd that, when people talk about strange wrestling games, neither M.U.S.C.L.E./Kinnikuman, nor its MUCH better sequel of sorts in Galactic Wrestling Featuring Ultimate M.U.S.C.L.E., ever gets a mention, let alone the mobile game of WWE Immortals, WWE 2K Battle Grounds, or the old WWF Midway games of Wrestlemania: the Arcade Game and WWF: In Your House.
Back yard wrestling had a good idea but the sequel was like oh !
Def Jam was and is one of the best video games ever. People still play and host tournaments of that game. Ppl rarely enjoy wwe games with all their glitches
I have incredible nostalgia for sleepovers and Crush Hour all night
Oh yeah here we go SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT TIME!
I like the ps2 era, this was when developers could take risks and be more creative, as it didn't cost as much to release a AAA title back then, nowadays major developers go for safe bets, already established franchises, remakes and stuff that can sell virtual currency.. Costs so much to release a game that a couple of bombs and your company could go bankrupt.. So you have people in the corporate section of the company who are now taking "creative" decisions based on marketing and past successes. I can't wait for call of duty 29
Mdogg20 is also a noteworthy name as longtime indy wrestler Matt Cross, who some might know from Lucha Underground as Son of Havoc.
I wish they'd bring back the old FFNY style Def Jam fighting games. Update the roster and story for all the new names in rap since it's release.
I played Rumble Roses before I got into watching wrestling, so that's how I was introduced to what a Face and Heel were.
The Backyard Wrestling games could have been really fun if it wasn't that matches were shorter than the time it took to load
I'd take Crush Hour over Twisted Metal ANY day
i never played DEF JAM Vendentta but fight for NY was and still is a amazing game. also this Rumble Roses seems very cool, i didnt know that game but i very much want to try it now.
ive been waiting my whole life for wrestlequest
My other persona nearly got signed to the ICP'S record label. I said no (mainly personal intake issues) but because I didn't know who they were. The second biggest regret of my musical career....
And the first was starting, beat you to it :)
Def Jam vendetta is awesome
Wrestling Cardboard Championship reminds me of the "Championship Boxing" from that one episode of SpongeBob.
The funny thing is that Def Jam game is legit one of the funnest wrestling games ever.
I actually played Microleague Wrestling when it came out. The game was very slow to load and play. I think I threw it in the trash can the same night I bought it.
What!!!! No Ultimate Muscle games on this list?
Rumble Roses was my reason to move from the PS2 to a 360.
WWF in your house, where the Undertakers tombstone was literally hitting the opponent with a tombstone or where HBK finisher is dropping a set on someone
I suggest playing MDickie’s Wrestling Empire and then doing this list all over again. That needs to on here and probably at #1
Atta kid, Ben! I bet he likes when wrestling games pop up.
RIP The Ultimate Warrior
oh yeah, here we go, sports time!
That Hogan in the thumbnail is terrifying
Wow great channel - subbed
You should of mentioned Nick Mondo was in backyard wrestling
surprised to not see the ultimate muscle games on here
Saw the thumb nail reading the title and died 🤣🤣🤣