Trailer and Features List for WWE WrestleFest

by pastapadre
Posted February 20th, 2012 at 3:15 pm

The remake of the 1991 arcade game WWE WrestleFest is set to arrive for iOS devices tomorrow (price unknown still) and now there is a gameplay trailer and full list of features to check out. The roster includes a mix of current stars and legends, a variety of match types and venues, “Road to Wrestlemania” mode, and online play. Continue on to check out all the details as well as an extended gameplay video!

The WWE arcade game fans have cherished for decades is back and better than ever! WWE WrestleFest delivers classic WWE action in 2-D. The faithfully recreated experience is complete with current day WWE Superstars like John Cena and Randy Orton, as well as iconic WWE Legends like Jake “The Snake” Roberts and “Macho Man” Randy Savage, all poised to compete in a variety of popular match types within several well-known arenas. In WWE WrestleFest, players may also challenge themselves to win a series of championships on the Road to WrestleMania and engage in multiplayer action.

LEGENDARY ROSTER
Compete with a notable roster of current WWE Superstars and popular WWE Legends, including John Cena, The Rock, Randy Orton, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Undertaker, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Rey Mysterio and “Macho Man” Randy Savage

RENOWNED ARENAS
Experience arcade-style WWE action in several well-known arenas, including Raw, SmackDown, WrestleMania, Royal Rumble and Saturday Night’s Main Event

EXTENSIVE DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT
Update the WrestleFest experience every 30 days with new content, including WWE Superstars, CM Punk, Triple H, and Sheamus, WWE Legends Shawn Michaels and Big Boss Man, as well as the WCW Nitro arena

CLASSIC MATCH TYPES
Take on opponents in a variety of popular match types, including Royal Rumble, Steel Cage, Gauntlet, Tag Team and more

ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA
Select a WWE Superstar or WWE Legend and compete in a series of challenges to win five different WWE championships

MULTIPLAYER MADNESS
Enjoy the WrestleFest experience with others by issuing challenges and competing against others online.

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Gemro

I was excited about this cause I loved the original but after seeing screenshots and this video Ill pass.
- Guest
  
  I have to agree – that video is going to lose more buyers than it gets. Really looks awful, even for 0.99 cents.
  - mcmax3000
    
    You two are more then welcome to your opinion but I’m legitimately curious, just what were you expecting from this?
    
    If you go watch some videos of the original WrestleFest game, this new version isn’t that far off in terms of looks/gameplay (at least from what it appears in the video).
    
    Were you expecting something completely different, just reusing the old name? Or are your memories of the original game very different from what it actually was?
    - Guest
      
      The cel-shaded style of the characters makes the background look especially flat, the whole thing just has a dry look to it. But the real problem is the gameplay shown – what was that, 4 people’s elbows & 2 rockbottoms without a win? Then Rey kicked him a couple of times & it was over?
      
      I’m sure my memory of the original gives it more credit than it deserves, but that particular video makes this version look tedius. Nothing about those 6 minutes made me want to play this game.
      - mcmax3000
        
        Those are fair points. I was legitimately just curious.
Xcef2008

Where did the video come from? Looked like Rock was kicking ass the entire game, two rock bottoms and lost the game anyway. Crappy player or tough AI?
- mcmax3000
  
  I was kind of wondering the same thing. I thought the person playing as the Rock was doing much better than that.
  
  It does bring out one of the issues I had looking at the video though… The health bars seem really poorly designed. The health and the background are almost the exact same colour, especially as you get further down in health. Makes it hard to tell how much health each guy has left.
  - Xcef2008
    
    Agreed. Also it was People’s Elbows not Rock Bottoms in the game. It would of ate at me if I didn’t correct myself
mcmax3000

I’m excited to check this out tomorrow. From the video, I definitely see some areas of improvement that could’ve been made (seriously, in a WrestleFest remake, you have Justin Roberts doing the introductions and not Howard Finkel????) but the core looks like some good, old school fun.

As long as it’s not too terribly expensive (I’d probably be willing to go up to $5 for the native iPad version… Universal app would be much preferred), I’ll likely pick it up in the morning.

I do wish gaming companies would move away from showing available DLC in content selection menus as ‘locked’. Putting a lock next to something makes it look like unlockable content, not paid content. Just leave it out of the menu unless I buy it.
- http://pastapadre.com/ pastapadre
  
  It’s out on the New Zealand store and the price converts to a little over $4 US. Hopefully it’s in that $4-5 area and not like $7+
  - mcmax3000
    
    $4-$5 range sounds about right and is about what I’d expect to pay. I’d like to think that they’re not going to be dumb about it and try to charge more.
    - Amen_Ra
      
      Trying to get money to cover them losses.
http://twitter.com/retrosportsgmr Mr. Retro Sports

For $4.99, I’m not as eager as if it was $0.99. With all the DLC later, I wondered if they’d go less expensive to start.
- mcmax3000
  
  It’s up on the Canadian store now for $2.99 on iPhone/iPod Touch & $3.99 on iPad.
  
  There are Lite versions of each but the iPad Lite version seems to be incorrectly priced at the moment as it shows $3.99 as well instead of free.
zzz

The explosions are lame