This had to be bought up...

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Prepare to Relive, Rewrite or Redefine History with WWE(R) Legends of WrestleMania(R)

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. - (Business Wire) THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAKK) today announced that WWE® Legends of WrestleMania® is currently in development for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Joining the distinguished WWE® SmackDown®/SmackDown vs. Raw® franchise, which has shipped more than 37 million units worldwide since 2000, WWE Legends of WrestleMania is scheduled for release in March 2009 to coincide with the annual pinnacle of sports entertainment, WrestleMania® 25, in Houston, Texas.

“We have generated significant year-over-year growth in key global territories with WWE-licensed videogames, including tremendous success with the WWE SmackDown vs. Raw franchise,” said Peter Matiss, vice president, global brand management, THQ. “The development capabilities afforded by next generation hardware, combined with our established history and deep understanding of fighting videogames, allow us to leverage the strength of the WWE brand to further extend our leadership in the fighting videogame genre and bring this new property to market.”

“JAKKS Pacific is pleased to introduce a new WWE videogame property to the fighting genre,” said Nelo Lucich, senior vice president of interactive, JAKKS Pacific. “The WWE SmackDown vs. Raw franchise has captured a collective audience of WWE fans, game enthusiasts and casual players, and we are confident that WWE Legends of WrestleMania will be poised for great success.”

INCLUDE TAZ OR I RIOT

I don't think Taz has wrestled at 'Mania so probably not.

INCLUDE MR. T OR I RIOT

He's commentated at WrestleMania though...

Now this is good news, an updated legends game would be good to have. Maybe this might be an incentive for them to keep off legends in the upcoming SvR games?

If done right this could be absolutely awesome! All 24 Wrestlemania arenas, wrestlers from Hogan and Macho Man to Bret Hart and Micheals (90's of course) to Rock and Triple H. I couldn't see anywhere near as much detail being put into a legends game as the Smackdown series but a decent sized roster would be all I'd want (I wouldn't really care about a GM or season mode)

For this game to work they need to have at least the following Legends in this game:



Hulk Hogan.
Andre the Giant.
Ultimate Warrior (it has to be done lol)
Bret Hart.
British Bulldog.
Owen Hart.
Jim Neidhart.
Machoman Randy Savage.
Big Bossman.
Diesel.
Razor Ramone.
123 Kid.
Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Undertaker.
The Rock.
Brutus Beefcake.
Ravashing Rick Rude.
Ric Flair.
Mr Perfect.
Jake "The Snake" Robberts.
The Mountie.
Big John Studd.
Sgt Slaughter.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggen.

Ok I think that'll do on the single wrestler side of things, now the tag teams:

L.O.D
Nasty Boyz.
Bushwacker.
The Wild Samoans.
Demolition.
Steiner Brothers?


Ok that's a big roster, obviously the Legends game i don't see them putting a lot of effort into it, that's my opinion, i just hope they don't take the small number of Legends off of the SD V RAW series because people like Austin, Rock & Bret deserve a spot on that game.

Finally, THQ does something different. This is good news. Indeed, perhaps I'll buy this rather buying 09. But wait, it's a next-gen exclusive? Aww.

INCLUDE STEAMBOAT, FOLEY, AND FUNK OR I WILL KILL SOMEONE!!!!!

Seriously, Steamboat needs to be in there. Plus I love playing as Funk. Old School Undertaker would be cool too.

NEXT GEN!?!?!?!? YAY. I might just yell out loud.


Seriously though. I love this idea. I always wanted a legends game with the same feel of the smackdown series.


EDDIE EDDIE EDDIE

So Legends of Wrestlemania? So all those who had main evented Wrestlemania would be in? I wonder if they'll leave out Benoit again.

No not all. They should add in all wrestlers who are in the HOF and others who will one day make the Hall of Fame. We don't need Hill Billy Jim's.

quote Pedigree

So all those who had main evented Wrestlemania would be in?

quote Sadistic

No not all. They should add in all wrestlers who are in the HOF and others who will one day make the Hall of Fame. We don't need Hill Billy Jim's.

I doubt he did, but even if he ever did it would be a waste of Space. I hated that guy. Same goes for that Russian dude.