''TNA Wrestling Impact!'' (styled ''TNA Wrestling iMPACT!'') is a mobile
professional wrestling
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video game
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released by
Namco Networks
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in 2011. It is based on the
professional wrestling promotion
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Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promot ...
(TNA). Unlike ''
TNA Wrestling
Impact Wrestling (stylized as ''IMPACT! Wrestling''), is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of Anthem Sports & Entertainment.
Founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett in 2002, the promoti ...
'', the previous mobile game based on TNA, ''TNA Wrestling Impact'' features
3D graphics
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and is more action-oriented than its predecessor. The game was released for both
iOS
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and
Android
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devices. The game has received mixed reviews, with criticism directed at the game's presentation and controls. It is no longer available for download on the iTunes App Store or Google Play Store.
Gameplay
The game makes use of the touch screen of iOS and Android devices by providing a virtual control pad for movement and three buttons for grapples, attacks and other in-ring actions. The actions available to the player are determined by the current in-ring situation - for example, pressing the attack button near a downed wrestler may result in a stomp to the opponent's closest body part.
The game also features an option allowing players to create an original wrestler.
Players can enter career mode to contend for one of three TNA titles: the
TNA World Heavyweight Championship, the
TNA X Division Championship or the
TNA World Tag Team Championship. Match types include
cage match
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es and submission matches.
Reception
The iOS version received "mixed" reviews according to the
review aggregation
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website
Metacritic
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.
Harry Slater of ''
Pocket Gamer
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'' criticized the pace as well as the repetitiveness of the game. However, he described the game as fun and as a good representation of pro wrestling as a whole.
See also
*
List of licensed wrestling video games
References
External links
*{{official website, http://namcobandaigames.com/ios/tnawrestling
Bandai Namco games
2011 video games
2011 in professional wrestling
Android (operating system) games
Impact Wrestling video games
IOS games
Video games developed in the United States