![]() Here, the top stars are people inspired by legends of the past and present. ![]() WrestleQuest has you starting out in a gym before moving on to other territories throughout the land - a bit like the ’80s where you could go from place to place and topple that group’s top stars. One thing we haven’t seen is a turn-based RPG using a pro wrestling framework, even with games like Final Fantasy VI having things like suplexes to trains. Later games like WWE Crush Hour blended the then-current stars of WWE with Twisted Metal-style action while incorporating pro wrestling stipulation-inspired rulesets that actually had a greater influence on car combat as the final Twisted Metal game on PS3 incorporated things like the steel cage match idea into it. ![]() WWF Betrayal took pro wrestling into the world of beat-em-ups, but was hurt by sloppy controls and being limited to 8-bit hardware. In gaming, we haven’t seen a lot of pro wrestling invading other genres, but it has happened with mixed results across the board. Professional wrestling being a genre with many sub-genres has helped it gain global appeal for things like showmanship, skillful mat grappling and high-flying from stars across the world - especially lucha stars in Mexico or junior heavyweights in Japan. ![]()
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