Wrestlerage
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| Wrestlerage | |
| System | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Release Date | Canceled |
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| Genre | Beat-'em-up, fighting |
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| Controller Pak | |
| Rumble | |
| Expansion Pak | |
| Link Cable | |
| Xbox Live | |
| Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection | |
Wrestlerage is a 1991 canceled game that was intended as Rare's debut on the SNES. The game was made to capitalise on the success of WWF WrestleMania and WWF WrestleMania Challenge, but also to break away from the restrictive ring-based play of the licensed games by taking the action out into anywhere else with a bit of free space.
Description
Starring a cast of eight fictitious brawlers ranging from Mr. Mangler through to the Silver Bullet, Wrestlerage was set to transpose the best elements of the popular wrestling game onto a Double Dragon-style scrolling urban background, each of the fighting arenas around three screens in length. The traditional attacks of such games (both unarmed and weapons-based) would be joined by dropkicks, pins, grapples and unique attacks such as carrying your opponents bodily around the screen and even, if the mood took you, bouncing their heads off various pieces of background scenery. A mode of play was even planned where all the contenders jumped into one big on-screen free-for-all rather than slugging it out head-to-head. But these ambitions were to remain unrealised when the game, at around 60% complete, was cancelled due to the lack of a licence or an already successful version which the marketers could use as a core selling point and the lack of an established market for the game. In a tricky period for the console market, with punters becoming more cautious than ever about how their money was spent, the sad fact was that none of the potential distributors were willing to take on board the risk of an original game. And so the way was left clear for the Battletoads conversions instead to become Rare's first SNES outings.
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