Legends of Wrestling II

Legends of Wrestling II
PlayStation 2 cover art featuring (clockwise from left) Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino, André the Giant, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Sid Vicious, Scott Steiner, Bret "Hitman" Hart and Jerry "The King" Lawler
Developer(s)	Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City
Publisher(s)	Acclaim Entertainment
Series	Legends of Wrestling
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance
Release date(s)	Game Boy Advance ^NA November 25, 2002 ^PAL December 6, 2002 GameCube & PlayStation 2 ^NA November 26, 2002 ^PAL February 7, 2003 Xbox ^NA December 5, 2002 ^PAL February 7, 2003
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer, online multiplayer

Legends of Wrestling II is the sequel to the professional wrestling video game Legends of Wrestling. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment and released on November 26, 2002 for both the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube. It was then released later for the Xbox on December 5, 2002. Legends II contains 24 wrestlers that were not in the first game, though also excludes Rob Van Dam, presumably because he had recently been signed to a WWF contract. The game did contain Eddie Guerrero, however, who, although unemployed at the time he signed a likeness deal, re-signed with WWF when the game was released.

The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions included video interviews with many of the legends featured in the game while the European version of the game exclusively included four legends from the United Kingdom: Kendo Nagasaki, Big Daddy, Mick McManus and Giant Haystacks.

Roster

New Legends

• Abdullah the Butcher
• André the Giant
• Andy Kaufman
• Bam Bam Bigelow
• Baron von Raschke
• Big John Studd
• Bob Backlund
• Bobby "The Brain" Heenan
• "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith
• Bruno Sammartino
• The Nasty Boys
• "Dr. Death" Steve Williams
• "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
• Killer Kowalski
• Mil Máscaras
• "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff
• Owen Hart
• "Soulman" Rocky Johnson
• "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• The Steiner Brothers
• Sid Vicious
• Eddie Guerrero
• The Grand Wizard

Returning Legends

• Hulk Hogan
• Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
• The Road Warriors
• Bret "Hitman" Hart
• The Iron Sheik
• Mr. Fuji
• Terry Funk
• Don Muraco
• Jerry "The King" Lawler
• George "The Animal" Steele
• "Mr. USA" Tony Atlas
• Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat
• Nikolai Volkoff
• Ted DiBiase
• Tito Santana
• King Kong Bundy
• Koko B. Ware
• One Man Gang
• Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
• Harley Race
• Dynamite Kid
• Ricky Morton
• Robert Gibson
• "Flyin'" Brian Pillman
• "Superstar" Billy Graham
• "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert
• Rick Martel
• Ivan Koloff
• Ivan Putski
• "Cowboy" Bob Orton
• The Sheik
• Kerry Von Erich
• Fritz Von Erich
• Kevin Von Erich
• Mike Von Erich
• David Von Erich
• Dory Funk, Jr.
• Sabu
• "Captain" Lou Albano
• "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart

Fictional territorial promoters

Within Career Mode, your wrestler will be working for a specific promoter in each area. By winning the belt for that division and successfully defending it, said promoter will become available for purchase in Shop Mode. Note that the world region is only available after completion of all the American territories. Each territory has between 8-12 storylines chosen at random with a push of a button. Certain storylines may not be available based on the wrestler used by the player. For example, if the player uses Jerry Lawler, the only storyline he can play in the Southeast region is based on the famous feud Lawler had with comedian Andy Kaufman. Each of the promoters in the game were based on famous real life wrestling promoters.

• Belle Jackson (Southeast region) (Based on Christine Jarrett, mother and grandmother of promoters Jerry and Jeff Jarrett, respectively.)
• Hiro Natsuume (world) (Based on Hiro Matsuda, former president of New Japan Pro Wrestling)
• Randall Scmandall (Pacific region) (Based on Paul Heyman, the owner of the original incarnation of Extreme Championship Wrestling.)
• Scotty MacDougal (Midwest region) (Based on Jim Crockett, former owner of Jim Crockett Promotions)
• Tex McGraw (Southwest region) (Based on Ted Turner, former financial backer of World Championship Wrestling)
• Tony "The Boss" Pavarotti (Northeast region) (Based on Vince McMahon, chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment)

The game also features a Create A Legend Mode (CAL). Players can create their own custom made characters which can be used for storyline mode as well as exhibition play.

Reception

Reception

Review scores Publication Score GBA GC PS2 Xbox AllGame [1] N/A N/A N/A EGM N/A 6/10[2] N/A N/A Eurogamer N/A N/A 5/10[3] N/A Game Informer 0.75/10[4] 6.75/10[5] 7/10[6] 6.75/10[7] GameSpot 2.4/10[8] 6/10[9] 6/10[10] 6.2/10[11] GameSpy [12] [13] [14] [15] GameZone 3.5/10[16] 6.9/10[17] 6.7/10[18] 6.5/10[19] IGN 2/10[20] 6.9/10[21] 6.9/10[22] 6.8/10[23] Nintendo Power 2.6/5[24] 2.9/5[25] N/A N/A OPM (US) N/A N/A [26] N/A OXM N/A N/A N/A 6.5/10[27] Aggregate scores GameRankings 28.44%[28] 60.76%[29] 60.85%[30] 66.31%[31] Metacritic 24/100[32] 59/100[33] 59/100[34] 62/100[35]

The console versions of the game received mixed reviews, while the Game Boy Advance version was critically panned. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 66% and 62 out of 100 for the Xbox version;^[31][35] 61% and 59 out of 100 for both the PlayStation 2 and GameCube versions;^{[30][34][29][33]} and 28% and 24 out of 100 for the Game Boy Advance version.^[28][32]

See also

• Legends of Wrestling (series)
• Legends of Wrestling
• Showdown: Legends of Wrestling

References

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External links

• Legends of Wrestling II at MobyGames
• Legends of Wrestling II (Game Boy Advance) at MobyGames