For those who have been craving new content to come to RetroMania Wrestling, you’re in luck, because Retrosoft Studios recently tipped off that not only will new wrestlers be joining the game’s roster via DLC, but that there’s a new game mode is coming as well.
Not all platforms yet. The final is @iircade, and we're getting close. As far as DLC goes, there are several wrestlers coming (still unannounced) and a new mode on the way. https://t.co/rxNsv1eItf
— RetroMania Wrestling (@RetrosoftStudio) May 1, 2021
Currently, RetroMania Wrestling has a few game modes including Ten Pounds of Gold, Story Mode, and the Retro Rumble. It would be interesting to see a game mode similar to Ten Pounds of Gold, but where you’re instead wrestling your way to a set of Tag Team Titles. However, the game lacks an adequate number of legitimate tag teams to truly make the mode work. Presently, the only real tag teams on the game’s roster are Hawk and Animal of the Road Warriors, Matt Cardona and Brian Myers, and then any combination you make for the Blue World Order, with Stevie Richards, the Blue Meanie, and Hollywood Nova on the roster.
If the new game mode coming does in fact focus on a newly added Tag Team Championship, then perhaps some of the upcoming DLC wrestlers who are added are tag teams. So far, Retrosoft Studios has only announced IMPACT Wrestling’s Chris Bey and James Storm, and wrestling legend Mr. Hughes as DLC wrestlers. This will be the very first appearance in a video game for both Chris Bey and Mr. Hughes.
What new game mode would you like to see added to RetroMania Wrestling? Let us know what you’re thinking in the comments below!
While the Steam release is still scheduled for February 26, RetroMania Wrestling may now be delayed on consoles.
RetroMania Wrestling, which is the official sequel to the 1991 arcade classic WWF WrestleFest was set to be released this month on Steam, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and the Nintendo Switch. Retrosoft Studios released their latest episode of their weekly Developer’s Vlog this week, where owner Mike Hermann went into detail on how they may just slightly miss their target release date.
As Mike Hermann explains in the latest episode, it’s not confirmed that the game will be delayed. Instead, it’s nothing more than a possibility at this point, as Retrosoft Studios is currently going through certification for the upcoming console release.
“We are working through some issues on the console ports, so we are still, fingers crossed, hoping to get the game out as desired on the 26th. We are in good shape for PC, we’re going to hit the 26th on the PC. We’re still hoping to hit the date, fingers crossed, on the consoles as well. But you’ll notice that we’re not in the eShops yet, because we’re going through certification. So, the game is done! Repeat, the game is done! But we are in the certification process.”
Mike Hermann, Owner of Retrosoft Studios (RetroMania Wrestling Developer’s Vlog, Episode #39)
Hermann would go on to say that if the console versions of RetroMania Wrestling are delayed, it would only be a few days at most.
“We have our release on Steam ready to push out, and we are hoping to get console released at the same point in time, fingers crossed. If not, it could be delayed a little bit. We’re talking hopefully just days, if at all. We’re still saying ‘if at all’ at this point. As soon as get through that certification approval process, we’re hitting the button and it’s pushed out.”
Mike Hermann, Owner of Retrosoft Studios (RetroMania Wrestling Developer’s Vlog, Episode #39)
Luckily, if the console release of the game is delayed, wrestling fans won’t be waiting long for it. What console will you be picking up RetroMania Wrestling on?
We’re now less one month away from the release of the official sequel to WWF WrestleFest. The sequel from Retrosoft Studios to one of the greatest wrestling games ever comes 31 years after the release of the original, and will feature the match types that the original had plus several more, including elimination matches, triple threats, and fatal four way matches.
Retrosoft Studios has exclusively shared the list of trophies and achievements with Pro Wrestling Gaming. In total, there will be 39 objectives for gamers to complete in order to earn them all. There will be four tiers: bronze, silver, gold, and platinum.
These are the 22 bronze trophies for RetroMania Wrestling.
Big Debut: Complete your first match
I hope the Ref didn’t see that: Hit your opponent with a steel chair
I’m just a spectator: Watch five A.I. vs. A.I. battles
Can’t win ‘em all: Lose 10 matches
Learn the ropes, Kid: Complete the Basic Tutorial in Story Mode
I don’t need a ring!: Win a Falls Count Anywhere Match outside the ring
I don’t think so, Brother!: Win a match after triggering a Second Wind
No where to run: Win a Cage Match inside the ‘Chain Link’ cage
Unforgiving Steel: Win a Cage Match inside the ‘Big Blue’ cage
That’s why they call it High Risk: Miss an attack from the top of the cage
Innovator of Violence: Win a match as Tommy Dreamer
Alwayz Ready: Win a match as Matt Cardona
Whipped into Shape: Win a match as Stevie Richards in the SRF Arena
The Real Star of the Show: Win a match as Johnny Retro
SPLX King: Win a match as Jeff Cobb
National Treasure: Win a match as Nick Aldis
The Most Professional Wrestler: Win a match as Brian Myers
What is going on here?: Win a match as Warhorse in Warhorse’s Hell Arena
Hurrah! Another Trophy!: Win a match as Zack Sabre Jr. by submission
Boom Boom!: Win a match as Colt Cabana
Kickin’ it Old School: Win a match as Nikita Koloff in the NWA 70 Arena
Generation Clash: Win a match as Nick Aldis against Austin Idol in the NWA Powerrr arena
RetroMania Wrestling will also include 13 silver trophies.
The Real World’s Champion: Complete 10 Pounds of Gold mode
Bonesaw is ready!: Defeat your opponent within 3 minutes inside a Steel Cage
We’re takin’ over!: Win a 6 Man Tag Team Match as the Blue World Order
What a Rush!: Win a Tag Team Match as Hawk & Animal
Major Marks: Win a Tag Team Match as Matt Cardona & Brain Myers in the STOMP in Paradise Arena
5 Time, 5 Time, 5 Time: Complete 10 Pounds of Gold with 5 different wrestlers
I’ll take ‘em both, I’m Hardcore!: Win a 3 Way Match with Tommy Dreamer in the Ballroom
Established Talent: Win 20 matches
Main Eventer: Win 50 matches
And then there was one: Win a 4 Way Elimination Match
No one gets up from that: Land 3 Finishing Moves in one match
Killin’ the Biz: Kick out of your opponent’s Finishing Move
And Still: Successfully defend a Championship in Exhibition Mode
There will be three gold trophies.
The Best-ler, Better than all the Rest-ler: Complete the Story Mode
I have sailed the world, behold its wonders: Win a match in every arena
Skinning the Cat: Win a Retro Rumble
Lastly, there will be one platinum trophy in RetroMania Wrestling, which is RetroMania World Champion, which is earned by earning all of the other trophies in the game. Unfortunately for Nintendo Switch players, none of these will be included in the game.
RetroMania Wrestling releases for Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on February 26. It has also been announced that the game will be coming digitally to iiRcade and released physically by Limited Run Games, but dates haven’t been announced yet.
After months of hype and waiting, the release date for RetroMania Wrestling has finally been announced. Retrosoft Studios confirmed today that the long awaited game, which is the official sequel to WWF WrestleFest, will be released digitally on February 26, 2021.
Also, after months of fans requesting that the game be released on physical media, Mike Hermann of Retrosoft Studios also announced on the latest episode of the Developer’s Vlog that the company has finalized a deal with Limited Run Games, but didn’t share a release date for that edition.
RetroMania Wrestling is scheduled to release for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and on Steam. The game, which was originally announced in early 2019, features 16 wrestlers at launch, including Hawk and Animal of the Road Warriors, NWA Champion Nick Aldis, Tommy Dreamer, Colt Cabana, the Blue World Order, Brian Myers, Matt Cardona, Johnny Retro (aka WWE’s John Morrison), Nikita Koloff, Jeff Cobb, Zack Sabre Jr., Warhorse, and Austin Idol. IMPACT Wrestling’s Chris Bey has already been announced the game’s first DLC edition (post-launch), with more to come.
You can pre-order the game digitally for Nintendo Switch and Steam here. According to Retrosoft Studios, they’re unable to accept pre-orders for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One until 30 days before the launch date. As for the physical version of the game from Limited Run Games, Retrosoft Studios has said that more details will come on that in time.
Here is the full episode of the latest Developer’s Vlog with Mike Hermann, which begins with the game’s new trailer.
What console will you be playing RetroMania Wrestling on? And will be picking up the physical version of the game.
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