112: WCW/nWo Revenge

We wrestle with buddies with a special guest from Wrestle Buddies in WCW/nWo Revenge.
Developer: Asmik Ace Entertainment & AKI Corporation | Publisher: THQ  | Initial Release: October 26, 1998



Jacob, Moe, and special guest Chris Hayner throw our foes to the outside, give you a brief history of N64 era wrestling games and reminisce about instruction manuals in games.



Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt) & Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)
Special Guest: Chris Hayner (@ChrisHayner) | Wrestle Buddies: Twitter | Podcast





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SHOW NOTES:

2:05 Fast Pitch (our one-sentence pitch for the game)
2:50 What are our personal histories with WCW/nWo Revenge
5:00 AKI Corp and Yuke's impact on wrestling games (Def Jam, Ultimate Muscle)
12:55 How did play WCW/nWo Revenge?
14:45 How this game changed wrestling game controls?
19:35 We peruse the instruction manual from WCW/nWo Revenge (take a look with us)
21:40 We talk about the roster (including EWF & DAW)
28:50 We talk about how we played (top rope moves, submissions and more)
30:35 Graphics and sound (faces are bad?)
33:20 Game modes
35:20 The Recommendation Machine
42:40 Our final thoughts about the game
48:05 Wrap-up

UPCOMING SHOWS:

March 3, 2021 Moonlighter (ft. Jacob and special guest Dan Colonna)
March 17, 2021 Telltale's The Walking Dead S01E05 (ft. Jacob, Moe and special guest Cam Hawkins)
March 31, 2021 Hitman 2 [Part 1 - Intro/Hawke's Bay] (ft. Jacob, Moe and Mike)
April 7, 2021 Hitman 2 [Part 2 - The Finish Line] (ft. TBD)
April 21, 2021 Batman: Arkham Origins (ft. TBD)






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