THQ recently released the latest in its wrestling-affiliated video game line, introducing WWE All Stars to the market.
With so many wrestling games on the market and giving gamers a sense of confusion, THQ turned to nostalgia to capture their attention, using classic wrestlers from the sport's heyday beginning in the in mid-1980s through the early 1990s. In additon, the game features classic arcade modes to remind its users of the pre-PlayStation and Xbox days, when 2D was king.
The game also features two campaign modes, which allow users to live out their wrestling dreams one contestant at a time. One mode, Path of Champions, allows a user to face 10 legends in a row, followed by 10 newer wrestlers and then 10 tag teams.
While the graphics are not mindblowing, nor the gameplay revolutionary, the game is still enjoyable and provides an ample amount of nostalgia for the days of NES systems, according to a recent review. Thus, gamers hooked up to HDTVs, high-tech computers or HDMI projectors might not be blown away by the experience, but they'll defintely enjoy it, the review relays.
NES' first two wrestling games ever featured were M.U.S.C.L.E. and Pro Wrestling, which debuted in 1986 and 1987, respectively. The latter was voted one of the Top 200 Nintendo games of all time.
