WWF Royal Rumble

"I like to CRUSH things! Heh.. Crush rules."

Welp, after months of contemplating whether or not it was actually worth the effort, I finally dug this game back out of my closet, performed the legendary ''Nintendo Blowjob'', and plugged it into my trusty SNES. Surprisingly, it's still a fun-ass game. It features a pretty decent roster, considering the time period (1992), ranging from ''Nature Boy'' Ric Flair to Mr. ''I like to spit my gum and then slap it'' Perfect, to CRRRRRRUSH~!~!~!, the Hawaiian former-Demolitionist. Good good. I like to crush things. Especially heads. NATURE BOY HEADS! RUAHH!

GRAPHICS
Well, it's a 1992 SNES game. What do you really expect? Nothing amazing, but you can tell who's who. Crush has his orange and purple speedos, Flair has his platinum hair and pixilated-man-boobies... 6/10

GAMEPLAY
This is my biggest problem with the game, but you get used to it. It's one of those button-mashers that give you blisters the size of the boils on your Aunt Bertha's feet. Press X to lock up, repeatedly tap a button until you're blue in the face and about to pass out, and MAYBE you'll land that vertical suplex. If you can handle it, you shouldn't have too much trouble unless you're playing against a friend. That's when you get 15-minute long smash fests, just to pull off a damn bodyslam. (I usually just grab a chair and go THWACK! Problem solved.) Eh... 3/10 ought to suffice.

SOUND
Amazingly, the sound in this game isn't all that bad. From Tatanka's war cry, to the metallic CLANK of the ringside chair folding over your opponent's melon, it's all there. All wrestlers share the same grunts, however. Mind-numbingly annoying grunts, at that. If you lock on a choke hold, it sounds oddly similar to the noises coming from your little brother's bedroom late at night. Yeah, THOSE noises. The ones that made you hide under the covers, hoping that it'd be over soon. Other than that, no complaints. 7/10

REPLAY VALUE
Seeing as I'm still playing it after a decade, pretty good. I just like to crush people's heads with the mighty CRRRRRRUSH~!~!~! Plus, there's the satisfaction of folding chairs around Ric Flair's head, which is always a plus in my book.

Overall, it's a mighty fine game. I'll probably still be playing it for years. Hell, it's even better than it's sequel, WWF RAW, which is another one of my favorite SNES wrestling games.

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 05/04/02, Updated 05/04/02