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Beating All NA N64 Games - WCW VS NWO: Revenge (21 of 296) [Normal; All 5 Belts -100%]
12RANKING: A+
The 2nd in a line of 4 wrestling games by AKI and the best selling wrestling game on the N64 with about 2,380,000 sold. A lot of people say these are the best wrestling games ever made, I'd agree. It's got a very easy to use grappling system. Tap "A" for weak quick grapples, hold "A" for strong grapples. Once you grab ahold of the opponent, then you can press: up+A; A; down+A; up+B; B; down+B to do different wrestling moves. Easy, anyone can pick up and play this, no need to memorize Mortal Kombat style moves.
To beat the game & get to the credits you must win a belt in "Championship". There are many belts you just gotta get one belt to get credits and there is no super ending for getting all the belts, just the same credits.
The AI here is easy to beat on easy mode (I bet you are saying "duh!", play the 2 WWF games and that's not the case, they are hard.) To really get a feel for deep mechanics, you have to play on the normal or hard. There is sort of a rock, paper, scissor mechanic here: strikes beat grapples, grapples beat blocks, blocks beat strikes. You have to learn the block and dodge; pressed at the right time you can counter the enemy. Dodge counters grapples, blocks counter strikes. And there is the taunt, it increases your spirit meter (attacking the opponent does this too), if your spirit is higher, you are more likely to be able to counter him and he will be less likely to counter you. You will also be able to kick out of holds and pins faster the higher it is. But don't keep beating your opponent, if you continue to beat on him while his spirit is in the low blue, it will recharge to half full. So pin 'em in the blue. Once the spirit meter is red and flashing, taunt to get special, it's the best move you have.
I'd highly recommend it, my friend rented this and play this when it came out. This game is similar to "World Tour", I thought I never played this one when I bought it recently, what separates these games is nuance; the thing that made me realize I did play this back then was the weapons. I remember making puns while using them, like "It's time to take out the trash!" when beating an opponent with a trash can, which wasn't in "World Tour", or saying "It's time to stop!" when beating an opponent with a "STOP" sign, also not in "World Tour". There are other nuances that separates it from "World Tour" like being able to take weapons into the ring, and also running into and out of the ring, as oppose to just slowly crawling in and out. You can also semi customize the costumes and names of all the characters. MIDI music still used in this game (Tommy Tallarico has a credit in this game). .
PUBLISHER: THQ
DEVELOPER: AKI Corp.
Release Date: October 26, 1998