I made a comment elsewhere in this thread with a bunch of amazing games, I just realised I missed AJPW 3 (PS2) off that list. But my all time favs are VPW2 (like you) and King of Colosseum 2 (PS2)
John Riggs: RIGG'd Games I actually enjoyed WCW vs NWO World Tour over Revenge. Lots of Japanese wrestlers (and wrestlers that wrestled in Japan) that were renamed on that game. Also Hannibal was the best character.
Because Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 is a superior game. It's basically the Japanese equivalent of WWF WrestleMania 2000, only with more features, and all the moves from the previous games.
Def Jam Vendetta I'd hardly consider a wrestling game. it's an arcade style fighting game for people who didnt have the attention span to play No Mercy or Virtual Pro Wrestling. AKI had nothing to do with em either.
I love your channel. I've been suffering from depression, anxiety, panic attacks, social disorder, and some other bullshit but I recently got back into gaming because of you and other You Tubers which coincidentally you know and do videos together at times. You have great content and awesome co-hosts, but what makes this more awesome and you've said more than once is that you don't know everything and you bring in people that do. That's a person that knows his faults and is not afraid to tell others about it and what's cool is that the other You Tubers are the same. You are what you eat is the expression I've heard, this is, you are who your friends are. You and your You Tube friends have a fan for life.
Uncle Victor I remember finding out about Wrestle Kingdom in like 2008 I think and I was like oh man Brock Lesnar is in the game with his new red ring gear and seen they had A-Train as Giant Bernard I only checked out gameplay on RUclips But never played the game
@@owenkorando9595 i have been playing a physical disc on jpn system. try here www.nextgenroms.com/topic/9731-king-of-colosseum-ii-ntsc-j/ you will need to make an account to see link or www.emuparadise.me/roms/search.php?query=king+of+colosseum+2+ps2§ion=all&sysid=0 again will need account. let me know if you have any luck :)
Thanks to John Riggs for coming on my channel and educating me on the finer points of a Bra and Panties match. I have a new reason to get into wrestling ;)
Sadly those matches aren't that common nowadays considering today's politically correct society and women's wrestling being treated as actual wrestling. Just a heads up.
I loved Virtual Pro Wrestling 2, the only game where making your opponent bleed just to unlock Abdullah the Butcher. I can't believe Abdullah has blonde hair in the game lol
You should check out "Feel the Bang" its No Mercy 64 Mode they you can play using emulators ,Its the best game now you will be screaming how it looks new wrestlers google it "Feel the Bang" wrestling game or put in youtube serch engine
This is my list so far.... Best NES wrestling game = Pro Wrestling Best SNES wrestling game = Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium Best N64 wrestling game = 3 way tie (WWF No Mercy, Wrestlemania 2000, wCw/nWo Revenge) Best PS1 wrestling game = WCW vs The World, WWF Smackdown 2 Know Your Role Best PS2 wrestling game = WWE Smackdown Shut Your Mouth, WWE Smackdown Here Comes The Pain, WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2006 Best original Xbox wrestling game = WWE Raw 2
The thing that sucks is after playing Fire pro Returns, it became hard for me to get into other games. 2D sprite graphics that animated well, an amazing grappling system which had a lot of strategy to it, being able to create just about anyone you wanted.....I have a federation for AWA, 80s WWF , NWA, you get the picture .
Great stuff, I grew up on wrestling games and remember having nights with my friends like John was saying. The N64 wrestling games were just epic at the time.
Some of my favorites are Smackdown!, Shut Your Mouth, Here Comes the Pain, WMX8, Day of Reckoning, RAW 2, WCW Revenge, WM 2000, No Mercy, WWF WrestleFest, WWF War Zone.
Metal Jesus talking about wrestling games? That's an automatic thumbs up for me EDIT - Haha he knows nothing, My comment seems foolish, I'll leave the thumbs up because I love him anyway.
I really enjoy how much of a stand up guy Metal Jesus is. The interview you did with Pat the NES Punk on his podcast was what hooked me in. You definitely rock.
I can't stop myself from pointing this out.... Eddie Guerrero did not where a mask and that is not him on the cover of here comes the pain. You were referring to Rey Mysterio Jr. Love the vids! Keep em coming!
thanks for going through with this video MJR! I appreciate it and it was simply awesome! Many titles I learned about!!! thanks again to you and your buddy
When i saw the title for this video! i got so excited! Fire Pro Wrestling is Amazing! the 2nd one for the GBA is pretty much perfect!. get list of games! this might be my favorite video of yours ever!
The xbox one was a very sad joke, i wish there was a better way to play them on new systems, the ps4 should like the ps2 games play so i can have my Returns on my ps4. its sad that they just kind of faded away. but hope one day there can be something other then 2K, the new one is okay, but after a few hours its easy to see its safe and not much to it, just like the few before it. Thanks for the video, it was great. now i got to get my Micro out and start playing some FPW 2! also just as a quick aside, have you played many of the DS ones, they are by no means great, but the last one i think 10 or 11, was like a portable version of no mercy, so it was okay, just bland.
I know I'm late, but they have a PC version of Fire Pro available on Early Access from Steam. I haven't played a wrestling game in years, but this was a whole lot of fun.
You mentioned wanting to see a grappling engine like King's Soul (PS1) again, that's pretty much what the King of Colosseum series is (KoC Red, KoC Green & KoC2). Also Final Fire Pro Wrestling on GBA is the best portable game (import only, took me ages to track down in person in second hand Japanese stores). Other games to look at are Toukon Retsuden 2 on N64. Toukon Retsuden 3 on PS1, Toukon Retsuden 4 (Dreamcast), AJPW 3 (PS2), Wrestle Kingdom 2 (PS2), and Champion Wrestler (PS1)
Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 is my FAVORITE pro wrestling game ever. So glad to see it on the list! Fire Pro Wrestling series is also great! King Of Colosseum is also kick ass.
Thank you for showing love to virtual pro wrestling 2! It is also my favorite. The reason I imported it was the fact you got to use kendo sticks in matches and continue to wear trench coats versus them only being worn during entrances. Riggs passion for that game is spot on. He didn't mention that you can create luchador masks as well.
Yes; I was watching the awesome video uploaded with Mr rightway and was stoked to stumble back on this looking forward to watching not a wrestling fan in particular but can enjoy any thing and I love presentation in the fire pro games. Really enjoy what both you guys do, later!
Thank you MJR for at least showing an interest in wrestling and giving it a chance, you're the man! Retro-Gaming and Pro-Wrestling are my 2 most favorite things in the world :-)
Hey John you forgot Ultimate Muscle: Legends vs New Generation on the gamecube which used the same aki engine like the N64 games and Def Jam Vendetta on gamecube which also used that same engine.
Dude!! last night i deceided to check John's channel out, also discovering he was a wrestling fan and thinking to myself he needs to do a wrestling game episode with Metaljesus. And here it is!!
This video is so up my alley! Anyway, I agree with that comment of people who think No Mercy is the best probably never played Virtual Pro-wrestling 2. VPW2, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns, and AJPW: King's Road are my faves from this video. I'm surprised there's no King of Colosseum games. I highly recommend King of Colosseum 2 if you liked AJPW for the PSOne.
I was really surprised by seeing wrestling in your channel.It's so cool.BTW N64 classics and HCTP are probably my favourite wrestling videogames of all time
The AJPW game you showed is commonly referred to as King's Soul. King of Colosseum Red (AJPW/NJPW), KoC Green (NOAH/Zero One), and KoC 2 were all follow-ups on the PS2. I'd suggest KoC 2.
Loved this! Spent so many hours w/ WCW/nWo Revenge. Had the N64 hooked up to the vcr to record dream matches w/ characters I altered (pre-create a wrestler) Thanks for bringing back good memories!
I was hoping for an honorable mention for the Def Jam games. They were a mix of wrestling and street fighting and used the AKI engine. I really enjoyed them and loved the celebrity cameos.
Great video, guys. Nice to see lots of appreciation for the Japanese classics. Just one note for John, that Tecmo World Wrestling, whilst the names are changed to avoid copyright, the wrestlers are mostly based on real wrestlers.
Japanese wrestling games, which yes! Finally something I can talk about as well. I agree with the Returns and Virtual Pro-Wrestling 2 as being some of the best ever made. Though even Virtual Pro 1 even has a soft spot for me, it's all about that era and nuances that make that game still hold up to me as well. Of all the games he showed he left out a couple solid titles on the PS2. One being All Star Pro Wrestling 3 (a simulation game with a great presentation), Wrestle Kingdom 2 (the last Japanese wrestling game every released on a console, used a perfected Day or Reckoning engine), and then King of Colosseum 2. Which the KOC series are the true successors to that All Japan : Ouja no Kon on the Playstation .
Smackdown 2: Know Your Role was the best, and is still my favourite wrestling game. The quick arcade style game play was awesome. Northern Lights Driver FTW!
John Riggs ROCKS! The 90s was the BEST DECADE EVER! From video games to TV to movies to wrestling! And I'm glad John Riggs knows this even though he isn't a millennial. He's a full on Gen-X (or probably even a boomer but I don't want to call him that lol) and whenever I speak to older people, they always say the 70s or 80s was the best decade ever for gaming and music and everything else (due to their own nostalgia). Whenever I, a millennial, who was born in the 90s say that the 90s was the best decade, older and younger people always say "oh that's just millennial nostalgia." BUT IT ISN'T! THE 1990s WAS THE BEST. AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE BECAUSE JOHN RIGGS SAID SO!
Wrestling games are a unique and super fun genre. Can be as deep and tactical as you want or simple and arcade. There are so many gems. So many great games it is almost a challenge at times to decide what to play. I love it. Great video.
KillerBeast951 Everyone always glorifies HCTP, it's a great game, but I didn't like it as much as Shut Your Mouth for PS2. But, I think SvR 06, takes the gold for PS2 WWE games.
idk, probably you havent tried Fire Pro Wrestling for the PS2...its pure EXCELLENCE and you can go on on UFC style cage matches too...If you havent tried it, I suggest you do right now... Or else...your going to the list
You get extra props for mentioning River City Ransom. Hands down the best fighting game ever. Also, Pro Wrestling on NES (not in video) was a fantastic wrestling game. Great video!
River City Ransom/Nekketsu Kunio-Kun was overrated as a beat-em-up series, +Mr. Billy Klub. The Final Fight, Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle, and Rushing Beat (a.k.a., Rival Turf, Brawl Brothers, and The Peace Keepers) games all run circles on that game, and there are also other ones that make that franchise inferior as well, such as Battle Circuit, Alien Vs. Predator (arcade), Fist Puncher, Guacamelee, Odin Sphere, and The Takeover.
My favorite is Fire Pro D on the Dreamcast, though I hear the PS version has more to it. Great series. Wish they brought it back, unlike that horrible Xbox avatar one they attached the name to. =(
Fire pro returns is obviously the most complete fire pro game but I really enjoyed the gba versions. Especially the English translation of final fire pro
Here Comes the Pain was a shit ton of fun, spent so much time dicking around and creating characters from other franchises. It still holds up pretty well today too, thanks to how clean the visuals are and the fact that the roster is still pretty recognizable today overall.
Great video guys! I love your channel Metal Jesus, as much as I enjoy John Riggs' channel! It's always a treat when you two collaborate on anything. You guys rock!!
Touche Brother Riggs, you avoid deletion, for today at least. Breaking kayfabe here, I can always go back to those old AKI games and jump right in, such great controls!
The Royal Rumble on SNES was so much fun with the last man in the ring winning. It was a marathon where one loss of concentration resulted in a quick exit over the ropes.
"How in hell" can you not notice that he was actually pointing out Rey Mysterio and called him Eddie Guerrero? He says "the guy in the mask," and I remember from MANY hours of playing Here Comes the Pain that Mysterio is on the back of the case, not Guerrero. So MJR definitely gets a pass from me on that one. Come on, Riggs.
Jim Steele was the wrestler who wrestled as Wolf Hawkfield from Virtua Fighter, Steele made his debut in 1991 but Six years later is when he dressed-up like Wolf. Throughout his career he worked for USWA, WCW, ECW, All Japan, New Japan, and WWC.
Very interesting, and that makes me discovering other different gems from the 8-bit &16-bit era. I appreciate this video, focusing outside of the almost 2-decade Smackdown/SVR/2K series (on which I really find I'm playing the same game every year for too long)
Great video guys! I'm doing a sub collection of wrestling games as well. I haven't heard of Burning pro wrestling till now so, thanks John for putting another one on the my list to look out for. ;) Also, the game John was referring to was All Japan Pro Wrestling ft. Virtua for Sega Saturn(I own a copy myself). The VF characters Wolf and Jeffery make an appearance.
Hey, question: is there a reason to play the previous two games in the series or is Giant Gram 2000 better/the ultimate version? I don't think there are more than those 3 games and I'd like to know which is the best choice.
Awesome video! love wrestling and games, been playing since 1989 with Wrestlemania on NES. Day of Reckoning was one of my favorite wrestling games series.
I was thinking 'they are showing wrestling games and haven't mentioned the Fire Pro series'?! Thankfully you did. I am just as passionate about wrestling games and wrestling in general as John Riggs, especially old school. I've played literally dozens of different wrestling games and I can honestly say, I have NOT played a better wrestling game than Fire pro Returns. After playing it, it made it a lot harder playing the newer WWE games. Great video.
Smackdown vs Raw 2007 was so great, gm mode, kept track of wins and losses, popularity meter is way better than the momentum meter, you could actually hear the difference between a popular wrestler and an unpopular one, the crowd cheered and booed louder for popular wrestlers, wrestler contracts
Good to see Virtual Pro Wrestling 2: Ōdō Keishō on here as it's my favorite wrestling game along with Tecmo World Wrestling and Fire Pro Wrestling Returns.
Always looking for more suggestions, too. Another honorable mention would be Def Jam Vendetta!
Yea Vendetta was good, only really played fight for NY though. Definitely was a solid game
SATURDAY NIGHT SLAM MASTERS (SNES)
I made a comment elsewhere in this thread with a bunch of amazing games, I just realised I missed AJPW 3 (PS2) off that list. But my all time favs are VPW2 (like you) and King of Colosseum 2 (PS2)
John Riggs: Do you Remember the Simpson wrestling game
John Riggs: RIGG'd Games I actually enjoyed WCW vs NWO World Tour over Revenge. Lots of Japanese wrestlers (and wrestlers that wrestled in Japan) that were renamed on that game. Also Hannibal was the best character.
The long haired nerd is like, "wow, this guy is a nerd"
Rude
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Bro, how in the hell did Wrestlmania 2000, No Mercy, or Def Jam Vendetta not make the list?
ahhh def jam vendetta is the shiiiit!.. you could like feel the hits..
Maybe cause they're obvious choices?
Because Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 is a superior game. It's basically the Japanese equivalent of WWF WrestleMania 2000, only with more features, and all the moves from the previous games.
Def Jam Vendetta I'd hardly consider a wrestling game. it's an arcade style fighting game for people who didnt have the attention span to play No Mercy or Virtual Pro Wrestling. AKI had nothing to do with em either.
those games dont need to be on a list.....most people just know that they're #1
I love your channel. I've been suffering from depression, anxiety, panic attacks, social disorder, and some other bullshit but I recently got back into gaming because of you and other You Tubers which coincidentally you know and do videos together at times. You have great content and awesome co-hosts, but what makes this more awesome and you've said more than once is that you don't know everything and you bring in people that do. That's a person that knows his faults and is not afraid to tell others about it and what's cool is that the other You Tubers are the same. You are what you eat is the expression I've heard, this is, you are who your friends are. You and your You Tube friends have a fan for life.
All the Fire Pro games, Wrestle Kingdom 2, and King of Colosseum 2 are my favorite imports.
Uncle Victor what about the first wrestle kingdom?
Uncle Victor
I remember finding out about
Wrestle Kingdom in like 2008 I think
and I was like oh man Brock Lesnar is in the game with his new red ring gear
and seen they had A-Train as Giant Bernard
I only checked out gameplay on RUclips
But never played the game
king of colosseum 2's roster is huge. 150 on disc
@@connerfox9144 i can't find a iso for it
@@owenkorando9595 i have been playing a physical disc on jpn system. try here www.nextgenroms.com/topic/9731-king-of-colosseum-ii-ntsc-j/ you will need to make an account to see link or www.emuparadise.me/roms/search.php?query=king+of+colosseum+2+ps2§ion=all&sysid=0 again will need account. let me know if you have any luck :)
Thanks to John Riggs for coming on my channel and educating me on the finer points of a Bra and Panties match. I have a new reason to get into wrestling ;)
I had a question Will buy pokemon sun and moon for the 3ds ??
Sadly those matches aren't that common nowadays considering today's politically correct society and women's wrestling being treated as actual wrestling. Just a heads up.
thank god for that not that teenage me didn't mind those matches but charlotte and sasha are amazing athletes
Bra and Panties matches don't exist in WWE anymore. PC, Feminism, you know the drill
Tha Duckman I'll rather watch Women who can wrestle.
but I will say I will agree with him on this: Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 is my baby.
I loved Virtual Pro Wrestling 2, the only game where making your opponent bleed just to unlock Abdullah the Butcher.
I can't believe Abdullah has blonde hair in the game lol
This guy def has a lot more energy and enthusiasm then your other guests..
WCW vs Nwo was amazing. Loved it, I can't remember how many hours I put into it. Raven was my man back then haha. Met him a few years back too.
SegaCDUniverse he had the DDT as his finishing move. I forgot the name.
Yes that was the game was a lot of fun
Evenflow DDT
You should check out "Feel the Bang" its No Mercy 64 Mode they you can play using emulators ,Its the best game now you will be screaming how it looks new wrestlers google it "Feel the Bang" wrestling game or put in youtube serch engine
This is my list so far....
Best NES wrestling game = Pro Wrestling
Best SNES wrestling game = Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium
Best N64 wrestling game = 3 way tie (WWF No Mercy, Wrestlemania 2000, wCw/nWo Revenge)
Best PS1 wrestling game = WCW vs The World, WWF Smackdown 2 Know Your Role
Best PS2 wrestling game = WWE Smackdown Shut Your Mouth, WWE Smackdown Here Comes The Pain, WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2006
Best original Xbox wrestling game = WWE Raw 2
I forgot Fire Pro Wrestling Returns for PS2.
Oh and VPW 1 and 2....though I like the first 1 better because of the nWo.
The thing that sucks is after playing Fire pro Returns, it became hard for me to get into other games. 2D sprite graphics that animated well, an amazing grappling system which had a lot of strategy to it, being able to create just about anyone you wanted.....I have a federation for AWA, 80s WWF , NWA, you get the picture .
Best gamecube wrestling games day of reckoning series
"90's were a great time for video games and wrestling" - How right you are Sir :-) Best days ever.
When I lived in West Virginia there were only 2 tv stations that mattered: NASCAR and Wrestling.
It's better than uncharted
oh, the nostalgia hit me...good times :)
No King of Colosseum 2 on PS2? It's almost a polygon version of Fire Pro Returns.
Overall I believe the wrestling genre has an elite following of fans. It's a genre that's lost on me but this video was super entertaining
I understand not knowing wrestling - classic or modern. But really, didn't know of Brock Lesnar? That's surprising.
+Polykill Podcast I know Chris Jericho because of Fozzy. That counts, right?
Ha, I'll allow it!
I've no idea who these people are either.
I saw Fozzy and I am a huge wrestling fan. It was awesome to see Jericho singing and playing guitar instead of talking smack on the mic and wrestling.
jajajaja wrestling is shit to me and not knowing that guy is normal
Great stuff, I grew up on wrestling games and remember having nights with my friends like John was saying. The N64 wrestling games were just epic at the time.
Some of my favorites are Smackdown!, Shut Your Mouth, Here Comes the Pain, WMX8, Day of Reckoning, RAW 2, WCW Revenge, WM 2000, No Mercy, WWF WrestleFest, WWF War Zone.
Ah Wrestlefest on the arcades. Classic.
Metal Jesus talking about wrestling games? That's an automatic thumbs up for me
EDIT - Haha he knows nothing, My comment seems foolish, I'll leave the thumbs up because I love him anyway.
King of Colosseum II isn't on the list... REALLY, bruh?
No love for the King of Colosseum games on PS2?
The PS1 ajpw game he shows uses the same engine as koc.
Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium is the best SNES/Super Famicom wrestling game IMO.
I really enjoy how much of a stand up guy Metal Jesus is. The interview you did with Pat the NES Punk on his podcast was what hooked me in. You definitely rock.
I can't stop myself from pointing this out.... Eddie Guerrero did not where a mask and that is not him on the cover of here comes the pain. You were referring to Rey Mysterio Jr.
Love the vids! Keep em coming!
Eddie did wear a mask in japan when he was black tiger
thanks for going through with this video MJR! I appreciate it and it was simply awesome! Many titles I learned about!!! thanks again to you and your buddy
The graphics on the PS1 New Japan game are sick, blows WCW vs the World out of the water. Also MJR seems to have a vendetta against Chris Jericho
Okay, I've got a new favourite MetalJesusRocks video now! Thanks for making this! :)
When i saw the title for this video! i got so excited! Fire Pro Wrestling is Amazing! the 2nd one for the GBA is pretty much perfect!. get list of games! this might be my favorite video of yours ever!
Fire Pro is easily the best. I was a little let down by that weird Xbox download (where you play as your avatar) but would welcome a new one anytime!
The xbox one was a very sad joke, i wish there was a better way to play them on new systems, the ps4 should like the ps2 games play so i can have my Returns on my ps4. its sad that they just kind of faded away. but hope one day there can be something other then 2K, the new one is okay, but after a few hours its easy to see its safe and not much to it, just like the few before it. Thanks for the video, it was great. now i got to get my Micro out and start playing some FPW 2! also just as a quick aside, have you played many of the DS ones, they are by no means great, but the last one i think 10 or 11, was like a portable version of no mercy, so it was okay, just bland.
I know I'm late, but they have a PC version of Fire Pro available on Early Access from Steam. I haven't played a wrestling game in years, but this was a whole lot of fun.
You mentioned wanting to see a grappling engine like King's Soul (PS1) again, that's pretty much what the King of Colosseum series is (KoC Red, KoC Green & KoC2). Also Final Fire Pro Wrestling on GBA is the best portable game (import only, took me ages to track down in person in second hand Japanese stores). Other games to look at are Toukon Retsuden 2 on N64. Toukon Retsuden 3 on PS1, Toukon Retsuden 4 (Dreamcast), AJPW 3 (PS2), Wrestle Kingdom 2 (PS2), and Champion Wrestler (PS1)
Duh, another reason N64 was great for wrestling titles (no mercy, ect.) - N64 had the built-in 4-player options! Royal Rumble all the way!
Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 is my FAVORITE pro wrestling game ever. So glad to see it on the list!
Fire Pro Wrestling series is also great!
King Of Colosseum is also kick ass.
He's like a white version of Reggie lol
Thank you for showing love to virtual pro wrestling 2! It is also my favorite. The reason I imported it was the fact you got to use kendo sticks in matches and continue to wear trench coats versus them only being worn during entrances. Riggs passion for that game is spot on. He didn't mention that you can create luchador masks as well.
Riggs is Classic. Love the enthusiasm.
Virtual pro wrestling 2, fire pro wrestling, no mercy and svr 2006 are the greatest wrestling games ever
It's a New day, yes it is.
Metal Jesus ain't Booty
Dont you dare be sour....
who is bein sour? who ? who ? who? who?
Yes; I was watching the awesome video uploaded with Mr rightway and was stoked to stumble back on this looking forward to watching not a wrestling fan in particular but can enjoy any thing and I love presentation in the fire pro games.
Really enjoy what both you guys do, later!
Ok, ok, maybe we won't agree on wich decade was the best for vídeo games, but we all can agree that the 90' were the best Time for wrestling
Thank you MJR for at least showing an interest in wrestling and giving it a chance, you're the man! Retro-Gaming and Pro-Wrestling are my 2 most favorite things in the world :-)
Hey John you forgot Ultimate Muscle: Legends vs New Generation on the gamecube which used the same aki engine like the N64 games and Def Jam Vendetta on gamecube which also used that same engine.
I've heard so many good things about it, and I still haven't played it!! I'll have to order it.
You forgot "Feel the Bang" wrestlong game even thou its a No Mercy Modded game
Dude!! last night i deceided to check John's channel out, also discovering he was a wrestling fan and thinking to myself he needs to do a wrestling game episode with Metaljesus. And here it is!!
the first virtual pro wrestling n64
This video is so up my alley! Anyway, I agree with that comment of people who think No Mercy is the best probably never played Virtual Pro-wrestling 2. VPW2, Fire Pro Wrestling Returns, and AJPW: King's Road are my faves from this video. I'm surprised there's no King of Colosseum games. I highly recommend King of Colosseum 2 if you liked AJPW for the PSOne.
Im literally watching this video and im playing Fire Pro Wrestling World
I was really surprised by seeing wrestling in your channel.It's so cool.BTW N64 classics and HCTP are probably my favourite wrestling videogames of all time
I used to play Tecmo Wrestling over and over again as a kid! A little bummed that Saturday Night Slam Masters didn't make the cut, though.
The AJPW game you showed is commonly referred to as King's Soul. King of Colosseum Red (AJPW/NJPW), KoC Green (NOAH/Zero One), and KoC 2 were all follow-ups on the PS2. I'd suggest KoC 2.
The Virtua Fighter guy you're thinking of is Wolf Hawkfield
Loved this! Spent so many hours w/ WCW/nWo Revenge. Had the N64 hooked up to the vcr to record dream matches w/ characters I altered (pre-create a wrestler) Thanks for bringing back good memories!
I feel like I should have had a cameo on this, and had a steel cage match with Riggs and MJR refs. Goals: Move to Seattle.
Bring it!
Same here!
Just don't buy any pops there lol
Great to see the Zen Nippon All Japan on PS1 get some love... I wish there was a translation patch 🤷♂️
Wrestlekingdom 1 & 2 for PS2 John?
Sadly, I still need to get those. I can't find them for a reasonable (cheaper) price, but I still plan on getting them.
Bought both of the virtual pro wrestling games because of this video. Thank you John and Metal Jesus. This was fantastic.
Betrayal was awesome. I'm glad I'm not the only one who played it. I still have my box too.
I was hoping for an honorable mention for the Def Jam games. They were a mix of wrestling and street fighting and used the AKI engine. I really enjoyed them and loved the celebrity cameos.
Great video, guys. Nice to see lots of appreciation for the Japanese classics. Just one note for John, that Tecmo World Wrestling, whilst the names are changed to avoid copyright, the wrestlers are mostly based on real wrestlers.
Wait, no Saturday Night Slam Masters.....?! WHAT?!
Japanese wrestling games, which yes! Finally something I can talk about as well. I agree with the Returns and Virtual Pro-Wrestling 2 as being some of the best ever made. Though even Virtual Pro 1 even has a soft spot for me, it's all about that era and nuances that make that game still hold up to me as well.
Of all the games he showed he left out a couple solid titles on the PS2. One being All Star Pro Wrestling 3 (a simulation game with a great presentation), Wrestle Kingdom 2 (the last Japanese wrestling game every released on a console, used a perfected Day or Reckoning engine), and then King of Colosseum 2. Which the KOC series are the true successors to that All Japan : Ouja no Kon on the Playstation .
Wwf smackdown! 2 on ps1 was my life
Smackdown 2: Know Your Role was the best, and is still my favourite wrestling game. The quick arcade style game play was awesome. Northern Lights Driver FTW!
Mine was WWF Attitude fro Ps1
John Riggs ROCKS! The 90s was the BEST DECADE EVER! From video games to TV to movies to wrestling! And I'm glad John Riggs knows this even though he isn't a millennial. He's a full on Gen-X (or probably even a boomer but I don't want to call him that lol) and whenever I speak to older people, they always say the 70s or 80s was the best decade ever for gaming and music and everything else (due to their own nostalgia). Whenever I, a millennial, who was born in the 90s say that the 90s was the best decade, older and younger people always say "oh that's just millennial nostalgia." BUT IT ISN'T! THE 1990s WAS THE BEST. AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE BECAUSE JOHN RIGGS SAID SO!
where's Joe Gagne??
Wrestling games are a unique and super fun genre. Can be as deep and tactical as you want or simple and arcade. There are so many gems. So many great games it is almost a challenge at times to decide what to play. I love it. Great video.
Smackdown Here Comes The Pain is the best ps2 wrestling game in imo
If not,best of all time
KillerBeast951 Everyone always glorifies HCTP, it's a great game, but I didn't like it as much as Shut Your Mouth for PS2. But, I think SvR 06, takes the gold for PS2 WWE games.
idk, probably you havent tried Fire Pro Wrestling for the PS2...its pure EXCELLENCE and you can go on on UFC style cage matches too...If you havent tried it, I suggest you do right now...
Or else...your going to the list
ElBribri thanks I will probably try it because my friend has all of the fire pro games
KillerBeast951
remember timings is everything in that game, so if things dont work out at the first try, practise and get the hang of it
You get extra props for mentioning River City Ransom. Hands down the best fighting game ever. Also, Pro Wrestling on NES (not in video) was a fantastic wrestling game. Great video!
River City Ransom/Nekketsu Kunio-Kun was overrated as a beat-em-up series, +Mr. Billy Klub. The Final Fight, Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle, and Rushing Beat (a.k.a., Rival Turf, Brawl Brothers, and The Peace Keepers) games all run circles on that game, and there are also other ones that make that franchise inferior as well, such as Battle Circuit, Alien Vs. Predator (arcade), Fist Puncher, Guacamelee, Odin Sphere, and The Takeover.
My favorite is Fire Pro D on the Dreamcast, though I hear the PS version has more to it. Great series. Wish they brought it back, unlike that horrible Xbox avatar one they attached the name to. =(
Exactly.
SegaCDUniverse fire pro wrestling s 6 man scramble on saturn was nice too
Hell yeah! I think I own Blazing Tornado. Which is a little more cartoony but very good.
Fire pro returns is obviously the most complete fire pro game but I really enjoyed the gba versions. Especially the English translation of final fire pro
OrionAssante Sounds good if true. I think they should release it on 3ds or maybe the new Nintendo system.
Virtual pro wrestling 2 is my favorite and I still play it! I love the royal rumble pin or submit only matches.
Fire Pro is the best series
Here Comes the Pain was a shit ton of fun, spent so much time dicking around and creating characters from other franchises.
It still holds up pretty well today too, thanks to how clean the visuals are and the fact that the roster is still pretty recognizable today overall.
WWF No Mercy on the N64 is hands down the best wrestling game.
sneskegagama hctp is
sneskegagama WM 2000 >>> No Mercy
william johnson no, no, no, my friend. No Mercy 64 >>>>>>>>> Wrestlemania 2000.
sneskegagama Actually, No Mercy isn't the best Wrestling game.
Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 is definitely better then WWF No Mercy.
So glad you mentioned Fire Prowrestling 6 Men Scramble. Love that game, even though I wasn't a huge wrestling fan.
Pro Wrestling should've made the list!
It doesn't surprise me, cause Pro Wrestling had that similar feeling grappling, which was great IMO.
Great video guys! I love your channel Metal Jesus, as much as I enjoy John Riggs' channel! It's always a treat when you two collaborate on anything. You guys rock!!
This list is *OBSOLETE!* Add Wrestlemania 2000 or I will *DELETE* YOU! *DELETE DELETE DELETE!*
DECAY out of here with that. Wrestlemania 2000 ain't bad, though.
hardy ! hardy ! hardy ! hardy !
Touche Brother Riggs, you avoid deletion, for today at least. Breaking kayfabe here, I can always go back to those old AKI games and jump right in, such great controls!
my creatures will delete u instead
- the charasmatic enigma
WCPW, right?
The Royal Rumble on SNES was so much fun with the last man in the ring winning. It was a marathon where one loss of concentration resulted in a quick exit over the ropes.
WWF No Mercy is still better than all the current WWE 2kcrap
Amen. Best Wrestling game.
Booji Boy I love SVR up to about 2009
ditc210 outside?
Of course. People still modding it.
Fire Pro is better
So excited about this video. I'm on a quest to collect all wrestling games made. Had to add some more to the list!
How in hell can anybody do not know who Eddie Guerrero is?! XP
The same way some people have no idea who John Petrucci is.
Some people dont have a papi in their life
+MetalJesusRocks can i buy a psp game
"How in hell" can you not notice that he was actually pointing out Rey Mysterio and called him Eddie Guerrero? He says "the guy in the mask," and I remember from MANY hours of playing Here Comes the Pain that Mysterio is on the back of the case, not Guerrero. So MJR definitely gets a pass from me on that one. Come on, Riggs.
Jim Steele was the wrestler who wrestled as Wolf Hawkfield from Virtua Fighter, Steele made his debut in 1991 but Six years later is when he dressed-up like Wolf. Throughout his career he worked for USWA, WCW, ECW, All Japan, New Japan, and WWC.
not any smackdown vs raw games ? HUGE bummer, svr 2008 was one of the best
Aaron Villalobos yeah 2008 👍🏽
Aaron Villalobos what SVR 08 sucked
Soundtrack26 Better than 2007
Aaron Villalobos the best Smackdown games were the first 3 for Ps2. Just Bring It, Shut Your Mouth and Here Comes The Pain.
SvR06 is the master race
Very interesting, and that makes me discovering other different gems from the 8-bit &16-bit era. I appreciate this video, focusing outside of the almost 2-decade Smackdown/SVR/2K series (on which I really find I'm playing the same game every year for too long)
So glad this video exists! I definitely needed some new wrestling games to play.
This channel just keeps getting better. Thank you Metal Jesus for your great content👍🏽
Great video guys! I'm doing a sub collection of wrestling games as well. I haven't heard of Burning pro wrestling till now so, thanks John for putting another one on the my list to look out for. ;)
Also, the game John was referring to was All Japan Pro Wrestling ft. Virtua for Sega Saturn(I own a copy myself). The VF characters Wolf and Jeffery make an appearance.
Hey, question: is there a reason to play the previous two games in the series or is Giant Gram 2000 better/the ultimate version? I don't think there are more than those 3 games and I'd like to know which is the best choice.
Awesome was hoping for a wrestling games review
Agreed! 90's video game era was the best! The last gaming decade with a soul!
Awesome video! love wrestling and games, been playing since 1989 with Wrestlemania on NES. Day of Reckoning was one of my favorite wrestling games series.
I was thinking 'they are showing wrestling games and haven't mentioned the Fire Pro series'?! Thankfully you did. I am just as passionate about wrestling games and wrestling in general as John Riggs, especially old school. I've played literally dozens of different wrestling games and I can honestly say, I have NOT played a better wrestling game than Fire pro Returns. After playing it, it made it a lot harder playing the newer WWE games. Great video.
WCW/ NWO revenge for n64 was great. Played it alot as a kid
This is perfect!!! I have been looking for a video about import wrestling games! Thank you so much!!!
WWF WrestleMania 2000 on N64 with 4 players against each other, this was awesome 👍 Played always with X-Pac.
Great job John!! I love wrestling games and you did a super job showing some great games!!
This video is exactly why respect is garunteed for Metal Jesus. You are the best in the world. cue living colours - cult of personality
Smackdown vs Raw 2007 was so great, gm mode, kept track of wins and losses, popularity meter is way better than the momentum meter, you could actually hear the difference between a popular wrestler and an unpopular one, the crowd cheered and booed louder for popular wrestlers, wrestler contracts
Great video Metal Jesus & Mighty John Riggs!
Don't care about wrestling games, still enjoyed the heck out of this. You might've actually convinced me to pick up one of these.
Good thing you got this on video. That's a lot of information! :)
wolf from virtua fighter.
great episode. keep up the great channel metal jesus.!!
No ECW Hardcore Revolution?
I liked this video. I will not play these games but I enjoy hearing about them from those who are really passionate about them.
Good to see Virtual Pro Wrestling 2: Ōdō Keishō on here as it's my favorite wrestling game along with Tecmo World Wrestling and Fire Pro Wrestling Returns.