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And the TNA Wrestling license goes to.............
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ratcliffja
Member
That's beyond pathetic. Why did EA buy AKI if they're going to waste them on Def Jam games and not actual wrestling? Wrestling may not be as big as it once was, but that's no excuse to just waste a golden opportunity to use real wrestlers.
Ganondorf>Link
Member
What the hell is TNA?
Oni Link 666
Member
Did AKI ever actually make a Def Jam game? I thought EA Canada just used their engine and EA just had exclusive rights to use it.
Anyway, I'm tempted to say TNA + Midway = Who cares? but, I'll wait until I hear impressions of the gameplay at least. I'm not getting my hopes up though.
Whatever happened to the rumored real wrestling game EA was making?
Anyway, I'm tempted to say TNA + Midway = Who cares? but, I'll wait until I hear impressions of the gameplay at least. I'm not getting my hopes up though.
Whatever happened to the rumored real wrestling game EA was making?
Amused_To_Death
Member
Oni Link 666 said:
EA is waiting for the WWE license (WWE is suing THQ and JAKK to get out of its long term agreement)
Hey, it could be worse. The TNA license could have gone to a company that would have given the game the Backyard Wrestling engine.
:lol
To answer Ganondorf>Link's question, TNA Wrestling is the closest thing that the WWE has to competition at the moment. Most of the familar wrestlers are guys that were let go of by the WWE or quit like Jeff Hardy, Rhyno, The Dudley Boys (Now "Team 3D"), Jeff Jarret etc. The show is on every Saturday night at 11pm on Spike TV, but I think they are going to move the show to Thursday nights pretty soon.
Speevy said:
:lol
To answer Ganondorf>Link's question, TNA Wrestling is the closest thing that the WWE has to competition at the moment. Most of the familar wrestlers are guys that were let go of by the WWE or quit like Jeff Hardy, Rhyno, The Dudley Boys (Now "Team 3D"), Jeff Jarret etc. The show is on every Saturday night at 11pm on Spike TV, but I think they are going to move the show to Thursday nights pretty soon.
The Main Event
Member
I'm curious to see who and how they'll handle that franchise.
As for EA, some people forgot about their last attempt at a wrestling franchise...
...but I guess AKI could always save it.
As for EA, some people forgot about their last attempt at a wrestling franchise...
...but I guess AKI could always save it.
To further the description of TNA:
It uses a 6 sided, hexagonal ring, like the ones used in mexico. Thus, the ring is bigger, and high-flying action is much easier to deliver
Though there are a lot of recognizeable faces in the TNA heavyweight division, the real meat of TNA is the X Division. Pretty much all of the guys in the X Division are unknowns. I'm pretty sure that most, if not all, of the guys in the X Division weight between 220 and 250 lbs. But the X Division is not like a cruiserweight division. While there are high flying spotfests, the X Division consists primarly of fast-paced technical wrestling with unique moves. Basically, rather than the airborn spotfests the cruiserweight divisions of WCW and WWF/WWE consist of, the X Division combines in-ring agility with technical wrestling for an all around package that delivers total nonstop action (pun intended). An example of a guy who would probably fit in with the X Division from WWE would be, say, Shelton Benjamin or Kurt Angle. Maybe even Chris Benoit.
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It uses a 6 sided, hexagonal ring, like the ones used in mexico. Thus, the ring is bigger, and high-flying action is much easier to deliver
Though there are a lot of recognizeable faces in the TNA heavyweight division, the real meat of TNA is the X Division. Pretty much all of the guys in the X Division are unknowns. I'm pretty sure that most, if not all, of the guys in the X Division weight between 220 and 250 lbs. But the X Division is not like a cruiserweight division. While there are high flying spotfests, the X Division consists primarly of fast-paced technical wrestling with unique moves. Basically, rather than the airborn spotfests the cruiserweight divisions of WCW and WWF/WWE consist of, the X Division combines in-ring agility with technical wrestling for an all around package that delivers total nonstop action (pun intended). An example of a guy who would probably fit in with the X Division from WWE would be, say, Shelton Benjamin or Kurt Angle. Maybe even Chris Benoit.
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dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Mr Gump said:
I think it was more about THQ and Jakk's not giving WWE their fair share of the profits from sales.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
evil ways said:
Since they have Lawrence Taylor on Blitz, maybe he can be in the TNA game.
Cerebral Palsy
Banned
Damn, wanted AKI to do a TNA game 
Hope it turns out well.
Hope it turns out well.
What is wrong with you people?
EA DID NOT PURCHASE AKI. They're free to work with whichever publisher they choose. Which means we could see an AKI-developed TNA game from Midway if that's the way the chips fall - and given Midway's recent efforts in upping the quality of their releases, a collaboration between the two isn't far-fetched.
EA DID NOT PURCHASE AKI. They're free to work with whichever publisher they choose. Which means we could see an AKI-developed TNA game from Midway if that's the way the chips fall - and given Midway's recent efforts in upping the quality of their releases, a collaboration between the two isn't far-fetched.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
I just wonder if Midway will handle this one internally or grab someone outside of the company to develop it. I just hope a good developer gets ahold of it. I'm a huge TNA fan and have been a street team member since its inception.
bishoptl said:
This is what I was going to say. Since Aki isn't working on the next Def Jam, it would seem they're available. Well, unless EA has shoe-horned them into another project that is.
As far as the topic goes, while I'd still much rather see an Aki-developed Pride or UFC game, TNA wouldn't be too bad.
I was thinking along the same lines. Midway has been pretty quality for at least the past year, so I'm actually pretty optimistic about the game, whether AKI ends up doing it or not. Just give me a good CAW and a shit ton of slots and Shit Nozzle Jim will be making his TNA debut with the rest of the pWo.bishoptl said:
AKI is a roamer. I could imagine, TNA being a smaller company than the WWE, that they may have someone smart enough to mention AKI to Midway.
Someone pull out the sales figures for the N64 WWE games, and compare them to XBOX/GC combined.
AKI + next gen hardware + TNA = fun.
Edit--- wow, didn't realize there was news on this game since 2003!
http://www.gamestats.com/objects/608/608258/1
Someone pull out the sales figures for the N64 WWE games, and compare them to XBOX/GC combined.
AKI + next gen hardware + TNA = fun.
Edit--- wow, didn't realize there was news on this game since 2003!
http://www.gamestats.com/objects/608/608258/1