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2005 · Exient Entertainment · Fighting · Professional wrestling

WWE Aftershock

A WWE game for the N-Gage. Poorly received because of its limited choice of characters and long loading times.

Released
11 July 2005
Platforms
N-Gage
Genres
FightingProfessional wrestlingSports
Developers
Exient Entertainment
Publishers
THQ
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action
Country
United Kingdom
Age ratings
ESRB T

About

WWE Aftershock is a professional wrestling video game released exclusively on the N-Gage in 2005.

Keywords

  • wrestling
  • wrestlemania
  • licensed game
  • box art - real photos
  • customizable characters
  • unlockables
  • character creation
  • female wrestler

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

There are five main events and Survival (multiple enemies at the same time), King of the Ring (ladder tournament), and Tag Team (two versus two) match options. WWE Aftershock includes 12 WWE superstars, such as John Cena. The game features two-player contests through Bluetooth and the N-Gage Arena. Two of the twelve wrestlers are unlockable by winning the King of the Ring and playing in two-player contests.

The AI controls two of the wrestlers in multiplayer King of the Ring. Attacks include hits, grapples, and Irish whips. Submission holds are available after a takedown. Each character has four front grapples and ground grapples, and his signature move or hold.

Development

The game was announced by Nokia in collaboration with THQ and WWE in August 2004. It was originally scheduled to release in the fourth quarter of 2004, then February 2005, and then later on March 22.

Reception

The game received "mixed or average" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.

GameSpot rated the game a 5.3 of 10 stating that "WWE Aftershock may be the only wrestling game available on the N-Gage, but that alone doesn't make it a good value".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
N-Gage11 July 2005Worldwide

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