FINALLY nikateen has gone back to reviewing wrestling games

@loitersquadX

3 жыл бұрын

‘’ rock voice ‘’’

@BigNoobEnteraintment

3 жыл бұрын

Hey I seen you in Patrick’s livestream two days ago

@theinstantclassicajriggsjr728

3 жыл бұрын

@@BigNoobEnteraintment yep

@adamuzumaki98

2 жыл бұрын

@@theinstantclassicajriggsjr728 I prefer Legends Of Wrestling II on PlayStation 2 version.

I got in touch with one of the designers of the game and he gave me info on it. -The team are massive fans of wrestling. They watched it since the 80s, some dated back to the territory days. -They wanted to be as faithful to wrestling lore as possible such as all the various attires taken from different time periods and wrestling events and the arenas. -They never used the same engine for the series. They created a new one for each game. -The Career Mode was created in the style of being a wrestler during the 80s. -The animations were all combined and reused thanks to Acclaim having a animation software dating back to the Nintendo 64 wrestling games they worked on. Most of the team worked on them so they found it pretty easy to work on the game. -They loved working with the wrestlers. They are big fans. -George "the Animal" Steele came into Acclaim one time and saw what the company were doing with the game. He loved it.

@aceplays1081

3 жыл бұрын

so cool! I could see the wrestling love they had poured into the games

@jonathanturbide2232

3 жыл бұрын

That's one thing I like about the series, it's obvious it was made by legit wrestling fans. Particularly the third game Showdown, all the attires and awesome venues shows that the guys behind it were highly knowledgeable wrestling fans.

@ForEternia

3 жыл бұрын

Any reason why the cages were so high? For obvious reasons that would never be incorporated in real life . For aesthetics purposes it does look interesting .

@evanhanley6437

3 жыл бұрын

@@ForEternia No sorry.

@nevermindgaming6848

10 ай бұрын

Doesn't really mean anything the game is still shit

The Best of the Trilogy. A solid counter system and good roster. Hours of fun for all real wrestling fans.

@kazallroberts

Жыл бұрын

I just wish getting red and blue coins were easier.

@nevermindgaming6848

10 ай бұрын

Eh not really

Tbh the best part of this game is the interviews with the wrestlers which still are great especially eddies where you can see how much he’s gotten his life back to together

Jimmy Hart’s theme song is hilarious!!!!!!!

@USHARDY

3 жыл бұрын

It sounds like Blink 182

@DirtyGeorge

2 жыл бұрын

@@USHARDY all his songs do. I think in the game

@kazallroberts

Жыл бұрын

Facts

CAN IT BE? IT IS! IT’S NIKATEEN TIME!

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir!!

Glad I'm not the only one to jam to Jimmy Hart's theme. Great review.

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I wish the blood system was addressed in this review. It was HUGE step up over what was offered in the smackdown series down the line. The fact that you could bust your opponent open, and that they'd progressively bleed more and more all over the ring was so damn cool to me.

@NikateeN

Жыл бұрын

My memory is really bad but I think I recall those blood effects in the PS1 Acclaim titles as well.

Out of the three Legends of Wrestling games, the second one was my favorite because of just how more effort they put into making the game and I enjoyed the career mode as well

I thought these games had potential, but at the end of the day it was made by Acclaim, a company not known for innovating... But the story lines about the territories was pretty sick

@nolaxtreme

3 жыл бұрын

I wanted the gameplay to be good and fun. But acclaim

5:28 Cheesy as that song is, it really warms my heart whenever I hear it.

@NikateeN

2 жыл бұрын

You can feel the genuine emotion from Jimmy in the song.

Showdown Legends of Wrestling will always be on Top of the series

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

That’s my favorite as well.

Haven't heard that intro music in awhile.

One of my favorite wrestling games of all time

I was soooo pissed you skipped out on this one, but hey its here now!

The Hey Yooooo in the beginning thou 😂😂😂love old school golden era and the attitude eras was the best time to be alive if you was born a pure wrestling fan

Wrestling games never add Demolition to the roster smh... I think WWE 12 was the last time I seen them

@rogregg29445

3 жыл бұрын

One of the reasons of why that’s one of my favorite wrestling games

@jonathanturbide2232

3 жыл бұрын

That's because WWE owns most of the gimmick, and it can't be used in video games or merch of any kind. Eadie and Darsow can use it at indy shows, but can't sell the property to video game makers. Basically, they would have to add Masked Superstar and Darsow without a character, and then allow fans to change their looks via create an attire. Their legendary entrance theme wouldn't be there too, so yeah it would suck big time.

@joshkeller4780

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanturbide2232 you could get their theme, just download their theme to your harddrive and change the CAW theme to it.

@SteelyDanzig

3 жыл бұрын

Demolition are persona non grata in WWE after joining that big class action lawsuit against WWE a few years ago. Supposedly the New Day's record setting 483-day run with the tag titles was done solely to break Demolition's 478-day record, because Vince McMahon is such a petty person. See also: Brock Lesnar's 504-day Universal Title reign to break CM Punk's 434-day record as longest world championship reign in the "modern era".

Our boy Nikateen has returned

I loved this game as a kid

During these dark times, more ppl need to be aware of that Jimmy Hart song. It's "It's still real to me dammit!" stretched out to 2+ minutes and laced with Ritalin.

This soundtrack was my childhood

I used to jam to 5:27 in the menu on loop tbh It's insanelllllyyyyyy catchy Fun fact: they changed some lyrics in the Showdown: Legends of Wrestling version Edit: The change was "Mr. Fuji, Bobby Heenan, Million Dollar Man" to "Mr. Fuji, Bobby Heenan, they call him 'The Brain'"

I loved this game when it came out part of that is the fact that the blood just stays on the canvas

Didnt mention one cool thing the game does. Randomly, during a move the game will freeze and do a 360 spin with the camera. It basically shows off the move you’re doing like the matrix. Best move to have this happen is a high cross body off the top rope, it looks so damn cool. This game is awesome, once you get the controls down it’s so easy and fluid to dig into.

Legends of Wrestling was bloody.

Omg I used to love this channel years ago! So glad it's back to wrestling vids! And thank you for showing me that Jimmy Hart song

Oddly satisfying. One of my favorites. Love the unlockable system. Made the replay value last much longer than one would think. Great roster

Svr 2007 had the BEST soundtrack but this game had a great one!

I remember walking to Hollywood buying this game before a GameStop

I legit can't find the hilarious sound effects from this game that I loved as a kid. The chair sound and the squeaky ducky sound from the crotch hit.

I really enjoy this game when it come out storyline always changing and very good moves

I forgot how I got this game, but I know I had so much fun playing this game. Eddie Gurrero was my go to.

Glad you mentioned the shoots. I played the GameCube version as well and someone said the shoot interviews were the best part of the game a few weeks ago, and I had no idea what they were talking about.

Damn it i was excited for you to go back to the reviews and now i have to wait two bloody days, mhmmmm i bet it will be good

this game has one of the coolest soundtracks. its always a blast to play with my bro

Me and my brother played Legends of Wrestling 1 and 2 a ton back in the day. We used to have the most brutal hardcore matches with blood covering the ring. They were fun to play and wish they'd make a new one.

Yessss!! Been waiting for another wrestling SVGR! 🤘🏼

I met Jimmy Hart a view years back he was completely awesome 😎

Thanks for the upload

Love this channel and your narration, i only play Showdown Legends of Wrestling on PS2 with the epic music of Quiot Riot🤘🏼😅

Seeing a new Nikateen review is like the feeling I get when I see Mr Fuji calling Yokozuna up to the 2nd rope for the big Bonzai Drop!

Really enjoy the beginning history.

Great to see you back reviewing games. You audio sounds great too.

I love these series of reviews

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This was the first wrestling game I had as a kid

I really loved this game as a kid

Man, this game takes me back

Welcome back!! Love your reviews you deserve more subscribers PS: bring back the old long intro please

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

The old intro was way too long, well that’s at least what everybody constantly mentioned. After all the comments about it I decided to go another direction, but the old theme does make frequent appearances. 😃

How did I miss this upload damn. Anyway, great video as always! I'm happy to see another wrestling game review. I would love you to remake some of the older wrestling game reviews when you have time! 💓 Edited, just noticed : congrats on 30k my dude, keep your videos coming, we will watch anything you produce. Thank you sir!

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Happy New Year!

Memories back then

I've been watching your content for a couple of years now, and your spotlight music intro is so nostalgic!! I love hearing it! Maybe its because you cover wrestling games a lot and it brings me back to my 90's childhood playing my Snes and N64 wrestling games. Man, I had such a wonderful childhood, I feel so blessed. Once again, your brazilian fan thanks you for your great reviews! I never had a GameCube, so I missed all these games. Most reviewers talk bad things about this one, but you made it feel not that bad at all. Maybe I'll try them someday.

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for supporting man, and shout out to Brazil! I’m with you on the 90s, it was a great time.

@binho2224

3 жыл бұрын

@@NikateeN thank you! 👍

@binho2224

3 жыл бұрын

@@NikateeN Btw, have you played the Fire Pro wrestling series? I dont remember if you covered them on previous videos. Fire pro Wrestling World is a very fun game! I have it on Steam. I'd love to see your take on it if you feel like it.

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

@@binho2224 I’ve played them but I’m not good at them. I’ve never been too fond of any 2D wrestling titles, for some reason I’m horrible at every single one going back to the early WWF games.

@binho2224

3 жыл бұрын

@@NikateeN I see! Thats a pitty, I think the games are really fun once you get the hang of the controls and timing. But if you dont have fun with them, there is no reason to force you to play them just for the sake of a video. Its fine! Just keep gracing us with your great content.

One of my favorites

Definitely like the 1st game, I always remember doing a springboard move on a guy to the outside of the ring with RVD and it being so satisfying to the point where I did it like 20 more times lol

I'm only half way through but this is already a damn good episode I'm so happy you're back in the swing of things again (Edit: nvm you came back 8 months ago damn you quarantine I thought you came back like LAST MONTH)

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

I think a lot of my subs haven’t realized that I’ve been back because I’ve been getting a lot of messages like this. Glad you’re enjoying the video!

@Brendan7001

3 жыл бұрын

@@NikateeN NO BUT THE THING IS I WATCHED THE VIDEOS WHEN YOU CAME BACK, IT'S JUST QUARANTINE HAS MESSED UP THE PASSAGE OF TIME I started watching you about a year and a half ago when I binged watched all of your wrestling game videos, and then put notifications on, I vividly remember leaving a comment like this on another video of yours when you came back lmao Still, I'm glad that you are back though

My father loved the story mode for this game... Really felt like you were going thru the territories. I thought it made the game stand out back in the day

Christmas has arrived early Nikateen is back reviewing wrestling games something he's awesome at in my honest opinion.

I’m so glad you’re back to reviewing wrestling games. I hope you can review wwe 2k battlegrounds. It’s really fun

This was the first wrestling game I ever played

Loved both 1 and 2. Still have both for my GameCube, too! Never played Showdown. I'll have to find it.

Dude great to see you back bro. Its been too long

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, but I’ve been back since like April lol.

I'm so glad you're back to do wrestling reviews. Would like to see your take on the disastrous 2k20 game and the rest of the 2k franchise. Keep up the good work man.

Can't wait to see this classic.

Yes the games i grew up with

I remember I had the PS2 British version (I’m from Scotland) and it had Big Daddy Shirley Crabtree, Giant Haystacks, Mick Mcmanus & Kendo Nagasaki who were massive names in Britain in the 70’s & 80’s. It was really cool

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

That’s cool that they offered regional differences like that.

@jasoncorr4619

3 жыл бұрын

@@NikateeN yeah it was a great game. Thanks for the upload man

Lmao watching Andre jump to the top rope like RVD was hilarious

I like the fact that you can get different colors the new wrestling games can't even get a different outfit unless you do a certain thing to unlock it I miss the old days of video games wrestling if I knew this game came out I would buy it and play it

I love how every match features a run in from an ally of your opponent lol Many of times as a young kid I would rage quit due to how technical the wrestlers were and reversed constantly. One time in a main match from a territory I had someone in the lower red bar, on my way to victory and the game froze. God, I love this game!

Great review here Nikateen, great to see you back in the swing of things. I never played this game or really any of the Legends Of Wrestling games but I've been aware of them for a couple of years at this point. There a quite a few who think this one is the best of the series mainly due to it's faster gameplay. Comparing this fo footage of the 1st and showdown, it certainly seems a lot faster which is a good change as I remember you mentioning way back in your showdown review that everything was slow and delayed.

Bro that’s crazy asf, i literally got a GameCube today and almost bought Legends of Wrestling, but was like nahhh, idk how it’ll play on the gamecube, and then Nikateen pops up outta nowhere with this review, thank you bro🙏🏾

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats on your GameCube pickup! Enjoy that bad boy.

Welcome back!!!

This could have been one hell of a wrestling franchise if they had the 2K engine or the old THQ engine

Awesome to finally see this review! Have a great rest of the weekend brother!

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, you do the same!

Damn, can’t wait for this!

It's always great too see a Spotlight Review from the one & only Nikateen, good work 💯. Also I hope you review Def Jam Fight New York sometime

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I hope to get my hands on a copy 🔜.

So glad you got to this game. One of my favorites, except the unlock feature the unlock feature can burn on hell.

yesssss! one of my favorite wrestling game..

Good to hear the classic intro theme

Lol sing it Jimmy! Love the song!

Yes nikateen is back been waiting for some new wrestling content

This wrestling game still looks better than the new ones 😂😂😂😂

This is easily the best Acclaim wrestling game.

THIS GAME IS OG!

If Scott Steiner were to come out to a theme like that, I'd imagine he'd run towards the nearest person and kill him.

Jimmy Hart was in a pop band in the 60's called The Gentrys

we missed you NIKATEEN

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been back for like 9 months lol!

Excellent video man! I remember playin this game back in the day missing RVD not in the game so i used Sabu

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yea I was bummed that RVD couldn’t return.

I loved it ❤️i played 1,2,3

Can we take a second to appreciate the fact that ecw anarchy rulz had brimstone match were you would literally kill your opponent

@licentiousdreams

3 жыл бұрын

I can appreciate a good murder. Especially being cooked alive in front of a live crowd.

Great to see you reviewing wrestling games again, man! I have this and the other L.O.W. games on PS2. 😏 I like Showdown the most. It could have been so much more if they were given more time.

I loved this game as a kid the music,territories,and arenas were dope 👍 I love the blood physics @blood staining mat...I used to use One Man Gang and try to stain the whole mat with my opponents blood lol 😆

Great video! I would love to see you cover Virtual Pro Wrestling 1 and 2.

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Your editing and attention to detail is fucking on point

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🎉

Awesome video

@NikateeN

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

The soundtrack in this game was fire

That damn coin system I remember being so dumb as a kid but a strict upgrade to mobile and EA games.

@justinwhu5918

3 жыл бұрын

Bro no joke i didn't figure out how to get the red n blue coins untill years later...xD i just wanted the rome arena n grand wizard

All right you talk me into it, I will get Legends Of Wrestling 2

@NikateeN

2 жыл бұрын

😎

I grew up with this game. I remember whenever "Box Full Of Sharp Objects" would play, by the chorus I know he screeches "AND STRONGEEEEER!!" but as a 10 year old I thought he said "I SHIT ON WAAAAAALLS" and I'd burst out laughing This also has a demo version of Trapt's "Headstrong" long before... You know. And my lord the cage match was frustrating lol

WWF Warzone and WWF Attitude is my favorite game on the PlayStation 1 besides the smackdown franchise

Damn been awhile!

O man had this on gamecube