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WWE Legends of WrestleMania

WWE Legends of WrestleMania embraces the leading sports entertainment organization's rich history to relive, rewrite or recreate the definitive elements of WWE from the Eighties and Nineties. Players relive…

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WWE Legends of WrestleMania is a fighting developed by Yuke's, released 19 March 2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and iOS.

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What WWE Legends of WrestleMania is

WWE Legends of WrestleMania is a fighting game developed by Yuke's and released in 2009. It was published by THQ. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and iOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

WWE Legends of WrestleMania embraces the leading sports entertainment organization's rich history to relive, rewrite or recreate the definitive elements of WWE from the Eighties and Nineties. Players relive the entertaining lives of more than 40 larger-than-life Legends and have control over Legendary Managers, each of whom play crucial roles in match outcomes. The game's new grapple-based fighting system captures the high-energy action and drama seen in vintage WWE matches, while a historically accurate representation of past WWE telecasts sets the stage, including dynamic visual treatments, signature ring entrances, renowned commentators and notable venues. WWE Legends of WrestleMania…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are non-fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the WWE series

WWE Legends of WrestleMania is the 30th of 65 entries we hold in the WWE series. The next entry was WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 in 2009. Its critic score of 72 is 3 points above the series average of 69. The highest-rated entry is WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain at 90.

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How it was received

WWE Legends of WrestleMania holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 51% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 7 hrs.

What it launched against

WWE Legends of WrestleMania launched on 19 March 2009, within three weeks of Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Empire: Total War and Guitar Hero: Metallica. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Empire: Total War, Guitar Hero: Metallica.

Official trailer

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WWE Legends of WrestleMania was released on 19 March 2009 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and iOS.

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