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Full user statistics - tracking win/loss/tie records for each wrestler.

40-man "Battle Royal" mode - the winner takes all!.

Instant replay feature to show off your deadly finishing moves.

Advanced game engine giving smoother animations, faster speed and improved character AI.

Real events, including "Bash at the Beach" and "Starcade".

Customize your favourite wrestler and prepare to rumble with the best.

Pumping four player action with Rumble Pak support for thudding realism.

Over 60 Wrestlers (including 50 Superstars from WCW and NWO) with their unique signature entrances, moves, and taunts.

Within a month, the game became the best-selling console game in North America and ended up selling over 1.88 million copies in North America. Revenge surpassed the success of its predecessor, World Tour and is regarded as one of the best wrestling games and the best WCW based wrestling game on any platform. Their next wrestling game for the Nintendo 64 was WWF WrestleMania 2000. The development team continued to build upon the core gameplay mechanics and features they introduced in their previous WCW based games and began creating games using the WWF brand. Revenge was the last Asmik Ace Entertainment and AKI Corporation developed WCW game for the Nintendo 64. THQ opted to sign a contract with the World Wrestling Federation to utilize the WWF brand for future wrestling titles.

#Wcw nwo revenge characters license#

Despite the WCW brand losing popularity in the Monday Night Wars WCW/nWo Revenge was generally recognized as the best wrestling game of 1998.Īfter THQ’s World Championship Wrestling license agreement expired Electronic Arts signed a five-year exclusive deal with WCW to release wrestling games starting in 1999. During the game’s development, the Monday Night Wrestling Wars were starting to move in favour of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and during development THQ announced that they have chose not to renew its license to publish WCW games. The game would become THQ’s swan song for WCW based wrestling games on the Nintendo 64. The game was praised by critics upon release and was a tremendous commercial success becoming the best-selling wrestling game for the Nintendo 64. The continued use of the grappling system along with improved graphics, extended roster and newly added features expanded the popular of the THQ Wrestling series. Revenge featured AKI’s revolutionary grappling system which was extremely simple to learn and allowed for a variety of moves to be preformed based on the selected wrestler’s wrestling style. While the Nintendo 64 title would continue forward with development just under a revised name, the PlayStation game would ultimately be cancelled after spending several months in development until the WCW/nWo Live title.Īdvertisement for the N64 game before it was renamed to WCW/nWo Revenge

It is unknown why THQ made the decision to swap the name of the games around especially after marketing material for the games were already being made.Īn advertisement for WCW/nWo Live for the Nintendo 64 was published before THQ made the decision to rename the game. The N64 game would be renamed to WCW/nWo Revenge while the PlayStation game would use the title WCW/nWo Live. While the games were in development THQ made the decision to switch the name of the games. The PlayStation game was being developed by Japanese game studio Yuke’s and was originally given the title WCW/nWo Revenge. In early 1998 THQ had two separate wrestling games in development, one for the Nintendo 64, WCW/nWo Live and one for the PlayStation, WCW/nWo Revenge. The development of the game began under the title WCW/nWo Live and was later changed to WCW/nWo Revenge. The game once again utilizes the World Championship Wrestling brand during its height of popularity and builds upon the revolutionary gameplay mechanics that were implemented in World Tour. The game is a follow up to the immensely popular WCW vs nWo: World Tour release the year prior in 1997. WCW/nWo Revenge is a wrestling video game developed by Asmik Ace Entertainment and AKI Corporation for the Nintendo 64 and published by THQ.