Alright, I’ll admit it, I watched professional wrestling almost religiously for some time. Now that doesn’t make me a bad person, just easily entertained (which makes life generally quite nice). So when THQ sent me WWE Legends of Wrestlemania for the iPhone I climbed up to the top turnbuckle and yelled Hell Yeah before raising one eyebrow to the non-existent crowd in front of me and raising the iPhone slowly into the air like a Championship belt.

See, I told you... Anyway, This is the iPhone version for the game of the same name on the consoles. It’s quite possibly the smallest Giant you’ll ever see (named Andre anyway). In the game you get to set up your very own budding wrestling superstar and guide him through his career to superstardom and the WWE Hall of Fame. You’ve got two options - Career and exhibition. The nice thing about exhibition is that you can pick your favorite WWE Superstar of all-time and pair them off against your favorite villian for the match of a lifetime.

Bret the Hitman Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock (who looks very caucasian) and several others are on the roster. It’s not nearly complete as the console version and there’s no Brutus the Barber Beefcake, Hulk Hogan, etc. So really, this is just a cheap shadow of the real game.

Plus, in career mode it took me all of three matches I think to claim the championship belt. My first title defense? Ted Dibiase, the Million Dollar Man, whom I crushed with ease. Then I was cheated out of the title when I wasn’t even pinned! !*(&#!@

The graphics are pretty bland in the game and it seems like they took more time to do the ring than the character models. Everything is straight lines and jagged edges and looks pretty bad. On top of that, a lot of the signature moves look terrible. My Guido Stunner had me no where near the opponent and just looked ridiculous.

Overall this game is a cheap knockoff of a good game on the consoles. It’s got shoddy graphics, redundant gameplay with no challenge and generally is pretty poor all around. The total lack of challenge means I’ll retire with the belt in hand and not bother to defend it against all comers.

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