''Legends of Wrestling'' is a professional wrestling video game based on the greatest wrestlers of all time, from WWF/WWE, NWA, WCW, WCCW, AWA,

ECW ECW may refer to: Professional wrestling * Extreme Championship Wrestling (originally Eastern Championship Wrestling), a professional wrestling promotion that operated from 1992 to 2001 * The Alliance (professional wrestling) (originally the WCW/E ...

and various independent promotions. It was developed and published by Acclaim. It was released in 2001 for the

PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia on 3 ...

, then in 2002 for the

GameCube The is a home video game console developed and released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, and in PAL territories in 2002. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 (1996), and predecessor of the Wii ...

and Xbox.

Reception

The game was met with "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. '' The Cincinnati Enquirer'' gave the PS2 version a score of four stars out of five and said that its characters "have an exaggerated action-figure look, but they move smoothly and have a robust collection of moves." However, '' Playboy'' gave the same version a score of 60% and said, "Unless you're desperate to see Captain Lou Albano in action again (and who isn't?), scant reason for a purchase presents itself. Casual wrestling fans can pass." BBC Sport gave said version a score of 56%, stating: "When you press a button to pull off a move there's far too long a wait for any action, and the game actually builds up a queue which can mean you are waiting for moves to happen before you can continue."

Sequels

A sequel to the game, titled ''

Legends of Wrestling II ''Legends of Wrestling II'' is a professional wrestling video game developed by Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City, published by Acclaim Entertainment, and released on November 26, 2002 for both the PlayStation 2 and GameCube. It was later released ...

'', was released in 2002 for the Game Boy Advance,

and Xbox. The series was followed by a third sequel, titled '' Showdown: Legends of Wrestling'', was released in 2004, for the

and Xbox.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Legends Of Wrestling 2001 video games Legends of Wrestling 1 GameCube games Legends of Wrestling (series) PlayStation 2 games Video games with custom soundtrack support Xbox games Professional wrestling games Video games based on real people Cultural depictions of professional wrestlers Video games developed in the United States

Reception

Sequels

See also

References

External links