Yeah! He is great! Amazing reviews, great wrestling content in general. I also pointed out how his editing and review quality has improved along the way. He is also very nice and humble reading, liking all comments and responding to a lot of them as well.
Finally, this legendary game is covered. Yeah the first two Def Jam games aged exceptionally well. The roster, gameplay, modes, insane levels of customization and soundtrack are absolutely perfect. A very early prototype was found in March and this game was going to be EVEN BIGGER! 2Pac, Notorious Big, DMX, Sean Paul and many more artists were going to have their music in the game but were cut! DMX, Kurupt and S-Word were also going to be playable but were also sadly cut! Carmen Electra and Ice T LOVED working on the game and want the Def Jam series to come back!
Definitely a classic game in my eyes not even mad it's so expensive to buy second hand these days. The remaster we'll never get but the remaster we'll forever deserve.
My favorite thing about this game is how everyone that is seen with a proper model is playable. The trainer? You can play him. The salesmen? You can play them. Your barber? Hell yeah. The placeholder for your character in the opening cutscene??? Literally one of the best characters, statistically.
About damn time. Thanks for the review the wait was worth it. Too bad DMX wasn’t included, he’s my favourite rapper. Honestly this was my favourite rap era; the music, the styles and the attitude was the best.
Back when he was alive, DMX had stated that the developers didn’t pay him enough money to be in Vendetta so he didn’t want to be in Fight For NY because of it.
The fond memories of this game , I always gave my best to tryout all the fighting styles mixing and matching em , I remember one time I made my fighter a Drunken style kickboxing hybrid
Bro, it’s between “COMP” and “See about ya” 😂🔥 I downloaded both songs, uncut and uncensored onto my phone, you HAVE to bump see about ya full volume, now that I think about it, yeah, that song is WAY more hype, but COMP comes in a close second!! 🔥🔥
@@shawklan27 YUHHH 🔥🔥 not trynna take a damn thing away from COMP either, because you are right, that is ONE HALF of the hypest track on FFNY, but I personally think See About Ya is better by a small margin 😂💯 My top 3 songs in the game 1. See about ya 2. COMP 3. Man up
In the past year WWE champion Big E. Lingston, Ice T, and Kevin Liles, who was a Def Jam executive when the games came out, called for a sequel on Twitter. Ed Boon, of Mortal Kombat fame, did a Twitter poll on fighting game franchises asking which should return. Not only did Def Jam win, it trended to the point where Ed asked everyone to calm down already. There's also petition for a remaster as well. As Def Jam Icon proved (published by EA Chicago rather than EA Big/ Vancouver and developed by EA's in-house Fight Night team rather than AKI, it's nothing without AKI. Kenny Omega toured syn Sophia's studio and found only the No Mercy/Revenge/VPW2 Def Jam director, Hideyuki Iwashita aka Geta-san, and he was hired by Yuke's to work on the upcoming AEW console game which I hope is at least a fraction as good the old AKI games. If they want to revive the Def Jam series they better find the rest of the AKI team members who no longer work at syn Sophia.
I knew about there being a sort of “tease” for the def jam series to return from the def jam Twitter page a few years ago, of course nothing has came of it, but I never knew Ed Boon tweeted about it haha, that’s funny asf 😂 but even still though, would def jam be worth reviving in this day and age? With these, uh, “new generation rappers”? 🤔
One of the greatest and most perfect video games of all time. A COLD ass opening that gives you the chills, Massive roster, incredible gameplay with a variety of different elements, plentiful stages, unlockable stages and fighters, amazing, hype ass soundtrack, I could go on and on about this game. This is my childhood right here, and it’s insane how I’d rather play this game than pretty much most any “modern game” today. I hate how everybody really hated icon, as I personally did not find it that bad. Sure, HUGE step down from FFNY, but it had potential, but it did kill the Def Jam series. I pray we get something def jam related in the future to jumpstart this amazing series again. 🤞🏾💯💯
Damn, this has been a long time coming. The price exploded out of nowhere, it was like 20$ when i bought it in 2019. But all in all, DJ ffny is probably the only great arcade MMA game, just like vendetta was a great arcade wrestling game
Man I brought this on gamecube for 20$ in 2013 because my PS2 stopped working crazy I sold all some of my games to Gamestop I regret selling my my ps2 version not paying over 100$ but I play it on PC now
I actually had the pleasure of owning all four games Def Jam games. Vendetta, which I pre-ordered at GameStop in the mall; Fight for NY, Christmas present; Fight for NY: The Takeover, it is suppose to be a prequel to Vendetta even though it features Fight for NY characters; and Icon. And NikateeN, there is no shame in saying that you had Def Jam Icon and liked it. It may have moved away from what we all experienced from what Fight for NY gave us, yet it was creative in using the music and the background in attacks; controls were lame though. BTW, when I played the Tag Tournament in Fight for NY, I ALWAYS picked Ice-T. It is great that I got to see this game again.
I personally liked icon, and it was one of the first games I downloaded when I jailbroke my ps3. I loved the “DJ scratch” gimmick and using the music to fight, that was pretty genius. Just damn, the gameplay is so slow and everybody pretty much plays the same 😂
1:21 F-Zero X Title Theme and 10:36 NBA Hangtime Create a Player Theme, both amazing tunes! Glad to se you coming back after a few months. This game, even Vendetta exists, is totally unique. It's a must for wrestling and fighting video game players. See ya!!
Thank you for reviewing the Xbox version. It's the fastest running aki style game. The Microsoft hard drive was strong and it's the smoothest version. If you notice, no mercy lags when there's 4 players.....this game was so perfect in it's performance.
Yeah, we have been waiting for a while for this review. Amazing job, once again!! It must take a lot of time to finish these great reviews, so we apreciate it. I loved this game as a kid/teen and I still do. It introduced me to great rappers and their song. The story was engaging, customization was superb and all with the tight and great Aki system. That "Walk with me" music by Joe Budden when you finish the story was a nice choice. One of the greatest games I ever played. One weird story is that I think I glitched the game but I was never able to reproduce this glich anymore. On my first playtrough, at one time I spent my training points and then decided to go back to it after doing something, and my points were back, even tough my stats were increased. I kept spending them, and they kept coming back. So I was able to full my character stats at the middle of the game! I bought all the blazing moves avaiable and two more fighting styles as well. I became an overpowered god lol !
People still play FFNY competitively. There's a Vice article called "Snoop Dogg is Banned-The Community That Reinvented 'Def Jam: Fight for NY" about it. There's a discord. People still stream it every day on TH-cam and upload playthroughs. And it's been featured at CEO.
FIINNNAALLYY!!!! BRUH IM AT WORK RIGHT NOW!!! DEFINITELY WATCHING THIS ON MY LUNCH BREAK!!!! FUCCN LOVE YOU NIKATEEN.. MAN I BEEN WAITING ON THIS SINCE U ANNOUNCED IT AHA.. maaaan.. it's no other TH-cam channel that I do this for
I played this game 4 player in college and the subway match was our fav. Awesome game especially when you’re into Def Jam! Great review and had totally forgotten about this awesome game 👊
You have great selection for background music in your videos, I know I recognized an Xzibit song from Madden I haven't heard in years. Excellent review and time capsuling of a time in hip hop that I'm glad I experienced as a teenager ^_^
The illest game ever! I was mad as hell when I sold this along with my PS2 when I was in college. Biggest regret of my life because of the game price now...let's see you finish it out with Def Jam Icon next.
Hey man. Really enjoy you’re content. I was just thinking about you a few days ago! You’re presence give me early 2000s, golden era TH-cam vibes for some reason! Lol
I literally just bought a copy for the ps2 for $82 last year and glad I did as crazy as that sounds. The price has risen a lot in just that one year alone. The xbox version was so cheap when I got my ps2 version
Yea I remember passing on it when it was around 60 bucks in 2012 because that was ridiculous for a PS2 title. Little did I know how it would keep rising!
The Gamecube prices for FFNY are the worst especially. Luckily FFNY here is only £12 on an original Xbox, jumps to £25 for the PS2... And ouch the GC is £40... Fortunately Vendetta though is pretty cheap at £3.50 here.
Dude!! Sick video! The price for this game is where I start to sort of recommend emulation. I love this game, but could never afford multiple hundreds of dollars for a single game, let alone a game from nearly 20 years ago at this point.
Thanks! Yea, the price is a little much. Like I said, it took me years to finally grab it. If I was smart enough to figure out how to emulate it I would have. 😂
I subscribed months ago and I must say I've become a big fan of this channel I'm a huge wrestling and 2d Fighting game junkie ...that being said the content is awesome presentation rocks intro theme is crazy cool rock on good sir😁🤘
Thank you so much for reviewing this man. And I was so delighted when I saw a 26 minute run time. Love your long videos! I can't wait to see more reviews! That is if there is any other wrestling games left for you to review lol. Maybe you can review WWE 2K20 and talk about them skipping 2K21 due to the horrible glitches?
Thanks for the content I’m a long time fan I’ve watched all your wrestling game reviews as I’ve owed many of the ones you spoke on. This game is different I have this game still and until the end of time lol I sold my og Xbox years ago but didn’t sell this game with it because I know the vale ha. Anyway thanks for covering this thanks for the content 🔥
Yes I’ve been waiting for this Review for a long time thank u Nikateen are there going to be more videos for 2022 by any chance and did u also get a chance to review Def Jam Icon if not it’s cool I just thought of that as an idea however I hope u had a good thanksgiving and hopefully I get to see more videos from u in the future
I've literally just bought this game today and an original Xbox I'm over the moon now I had fight for NY on psp but it was very limited and I saw people playing the main console version and alot of things where different so I can't wait to play this bad boy game
Great video, man! I loved this game! I played it on Xbox and I still own it. Hopefully Xbox adds it to their backwards compatibility list so I can play it again.
Man, I really hope to play this game soon. This looks super fun and I can tell I will have the best time. Why is it so expensive?! Also glad you’re back, homie. Hope you had a great thanksgiving.
Thanks Alec! Glad to see you still around here. I think the price is a combination of the game itself being so good and also the fact that it did t have as high of production numbers as other games of the time.
The game is expensive because it really is the definition of a “classic”. It’s a damn near perfect game, something that modern games could only ever hope to achieve. It has so much replayability, it’s legit one of the greatest games of all time 💯💯
@@NikateeN like Def Jam Fight for New York is like a good version of WCW Backstage Assault, the Ultimate Muscle games were like WWE All Stars, but getting the concept right
Maybe at some point this channel can review the ajpw wrestling games for the ps1 and Dreamcast as they're not well known to many people. They definitely need some love
It would've been cool if they had a rock genre version of this too,but that probably would've been a nightmare talking with bands coated to singular rappers.
the ps2 version doesnt have the coolio hair but the psp one does.. the psp version also has a different fighting mechanic where you can grab them as theyre half up
Yea I had a few games like that, like Final Fight CD for Sega CD. I had that game complete in pristine condition and have no idea what happened to it but now it’s worth good money.
I never played this or the previous game as I was deep into my metal head phase, and though I do use at the time and still listen to rap/hip hop occasionally I never had much interest in playing them, but I find it kinda interesting they had the wife of a rock star (as Carmen Electra was dating/married to guitarist Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction at the time) and rock/punk rock/hardcore punk icon Henry Rollins
According to DMX it's because they didn't want to pay him even though he was the most popular character from Vendetta. I think he wanted 2 sents from every copy sold of FFNY. There's a video of him explaining it. I don't think the legal trouble happened until way after 2004.
He was literally in jail while the game was in development. That information is pretty well documented but DMX himself could very well have his own version of things.
I spent a whole lot of time with that one. It was one of the most fun multiplayer wrestling titles I’ve ever played. Even my non wrestling fan buddies loved creating their own wrestlers and putting them into Royal Runble matches.
I do absolutely love how DefJam turned from a relatively light hearted wrestling game to a pretty grim fighting game. Even though I love Vendetta slightly more for the wrestling side. No other game could I say Snoop Dogg threw Danny Trejo into a train.
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This channel doesn't get enough love.
Thanks a lot man!
Yeah! He is great! Amazing reviews, great wrestling content in general. I also pointed out how his editing and review quality has improved along the way. He is also very nice and humble reading, liking all comments and responding to a lot of them as well.
This guy is definitely right this channel is a diamond.
Hell yeah one of the best on orginal xbox 4 player best charter is the 1 that looks like a clown
Is this game out
Finally, this legendary game is covered. Yeah the first two Def Jam games aged exceptionally well. The roster, gameplay, modes, insane levels of customization and soundtrack are absolutely perfect. A very early prototype was found in March and this game was going to be EVEN BIGGER! 2Pac, Notorious Big, DMX, Sean Paul and many more artists were going to have their music in the game but were cut! DMX, Kurupt and S-Word were also going to be playable but were also sadly cut! Carmen Electra and Ice T LOVED working on the game and want the Def Jam series to come back!
Definitely a classic game in my eyes not even mad it's so expensive to buy second hand these days. The remaster we'll never get but the remaster we'll forever deserve.
Thanfuly I got my copy a few years back for $30 at the time I thought that was too much for it lol, but wanted to play it so bad I bought it.
I have this game i just dont have any controllers for my xbox
My favorite thing about this game is how everyone that is seen with a proper model is playable. The trainer? You can play him. The salesmen? You can play them. Your barber? Hell yeah. The placeholder for your character in the opening cutscene??? Literally one of the best characters, statistically.
Haha, yea I love the vast selection of fighters!
Nikateen I wanted to let you know fighting Fat Joe is a pain in story mode.. 😭
He will pedigree your life away
About damn time. Thanks for the review the wait was worth it. Too bad DMX wasn’t included, he’s my favourite rapper. Honestly this was my favourite rap era; the music, the styles and the attitude was the best.
For real. If someone was able to mod DMX into the game, that would be the definitive edition.
@@CuppaKofe he was in the first one which is also a Classic to me but Is a bit more on the wrestling side
Back when he was alive, DMX had stated that the developers didn’t pay him enough money to be in Vendetta so he didn’t want to be in Fight For NY because of it.
I remember kid me watching my babysitter’s grandson play this game on his PS2. He played on the subway stage a ton.
The fond memories of this game , I always gave my best to tryout all the fighting styles mixing and matching em , I remember one time I made my fighter a Drunken style kickboxing hybrid
Comp is definitely one of the hypest songs ever put in a fighting game
Bro, it’s between “COMP” and “See about ya” 😂🔥 I downloaded both songs, uncut and uncensored onto my phone, you HAVE to bump see about ya full volume, now that I think about it, yeah, that song is WAY more hype, but COMP comes in a close second!! 🔥🔥
@@literallyonlyfanz2308 after listening to see about ya I totally agree with you to a degree like that shit is HYPE
@@shawklan27 YUHHH 🔥🔥 not trynna take a damn thing away from COMP either, because you are right, that is ONE HALF of the hypest track on FFNY, but I personally think See About Ya is better by a small margin 😂💯
My top 3 songs in the game
1. See about ya
2. COMP
3. Man up
My cousin and I would play Def Jam fight for NY until 5 am when we were 19 back then, I wish they would remastered it or gave it a proper sequel.
In the past year WWE champion Big E. Lingston, Ice T, and Kevin Liles, who was a Def Jam executive when the games came out, called for a sequel on Twitter. Ed Boon, of Mortal Kombat fame, did a Twitter poll on fighting game franchises asking which should return. Not only did Def Jam win, it trended to the point where Ed asked everyone to calm down already. There's also petition for a remaster as well.
As Def Jam Icon proved (published by EA Chicago rather than EA Big/ Vancouver and developed by EA's in-house Fight Night team rather than AKI, it's nothing without AKI. Kenny Omega toured syn Sophia's studio and found only the No Mercy/Revenge/VPW2 Def Jam director, Hideyuki Iwashita aka Geta-san, and he was hired by Yuke's to work on the upcoming AEW console game which I hope is at least a fraction as good the old AKI games.
If they want to revive the Def Jam series they better find the rest of the AKI team members who no longer work at syn Sophia.
I knew about there being a sort of “tease” for the def jam series to return from the def jam Twitter page a few years ago, of course nothing has came of it, but I never knew Ed Boon tweeted about it haha, that’s funny asf 😂 but even still though, would def jam be worth reviving in this day and age? With these, uh, “new generation rappers”? 🤔
It has aged like fine wine
Literally just finished watched Wrestling Bios video on Def Jam Vendetta. I loved this game as a kid!
The greatest wrestling game developers are AKI, Yuke's and Spike Chunsoft (formerly Human),
We still waiting for Ice-T announce New DefJam for Ps5 and Xbox Series
Lets hope they remaster it for ps4 too
One of the greatest and most perfect video games of all time. A COLD ass opening that gives you the chills, Massive roster, incredible gameplay with a variety of different elements, plentiful stages, unlockable stages and fighters, amazing, hype ass soundtrack, I could go on and on about this game. This is my childhood right here, and it’s insane how I’d rather play this game than pretty much most any “modern game” today. I hate how everybody really hated icon, as I personally did not find it that bad. Sure, HUGE step down from FFNY, but it had potential, but it did kill the Def Jam series. I pray we get something def jam related in the future to jumpstart this amazing series again. 🤞🏾💯💯
~ Classic I was addicted to this ~
Icon still is an amazing "looking" game. I pop it in every now and again, just to look at the graphics. The gameplay, on the other hand.......
Slow…. Painfully slow…. At least the Dj Turnarounds kinda make up for it. Kinda….
Welcome back brother! I can tell the video is amazing and full of nostalgia before I even watch it.
Damn, this has been a long time coming. The price exploded out of nowhere, it was like 20$ when i bought it in 2019. But all in all, DJ ffny is probably the only great arcade MMA game, just like vendetta was a great arcade wrestling game
You must have gotten a steal of a deal because this game has been very expensive for the last 10+ years.
@@NikateeN Yep 60-80 bones
Man I brought this on gamecube for 20$ in 2013 because my PS2 stopped working crazy I sold all some of my games to Gamestop I regret selling my my ps2 version not paying over 100$ but I play it on PC now
I still play this game sometimes
I actually had the pleasure of owning all four games Def Jam games. Vendetta, which I pre-ordered at GameStop in the mall; Fight for NY, Christmas present; Fight for NY: The Takeover, it is suppose to be a prequel to Vendetta even though it features Fight for NY characters; and Icon. And NikateeN, there is no shame in saying that you had Def Jam Icon and liked it. It may have moved away from what we all experienced from what Fight for NY gave us, yet it was creative in using the music and the background in attacks; controls were lame though.
BTW, when I played the Tag Tournament in Fight for NY, I ALWAYS picked Ice-T.
It is great that I got to see this game again.
I personally liked icon, and it was one of the first games I downloaded when I jailbroke my ps3. I loved the “DJ scratch” gimmick and using the music to fight, that was pretty genius. Just damn, the gameplay is so slow and everybody pretty much plays the same 😂
Still got our copy!!
This game perhaps is one of the very few video game sequels that feels like it's own game entirely
1:21 F-Zero X Title Theme and 10:36 NBA Hangtime Create a Player Theme, both amazing tunes!
Glad to se you coming back after a few months. This game, even Vendetta exists, is totally unique. It's a must for wrestling and fighting video game players. See ya!!
Dude, I love that you can always point out the song selection, you’re truly knowledgeable with video game OST’s!
@@NikateeN Oh thanks, buddy!
He's back
Thank you for reviewing the Xbox version. It's the fastest running aki style game. The Microsoft hard drive was strong and it's the smoothest version. If you notice, no mercy lags when there's 4 players.....this game was so perfect in it's performance.
Yeah, we have been waiting for a while for this review. Amazing job, once again!! It must take a lot of time to finish these great reviews, so we apreciate it. I loved this game as a kid/teen and I still do. It introduced me to great rappers and their song. The story was engaging, customization was superb and all with the tight and great Aki system. That "Walk with me" music by Joe Budden when you finish the story was a nice choice. One of the greatest games I ever played.
One weird story is that I think I glitched the game but I was never able to reproduce this glich anymore. On my first playtrough, at one time I spent my training points and then decided to go back to it after doing something, and my points were back, even tough my stats were increased. I kept spending them, and they kept coming back. So I was able to full my character stats at the middle of the game! I bought all the blazing moves avaiable and two more fighting styles as well. I became an overpowered god lol !
Nikateen is back!
Def Jam: Fight for NY is amazing just wish it wasn't so expensive lol
It’s a damn near perfect game broski, a whole complete experience! Gotta pay for quality! 👀
My favorite character to play with was David Banner.
People still play FFNY competitively. There's a Vice article called "Snoop Dogg is Banned-The Community That Reinvented 'Def Jam: Fight for NY" about it. There's a discord. People still stream it every day on TH-cam and upload playthroughs. And it's been featured at CEO.
That's awesome!
FIINNNAALLYY!!!! BRUH IM AT WORK RIGHT NOW!!! DEFINITELY WATCHING THIS ON MY LUNCH BREAK!!!! FUCCN LOVE YOU NIKATEEN.. MAN I BEEN WAITING ON THIS SINCE U ANNOUNCED IT AHA.. maaaan.. it's no other TH-cam channel that I do this for
Thanks Eli!
I randomly came back to your page after thinking of your here comes the pain video. Nice to see you still uploading
I played this game 4 player in college and the subway match was our fav. Awesome game especially when you’re into Def Jam! Great review and had totally forgotten about this awesome game 👊
You have great selection for background music in your videos, I know I recognized an Xzibit song from Madden I haven't heard in years. Excellent review and time capsuling of a time in hip hop that I'm glad I experienced as a teenager ^_^
Thanks a lot!
The illest game ever! I was mad as hell when I sold this along with my PS2 when I was in college. Biggest regret of my life because of the game price now...let's see you finish it out with Def Jam Icon next.
It’s very expensive for the PS2 port
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“Come on man! Let’s bounce!” I remember that quote.
Legitimately one of my favourite games. Best 3D fighter.
I had this game, but I hardly played it. I only played it a handful of times. I preferred the first Def Jam game back then.
Hey man. Really enjoy you’re content. I was just thinking about you a few days ago! You’re presence give me early 2000s, golden era TH-cam vibes for some reason! Lol
Haha, thanks man!
Maaaaan this was this shit. Need make a part 2..since hip hop is everywhere now.
Damn TH-cam took 8 days to show me this. Great coverage of a legendary game! I have it on PS2 with the box and I'm holding on to it 🙂
Thanks! Yea man, keep it! I was in a retro game store yesterday and they had the PS2 version for $215! It’s getting wild out there!
Crow, doc, Ludacris, Havoc, Nine., Crazy legs. Certified 💯 what's yours?
My man keeps killing it
This was the best fighting game ever.
I literally just bought a copy for the ps2 for $82 last year and glad I did as crazy as that sounds. The price has risen a lot in just that one year alone. The xbox version was so cheap when I got my ps2 version
Got mine for 40$ in the early 2010's. Crazy how that was considered expensive for a ps2 game back then :/
@@CuppaKofe Facts! Makes me wish I could back and tell 14 year old me hang on to it and keep top condition
Yea I remember passing on it when it was around 60 bucks in 2012 because that was ridiculous for a PS2 title. Little did I know how it would keep rising!
The Gamecube prices for FFNY are the worst especially.
Luckily FFNY here is only £12 on an original Xbox, jumps to £25 for the PS2... And ouch the GC is £40... Fortunately Vendetta though is pretty cheap at £3.50 here.
Dude!! Sick video! The price for this game is where I start to sort of recommend emulation. I love this game, but could never afford multiple hundreds of dollars for a single game, let alone a game from nearly 20 years ago at this point.
Thanks! Yea, the price is a little much. Like I said, it took me years to finally grab it. If I was smart enough to figure out how to emulate it I would have. 😂
Shii I’d rather pay almost new price for this than most games nowadays, which are buggy, sloppy, DLC and micro transaction-ridden messes 🤣💯
I subscribed months ago and I must say I've become a big fan of this channel I'm a huge wrestling and 2d Fighting game junkie ...that being said the content is awesome presentation rocks intro theme is crazy cool rock on good sir😁🤘
Thanks a lot man, I appreciate the support! Long live 2D fighters!
It's really good to see you back man it truly is 🙂
Thanks Cody! It’s great to be back. 😎
Thank you so much for reviewing this man. And I was so delighted when I saw a 26 minute run time. Love your long videos! I can't wait to see more reviews! That is if there is any other wrestling games left for you to review lol. Maybe you can review WWE 2K20 and talk about them skipping 2K21 due to the horrible glitches?
Thanks a lot man!!
The Subway match really reminds me of that Arena from Robot Wars ED
The only game that gave wrestling and fighting games a run for its 💰
I wish that wcw game would of came out they even had Jadakiss and others make rap songs for the game. Great vid man 👍
The 🐐 is back! Always a dope video brotha. This game is an all time classic. 🤌
Thanks man!
I love def jam fight for New York this game is perfect for me i love wrestling and i love rap music
14:10 I can't believe he actual wore that bird thing! Had me cracking up.
Knowing how pricey it is an being a collector some what now I am so glad I kept mine from my early teens
Bruh I didn’t know Kurupt and LL were supposed to be on this. Cool facts.
I would have loved to play as Kurupt, he’s one of my favorite artists.
@@NikateeN yep include him in the west coast battles with Mack 10 WC Xzibit Warren G and Snoop. Happy they showed love to the west coast in this one 😃
Thanks for the content I’m a long time fan I’ve watched all your wrestling game reviews as I’ve owed many of the ones you spoke on. This game is different I have this game still and until the end of time lol I sold my og Xbox years ago but didn’t sell this game with it because I know the vale ha. Anyway thanks for covering this thanks for the content 🔥
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Thanks for the support man! I’m glad to hear you still have a copy, it’s still going up in price.
Yes I’ve been waiting for this Review for a long time thank u Nikateen are there going to be more videos for 2022 by any chance and did u also get a chance to review Def Jam Icon if not it’s cool I just thought of that as an idea however I hope u had a good thanksgiving and hopefully I get to see more videos from u in the future
Glad u did it, been a fan for years now. Criminal you don’t have more followers and views
Thanks man! Glad you stuck around, I do appreciate it!
Glad you're back at it!
I did enjoy this, despite it being the PSP version. It was a blast! Thanks for the in depth review!
Thanks for watching!
I've literally just bought this game today and an original Xbox I'm over the moon now I had fight for NY on psp but it was very limited and I saw people playing the main console version and alot of things where different so I can't wait to play this bad boy game
Right on man! Enjoy!
This might be the best video that you've made yet 😀 Great Work--Keep it up!
Thanks a lot!
Great video, man! I loved this game! I played it on Xbox and I still own it. Hopefully Xbox adds it to their backwards compatibility list so I can play it again.
Thanks dude!
i love def jam fight for NY i have it on the gamecube
Man, I really hope to play this game soon. This looks super fun and I can tell I will have the best time. Why is it so expensive?! Also glad you’re back, homie. Hope you had a great thanksgiving.
Thanks Alec! Glad to see you still around here. I think the price is a combination of the game itself being so good and also the fact that it did t have as high of production numbers as other games of the time.
@@NikateeN
Of course man. I’ll always be a fan of your content. Here’s hoping I do get a copy one day.
The game is expensive because it really is the definition of a “classic”. It’s a damn near perfect game, something that modern games could only ever hope to achieve. It has so much replayability, it’s legit one of the greatest games of all time 💯💯
been looking foward to your uploads
Loved this game so much!! Glad you reviewed it!
Dmx not being in this one is the only thing keeping the first on6w worth playing after the sequel
This game should be backwards compatible on xbox one and be downloadable on the ps4/ps5 store
Great video! 🔥💯
Dont forget AKI did a M.U.S.C.L.E. game for the gamecube after this. It was too off the wall for me but it was okay.
They had one for the GameCube, and another exclusive to PS2. Both of them were definitely bizarre, but fun.
@@NikateeN like Def Jam Fight for New York is like a good version of WCW Backstage Assault, the Ultimate Muscle games were like WWE All Stars, but getting the concept right
Maybe at some point this channel can review the ajpw wrestling games for the ps1 and Dreamcast as they're not well known to many people. They definitely need some love
Welcome back brother! Hope you and the family are doing well and staying healthy!
Thanks a lot!
Awesome review! Would love to get my hands on this game!
It would've been cool if they had a rock genre version of this too,but that probably would've been a nightmare talking with bands coated to singular rappers.
That would definitely be cool!
the ps2 version doesnt have the coolio hair but the psp one does.. the psp version also has a different fighting mechanic where you can grab them as theyre half up
Phenomenal game.
I remember having this game as kid on the ps2 and I have no idea what happened to it. It just disappeared and now it’s worth so much 😂😂
Yea I had a few games like that, like Final Fight CD for Sega CD. I had that game complete in pristine condition and have no idea what happened to it but now it’s worth good money.
Please never stop uploading videos.
Played this game so many times I maxed out how many times you could create a character
Ohhhh yeah this is a great freaking game!
I just got wrestlemania the arcade game and can't quit playing it
I’ve got a ton of nostalgia with that one!
Dmx gave an interview how he didn’t want to be in the game because the contract was only like 5 cents per game sold
I never played this or the previous game as I was deep into my metal head phase, and though I do use at the time and still listen to rap/hip hop occasionally I never had much interest in playing them, but I find it kinda interesting they had the wife of a rock star (as Carmen Electra was dating/married to guitarist Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction at the time) and rock/punk rock/hardcore punk icon Henry Rollins
You gotta check out Roadkill so underrated
According to DMX it's because they didn't want to pay him even though he was the most popular character from Vendetta. I think he wanted 2 sents from every copy sold of FFNY. There's a video of him explaining it. I don't think the legal trouble happened until way after 2004.
He was literally in jail while the game was in development. That information is pretty well documented but DMX himself could very well have his own version of things.
@@NikateeN I wasn't aware.
Raw 2 is the most underrated wrestling game ever.
I spent a whole lot of time with that one. It was one of the most fun multiplayer wrestling titles I’ve ever played. Even my non wrestling fan buddies loved creating their own wrestlers and putting them into Royal Runble matches.
Me and my freind played the hell out of this was an awesome game
That man shouted out Scarface ❤️👑💪
i thought Mayhem was a'ight not better than Revenge or World tour, but still pretty fun.
I do absolutely love how DefJam turned from a relatively light hearted wrestling game to a pretty grim fighting game. Even though I love Vendetta slightly more for the wrestling side.
No other game could I say Snoop Dogg threw Danny Trejo into a train.
They bringing this game back o shit
indeed one of the greatest fighter ever made
I feel honored to own this game on the ps2 because wow this game has gotten expensive
Cherish it! 😂
I have the game box but not the disk, but I jailbroke my ps4 to download the game, so I actually have the disc “in spirit” i guess?? 😂🤣
That was a great presentation and I just subscribed😊
Thanks!
Welcome Back bro. Hope all is well 🙏.
Thanks! Same to you dude!