WCW vs The World

[Guest Astro]

I was playing the Video game (which I bought for 2 bucks on Monday) and There are obvious likenesses of Dr. Death, Stan Hansen and many more japan stars, right down to stats and finishers. So how did WCW get away with this, by simply making just enough changes or what? Plus with a roster of 50-80 guys of their own, why did they only add 15 of their own guys? Seems completely retarded to me. *Sigh*

[The Amazing Rando 0]

Probably cause they wanted to make it "THE WORLD" ...and Japan just happens to be a part of that world.

[deancoles 0]

The deal with New Japan probably had something to do with them not getting sued.

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

I think this falls under the FirePro Wrestling series.

 

 

As long as the likeness is not 100% accurate and the character is given a fictional name, all is legal.

 

Although I'll say Hayabusa looks almost exactly like his normal self.

[Guest Dynamite Kido]

I was playing the Video game (which I bought for 2 bucks on Monday) and There are obvious likenesses of Dr. Death, Stan Hansen and many more japan stars, right down to stats and finishers. So how did WCW get away with this, by simply making just enough changes or what? Plus with a roster of 50-80 guys of their own, why did they only add 15 of their own guys? Seems completely retarded to me. *Sigh*

My friend.....some question are NEVER to be asked. Just enjoy the Misawa/Kobashi goodness that you can have with that game........

[dubq 0]

The deal with New Japan probably had something to do with them not getting sued.

Well considering neither Hansen or Williams worked for NJPW at the time, I doubt it has anything to do with that.

[AndrewTS 0]

I think this falls under the FirePro Wrestling series.

 

 

As long as the likeness is not 100% accurate and the character is given a fictional name, all is legal.

 

Although I'll say Hayabusa looks almost exactly like his normal self.

That's basically it. Japan has different copyright and intellectual property laws as the United States. So sometimes they'll make little changes and make sure the names are different, and they're fine.

 

Plus vs. the World's graphics are so ugly it would be difficult to definitively say which wrestlers are who.

 

Sabu's in as well, and Ken Shamrock, Hawk, and Taka were in the WWF at around that time as well.

 

Although I'll say Hayabusa looks almost exactly like his normal self.

 

I think he's less accurate than his VPW64 version, though. Shinzaki is missing the Heavenly Lock and the rope-walk in World Tour, as well, I believe.

 

There are some weird things going on there. Some moves are swapped around, such as the guy that looks like Dynamite Kid using Vader's move set, the Terry Funk knockoff being bald, and so forth.

 

Also, "The Giant" is actually Andre. Unless there was a point in WCW where Wight ballooned to a greater size than he currently is in WWE and grew an afro. Maybe I missed that.

 

Plus with a roster of 50-80 guys of their own, why did they only add 15 of their own guys? Seems completely retarded to me. *Sigh*

 

It was made by a Japanese company, and was probably little more than a translated version of the Japanese game, so they weren't very familiar with a lot of the less-famous WCW guys.

[Guest wildpegasus]

Yeah, you could definitely tell it was a Japanese game. THe triangle, square, circle bit. All of the Japanese names and federations. Than you had Chris Benoit's picture on the back BEFORE Hulk Hogan's or any of the other normal main eventer's pic. Man, I loooved that. Besides Hogan the main people the game advertised were Benoit, Eddie, Malenko and I think maybe the Steiners. Even the poster in EGM strongly featured Benoit (180 top rope spinning powerbomb!), Eddie and Malenko along with some of the other normal main eventers. I always wondered if there were a few people around this game that were confused why Benoit and co were featured so strongly.

 

I liked the fighting system in this but one other thing I really like were the secret charactors. Here are some of them:

 

 

 

Grizz Lee as Bruiser Brody

 

Shanghai as Karl Gotch

 

Major Tom as Terry Funk

 

El Masquerade as Mil Mascaras

 

Jeff Jarrett as Jeff Jarrett

 

Than you had Tiger Mask and Andre the Giant as super secret special charactors. What a list! That was half the fun of the game with the other half was marking out whenever you figured out who one of the disguised charactors was by reading their mannerisms and moves in the ring.

[Guest Cataclysm911]

EDIT: N/M

[AndrewTS 0]

Strangely enough, the "fake" characters looked far more like their real counterparts than in VPW2.

 

In VPW2, did they make the "fake" wrestlers look less like their real counterparts due to changes in Japanese laws, or so they could squeeze more replay out of the game by making you unlock the real costumes?

 

Big Bang Pro Wrestling seems to just have fun with odd character designs, and tack on movesets from U.S. guys. A big fat bald guy as a Nash-clone, for instance. Plus Kei has to have the largest breasts I've ever seen on a female game character. Geez, Mai would point and laugh at her.

[HurriShane 0]

Who was 200 wins supossed to be?

[AndrewTS 0]

Yoji Anjyo. Here's the full roster of who is in the game, BTW (and their real identities, if applicable). Source: GameFAQs.

 

1. Hulk Hogan (WCW)

2. Chris Benoit (WCW)

3. Eddy Guerrero (WCW)

4. Lex Luger (WCW)

5. Sting (WCW)

6. Ric Flair (WCW)

7. Rick Steiner (WCW)

8. Scott Steiner (WCW)

9. The Unknown= Super Delfin (Michinoku)

10. Wu Fang= Mitsuharu Misawa (All Japan)

11. Kapuna= Toshiaki Kawada (All Japan)

12. Sam Song= Kenta Kobashi (All Japan)

13. Akira= Akira Maeda (Rings)

14. Uraki= Masakatsu Funaki (Pancrase)

15. Dean Malenko (WCW)

16. Ultimo Dragon (WCW)

17. Samoa= Giant Baba (All Japan)

18. Mongrel= Jumbo Tsuruta (All Japan)

19. Fujigami= Tatsumi Fujinami (New Japan)

20. 200 Wins= Yoji Anjyo (UWF International)

21. Sherlock= Ken Shamrock (WWF)

22. Steven Regal (WCW)

23. Masahiro Chono (New Japan)

24. The Count= Stan Hansen (All Japan)

25. Bear Breath= Gary Albright (All Japan)

26. Siberia= Steve Williams (All Japan)

27. Konaka= Shiro Koshinaka (New Japan)

28. Billy Gaijin= Scott Norton (WCW)

29. Puchteca= Atsushi Onita (FMW)

30. Heart= Tarzan Goto (IWA Japan)

31. Abispa= Jushin Liger (New Japan)

32. Mad Oahu= Riki Choshu (New Japan)

33. Mongol= Keiji Muto (New Japan)

34. Yamagiwa= Kazou Yamazaki (UWF International)

35. Kaiji= Yoshiaki Fujiwara (Fujiwara-Gumi)

36. Habanero= Hayabusa (FMW)

37. David Harley= Sabu (ECW, All Japan)

38. Bad Blood= Great Muta/Keiji Muto (New Japan)

39. Bolt Jamison= Power Warrior/Kensuke Sasaki (New Japan)

40. Overdose= Hawk (WWF)

41. The Black Ninja= Great Sasuke (Michinoku)

42. Mukluk= Kensuke Sasaki (New Japan)

43. Black Belt= Taka Michinoku (Michinoku)

44. Shaolin= Hakushi/Jinsei Shinzaki (Michinoku)

45. El Bolador= Hiroshi Tenzan (New Japan)

46. Moma= Nobuhiko Takada (UWF International)

47. Thunder Dome= Bas Rutten (Pancrase)

48. Saladin= Genichiro Tenryu (WAR)

49. Kim Chee= Koji Kitao (Bukoh Dojo)

50. The Turk= Dynamite Kid's body with Vader's moves

51. Dojo= Shinya Hashimoto (New Japan)

52. Dakota= Hiroshi Hase (New Japan)

 

Hidden characters- Starting at the bottom left of screen and

going over:

 

53. Steel Talon= Antonio Inoki (New Japan)

54. Grizz Lee= Bruiser Brody (All Japan, WWC and many other feds)

55. Shanghai= Karl Gotch (NWA)

56. Major Tom= Terry Funk (ECW, FMW)

57. El Masquerade= Mil Mascaras (many federations)

58. Jeff Jarrett (WCW)

 

Hidden character at top left of screen:

59. Jaguar= Tiger Mask (New Japan)

 

Hidden character at top right of screen:

60. The Giant (WCW), actually just Andre The Giant (WWF) from the

Japanese game with a few minor changes.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

I remember back in 97, people were convinced Crome Dome or Thunder Dome (the bald guy) was supposed to be Steve Austin. Crazy kids.

 

I liked being Black Belt (TAKA) in World Tour, considering he was a WWF regular at that point.

[converge241 0]

i loved this game

 

when it came out we used to have tourneys for cash

[The Tino Standard 0]

We used to spend HOURS playing four-way eliminations with this game. Just AWESOME.

[Pegasus Kid 0]

*snip*

Wow, I think I'd better dust off my N64 and play this game again because I sure as hell don't remember any of these secret characters. I guess I was too busy playing against my buddies to actually play in single player mode. Man, back in the day WCW vs NWO would provide hours, even full days worth of enjoyment. I can't believe more games didn't incorporate the Round Robin mode. That along was enough to keep six - eight of us busy for the day.

[AndrewTS 0]

*snip*

Wow, I think I'd better dust off my N64 and play this game again because I sure as hell don't remember any of these secret characters.

That would be pretty hard to do when WCW vs. the World is for Playstation.

[Pegasus Kid 0]

*snip*

Wow, I think I'd better dust off my N64 and play this game again because I sure as hell don't remember any of these secret characters.

That would be pretty hard to do when WCW vs. the World is for Playstation.

Oops. I had it confused with WCW vs NWO World Tour for N64 as a lot of the characters you mentioned and their Japanese counter parts were in that game.

[AndrewTS 0]

*snip*

Wow, I think I'd better dust off my N64 and play this game again because I sure as hell don't remember any of these secret characters.

That would be pretty hard to do when WCW vs. the World is for Playstation.

Oops. I had it confused with WCW vs NWO World Tour for N64 as a lot of the characters you mentioned and their Japanese counter parts were in that game.

Heh, right. Most of the vs. the World peeps were in VPW 64, but the unlockables in World Tour were only WCW guys, Joe Bruiser, and Black Widow.

 

Sadly, VPW 2's roster can't touch VPW 64 or WCW vs. the World's.

[DangerousDamon 0]

*snip*

Wow, I think I'd better dust off my N64 and play this game again because I sure as hell don't remember any of these secret characters.

That would be pretty hard to do when WCW vs. the World is for Playstation.

Oops. I had it confused with WCW vs NWO World Tour for N64 as a lot of the characters you mentioned and their Japanese counter parts were in that game.

Heh, right. Most of the vs. the World peeps were in VPW 64, but the unlockables in World Tour were only WCW guys, Joe Bruiser, and Black Widow.

 

Sadly, VPW 2's roster can't touch VPW 64 or WCW vs. the World's.

But VPW2 does make up for it with the graphics and gameplay.

 

 

Although, VPW is the only game I know that has Benoit doing that sick ass Double German Suplex combo.

[Guest Man Of 1,004 Modes]

OH fuck, I was thinking of the World Tour game on N64.

[MillenniumMan831 0]

Did anyone notice the WCW Pro logo as one of the WCW mats? Kinda funny since Sonny Onoo's Japanese contingent took over 30min of Pro per week in preparation for Starrcade 1995. Probably a coincidence though.