Wrestling Games 2013

[DrVenkman PhD]

Hey, don't forget about The Texas Rattlesnake!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGhcm5vuuW8

 

[Robert]

I just wish that they would import the WWE 12 universe mode, Michael Cole as world champion with HeelTista as his muscle was great.

Apparently you unlock Slobberknocker Mode if you defeat the Gauntlet with Taker. Time of Kevin Nash Vanilla Midget Burying Hour 2k14.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I spent RPG amounts of time on Slobberknocker mode back in the day, so that's great news.

 

[Robert]

Highlights of my universe mode:
-Michael Cole as WWE Champion
-Sin Cara teaming with Kevin Nash to injure everybody
-CM Punk/Shawn Michaels feud
-Daniel Bryan/Del Rio feud for the US Title
-Dolph Ziggler getting a year long run with the belt, including a Hell in a Cell 4-way against Kane, Orton, and Regal which saw Kane chokelsam him through the cage. He lost the belt to Santino at the Chamber.
-A never ending feud between JR/King against Otunga/Axel
-Ziggler/Barrett/Rhodes team that quickly fell apart as Barrett would attack Ziggler before every match after the group broke up. It was the same animation every week.

The Ziggler cage bump was hilarious since he popped right up and choked out Regal.

 

[vivisectvi]

Hey, don't forget about The Texas Rattlesnake!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGhcm5vuuW8

I must have caught them mid-upload. Austin wasn't there earlier.

 

[vivisectvi]

According to a livestream, Bret Hart has two themes: WM13 & WM9. So I guess neither of those themes are his recent remix from his return to WWE.. unless they fucked up on the names.

Savage's theme is apparently from WM3 - actually, hearing it without commentary and crowd noise it's definitely his legit theme. Sounds SO MUCH better than his WWE12 version.

Rock has FIVE themes.

HBK has two themes.

Austin has three themes.

Looks like the only version of My Time is Steph's edited version.

EDIT: There may be more, apparently the guy streaming hasn't unlocked everything.

 

[vivisectvi]

Superstar Heads in action:

 

[daileyxplanet]

So do superstar heads come with the hair or is that selectable?

 

[vivisectvi]

They come with hair that you can't edit. One of the DLC's has some alternate heads with guys like Taker with longer hair or Daniel Bryan with no beard, etc.

 

[vivisectvi]

Create-an-Entrance preset list:

A Dangerous Man - Ken Shamrock
Bad Apple - Carlito
The Cardiac Kid - Tyson Kidd
The Extreme Luchadore - Super Crazy
Father of Extreme - Tommy Dreamer
Tha Gangsta - JTG
The Gold Standard - Shelton Benjamin
Hired Gun - APA Faarooq?
It's Time - Gregory/Shane Helms
Kerwin - Chavo Guerrero
The Kid - X-Pac
The Masterpiece - Chris Masters
The Mastadon - Vader
Moscow Mauler - Vladimir Kozlov
The Ballin Superstar - MVP
Mr. Jackson - Big Zeke
The Narcissist - Lex Luger
The Olympian - Kurt Angle
The Perfect One - Mr. Perfect
Puerto Rican Pride 1 & 2 - Epico & Primo
Samoan Bulldozer - Umaga
Samoan Twin 1 & 2 - The Usos
Shake, Rattle, & Roll - Honky Tonk Man
Superfly - Jimmy Snuka
The Suplex Machine - Tazz
Sydal - Evan Bourne
Too Sexay - Grand Master Sexay
Turn It Up - Scotty 2 Hotty
The Typhoon - Typhoon
The Vampire - Gangrel
Version 1 - Matt Hardy
The Whole Show - RVD
Yard Dog - Junk Yard Dog
You! - Hulk Hogan
Black Widow - Victoria
The Bombshell - Kelly Kelly
Candylicious - Candice Michelle
Charismatic Diva - Lita
Diva Legend - Trish Stratus
The First Lady - Maria
Flawless - Michelle McCool
French Beauty - Maryse
La Felina - Gail Kim
Paparazzi Princess - Melina
Vampire Diva - Ariel/Shelly Martinez

Also, these:
Attitude Era Christian
Attitude Era Edge
Bada-Bing - DDP
Basic - ?
Bird Of Prey - Hawk or Raven?
The Bizarre One - Goldust
Boxing Legend - Mike Tyson
Cactus Jack
Chainsaw Funk - Terry Funk
Chainsaw Maniac - Chainsaw Charlie
Cheer Captain - Kenny Dykstra
The Clown - Doink
Clumsy
Crazed Kamikaze - Sabu
Dammn! - Ron Simmons
Daniel Bryan Original - WWE 12
Daniel Bryan Yes - WWE 13
The Dominator - Bobby Lashley
Dude Love
DX Triple H
Edge (Crowd)
The Enigma - Jeff Hardy
The Extreme Luchadore - Psicosis
Fired Up - ?
Foley
Full of Confidence - ?
Generic Luchadore - El Generico
The Guru - Sonjay Dutt
Helmsley
Jerry The King Lawler
Jim Ross
King Booker
King of Extreme - Sandman
Legend Killer
Mankind 1
Mankind 2
The Man's Man - William Regal
Michael Cole
The Night Crawler - BoogeyMan
The Outlaw - Bradshaw
The Painted Warrior - Ultimate Warrior
Plazma - Trent Barreta
Quiet! I'm On The Phone
Raise The Roof
Rock & Roll Superstar - ?
Roddy Piper
Rough House - ?
R-Truth Classic
R-Truth Crowd
Self Confident - ?
Serious Competitor - ?
Sexy Boy - HBK
Shadow Boxer - ?
Spanky - Brian Kendrick
The Star - Austin Aries
Throat Slash - Arn Anderson
Traditional - ?
VIP
Zombie
Alexis - Mickie James
Cartwheeling Diva
Leisurely Stroll - ?
Starstruck - Ashley Massaro

 

[vivisectvi]

HBK vs Razor from WM Mode. The pre-match promos using actual audio from the time are pretty awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgC-cKKU158

 

[vivisectvi]

Bret vs Yoko from WM IX - confirmation that title belts are UNDER short jackets (like Bret's, Jericho's, etc). That was a huge presentation fuck up last year, IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNsN1AwMQrs

 

[The Amazing Rando]

I like that the aftermath of the Ladder match pretty much put Razor and HBK in the same places they were at the end of the real match, even though it didn't exactly make sense for how the actual game match ended.

 

[vivisectvi]

Bleacher Report's review: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1826250-wwe-2k14-review-impressions-roster-gameplay-videos-creation-suite-and-more

 

[vivisectvi]

Final three entrances/finishers for the main roster. Expect DLC versions in the coming weeks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx-f5ZEr0so&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLjLZ9WgFlFnyG3ub765G_UDRWPdgO6a-m

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUrq5ZLQb8o&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLjLZ9WgFlFnyG3ub765G_UDRWPdgO6a-m

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Xfownw5iE&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLjLZ9WgFlFnyG3ub765G_UDRWPdgO6a-m

 

[vivisectvi]

2K is streaming Defend the Streak mode right now: http://www.twitch.tv/2k

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Is Ultimate Warrior preorder ONLY or available at other retailers as a standard bundled character? I rememeber a last year or the year before, The Rock was supposedly only available as a Gamestop preorder but any copy you came across at Wal-Mart or Target bragged about Rock being included right there on the cover.

 

[vivisectvi]

Is Ultimate Warrior preorder ONLY or available at other retailers as a standard bundled character? I rememeber a last year or the year before, The Rock was supposedly only available as a Gamestop preorder but any copy you came across at Wal-Mart or Target bragged about Rock being included right there on the cover.

Should be all retailers, but as a pre-order bonus only. Some stores give out pre-order copies as regular stock, though, for the first little bit.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

I'm guessing you can't, but it would be nice if the custom name graphics for SmackDown (or The Undertaker) could be applied to CAWs.

 

[vivisectvi]

This is p.cool - from Maffew of Botchamania: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/654436224/wrestling-with-pixels-the-world-tour-of-wrestling

Wrestling With Pixels: The World Tour Of Wrestling Games

A book project telling the story of wrestling game development around the world, and cataloging every wrestling game ever made!

For a few years now, Audun Sorlie have been interviewing wrestlers and developers of video games through various work for Hardcore Gaming 101, Destructoid and magazine publications. No matter if the interview originally revolved around other subjects, or if he had sat down with them specifically to discuss the world of wrestling, it dawned on him the sheer amount of stories he was gathering that had never been heard before, yet held so much humor, shock, passion and confusion.

And as Sorlie sat down to research this genre further; he discovered the synchronicity between the wrestling industry and the video game industry. Both had experienced a sense of rebirth in 1984, as the WWF expanded its coverage beyond its territory of the northeast and video games resurfaced from the debris of the video game collapse left by Atari. Together these eventual juggernauts formed a tag team, perfectly working together to create an interactive experience of the action seen on TV. Wrestling did not only showcase the sport itself to be represented through maneuvers and rules, but also through the colorful and eccentric characters, tailor made for a medium such as video game to allow fans at home to take control of their favorite wrestler.

Quickly, wrestling video games became one of the most important merchandising item for companies around the world, and in order to bring the likeness of the performers, the authenticity of the moves and the sound of action home to the living room, it would often find itself pushing the limitations of video game consoles as far as it could handle.

That’s exactly why he and his good friend Matthew Gregg, creator of Botchamania, decided to create a truly unique project in order to get the full story told!

The book is built up in 2 interchanging parts. The history chapters which details the story of how wrestling and video games began their rise in the mid 80's and became a solid tag team, looking at the competition between WCW and WWF and how it shaped the games.

-Developing the first wrestling games. (Apooh and Tag Team Wrestling)
-WWF picks up the controller. (The history behind the very first WWF video games and reaction from the wrestlers.)
-Human Psychology (Developing Fire Pro, evolving wrestling in Japan)
-Independent scene (The rise of original wrestling games based on new character designs and creativity.)
-Muscle Memory (The creation of Muscle Breeze/AKI)
-King of the Ring (WWF and WCW go head to head in the virtual ring in the late 90's)
-Broken in Half (Smackdown dominates)
-Colosseum and Kingdoms (The struggles of wrestling games in Japan)

These are just some of the things you will find in the book, and you won't believe the stories you'll hear in this book as wrestling truly is a unique beast to grapple with, even for video game developers. The book will have illustrations based on numerous wrestling games by Minecraft's graphic designer, junkboy!

Between each chapter, there will be a catalog of every wrestling game ever made. That's right, ever! Every game from WWF, NJPW, WCW, FMW, you name it, those developed in the US, those in Japan, even some in Spain. We even went so far to track down a pachinko machine just to write 2 paragraphs for it!

While the book already has extensive research done, there is still a lot of work to be done and stories to be heard. Over the years, I’ve accumulated many interviews that has given me some rare insight and stories ranging from incredible to downright bizarre.

Interviews already conducted over the last few years:

Syuji Yoshida (AKI/Syn Sophia)
GETA (AKI/Syn Sophia)
SUDA51 (Fire Pro Wrestling, No More Heroes)
Akari Uchida (Rumble Roses)
Akira Yamaoka (Rumble Roses)
Tetsuo Hara (Creator of Hokuto no Ken, character designer for Muscle Bomber/Slam Masters)
Ray Lloyd (Glacier in WCW, discussing his video game themed character and internal dealings with Midway.)
Yoshihisa Kishimoto (Director of WWF Wrestlefest, WWF Superstars Arcade, Creator of Double Dragon)
Immersion (AAA Lucha Libre Developer)
Panic Button (Developers of Hulk Hogan Main Event)
Former staff of THQ
Former staff of EA (WCW Mayhem/Backstage Assault development members)
Samoa Joe (TNA)
AJ Styles (TNA)
Mike Quackenbush (Chikara)
Mick Foley (WWE Hall of Famer)
+ more announced throughout the funding process.

In addition, we have contacted and reached out to many of the following to take part in this project and sit down with us for interviews. We can’t guarantee their participation, but with the proper budget and equipment, it is highly possible we can get them onboard:

Bret Hart (WWE Hall of Famer)
Ted Dibiase (WWE Hall of Famer)
Diamond Dallas Page (Former WCW world champion, creator of DDP Yoga)
Warrior (WWE and WCW Legend)
Takashi Shimada (Creator of Kinnikuman)
Yoshiaki Inose (Tecmo)
Masato Masuda (HUMAN, creator of Pro Wrestling NES)
Simon Inoki (Former NJPW president)
Steve Ryno (Former VP and develop assistant on THQ’s WCW releases)

The higher our budget is, the more stars we can get access to through booking fees and scheduling. Our network extends quite far into both the video game industry and the wrestling industry between the 2 authors. The interviews will be shared online with the reward tiers above $30.

 

[vivisectvi]

Just got my game in the mail (via EBGames.ca, aka GameStop Canada). Nevermind in-game bugs.. How in the hell do you fuck up this:

 

[vivisectvi]

Looks like the only version of My Time is Steph's edited version.

Correction. Both HHH & Steph's versions of My Time are in the game. It's King of Kings that is missing.

 

[2GOLD]

Is it worth the cash Dub or have they pulled another "god damn it you fuckers tricked me" again?

I mean Black Friday 25 to 35 dollars cash, not 60.

 

[vivisectvi]

I like it so far.. I haven't seen any bugs so far, and have a ton of two counts, lol! The AI seems smarter this year, as well, confirming what I saw in the livestreams. Superstar Heads is pretty cool too.. I just made ABA Undertaker using his current mohawk hair and it looks just like an in-game model. I just wish they had heads for the entire roster instead of just a select list.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Undertaker is a DIRTY CHEATING SON OF A BITCH in Beat-the-Streak mode.

 

[Baby Shoes]

So I didn't get Warrior...

I guess I will have to buy him later. Right?

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

Yep. I didn't get him either.

 

[vivisectvi]

My game didn't have an insert for him either but instead the code for him came in an email from Gamestop.

 

[Baby Shoes]

I had a bunch of Toys R Us coupons and picked it up with their gift card promo today, so I probably miss out.

 

[vivisectvi]

Holy shit, the 2K servers for online are so fast with this game. Last year it would take about 30 seconds to a minute just to download a preview of a created wrestler.. now it's only taking like 5-10 seconds.