What it lacks in wrestling and gameplay, it makes up with novelty and some cheap chuckles.

User Rating: 6.3 | The Simpsons Wrestling PS
If you're a wrestling fan, then shield your eyes from this game. The only wrestling in this game is the arena and the pinning. If your a Simpsons fan then this isn't a terrible game.

Gameplay itself is rather simple. You have an energy bar which grows. When it reaches certain points you can press certain buttons (Square, Triangle, and Circle) to do different moves. And that's about it. There's some power ups but each caharcter basically has 3 moves:

Punch/Kick
Projectile
Other

That's it. It's not enough depth in gameplay. Just smack 'em up. The character choice also seems a bit odd. From the start you have:

Bart, Homer, Lisa, and Marge (All givens)
Krusty
Groundskeeper Willie
Barney Gumble
Apu

And you can unlock Flanders, Proffessor Frink, Moe, and The Bumblebee Man. Wait, Bumblebee Man!? At least the others have had episodes centered around them. But Bumblebee man? Also, Barney and Frink seem kind of out of place too.

The graphics are nothing to drool over. They'r mediocre.

The sound is okay. Music needs improvement. The one liners from characters are entertaining. And the caharcters will give specific taunts depending on whose playing who. (For example, if it's Homer Vs. Flanders, Homer will personnaly insult him. "You suck-diddly-uk Flanders!" etc.)

The difficulty is poorly balanced. Flanders is unbalanced and by far the most powerful person in the game. He regenerates to half health after you pin him once. His projectile homes in on you multiple times. His circle move causes powerful lightning to hit you.

Not to mention in the circuit modes, Mr. Burns and Smithers is very hard. I went from playing easy opponents to big challenge. The learning curve is quick but it's like taming a puppy, then being asked to move onto a wolf.

The value of this game is okay. It's not terrible, but there could have been some more moves for the characters. I may occasionally come back to this game. Although I just played it for the first time in a couple of years since I first got it.