WWF Road to WrestleMania
WWF Road to WrestleMania is a video game released on the Game Boy Advance handheld console by THQ, based on the World Wrestling Federation's pay-per-view of the same name. The game was released in Europe on November 16, 2001, and North America on November 19, 2001. It was the first WWF game to be released on the Game Boy Advance, and the only one released under the WWF name, as the promotion was renamed to WWE in 2002.
WWF Road to WrestleMania
- Date
- 2001
- Publisher
- WWF Road to WrestleMania was published by THQ.
- Genre
- professional wrestling video game
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WWF Road to WrestleMania is a video game released on the Game Boy Advance handheld console by THQ, based on the World Wrestling Federation's pay-per-view of the same name. The game was released in Europe on November 16, 2001, and North America on November 19, 2001. It was the first WWF game to be released on the Game Boy Advance, and the only one released under the WWF name, as the promotion was renamed to WWE in 2002.
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The main part of the game is the season mode where players have to win matches to get a heavyweight championship title match. The game was succeeded by WWE Road to WrestleMania X8.
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• Title — WWF Road to WrestleMania • Developer — Natsume Co., Ltd. • Publisher — THQ • Composer — Iku Mizutani Tetsuari Watanabe • Programmer — Daisuke Tanabe Naoki Tomosada • Artist — Shuuya Takaoka Shinji Kyogoku • Director — Shinji Kyogoku • Producer — Sanders Keel Iku Mizutani • Genre — Wrestling • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Game Boy Advance
Gameplay
Gameplay
The game features both single-player and multiplayer game modes, with multiplayer being available through the Game Boy Advance Gamelink cable. The single-player game modes have a variety of match types including Exhibition, Gauntlet, Season, King of the Ring, Royal Rumble, Iron Man, and Pay Per View. Due to memory and roster limit restrictions, the Royal Rumble game mode is limited only to a maximum of 24 participants, compared to the average of 30 in its real-life variant. The season mode is incredibly similar to career modes found in other sports and wrestling games alike, which involves the player choosing a wrestler and building their career with the end goal of reaching WrestleMania, WWE's premier event of the year. Every week the player is subjected to various matches against the other competing wrestlers on the roster.
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WWF Road to WrestleMania published.
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WWF Road to WrestleMania is recorded as published in 2001.
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Reception
The game received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregator website Metacritic, earning an average score of 62 out of 100, based on 7 critics reviews. Computer and Video Games staff gave the game a 6/10, criticizing the 2D graphics and the awkward controls, but praised the "cheesy intros" and content, declaring it better than Fire Pro Wrestling, but inferior to the SmackDown games. Nintendo Power reviews gave it a collective score of 3.2/5. Conversely, IGNs Nix reviewed the game extremely negatively, referring to it as a "rehash of the GBC game...that got canned for not measuring up last year", and noted the graphics as being "the bare minimum of what the GBA can do...three animations of the Rock Bottom don't cut it", ultimately giving the game a 3/10 score.
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Context
The circumstances in which WWF Road to WrestleMania stands. Developed by Winning Entertainment Group. Recorded as video game. Issued for Game Boy. Published by THQ.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2015488: WWF Road to WrestleMania
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- “WWF Road to WrestleMania”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.GameSpot: Game Boy Advance Home: WWF Road to Wrestlemania. 2001-11-26.
- 2.WWF Road to Wrestlemania for Game Boy Advance Reviews. Metacritic.
- 3.CVG staff. GBA Review: WWF Road To Wrestlemania. Computer and Video Games. December 7, 2001.
- 4.Provo, Frank. WWF: Road to Wrestlemania Review. GameSpot. November 21, 2001.
- 5.Lafferty, Michael. WWF Road to Wrestlemania Review - Game Boy Advance. GameZone. December 5, 2001.
- 6.Nix, Marc. WWF Road to Wrestlemania. IGN. January 24, 2002.
- 7.WWF Road to WrestleMania. Nintendo Power. 152. 134. January 2002.
- 8.GBA Review: WWF Road To Wrestlemania - ComputerAndVideoGames.com. archive.md. 2007-06-24.
- 9.Nix. WWF Road to Wrestlemania. IGN. 2002-01-25.
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