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Konami grapples with AAA Lucha Libre Aug. 9

Japanese publisher steps back into the ring, agrees to distribute Slang's debut pro wrestling title for PS3, 360, Wii, DS, PSP.

Konami is passing on puroresu and looking at lucha libre. The Japanese publisher today announced a deal with Slang to distribute the company's Mexican pro wrestling game Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes Del Ring in the United States, Canada, and Latin America (outside of Mexico).

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The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 editions of Lucha Libre AAA are being developed with the Unreal Engine 3 by Immersion Software, with offices in Guadalajara, Mexico, and Bogota, Colombia. Argentine developer Sabarasa Studios is handling development on the Wii, PSP, and DS editions of the game.

The game's full roster of playable wrestlers has not yet been revealed, but it will include featured stars of AAA wrestling like La Parka, Konnan, El Elegido, Abismo Negro, Psycho Clown, Electroshock, and Charly Manson.

While this won't be Konami's first time in the pro wrestling ring, it is the publisher's first time dealing with a real-life license for one of its grappling games. The publisher had relied on fictitious wrestling federations for efforts like 2004's Rumble Roses on the PlayStation 2, its 2006 Xbox 360 follow-up Rumble Roses XX, and the 1988 arcade game The Main Event.

60 Comments

  • BrolyLSSJ3

    Posted Jul 5, 2010 9:29 pm GMT

    Man too bad this isn't based of all the promotions of Lucha Libre i would have loved to play as Mistico.well in any case i'm still going to check this out Vampiro,Konnan,Jack Evans,Teddy Hart, La Parka are all on the roster i really hope there is a demo sometime before release.

  • XanderZane

    Posted Apr 14, 2010 11:18 am GMT

    @ryogapower

    'Konami was never good at making games'

    WHAT???!!!???
    ******************************************
    @Chico_Azteca

    @XanderZane
    "Konami was never good at making games"

    oh god what?
    *********************************************************
    @JJB03

    @XanderZane Konami was never good at making games.
    WHAT! have you been living in a cave for the past two years u obviously have not heard of metal gear solid play that please it will make u very happy u picked up a game from konami *********************************************************************

    I meant wrestling games. Konami was never good at making "Wrestling" games. No, I haven't been living in a cave. I was playing Pong and Space War before you were born. Before that I was playing text games like Zork, Aventure, Star Trek, Tank, etc..

  • LosDaddie

    Posted Apr 12, 2010 10:26 am GMT

    Demo please!

  • liam82517

    Posted Apr 11, 2010 10:50 am GMT

    looks truly awful

  • thekey

    Posted Apr 11, 2010 9:32 am GMT

    The main event was konami's best wrestling effort so far. Hopefully they get this one right.

  • MichaelMorbid

    Posted Apr 11, 2010 5:04 am GMT

    if they have a multi-player season with quasi-rpg elements we'll be aces... hell, if the ai can figure out how a ten count works we'll be aces. thq has gotten so damn lazy with their wwe license, they keep screwing with the the controls, which was the last thing wrong with their repackaged titles. AAA is crazy and we can barely understand any of it, but it's fun as hell. extra points if they have the midget wrestlers.

  • JJB03

    Posted Apr 11, 2010 3:40 am GMT

    @XanderZane Konami was never good at making games.
    WHAT! have you been living in a cave for the past two years u obviously have not heard of metal gear solid play that please it will make u very happy u picked up a game from konami

  • Chico_Azteca

    Posted Apr 10, 2010 11:47 pm GMT

    @XanderZane
    "Konami was never good at making games"

    oh god what?

  • ryogapower

    Posted Apr 10, 2010 10:18 pm GMT

    'Konami was never good at making games'

    WHAT???!!!???

  • Col-Neil

    Posted Apr 10, 2010 3:55 am GMT

    Hopefully this will widen the market and it wont be so flooded with WWE games

  • Harerazer

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 10:05 pm GMT

    I gotta agree with the (few) Rumble Roses fans. That game would be so much better now with the technology advanced and more effort put into it. It may not be SvR but you gotta give a new IP a chance. That being said, this looks like a good game visually tho I think I saw some animation "pops" in the trailers. Can't be any worse than the TNA games.

    And Firepro is still the top of the hill despite it slipping a bit with the last installment. Bring 6Ms to the PSN/XBL/VC and I'll definitely grab it (goes to hook up his Saturn).

  • wiidsduelpack

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 7:13 pm GMT

    AAA is not even popular anymore among Hispanics in the U.S.A This is a massive fail for Konami

  • XanderZane

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 5:00 pm GMT

    santinodrake

    I want a New Rumble Roses please
    *******************************************************
    Dude.. Rumble Rose was not a good wrestling game. The women looked great, but the controls and action were not the best. Konami was never good at making wrestling games. The Fire Pro Wrestling series is one of the better wrestling games. There were a few Japan style wrestling games that came out on the Saturn and Dreamcast many years back that were very good. I can't think of the names of them now. The Raw -vs- Smackdown games have been pretty good as well.

  • mrzero1982pt2

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 1:41 pm GMT

    @vega13mv dude, did you not see their last ppv? seriously. it was embarrassing. abyss didnt win the title, but slammed 3 guys through the ring, and hes celebrating like he won how can you have a crapload of 50 and guys NEARLY SEVENTY trying to wrestle pushing out the new guys. tna should be called wcw 2010! tna=FAIL! at least on the "pg soap opera starring cena" you see wrestling sometimes

  • Barighm

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 1:24 pm GMT

    Not sure by the article's text, but this game is being distributed in Mexico, right? Because that's obviously where the most appeal is.

  • Gothic-360

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 1:06 pm GMT

    no conozco mucho sobre la lucha libre mexicana.. igual espero q sea un buen juego.. btw, el santo ftw!

  • monson21502

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 12:53 pm GMT

    @fester420, ok thanks for the info.so is konnan the macho man?

  • Chico_Azteca

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 12:41 pm GMT

    @fester420

    that would be El Santo in my opinion, but yeah both got history

  • chano7

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 10:58 am GMT

    The AAA it was enterteining to see in 90´s but when they (tv stations) start to pass WWE and RAW all the people look and the AAA start to copy the crap of making a story and rivals when I dont care if they loved or not I want to see a grapples the Jumps from that stuff we liked even all we know is fake

  • santinodrake

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 8:51 am GMT

    I want a New Rumble Roses please

  • lucifer3999

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 8:48 am GMT

    Jeff Gerstmann will be stoked

  • vega13mv

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 8:41 am GMT

    @ MoonMarvel

    Cena is the reason i started watching TNA. I'm sick of this PG soap opera SNL type crap that WWE is doing now. At least on TNA i actually watch WRESTLING. as far as this game goes, I think CMLL would've been a better choice. Mil Mascaras, Blue Demo and El Santo all deserve as much recognition.

  • gskywalker09

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 8:18 am GMT

    This might be good.

  • mrzero1982pt2

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 8:02 am GMT

    i bet you more people buy it than watch(or played) the TNA game or watch that crap

  • cosmostein77

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 7:43 am GMT

    Seems like another one to grab when its 9.99

  • jadefury27

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 7:03 am GMT

    cmll and emll have the better rosters these days. AAA mexico seems to be the place to go when you can't wrestle anywhere else. konann? really?

  • sochio

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 6:46 am GMT

    espero q sea bueno adoro la lucha libre

  • melty3219

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 6:37 am GMT

    This looks and sounds horrible!

  • Cow_tipping

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 5:53 am GMT

    @ ji0pez don't get your hopes up yet the team making game might drop the ball and make a crappy game like the TNA one made by midway

  • jl0pez

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 5:29 am GMT

    I can't wait for this, i'm tired of the garbage sd vs raw games. We need something new.

  • Cow_tipping

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 4:49 am GMT

    AAA is garbage CMLL its competition is much better but i am glad to see game development jobs go down to Mexico and South America

  • MoonMarvel

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 4:42 am GMT

    Have any of you even seen AAA? Its aired here and its the WORST wrestling on the planet! Its boring, perdictable and in no way popular even amongst hispanics in the USA (Not mexico) who would rather watch WWE. The matches are bad and you can call every move! @NewbiePoster

    While I like WWE, I do agree with you that AAA is garbage. I will check out 80's and 90's stuff upon your recommendations. Because todays AAA is terrible.

    @Yomigaeru

    Try watching WWE, Cena isnt boring and your attack on WWE plotlines...When was the last time you even watched WWE? Some can be silly, but thats the point! Humor. Storylines like HBK vs Undertaker were not "boring and infantile". Also saying cheers friends doesnt add anything to your comment. Thanks.

  • PresidentDman

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 3:01 am GMT

    No European release, that blows.

  • ekultus

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 1:09 am GMT

    Need video!

  • GOR_TAK

    Posted Apr 9, 2010 12:44 am GMT

    @kalabo10688

    Another RR AND a nude code! Lol

  • calm_syrface

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 11:58 pm GMT

    this should be fun...

  • NewbiePoster

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 11:47 pm GMT

    Oh please everyone knows Mexican Wrestling (AAA) has gone WWE-ish kind of show, bring back the real 80`s and 90`s Lucha Libre Mexicana. Abismo Negro ? (that guy passed away over a year ago) La Parka ? (there like 5 Parka`s right now) and the other guys are noting but a bunch of WWE Superstar wannabes...where's El Santo, Blue Demon, Tinieblas Jr., Super Porky...those are real mexican wrestlers not those clowns from AAA, they wrestle in a freakin' octagon FFS !!! im sorry guys but as a mexican who still enjoys REAL mexican wrestling I have to say "thanks, but no thanks" AAA`s nothing but a pile of horse crap...

  • bokiloki

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 11:32 pm GMT

    lucha libre wueros lecheros

  • fester420

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 11:12 pm GMT

    @monson21502

    La Parka is pretty much the Hulk Hogan of Mexico.

  • kavar100

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 10:39 pm GMT

    a huevo gringos

  • hippiesanta

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 10:38 pm GMT

    awesome

  • buft

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 10:02 pm GMT

    I liked rumble roses gameplay though the design was slightly perverted, hopefully this game will be good because the smackdown franchise has been really disappointing recently

  • zzamaro

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 9:25 pm GMT

    Luchadores Mexicanos

    La Parka, 1000 mascaras, Mascarita Sagrada, Blue Demon

  • monson21502

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 9:03 pm GMT

    la parka. no way thats the same one i used to watch in wcw about 15 years ago. by now he must be 50 some at least. so i bet its a new guy with the same outfit and mask.but konnan is on there and he must be 60 so maybe it is the same la parka lol

  • ahpuck

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 8:59 pm GMT

    @Glade_Gnarr. agreed. we need more developers from all over the world. with so many developing houses going out of business left and right, it doesn't hurt to have others join the gaming business.

  • johny300

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 8:56 pm GMT

    WWE would beat this game even before it cones out.

  • Yomigaeru

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 8:39 pm GMT

    Now this is a pleasant surprise. Lucha libre has always seemed more interesting to me, especially with the deep cultural significance of the sport.

    I've only seen a handful of matches, and am unfamiliar with the names, but that could be a plus. With the unknown comes skepticism, but by the same token you don't have any stigmas attached that you might have with more familiar brands like WWE and TNA.

    ...and as an added bonus for me, no John Cena. I have nothing against him personally, but he strikes me as a boring wrestler.

    Here's to the absence of boring and infantile WWE plotlines. Cheers, friends.

  • zar144

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 8:35 pm GMT

    A mexican videogame... Sounds strange but quite intresting.

  • elbos2k

    Posted Apr 8, 2010 8:23 pm GMT

    It's all about La Parka!

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