While it’s very easy to see the progression in Aki’s N64 wrestling games, it’s just as easy to see the lack of progression in Acclaim’s. Going from WWF War Zone to WWF Attitude, the only real improvement was the presentation. Now that Aki have the WWF license, Acclaim have had to shop elsewhere, with that impressive presentation going away with it. This feels like a very slightly modified War Zone.

The create-a-wrestler is probably the best thing, which now has more options, plus you can create female wrestlers straight away. Other than that, there’s very little to talk about with this one.

Poor

It’s not only the wrestlers that bring on a feeling of déja vu. The arena style, the entrances, the options, even the end-of-match stats screen are totally unchanged. Granted, it’s official sports sim policy to release the same game over and over again, with barely noticeable improvements each year. But, with THQ’s games winning the wrestling match in the charts time after time, and Attitudes look and style looking distinctly old-hat next to Wrestlemania 2000, it’s surprisingly to see Acclaim do little more than change the three capital letters on the title screen.

Mark Green, N64 Magazine #39. Review Score: 80%

Remake or remaster?

There are better wrestling games.

Official ways to get the game.

There’s no official way to get ECW Hardcore Revolution.