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The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Jimmy Mouth of the South Hart added to Legend roster.

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THQ Inc. and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. today announced that six World Wrestling Entertainment® luminaries will be featured on the cover of WWE Legends of WrestleMania. Renowned Superstars Andre the Giant, Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock, along with vibrant managers Bobby Heenan and Jimmy Hart, will set the tone for the new videogame property, which is poised to deliver a distinguished roster, arcade style gameplay and historic, vintage presentation. WWE Legends of WrestleMania is scheduled for release in March 2009 to coincide with WrestleMania 25 in Houston, Texas.

“Andre, Hogan, Austin and The Rock represent the breadth of incredible talent that players can use to relive, rewrite or redefine history in WWE Legends of WrestleMania,” said Cory Ledesma, senior creative manager, THQ. “In addition, they will have access to dynamic managers, such as Heenan and Hart, who will play important roles throughout critical gameplay moments.”

WWE Legends of WrestleMania will embrace the leading sports entertainment organization’s rich history to relive, rewrite or redefine the definitive elements of WWE from the Eighties and Nineties. Players will experience the entertaining lives of 40 larger-than-life Legends and have control over Legendary Managers, each of whom will play crucial roles in match outcomes. The game’s new grapple-based fighting system will capture the high-energy action and drama seen in vintage WWE matches, while a historically accurate representation of past WWE telecasts will set the stage, including dynamic visual treatments, signature ring entrances, renowned commentators and notable venues. WWE Legends of WrestleMania will also include a WrestleMania Tour Mode that allows players to participate in key matches from multiple WrestleMania events, a Create-A-Legend system to develop the Legends of tomorrow, as well as online functionality for players to compete on the biggest stages in WWE history.

I will have more on WWE Legends of Wrestlemania shortly in the my first ever Mike Video update. Check for that later this evening.

Also sent from THQ was the official boxarts for the two platforms that Legends of Wrestlemania will be on, the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, check them out.

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IMDB has the partial roster list for THQ’s upcoming Wrestling game.

IMDB is listing the partial roster for THQ’s upcoming wrestling game. While the article lists 35 legendary WWE Superstars it is missing a few. Including the just recently announced The Rock. Here is the list of Legends IMDB is reporting to be in the game. Now keep in mind that this list may very well be incorrect. And with THQ recently confirming the roster to have 40 playable legends there are still some surprises upcoming. Also note, that this lists some possible unplayable characters like the referee, commentators, and ring announcers.

Hulk Hogan

Steve Austin

Undertaker

Rowdy Roddy Piper

Shawn Michaels

The Nature Boy Ric Flair

Bret The Hitman Hart

Miss Elizabeth

Jerry The King Lawler

The Million Doller Man Ted Debiase

Yokozuna

Brutus The Barber Beefcake

Haku

Mr Perfect Curt Henneg

Davey Boy Smith

Rick Rude

Jake The Snake Roberts

Jim Ross

Mean Gene Olkerland

Bobby The Brain Heenan

Honkey Tonk Man

Ricky The Dragon Steamboat

Hawk

Animal

Sgt Slaughter

The Mouth Of The South Jimmy Hart

Iron Shiek

Tito Santana

Gorilla Monsoon

Earthquake

Mr Fuji

Virgil

Howard Finkel

source: IMDB.com

UPDATED: 12/01/08

We have received word from THQ that the roster list on IMDB is incorrect. Expect more information on the roster shortly.

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If it plays like Smackdown, they can fuck off

Honestly, don't see why they'd build a whole new engine around this.

Tets it out?

I mean come on, Yukes made the DoR engine :(

I see this as more of a "gouge more money out of the fans" rather than a testing platform.

Would I love to see a new engine? Absolutely, the SmackDown! engine has gone three console generations and wore out its welcome about three games back. And I think this is the perfect opportunity. But I don't think we'll be seeing one until, at earliest, the end of this generation.

Virgil? I'm in!

Its gonna need a killer feature set to make me buy it...

Sid had better fucking be in there. :mad:

A video game roster that was posted on a movie site is incorrect? NO WAY!

He and Randy Orton will have the same secondary finisher.

I hope they put Owen Hart in it, but I would say its unlikely that they will, but I guess there is always hope.

Why not? He had a clean win over Bret at WMX. I think that qualifies him in :(

I totally agree but I don't know if his widow Martha would let him be in it because if I recall she still hates WWE.

:lol:

Also, the fact that it would be the "Number 2" finisher makes it that much funnier.

Yeah, and its a shame because a game like this would be awesome to make the Hart Foundation. Just like it would be cool to make the Kliq, but with Nash being in TNA, it'd just be one short.

Maybe not Nash, but dont the WWE own the diesel character?

Yeah I'd imagine so. But I'd imagine they'd need his permission to use his likeness in a game. Which I can't see it happening while he's with TNA. Which means unless they put Fake Diesel in the game, then I don't see him being in.

They have Miss Elizibeth but no Savage? What the hell.

Even though they hate the WWE, Savage and Warrior need to be in this game.

No, WWE hates Savage...Warrior will be in the game if the price is right.

This game is LEGENDS of Wrestlemania.

If you add up how many LEGENDS in Wrestlemania, wouldn't the entire roster be about 7 or 8 people?

But yeah, its no legends of wrestlemania game if Warrior and Savage arn't in.

I want Virgil, Pete Rose, Paul Orndorf and Mr. T :mad:

I'm excited about the news that you can import wrestlers from SvR 09 into the game. That way HBK, HHH, Undertaker can be in plus Ric Flair if it turns out he won't make it like I've heard.

Legends of wrestlemania game and it doesnt have HBK, HHH OR Undertaker in it? i guess you gotta be retired to be considered a legend?

I really wish they'd expanded this to "Legends of Wrestling" or something (yeah, I know the title's taken) so they wouldn't be contained to one promotion.

If anything, I'd love to see them put out "Attitude Era" and include the big three from the 90s.

Well honestly, I think "Legends of Wrestlemania" is just more name only than anything. And a lot of those guys have either burned bridges with the company or are currently in TNA.

Unless they want to include Mean Mike Enos and Kenny Kaos in the game.

I mean Austin, Rock, Hogan, Flair, HBK, Hart, Taker, etc are going to be in the game already. And with the ability to import guys from Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 into the game, you can also have Hunter, Cena, Batista, Edge, Orton, Jericho, etc.

Oh and evidently Gamingring has a demo of the game and have stated that both The Ultimate Warrior and Yokozuna are in the game.

They need to have those little moving platforms from Wrestlemania III.

Well, exporting characters from SvR'09 thoroughly suggests that this game will have similar, if not identical gameplay mechanics. :(

why isnt Pete Gas in the game, he won the hardcore championship at wrestlemania for a minute

Want to know the real scoop on WWE Legends of Wrestlemania? Gamingring brings it to you.

Earlier this week, rumors regarding THQ’s upcoming WWE Legends of Wrestlemania video game had circulated the internets. Evidently videogame website PSXExtreme.com posted a preview of the game and in that preview let slip one tiny nugget of information. “For starters, you have a game backed by a proper license, allowing THQ to utilize every bit of WWE’s assets with ease. In total, 40 of the WWE’s greatest superstars and managers have been virtually cast for this Legends game, including Andre the Giant, Hulk Hogan, The Ultimate Warrior, Yokozuna, The Undertaker, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Jerry Lawler, Ted Dibiase, Mr. Perfect, and many more.”

Here is what I can tell you based on what I know for fact about this game. The gameplay elements they discussed was based on the preview build that was shown behind closed doors at E3. I can also state based on a conversations I have had previously with my sources regarding Legends of Wrestlemania, much has changed since then gameplay wise.

In regards to the roster, I can also state that pretty much everything else is either fabricated and/or taken from the rampant internet speculation behind this game. So at this point, I would not be putting your Warrior Makeup and tassles out of the closet just yet to celebrate.

Look for much more from WWE Legends of Wrestlemania in the near future right here at Gamingring.com.

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Sounds like it's a "dumbed down" Smackdown, didn't realise it was possible.

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WrestleMania has several different nicknames: The Granddaddy of Them All, the Super Bowl of Wrestling, or as I like to call it, "that really expensive wrestling pay-per view." But regardless of which name you prefer, WrestleMania's by far the WWE's biggest annual event. To coincide with the spandex-filled extravaganza this year, publisher THQ's leading a new videogame grappler to the ring. Its new digital superstar, WWE Legends of WrestleMania, is a simplified version of its franchise series SmackDown vs. Raw that focuses solely on the iconic event itself. As not to double dip with SVR, all the matches in Legends will be from past WrestleManias. For instance, you might remember Hulk Hogan versus. Andre the Giant from WrestleMania III. Ring a bell? If not, stop reading this preview -- you obviously don't understand the appeal of underwear-wearing meatheads. For those of you who do remember this iconic match, would you like to relive it? Well, you better, because that's practically all you do in Legends. To make things interesting, though, you're given a variety of in-ring objectives that you must complete during each match. These objectives are mostly events that actually happened in the real-life match. For instance, in the Hogan/Andre match, you'll have to break the 500-pound giant's bear hug, just like Hogan did. While it's not necessary to complete every task during the match, you must complete enough to go on to the next match. Plus, doing so will give you points, and everyone likes points -- especially when they help you unlock stuff (though at this point, we're not sure what you can purchase).
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<!-- end screen module --> OK, you've beat Andre -- now what? Well, you have two other options (at the moment, at least): You can play the Rewrite or Redefine modes. Rewrite lets you do just that: rewrite history. That means instead of Hogan getting all the glory for pinning a heavy man with severe back problems, you can change history and let the giant squash the orange-skinned immortal. The Redefine mode lets you fiddle with the options. So, say, you want Hogan to face Andre in a Lawsuit with Vince McMahon on a Pole Match. Well, you can't -- that match doesn't exist. But if it did (or was an actual selectable match type), you'd successfully be "redefining" the match.
In an effort to appeal to the casual ring rats, THQ's making the controls for Legends super simple. Even simpler than SVR. That means all the cool stuff you'd expect from SVR (Ultimate Control Grapples, analog stick grappling, etc.) will sadly not appear in Legends. Instead, everything is mapped to the four face buttons. It's a little too early to see if this'll work or not, but we imagine seasoned SVR pros will probably miss the not-as-complex-as-THQ-thinks-they-are controls. But like the WrestleMania event itself, THQ's hoping to bring in a broader audience, so maybe it'll work. Or, maybe, it will last as long as a Mike Adamle's stay as Raw's General Manager. Let's hope for the former.
We'd tell you more, but Legends isn't ready to show off all its goods just yet. So far, we can only confirm the following Superstars (or "Entertainers," if you want to be politically correct by the WWE's standards): Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and the Rock. Small list, sure, but it's pretty obvious it'll balloon up once the game's ready for the ring in March 2009.

whoa! i remember those old undertaker and bret hart t-shirts those kids in the crowd are wearing.

Kind of odd, seeing you can transfer SVR characters over. Perhaps you can chose between SvR controls or basic? And I hope this Wrestlemania main events thing is the 'story' mode, and you can still play exhibitions and stuff.

Im assuming that screen is from the ps3 version given the mixed 2d and 3d crowd.

I think they need to go watch some videos of mania 3, hogan looks like he's got a near full head of hair in that scren.

Well lets face it, all the other 'recent' games that featured Hogan wouldn't allow him to remove his bandana.

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So going by the last picture, one of the classic commentry teams are....JR and the King. In 'classic' King attire.

Makes sense I guess

I'd like to play this, but I don't know if I'd like to buy this.

:love: Winged Eagle belt :love:

Same.

Don't think I'd want to waste a DVD-R on it either

More bullshit pre-rendered screenshots with huge amounts of anti aliasing applied. They do this every fucking year...

Those screens being legit isn't so unlikely.

damn, is there really a big chance that it wont look that good? cause thats amazing looking

The graphics looks simaler to when you take a screenshot of SvR2009, so chances are those are in game.

It reminds me of gran turismo hd and pgr4, in game they look nowhere near that smooth, but you can go to the replay mode in pgr and it automatically applies tons of anti aliasing to smooth out the jagged edges. Same with gran turismo hd in the replay mode.

They might be ingame but theyre not exactly representitive of ingame graphics because of the post processing filters added.

Have the arenas been announced? How sweet would it be if you could play in every past Wrestlemania arena :drool:

Well so far I can see one of the original WMs(pretty undefinable), WM9, and WM 15.

I should imagine there will be most of the WMs, considering any other PPV would be slightly out of place...

The arenas will probably just be the one arena redressed with different textures to simulate other arenas. Be nice if they actualy modelled the others but far as im aware thats how its done in smackdown vs raw as well. If they made them all different in size how they really are the entrance animations would have to be animated multiple times.

So that explains why the WM24 set wasn't outdoors in SD VS RAW 09.

Not really cos the unlockable Tribute to the Troops arena is outdoors.

Unless they specifically modelled the TttT arena. I'd have prefered them to do it with the Mania arena though.

Will this play like No mercy?

Yeah but they couldn't make it look like the Citrus Bowl because they'd have to overhaul everything to make it that big. Like the WM 23 arena in SDVSRAW 08 is nothing like Ford Field, it's just a normal arena.

Plus, I'm fairly certain they couldn't make it look like the citrus bowl for legal reasons.

I was also pissed at the Ballroom being so large.

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Warrior and Piper confirmed.

Note that the Warrior/Piper match is in the WM VII arena...does that mean no Savage? :(

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:heart: the HBK attire. Strange choice though, WMXI

I hope that instead of having like 3 different WWE/F Championship belts they throw in the old school white Intercontinental and Tag Team titles.

Achievements for the 360 version are up:

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/g.../achievements/

Looks great so far.

I'd highly consider purchasing this product!

Why is this stickied? To get peoples hopes up even further so it hurts that much more when they're crushed?

Dunno, wrestling website I'm just going to see if having the wrestling topics stickied makes any difference whatsoever.

In this section official threads on major releases should be sticky'd, as well as bonafide ongoing threads like Rock Band and release hype threads.

Well... that's what I'd do...

[Mackem] Yeah not really sure if it is going to work with this first. Maybe see how it goes after a week and then unsticky them, I guess the VG forum mainly works under what is hot or not at the time. The band games are definitely hot at the moment but that would be an extra few threads and then with the major releases and hype threads you getting to almost a page of stickies. Dunno, we'll see. Good idea though.

From IGN:

NYCC 09: WWE Legends of WrestleMania Progress Report


It's time to relive WrestleMania XV.


by Greg Miller

February 5, 2009 - Like it or not, there's something hypnotic about WWE Legends of WrestleMania. It seems whenever I'm playing this game and on comes one of the historical videos that precedes every Rewrite, Relive, and Redefine match, I'm immediately turned back into lil' Greg running around the house in his Hulk Hogan tank top or reminded of the Attitude era that defined my high school years.

Today was an Attitude day.

This weekend at New York Comic-Con, THQ is letting the pubic get its hands on WWE Legends of WrestleMania, and I was able to get a look at the game ahead of time. While the demo relies heavily on the famed Andre/Hogan match from WrestleMania III that you've read about before, the sneak peek also includes Stone Cold vs. The Rock from WrestleMania XV. If your professional wrestling education began with The Miz (you poor bastard), this was a main event that pitted good guy Austin challenging jerkface Rock for the WWE Championship.


Hell yeah!

When you jump into the WrestleMania Tour mode in Legends, you're going to have to choose whether you want to Relive (play a match as the person who originally won it), Rewrite (play a match as the person who originally lost it and try to change the Superstar's fate), or Redefine (play the match as whomever you want but have to deal with a modern stipulation such as a ladder) history. Aside from the fact that these matches are all packed together and you can only get to the next one by completing the one before it, this mode is quite a bit different than your standard exhibition match. No matter which history-defining choice you make, you're going to have a list of objectives that you need to complete to get points and build toward the event's gold medal. These objectives are the milestones of these WrestleMania matches -- it's stuff like Hogan slamming Andre and Stone Cold giving the Stunner to The Rock.

When you pick one of these bouts for the first time, the aforementioned compilation video plays and recaps the feud leading up to the match as well as what went down at WrestleMania and who walked away victorious. When I selected the Stone Cold/Rock match, the video loaded up and started with the Rattlesnake announcing "If you're ready for WrestleMania, give me a 'hell yeah!' " on Raw and took me for a trip down memory lane. I got to relive Stone Cold driving the beer truck down the aisle and spraying the McMahons with booze, Austin whipping The Rock into the XV sign at the big dance, and Stone Cold dropping the Stunner and walking away with the strap in Philadelphia, Pa. When the video was done, I was at the start screen where I could load up the match and/or check the event's specific objectives.

Never one to show its entire hand, THQ wasn't showing all of the match objectives, but what it did have listed made sense -- winning the opening chain battle gets you 20 points for "Slobber Knocker," you can bank another 20 points if you perform moves on the Spanish announce table until it breaks, and a simple taunt nets you an easy 10 points for "Sign Language." Now, if you want to, you can play through these matches and ignore the points because even a simple win will unlock the next WrestleMania match to take on. However, if you dedicate yourself to grabbing the set number of points, your medal will be displayed in the game's Hall of Fame and the progress will play into the game's Trophies/Achievements.

Once I got into the match, I found myself having fun. Last time I played Legends, I wrote a bit about being let down by the control scheme -- the game is designed to be accessible to anyone so you're only using the face buttons and joystick -- but things went a lot smoother this time thanks to a more polished build. When I delivered moves, Rock stayed down; when chain battles kicked up, the button I needed to press popped up in the center of the screen as clear as day; and the objectives actually enhanced the experience.


Yeah, that's going to hurt.

See, when I worked my way up the entrance aisle and to the XV sign, a button prompt popped up beneath the Rattlesnake's HUD. With a button press, the camera angle changed to a fixed cinematic point and I got to watch Stone Cold whip Rock into the metal structure. When I took the fight to the front of the Spanish announce table, it was another one-button hit and I got to watch Stone Cold roll The Rock onto the table, climb on the barricade, and drop an elbow from the structure. The two guys rolled off the table, and when Rock got back up, I did the same thing except that this time the table finally broke and I was awarded the points for "Brake'n the Furniture." Then, it was a quick walk to J.R. and Jerry "The King" Lawler where I grabbed a water bottle off the table by double-tapping a button and then watched as Stone Cold spit the drink all over the downed Rock.

The fight went on and I pulled off a Lou Thesz press while The Rock broke out his patented swinging neckbreaker. The fight looked good, was easy to control, and I had to dig Stone Cold celebrating with the world title -- although it was the old school WWF title and not the round one the Rock and Austin actually competed for. I'll need more time with the game before I made a final judgment, but WWE Legends of WrestleMania definitely has potential -- just ask all the non-wrestling fans who stopped in during my demo and talked about how they might have to pick this one up to see their former heroes in the ring again.

Want to know who all is going to be on the WWE Legends of WrestleMania roster? Tomorrow, IGN kicks off a video feature documenting each and every Superstar in the game -- it's even hosted by WWE Ring Announcer "The Fink" Howard Finkel. Be sure to check out the site tomorrow, Friday, February 6, 2009.

Looking forward to the Fink on my 360

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For some reason the link posted the trailer, but theres a video link on the side for the 1st part of the countdown.

So far includes:

Hulk Hogan

Andre the Giant

Bobby Heenan

Iron Shiek

Brutus Beefcake

Big John Studd

JYD

HBK

Bam Bam Bigalow

Sgt. Slaughter

Dusty Rhodes.

Also confirmed indirectly by the video were Austin and Bret Hart.

Plus WM3 mini entrance rings are in.

No sign so far of any attitude guys asside from Rock and Austin, with the arguable exception of Taker, Bret and HBK. I hope they've managed to get a few more. Although admittedly alot of the attitude guys still work, so getting permission may have been harder.

BAM BAM! BAM BAM!

Roster looks good so far. I'm excited about the IX arena. I'm pretty sure I'll be getting this game.

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Yeah. Looks like shit.

The fact that he calls SvR the "simulation" game and this the "arcade" game scares me.

Relive, Rewrite, Redefine is the stupidest idea I've heard in a long time. Fucking stupid. This better be at a budget price, not that I'll buy it anyway.

from that video above me, it seems like they only went up to WM15

Which makes sense, since everyone from 16-onward are either currently with WWE, not worthy of this game's title (no wrestler should be subjected to being included in this crock of shit game) or works for TNA.

Oh good, not only are there QTE and Hogans just powerslamming Andre at will, never mind he had trouble fucking bodyslamming him.

IF YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW WHO WOULD WIN OUT OF CENA OR HOGAN???

1) I have not

2) Play most of the SD V Raw games bar 09 to find out?

No, see, now it's like an expansion pack and you have to pay twice to get Cena in your game.

It's a brilliant strategy.

So do the Legends of Wrestlemania also go into the simulation (lol) of SD Vs Raw 09?

Epic fucking Fail. I hate to see bad games in the making. There's a kid starving in Africa, and his plight isn't directly related to this game's development, but that's what pops into mind when I see gigantic wastes of money.

Is there no one on board with the balls to say that this is fucking bad idea? Like way back in the planning phases before a dime was spent on pre-prod? For fuck sake this sort of thing takes the edge of what's going on in the game industry.

$60 saved.

They should have just remade the Wrestlemania Arcade Game with different sprites.

Oh God no.

Oh come on, Kal. You would so rather play that than this.

PIN HIM! PIN HIM!

WWE.com leaked Superfly Snuka before IGN

I wonder if DDP will be in this.....or X-pac?

It's an awesome concept, but as I've said, it should have been a general wrestling legends game and should be using the actual SvR engine instead of whatever the fuck this is.

I hope this isn't the prototype of the next engine.

This isn't arcade style. This is lazy ass.

Why do these WWE games seem to be getting worse?

I think SvR 09 was originally a big step forward, but then with the DLC and Attributes it lost its luster. LOW may be ok, I'll give this version the benefit of the doubt to see what they can do to make it better next year.

They have been since "Here comes the Pain"

SYR is kinda equal to HCTP HCTP Add some stuff but also took things away.

Why HCTP was the last game to feature backstage? I have no F'n clue.

Probably due to the fact that hardcore/"go anywhere" matches are pretty rare now.

More wrestlers have been confirmed. They are:

- Stone Cold Steve Austin
- The Rock
- Jimmy "Mouth of the South" Hart
- Hawk and Animal, Legeon of Doom
- Rowdy Roddy Piper
- Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
- "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
- "The British Bulldog" Davy Boy Smith
- "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase

possibly a rental, but i wouldn't buy it

STONE COLD! STONE COLD! STONE COLD!

why owen is not a legend, he wasn't in the business long enough.

Shut up!

they need to put arn anderson in it he's a legend.