Casey Jones in Wrestlemania 19 for the Gamecube!

[GK Punk]

Not sure where to post this, in New TMNT, Video Games, Fan Works or what, so for now I am putting it in General lol...

Anyways, for those who play wrestling games you are familiar with the Create a Superstar mode, where you can customize a fighter for the game. Well, I decided to customize... None other Than Casey Jones ^__^

http://kittie.onlinecomics.biz/CJWMXIX.jpg

[Dr. Doom]

I had Case in Smackdown 4 before my data got erased. I've been missin' having that around. I was staying away from XIX, X8 vwas probably onna the worst games I ever played. I'll wait fer Smackdown 5.

[GK Punk]

Actually X8 is really different from 19. It's more like No Mercy than X8.

[JameO]

Very nice Grunger. I also had made Casey for one of my old wrestling games. I should make him for Smackdown sometime. It is hard to see the bat but it looks like a huge bat or is it a bat?

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

Cool!

Say, didn't you say you were going to make April, too?
(We talked about this in IM)

[Peanut]

This is now offically the first wrestling game I've not bought since WCW/nWo World Tour. That looks cool though k47!

[That Matt Guy]

It looks like you just took a picture of the TV with a regular camera.

[GK Punk]

No, I didn't give him a bat That's the WWE logo behind him. (I gave him a blank entrance video) Yeah, Im working on April :)

And Yes, I did take a pic of the TV with my digi cam. I don't have a video capture card or anything like that. I'll get better pics off of my friends pc later. (Including pics of his entrance)

[cqb101]

That ****ing rules!

*clicks and saves picture*

[Dr. Doom]

the fact that you can compare X8 to No Mercy clearly solidifies the fact that you don't deserve to live. X8 was garbage. No Mercy, on the other hand, is still one of the greatest wrestling games ever made.

[Leo656]

While I'd stop short of calling X8 "garbage" (a term I reserve for games like WCW Backstage Assault for PS1 and WWF King of the Ring for NES), it was definitely disappointing, to me at least. I got my hopes up so high, waiting for what they were calling a "newer version of No Mercy", and the final product was nothing like what they promised.

No Mercy, however, was indeed one of the best wrestling games ever made, and Wrestlemania XIX is the closest thing I've played since. The controls are easy to learn (I literally had them mastered 5 minutes into my first match); the moves, for the first time ever, actually look and sound like they REALLY HURT; the characters don't move like they're underwater like they did in X8.... not to mention there's blood, location specific damage, and possibly the coolest addition to the Create-A-Wrestler mode, an amazing Create An Entrance, where you customize EVERYTHING, from the way your character walks, to his poses as he walks down to the ring, to the color of the lights in the arena, to when the pyro goes off and what kind, and even an absolutely insane section where you assign camera angles to every single part of your entrance.

The only flaws WM XIX has are small ones. Instead of a Story or Season Mode, the game has a Revenge mode where you fight security guards and constructoin workers on docks and in parking lots, completing rather asinine missions in order to get a new WWE contract and fight Vince McMahon at Wrestlemania. Some of the missions are ok, but the rest vary from repetitive to nearly impossible to beat and therefore incredibly frustrating. Some other flaws, just to play devil's advocate:

Some characters look a little stiff walking to the ring during entrances (they move fine during the actual matches)

Only two outfits per character when 3 or 4 would not only be better, but has already been done in the Smackdown games on PS2.

Still not able to customize existing wrestlers' appearances, only their moves.

No ring announcer or commentary (though some might say this is a good thing)

Not as many moves as Smackdown

Only 16 CAW slots

Some theme songs are over a year out of date, others are just midi versions of normal themes (like Matt Hardy and Victoria). Odd since they popped the cash for Hogan to have "Voodoo Child" in the game.

Only 45 wrestlers compared to over 60 in the upcoming Smackdown game. Many popular people were left out while 20 fake "Bosses" are unlockable in Revenge Mode. I want Kevin Nash dammit!

Only 4 wrestlers and a referee on screen at once, compared to 6 plus a ref in Smackdown.

Now, the good things:

Best Hell in a Cell ever. Ever.

Blood.

Intricate reversal system (different wrestling styles = different reversals for each character)

Great graphics, far smoother than the Smackdown games with almost no clipping to be seen.

Create an Entrance

Much better CAW mode than X8 (but still not as deep as Smackdown)

Fun, easy gameplay with intuitive "pick up and play" controls

Much more moves than X8

Special Moves are "triggered" a'la No Mercy

No Mercy's Spirit Meter is back

Some characters have an "Extreme Special", a devastating finisher that can only be used when you have saved up all three Special Slots

All wrestlers can have up to 8 (!!!!!) Special moves, from a variety of positions.

After 15 years, Hulk Hogan FINALLY tears his shirt in a video game. :D

In short... XIX is possibly the best wrestling game since No Mercy, and in fact I more than once felt like I was playing an updated version of No Mercy. Comparing XIX to X8 is like comparing WCW in 1996 to WCW in 2000... it's not even a valid comparison because they're completely different products in every way imaginable.

[Peanut]

I won't be picking up the new GCN wrestling game just because the last one was a HUGE let down. I'm looking into Raw 2 though. I don't have too much info but I enjoyed the last one even though it had some HUGE glares. (it was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too easy to reverse moves, no special matchs) Anyone got any info on Raw 2? Besides whats on sites like IGN and the like.

[Leo656]

While I don't own an XBox and have no idea what Raw or Raw 2 are like, I seriously think anyone who passes over Wrestlemania XIX for Gamecube based on the lackluster quality of X8 is making a big mistake. It sucks that X8 was so mediocre, because now that they actually made a good game a lot of people are passing it over because the last one was such a letdown. I wasn't looking forward to XIX either but now I can't stop playing it.

[Ninjatron]

Awesome. I'm really looking forward to playing this game. I myself created Casey Jones in No Mercy, and have recently gone back to playing it again.

Sayonara.

[Leo656]

As of ten minutes or so ago, my Kevin Nash CAW is flawless, unstoppable, and possesses THE best-looking JackKnife Power Bomb in the history of wrestling video games. Thanks to the "Logo Editing Tool", which allows you to make your own logos for use on clothing and such (how COOL is that?!), I can even alternate between the "NASH" and "nWo" logos I made for his singlet. :D

I swear, he probably wouldn't have looked any better if he'd actually come with the game. The CAW mode isn't as deep as Smackdown's, but the CAWs actually look better when they're finished. The character models are much better integrated into the game.

Any wrestling fan with a Gamecube should buy this game now. Right now.

[GK Punk]

the fact that you can compare X8 to No Mercy clearly solidifies the fact that you don't deserve to live. X8 was garbage. No Mercy, on the other hand, is still one of the greatest wrestling games ever made.

Get over yourself, I never compared X8 To No Mercy, I said XIX Is more like No Mercy than X8.

But I guess using your logic, you don't diserve to live, because you can't read properly.

[Krang]

the fact that you can compare X8 to No Mercy clearly solidifies the fact that you don't deserve to live.Comments like that aren't necessary. Please treat other members with respect, or you will get a warning.

[JameO]

Hey Grunger I got the perfect music for April. The Godfather's old music. It would suit her. :lol:

[Taloniss]

Only 45 wrestlers compared to over 60 in the upcoming Smackdown game. Many popular people were left out while 20 fake "Bosses" are unlockable in Revenge Mode. I want Kevin Nash dammit!


Aren't the bosses based on Japanese wrestlers, just with different names? I heard Hyabusa and Antoni Oniki were in the game.

[Mars-Chan]

Cool Pic, GK!
To quote him directly: "GOONGALA!!!! GOONGALA!!!!" :D

[EZweasel]

cool picture grunger. so far ive only made deku nut and tinker on it..still havent made H.I.V yet but hes on the way...need to make the weasel also. my cousin bought it and is letting me borrow it right now.

[Dr. Doom]

Oh, I can read just fine. I can also take a joke.

[Edit: Like I said, please treat other members with respect. Next time I have to tell you this, you're getting a warning. --Krang]

[Leo656]

Aren't the bosses based on Japanese wrestlers, just with different names? I heard Hyabusa and Antoni Oniki were in the game.

Some are, but only their movesets were taken from their original Japanese counterparts, I believe; they look entirely different. If I'm not mistaken, "Master Builder" is supposed to be Mick Foley, or so I've read.

I'm having so much fun with the CAW in this game. So far I've made Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sting, Mr. Perfect, Bret Hart, DDP, Lex Luger, nWo Hollywood Hogan, Raven, and Billy Kidman. Damn, I'm gonna need a new memory card soon. My Raven looks especially cool with the "Raven" logo from his WCW days that I made and stuck on his shirt. :D

I still wish there were more real people in the game but since the CAW is fairly awesome it's not really gonna bother me. That really pissed me off about X8, the CAW sucked. You could only make certain people, because their heads/clothes were put in specefically for you to make them (Shawn Michaels, Scott Steiner, etc).

[Ninjatron]

Thanks to the "Logo Editing Tool", which allows you to make your own logos for use on clothing and such (how COOL is that?!), I can even alternate between the "NASH" and "nWo" logos I made for his singlet.
:o :o :o

You can do that...? Holy smokes!

Ok.. yeah, I need some money.

Sayonara.

[Reznorite420]

http://kittie.onlinecomics.biz/CJWMXIX.jpgIn the words of Edge:

"That totally WREAKS of awesomeness!"

[Raven]

ya, it is most definaltlly cool.

[GK Punk]

Thanks guys :)

I'm still working on April, They don't seem to have hair up in a bun as one of the choices, so I am trying to decide Which looks best as a stand in.. Im thinking either straight down or ponytailed.

[Leo656]

Further proof how cool this game is...

I just got done doing a Hell in a Cell match as Hulk Hogan against The Rock. Pretty good match, lots of back and forth going on, until I got tired of toying with his punk ass and threw him through the wall of the Cell so I could climb the outside wall. Rock followed me, of course, and after a few weardown moves, I grabbed him, pulled him over to the edge, and slammed him off the roof of the Cell and THROUGH THE ANNOUNCE TABLE! The fall itself was quite extensive, but the landing through the table looked positively life-threatening (the replay looked even more brutal). Eventually he made his half-crippled way back up to the roof, and after triggering my Special (I had 3 in stock by this point), I gave him his own Rock Bottom THROUGH the roof and into the ring! Friends, I don't know about you, but I don't recall a wrestling game with a HiaC this good. After a brief struggle (just like real life, Rock doesn't know when he's outclassed), I hit the Hogan Combo Special (3 Punches and Big Boot), but he blocked the Legdrop. Another Special did the trick, and after hitting the Legdrop the pinfall was but a formality. What a fun game.

What's really cool is how momentum and reversals actually play a part in the matches. Like last night I did a match against Brock Lesnar with my Mr. Perfect CAW, and it was incredibly intense. Brock basically destroyed me, and I had to keep hitting quick moves and scurrying away to keep from getting killed as well as keep my momentum up. Eventually he hit the F5 on me not once, but TWICE, but my momentum was high enough so I was able to BARELY kick out. Finally when he was distracted I snuck in and hit the PerfectPlex for the 3-count, and I was actually sweating.

Anyone who compares this game to X8 can cram it. If ya don't wanna give it a chance because a game that came out a year ago sucked, it's your loss. Meanwhile, this is the most fun I've had with a wrestling game since No Mercy. :D

[Caster_Troy]

I love the pic GK... it makes me wanna trade in the PS2 and play...

[GK Punk]

Just made Angel...

http://kittie.onlinecomics.biz/angelwmxix.jpg

http://kittie.onlinecomics.biz/angelwmxix2.jpg

I'm still working on her proportions, including her mouth and eyes.

I don't think she looks too bad so far.

[GK Punk]

Updated Casey:

http://kittie.onlinecomics.biz/spacecase.jpg
(Longer hair)

Casey and Angel Win their first tag match (Against the Dudley Boyz)

http://kittie.onlinecomics.biz/winners.jpg

I gave angel John Cena's theme, it's scary how much it fits her while she makes her entrance

[JameO]

Nice Angel and Casey but yeah you really need to fix Angel's face. That just looks scary. Very scary. :o :o :o :tcouch:

[GK Punk]

I'm workin' on it.

[Raven]

you should create the hun next, so casey and angel can take them on!

[Leo656]

I'm so diggin' John Cena's music lately...

"So..... you think you're untouchable....

Word LIFE.... this is Basic Thuganomics....."

I'unno it just makes me wanna go out drinkin' and street brawlin'. :lol:

[GK Punk]

you should create the hun next, so casey and angel can take them on!

Trust me, I'm on it :D

He wont look spot on, but He'll look pretty good!

[GK Punk]

I'm so diggin' John Cena's music lately...

"So..... you think you're untouchable....

Word LIFE.... this is Basic Thuganomics....."

I'unno it just makes me wanna go out drinkin' and street brawlin'. :lol:

"..Like a broken needle, kid you're missin' the point."

[Raven]

oh man I cant wait to see hun!!!!!!!!

[Leo656]

"New Deadman Inc., and we about to make you famous, takin' over Earth and STILL kickin' in Uranus..." :lol:

GK, do you by any chance have a clean cut of that song without crowd noise?