WWF WrestleFest is a professional wrestling arcade game released by Technos in 1991, featuring stars of the World Wrestling Federation. The game is the sequel to WWF Superstars. The game was distributed by Technos in Japan and North America and by Tecmo in Europe and Australasia.
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If you're going to make a wrestling game that you have to play, this is a pretty neat place to start. It shouldn't have been a surprise that the attempt to resurrect it flopped, because it's a misjudgment about what the modern wrestling fan can tolerate or enjoy. They like the salacious details, tribalism, and animated gifs, and if your game doesn't generate those sorts of feelings you're gonna have a bad time.
The WWF had a golden run in the 1980s, and this game just perfectly captures the larger than life characters of that time period. It's definitely superior to its predecessor WWF Superstars, as it features better modes, generally much improved gameplay and possibly the best looking characters in non-3D WWF games.
Not sure why Macho Man and the Undertaker were missing, but the roster features some of the heavy hitters of that era like Hogan, Warrior, Jake the Snake, Ted Dibiase, and even the fantastic Legion of Doom had a cameo (along with Mean Gene!) as the final boss in the Tag Team tussle. It's beautiful to perform the Hogan Leg Drop, Warrior Splash, Snake DDT and the Million Dollar Dream special moves, and the best thing about them is there is no complicated button pressing required; just the two buttons is enough to have highly satisfying gameplay. Would have been perfect if it had a single player mode, but I think the community has that covered already ;)
Not sure why Macho Man and the Undertaker were missing, but the roster features some of the heavy hitters of that era like Hogan, Warrior, Jake the Snake, Ted Dibiase, and even the fantastic Legion of Doom had a cameo (along with Mean Gene!) as the final boss in the Tag Team tussle. It's beautiful to perform the Hogan Leg Drop, Warrior Splash, Snake DDT and the Million Dollar Dream special moves, and the best thing about them is there is no complicated button pressing required; just the two buttons is enough to have highly satisfying gameplay. Would have been perfect if it had a single player mode, but I think the community has that covered already ;)