WWE WrestleMania X8
| WWF WrestleMania X8 | |
|---|---|
North American cover art featuring Rob Van Dam, Stone Cold Steve Austin and "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan
(Early cover due to WWF changing its name to WWE) |
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| Developer(s) | Yuke's |
| Publisher(s) | THQ |
| Distributor(s) | THQ |
| Platform(s) | GameCube |
| Release date(s) |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
|---|---|
| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 64/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| EGM | 7.83/10 |
| Famitsu | 32/40 |
| Game Informer | 6.5/10 |
| GamePro |   |
| GameSpot | 7.6/10 |
| GameZone | 6.1/10 |
| IGN | 7/10 |
| NGC Magazine | 70% |
| Nintendo Power | 3.4/5 |
| Nintendo World Report | (Powers) 6.5/10 (Orlando) 5.5/10 |
WWF WrestleMania X8 is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and released on the Nintendo GameCube by THQ in June 2002. The game was succeeded by WWE WrestleMania XIX for the GameCube.
The game's development was complete before the World Wrestling Federation's lawsuit with the World Wildlife Fund, however it was released afterwards, causing the packaging to be quickly changed to feature the new World Wrestling Entertainment logo. Although the packaging and paraphernalia feature the WWE logo, the actual game still contains the WWF logo.
WrestleMania X8 features a simple grappling system. Each wrestler has five front grapples, five rear grapples, and miscellaneous grapples, such as an evade and grapple in which a wrestler will dodge and then perform a hold or throw. There are meters based on color for the competitors in a match, and a pin is possible when the player's meter is fully red and their opponent's is fully blue. A large portion of the gameplay revolves around counter moves, with different buttons countering different maneuvers and allow different responses, such as strike and grapple. The game features a wide selection of signature moves used by wrestlers, and all wrestlers in the game has his/her unique entrances. There are a variety of weapons available, as well as the ability to perform a number of different grapples with them.
The game features a variety of match types, including Standard, Hardcore, Table, Ladder, TLC, Battle Royal, Steel Cage, Hell in a Cell, and Ironman. The number of participants in the match can also be chosen, including a singles match, a tag team match, a handicap match, Triple Threat, Fatal Four-Way, Battle Royal, and Royal Rumble. The Hell in a Cell match features the ability to utilize unique grapples on the walls of the cell, as well as the ability to climb to the roof of the cell and fight atop it, with the option of throwing an opponent through the roof to the mat below.
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