Post by #HEEL Dark Lord on Aug 6, 2008 18:40:29 GMT -5
August 6, 2008 - For a few years now, the wrestling game business has been a one company show, but Midway will change all of that this September when the men and women from TNA elbow drop their way onto your favorite console. However, it's been hard to get a good look at TNA iMPACT!. IGNers have played the game at events, but we've never had the chance to just sit down and tear this game apart.
Thankfully, TNA-Listers is going to fix that and bring you along for the ride. iMPACT! is now in the office, and we're going to show you every wrestler and every finisher while giving you a little tidbit of how the day's brawler played. Look for updates every day this week except for Thursday. Plus, look for the first two brawlers to be in Japan and the last two to be in Mexico.
Ring the damn bell.
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Shark Boy is hands down my favorite TNA-Lister so far.
A major component of professional wrestling is creating a character fans can connect with -- whether that connection is intense hatred or undying love doesn't really matter -- and Shark Boy had me from the first time I saw him pop up in the movie Beyond the Mat. Clad in his trademark shark mask, Shark Boy started tearing up the independents in 1995 before being signed to a short stint in WCW. He'd continue to make the rounds before ending up in TNA. In Orlando, Shark Boy gets beat up a lot but continues to be my boy.
The folks behind iMPACT really seem to get Shark Boy. His entrance has him coming to the ring with his hand at his head, his costume looks great, his finisher is a deadly neckbreaker. For his four grapple moves he's got a Jumping DDT, Diamond Cutter, jawbreaker, and an eye rake (remember, there are tie-up moves only when you hit the grapple button while pressing toward or away from the enemy as well as when you hit the shoulder button and grapple while pressing toward or away from the enemy). We've seen these moves with other competitors, but they fit really well into the Shark Boy persona.
Thankfully, TNA-Listers is going to fix that and bring you along for the ride. iMPACT! is now in the office, and we're going to show you every wrestler and every finisher while giving you a little tidbit of how the day's brawler played. Look for updates every day this week except for Thursday. Plus, look for the first two brawlers to be in Japan and the last two to be in Mexico.
Ring the damn bell.
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Shark Boy is hands down my favorite TNA-Lister so far.
A major component of professional wrestling is creating a character fans can connect with -- whether that connection is intense hatred or undying love doesn't really matter -- and Shark Boy had me from the first time I saw him pop up in the movie Beyond the Mat. Clad in his trademark shark mask, Shark Boy started tearing up the independents in 1995 before being signed to a short stint in WCW. He'd continue to make the rounds before ending up in TNA. In Orlando, Shark Boy gets beat up a lot but continues to be my boy.
The folks behind iMPACT really seem to get Shark Boy. His entrance has him coming to the ring with his hand at his head, his costume looks great, his finisher is a deadly neckbreaker. For his four grapple moves he's got a Jumping DDT, Diamond Cutter, jawbreaker, and an eye rake (remember, there are tie-up moves only when you hit the grapple button while pressing toward or away from the enemy as well as when you hit the shoulder button and grapple while pressing toward or away from the enemy). We've seen these moves with other competitors, but they fit really well into the Shark Boy persona.
