Puro in arcade form.

User Rating: 8 | Wrestle Kingdom PS2
By trontheamazing | Review Date:
I purchased Wrestle Kingdom for if no other reason than it was a new puro game. Honestly Pro Wrestling Noah at that time could have sold a Kenta Kobashi bowel movement and I'd buy it. And speaking of fecal matter, let's get to the game! No, it isn't THAT bad, although that's the same logic doctors use when telling people that they've only lost vision in one eye. This game should be fun. It has three different promotions AND Prince Albert....christ if you're not sold after being told that you can play as Prince Albert then there is no convincing you!

Roster- The games biggest problem. The roster is small - like, ECW on Sci Fi small. In their defense the wrestlers in the game are big guys who most people will probably choose to use anyways, which is of course why they kept in Ogawa. Who wouldn't want to do a jawbreaker finish while in zebra tights?! Christ, at least Disco Inferno made me laugh once.

Gameplay - I remember playing this a lot, and the majority of that was running around, getting a finisher, hitting it, then having the opponent kick out and pin me with a body slam or something equally as damaging. Sure the AI isn't Smackdown bad, but it still makes you wish that it was better. You can make a character, and go through a story mode, which is in japanese. This negative can turn to a positive if you just decided to have fun with it and pretend Masa Chono is hitting on you, or talking about CHUD.

Visuals - Awesome visuals. It pushed the PS2 to it's limits, which is somewhere a little beyond tetris. The wrestlers all look good, a little cartoony, but that's the style they were going for and they accomplished it.

Replay value - I had to look at the back of the case to see if Prince Albert was in fact in the game, I think that's an indicator.

Conclusion - Only buy this if you're really into wrestling games, or enjoyed Giant Gram on the Dreamcast.

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