Oh man, I loved Wrestlemania 19 day of reckoning 1&2. I really loved WM19 where we fight in weird locations. GameCube took the premise of WCW's Mayhem and backstage assault, and cranked it up to 10. I loved it, it was chaotic fun.
Canceling grappling animations by attacking was the single best mechanic from the GC games. I freaking hate when playing 3+ players matches in todays games and having to sit around while the other perform their moves....esp since the games are even slower.
Oh hell nah, doing collateral damage when people get hits by your moves is one of the coolest feature of the gamecube games. Being able to interrupt move also add depth to team match because you can save your partner from taking a finisher. I hate how in other games, doing a move is like a cutscene that you can’t interrupt.
Also yes, you’re alone in hating that friendly fire feature in the GameCube games. It made things more chaotic and who wouldn’t wanna hit surrounding superstars with a giant swing?
The WWE games on the GameCube will forever hold a special place in my heart, especially the Day of Reckoning games. I can’t tell you how many hours I spent on both of them as a kid with my brother, and to this day, we still have fun with them. Thank you for the nostalgia, Ian. Thank you for all your awesome retrospectives and for being awesome😁. I hope you and all the DanDans have a wonderful weekend, and I love you all.😊❤️
Dude as a DanDan I think I can speak for most of us that I absolutely love when you edit them all together man, just makes for an amazing video to watch long form.
The X8 video is one of my favourites on here. I played the hell out of that game when I got it. Turned a blind eye to all the holes and missing pieces it had. I played around with the controls to get the most out of the move sets. With a story mode, titles in exhibition mode and the AKI grapple system, this would’ve been an instant classic 🤘🏻❤️
616 nvm the algorithm, ur last 5 videos has been 🔥, I'm been going through all ur old stuff leaving likes 👍 can't wait till u guys reach ur goals, u guys will make 👍
No “guys,” just me. I’m a one man team. I do all the writing, editing, etc. I don’t really have the ability to ignore the algorithm. This being my job, it matters a ton, unfortunately. I appreciate the kind words, though. Much more to come.
I owned all 4 of the GameCube wrestling games. X8 was a good start, XIX was a great leap and I had endless fun with friends playing it. Day of Reckoning 1 introduced me to Breaking Benjamin and I am still a huge fan to this day and have seen them live 3 times fixing to go to 4. Day of Reckoning 2 was the best of all 4. Well except for one thing… One of my favorite wrestlers Matt Hardy wasn’t on DOR2….
The memories i have playing Wrestlemania XIX, Day Of Reckoning, and Day Of Reckoning 2 might be a distant memory due to my age now. But thanks to emulation I'm able to go back to these games one last time. To experience everything again but with much different perception is interesting. Very nostalgic to say the least. Nevertheless, nintendo made some cracking WWE games. Personal favourite of mine would be Wrestlemania XIX and perhaps Day Of Reckoning 2.
Always makes me wonder if Jim Johnson had an idea what the Motorhead version was going to sound like and did his version or if WWE had Motorhead listen to Jim's version and they based it off of that.
Never had a GC so all my memories are connected to my friend who had one, he had the WM games but never DOR, ive actually never played xbox raw 1, 2 and all the GC games
I only remember ever playing one of these games, cant remember which but you could put on hats... like random hats like a helmet or a chefs hat during a match, so .... yeah that was just bizarre but the game play was good . The hats was the most memorable thing about it tho
Gotta agree with everything you said. Def growing pains for the games up to DoR2 but it was worth for that last entry. And yes, moves interrupting other wrestlers was infuriating.
Dude was the crowd chanting “holy shit” in day of reckoning 2 when big show choke slammed mankind through the top of the cell? Or am I just projecting lol?
Eh Bro! Love your vids! That WM19 Character select screen is separated by Raw mostly the left side to center and SD the smaller right side. I think Goldberg is at the bottom because he joined after WM 19. I could be wrong but I remember figuring this out when I had the game back in 2003. Thanx again for the content Dude!!
that friend was my best friend btw, he ended up changing for the worse many years later, ended up even stealing from me, I still have dreams asking and pleading with him to just be honest and admit it and I ask why, and how was 40 dollars' worth ending the best friendship I ever had. Very depressing, sorry to get a little sad there, it's just a thing for sure that mentally messed me up
@@MaynardOwns Oh yeah no doubt, it's the principal of it more so at the time, how because of circumstances I knew it was him and he bold face denied it and it blew me away and was like wow okay then gtfo of my life. Just sucks still ya know, but no doubt I don't ever want to hear or see from him again.
Dawn Marie going over Goldberg cleanand The Rock jobbing to Victoria? Alright WM19 did you let Vince Russo at the booking without keeping him on his meds?
I remember buying X8 when it came out. It was a huge disappointment to me. I owned ‘No Mercy’ too. Loved ‘No Mercy.’ X8 is trash to me. I consider it one of the worst games I have ever played.
Even if you were trashing these games, you're allowed to have your own opinion on them. I haven't played these games in years and years. So maybe my opinion would change on them, if I play them again. As of right now, I love them. Of course that could just be my memories playing the games. That John Cena commercial, that song is so much better than the one he actually uses. John should've used that instead.
When's that San Andreas going to drop.. I keep checking that it's unlocked... I'm waiting with bells on!!! I watch your vic City video and it took me back to yesterday.. of me my cousin and sister sister in the front room on the grown and the coach playing who can run from the cops the longest tell ww (F) came on then I sneak off to my room and turned on the t.v and watch the rock lay the snack down for a bit. We always have a debate of who's the best the rock or stone cold.. my dad heard us one time and busted in the room saying naw naw nawww y'all got it wrong hougan is the best off all time and that made us laugh so hard as we push him out the room saying you wish pops... Damn your video rain a bell from yesteryear... 2 thumbs up 👍😁👍... But anywho whens that San Andreas going to drop..yooo p.s them pics your showed of your hair over the year hahaha.. wasted all them years under a hat huh ...oooo well you live and learn
Wrestlemania XIX Review: “Edge and Rey were a team, Big Show’s Alone, [whispering] Chris Benoit killed his family”….LMFAO! That dry, casual line made me laugh hard, thankyou, cuz 🎶One of these things isn’t like the others🎶 But how weird is it that in 2024, years after that review, Vince would be getting the Chris Benoit treatment, and under Triple H, Chris isn’t taboo anymore, it’s just how it is, cuz the fans won’t forget, so why hide him, don’t glorify, just casually state the facts & accomplishments, instead of burying his legacy due to 3 HORRIBLE days in 2007…meanwhile Vince’s name has been outright BANNED by TKO, and they pretend HE doesn’t exist.
Seeing as though RE4 is as long as it is and packs so much into the game, no, it’s not misinformation. It doesn’t even make a difference to my point. Thanks though.
Dude complaining about DoR being a carbon copy of WM XIX and then hating on the story mode must’ve been playing HCTP too much, DoR 1 & 2 are underrated and forgotten titles, HCTP is overrated
@616Entertainment my apologies Ian I have been watching and following your content for quite a long time and the first video I saw was your retrospective of the ufc games in the first volume you were speaking of how small the roster was and a fighter named Andre Robert's. "The game itself is more disrespectful to the man than I am under strengths it says 'claims improved stamina...CLAIMS?!" That line is arguable the single funniest line across ALL of your videos and to this day if I'm having a bad day or am in a bad mood that mood is always lifted after I watch that video and is now a running joke between my friends. You really do read all the comments huh?
@@OrionPax-h6d hahahaha thought it might be that, but then it kept coming up and I was like “wait is this a thing I don’t get?” Amazing. I appreciate you watching, dude. And yes, I see every comment. I try and respond when I can. =)
The isometric viewpoint option first showed up in Fire Pro wrestling japanese games in the mid 90s and WCW Superbrawl on SNES used it...but it sucked on WCW
Those of us who were 14 15 16yr old around the time this game came out KNOWS we all spanked it to Stacy Keebler at least once. Thumbs up if your honest.
The Evolution theme was actually used on TV, it's their very first theme they ever used before Motörhead made "Line in the Sand"
Throwing people off the construction sites and fighting in the malls in Wrestlemania XIX was the MOST fun I have EVER had playing a WWE game loll
Us Dan Dan’s appreciate the high quality content. ❤
His content is always top rope
If only AKI would’ve kept going making the GameCube games too
Think they did or some inspiration
I mean YUKES they still used the engines for the two Wrestle Kingdom games.
@@ThrashAD720 yeah I’ve seen em and I think one was on 360 with the engine
100% agreed. Idk how familiar you are with Ultra Pro Wrestling, but if you've never heard of it.. I HIGHLY recommend checking it out
@JCW65 they definitely did with Wrestlemania X9, bringing back the strong/weak grapples. Such a welcomed edition to the engine
Oh man, I loved Wrestlemania 19 day of reckoning 1&2. I really loved WM19 where we fight in weird locations. GameCube took the premise of WCW's Mayhem and backstage assault, and cranked it up to 10. I loved it, it was chaotic fun.
Canceling grappling animations by attacking was the single best mechanic from the GC games. I freaking hate when playing 3+ players matches in todays games and having to sit around while the other perform their moves....esp since the games are even slower.
I mean that’s just a lie as you can break up moves by attacking them kid animation now and have been able to the last few years
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I Had All Of Them & They All Kicked Ass...What A Dope Childhood!!!
Oh hell nah, doing collateral damage when people get hits by your moves is one of the coolest feature of the gamecube games. Being able to interrupt move also add depth to team match because you can save your partner from taking a finisher. I hate how in other games, doing a move is like a cutscene that you can’t interrupt.
Also yes, you’re alone in hating that friendly fire feature in the GameCube games. It made things more chaotic and who wouldn’t wanna hit surrounding superstars with a giant swing?
The WWE games on the GameCube will forever hold a special place in my heart, especially the Day of Reckoning games. I can’t tell you how many hours I spent on both of them as a kid with my brother, and to this day, we still have fun with them. Thank you for the nostalgia, Ian. Thank you for all your awesome retrospectives and for being awesome😁. I hope you and all the DanDans have a wonderful weekend, and I love you all.😊❤️
That chris benoit line took me me out 😂😂😂😂😂
I'm not old or new, but middle school, fifth grade, like junior high.
I love this channel so much
Dude as a DanDan I think I can speak for most of us that I absolutely love when you edit them all together man, just makes for an amazing video to watch long form.
The X8 video is one of my favourites on here. I played the hell out of that game when I got it. Turned a blind eye to all the holes and missing pieces it had. I played around with the controls to get the most out of the move sets. With a story mode, titles in exhibition mode and the AKI grapple system, this would’ve been an instant classic 🤘🏻❤️
616 nvm the algorithm, ur last 5 videos has been 🔥, I'm been going through all ur old stuff leaving likes 👍 can't wait till u guys reach ur goals, u guys will make 👍
No “guys,” just me. I’m a one man team. I do all the writing, editing, etc. I don’t really have the ability to ignore the algorithm. This being my job, it matters a ton, unfortunately. I appreciate the kind words, though. Much more to come.
@@616Entertainment Ian u r a freaking Bad Ass 👍😎
I owned all 4 of the GameCube wrestling games. X8 was a good start, XIX was a great leap and I had endless fun with friends playing it. Day of Reckoning 1 introduced me to Breaking Benjamin and I am still a huge fan to this day and have seen them live 3 times fixing to go to 4. Day of Reckoning 2 was the best of all 4. Well except for one thing… One of my favorite wrestlers Matt Hardy wasn’t on DOR2….
i got all these running on my xbox series s !
12:21 "You're FIRED!!"
Best Vince McMahon impression ive ever heard!
All Right, Guys and Welcome Back to more, Let’s Play, Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur 1939, Ms. Isabel VS Uncle James Washington
Adrienne VS Play by Ear, Rene Lee
Piece out
Day of Reckoning had the best HITC roof animation hands down
Ahh man been waiting for this video, used to comment for it all the time!
Lots of fond memories. I never noticed how huge the ring was in the early games.
Great video. LOVE the independent union track playing in the background. Made me want to play wcw vs the world again.
The memories i have playing Wrestlemania XIX, Day Of Reckoning, and Day Of Reckoning 2 might be a distant memory due to my age now. But thanks to emulation I'm able to go back to these games one last time. To experience everything again but with much different perception is interesting. Very nostalgic to say the least. Nevertheless, nintendo made some cracking WWE games. Personal favourite of mine would be Wrestlemania XIX and perhaps Day Of Reckoning 2.
Val Venis had a great run! Give him his respect for holding his own in a Era of All-Time Greats.
He lost my respect immediately when he outed himself as a hateful bigot.
The thing about the Evolution theme is they use to come out with it with no words then eventually it changed to the Motörhead version
Always makes me wonder if Jim Johnson had an idea what the Motorhead version was going to sound like and did his version or if WWE had Motorhead listen to Jim's version and they based it off of that.
Little fact, that Evolution theme is actually the first Evolution theme recorded before Motörhead came in and recorded. Must’ve been a timing issue
Never had a GC so all my memories are connected to my friend who had one, he had the WM games but never DOR, ive actually never played
xbox raw 1, 2 and all the GC games
This is now the second time you've made me do a spit take from a Chris Benoit joke.... you magnificent bastard
that wasnt a knockoff evolution theme, that was the original evolution theme. they didnt use it for very long but i think it was in raw 2 as well.
I only remember ever playing one of these games, cant remember which but you could put on hats... like random hats like a helmet or a chefs hat during a match, so .... yeah that was just bizarre but the game play was good . The hats was the most memorable thing about it tho
Gotta agree with everything you said. Def growing pains for the games up to DoR2 but it was worth for that last entry. And yes, moves interrupting other wrestlers was infuriating.
Dude was the crowd chanting “holy shit” in day of reckoning 2 when big show choke slammed mankind through the top of the cell? Or am I just projecting lol?
That pedigree on top of the cell through the cell was definitely a 10/10 because there was no hanging from the cell by Triple H
I only had day of reckoning 1 and wrestlemania 19 on the GameCube then when I got the ps2 me and my brothers switched to the smackdown vs raw games
Eh Bro! Love your vids! That WM19 Character select screen is separated by Raw mostly the left side to center and SD the smaller right side. I think Goldberg is at the bottom because he joined after WM 19. I could be wrong but I remember figuring this out when I had the game back in 2003. Thanx again for the content Dude!!
Wrestle Kingdom 2 for ps2 has the corner style viewpoint as its standard camera style just to let you know
without him I may have never got into wrestling, and most of my favorite memories involved him, oye yeah, shit happens aye,
Awesome Ian best wishes DANDAN love the channel best wishes Mark in the UK by the way how is the new pooch getting on man
that friend was my best friend btw, he ended up changing for the worse many years later, ended up even stealing from me, I still have dreams asking and pleading with him to just be honest and admit it and I ask why, and how was 40 dollars' worth ending the best friendship I ever had. Very depressing, sorry to get a little sad there, it's just a thing for sure that mentally messed me up
$40 is a small price to pay to get someone untrustworthy out of your life. Sucks sure but you’re better off without that person around.
@@MaynardOwns Oh yeah no doubt, it's the principal of it more so at the time, how because of circumstances I knew it was him and he bold face denied it and it blew me away and was like wow okay then gtfo of my life. Just sucks still ya know, but no doubt I don't ever want to hear or see from him again.
Scott Nash and Hogan were all in wcw world tour for 64 in 1997 plus a bunch more before wrestlemania x8 came out
First time in a wwe game since the years he mentioned
I’d like to think revenge mode happens after Vince fires our superstar in HCTP on the road to mania XD
Dor 2 Monument shift also a game changer
I still have no idea why we had to kill these poor construction workers in WM19's Revenge Mode........
Loved the first three didn't play dor2 but I'm pretty sure it was awesome too. Dor is the best to me
I still own a wrestlemania x8 promotional poster with the rock and Hulk Hogan on it that I got from ordering the game directly from THQ at the time.
Dawn Marie going over Goldberg cleanand The Rock jobbing to Victoria? Alright WM19 did you let Vince Russo at the booking without keeping him on his meds?
Is that wcw vs the world theme in the background
I love WWE Day Of Reckoning 2
I remember buying X8 when it came out. It was a huge disappointment to me. I owned ‘No Mercy’ too. Loved ‘No Mercy.’ X8 is trash to me. I consider it one of the worst games I have ever played.
You really had high standards. Most wrestling games post 2014 wish they can be as good as x8
Which one is closest in gameplay to the N64 wrestling games? Everything else I tried since then doesn't come close 😢
Even if you were trashing these games, you're allowed to have your own opinion on them. I haven't played these games in years and years. So maybe my opinion would change on them, if I play them again. As of right now, I love them. Of course that could just be my memories playing the games. That John Cena commercial, that song is so much better than the one he actually uses. John should've used that instead.
Trashing these games? They all have their issues, but none of these videos are outright negative at all.
@@616Entertainment I know, I was saying if you were, it's ok. You don't have to love something, just bc other ppl might.
For the WM 19 wrestler select screen, is based on the roster? Left is Raw, and Smackdown is right. Raw having a bigger roster makes it look off?
They need to bring wrestling back to Nintendo maybe bring back the day of reckoning series
Fight Forever is on Nintendo Switch. It's very similar to Day of Reckoning.
@@AztecUnshaven yeah but they need a WwE game I have that game already
Why do I feel like I knew you were gonna do this Ian?
Because I always re-release videos together once they form the full movie package and you’ve noticed the pattern.
@@616Entertainment Yes I have. And I can just tell it's gonna happen again. That's no complaint by the way.
@@JuanMunoz-ie2lr It will absolutely happen again, hahahaha. People prefer these compiled videos for some reason.
Looking back I think last man standing was new
When's that San Andreas going to drop.. I keep checking that it's unlocked... I'm waiting with bells on!!! I watch your vic City video and it took me back to yesterday.. of me my cousin and sister sister in the front room on the grown and the coach playing who can run from the cops the longest tell ww (F) came on then I sneak off to my room and turned on the t.v and watch the rock lay the snack down for a bit. We always have a debate of who's the best the rock or stone cold.. my dad heard us one time and busted in the room saying naw naw nawww y'all got it wrong hougan is the best off all time and that made us laugh so hard as we push him out the room saying you wish pops... Damn your video rain a bell from yesteryear... 2 thumbs up 👍😁👍... But anywho whens that San Andreas going to drop..yooo p.s them pics your showed of your hair over the year hahaha.. wasted all them years under a hat huh ...oooo well you live and learn
Stacy was my favorite diva too 🤣
The only thing that makes me mad about these games is Billy Kidman wasn’t on the roster lol 😂
Question: Did you ever get back in touch with Bobby? Random question, I know.
Val Venis is right.
Wrestlemania XIX Review: “Edge and Rey were a team, Big Show’s Alone, [whispering] Chris Benoit killed his family”….LMFAO! That dry, casual line made me laugh hard, thankyou, cuz 🎶One of these things isn’t like the others🎶
But how weird is it that in 2024, years after that review, Vince would be getting the Chris Benoit treatment, and under Triple H, Chris isn’t taboo anymore, it’s just how it is, cuz the fans won’t forget, so why hide him, don’t glorify, just casually state the facts & accomplishments, instead of burying his legacy due to 3 HORRIBLE days in 2007…meanwhile Vince’s name has been outright BANNED by TKO, and they pretend HE doesn’t exist.
What was your opinion on wwe crush hour though ?
I covered Crush Hour in Season 1 of Triangle X Squared O. Look on the channel or search for it, you’ll find it. There you go!
I would play a wrestling game made by Ian. It couldn’t be worse than 2k
Wish we could play these on switch
That chain swinging portion was the worst
They were all good games not as great as what we had on the PS2 and definitely better than what was on the Xbox
Resident evil 4 was 2 discs sooo yeaaaaaaa misinformed about the amount of data they were working with on day of reckoning 2
Seeing as though RE4 is as long as it is and packs so much into the game, no, it’s not misinformation. It doesn’t even make a difference to my point. Thanks though.
Yuke's ended up developing an AEW game that was published by THQNordic after making WWE games for so long. I hear that AEW Fight Forever isn't good.
I reviewed it here on the channel and recently played through the entire Road to the Elite Mode as well. Check 'em out.
29:25 who was that Broo. Im sure that’s not edge
Please tell about your beef with Val Venus
There is no beef with an irrelevant old hateful moron on Twitter, lol
Day of reckinoning 1 was peak, dor2 was okay
Clearly someone who played playstation games lol
WWE Day of Reckoning was awesome. Number 2 is one of the most underrated wrestling games.
You’re repeating things I say in the videos as if it’s not what is being said here, lol
@@616Entertainment I'm mainly disagreeing with you were saying about WWE Day Of Reckoning 1.
@@ddaley617 Day Of Reckoning 1 is really good! It has some issues, but nothing about my video is saying it's bad.
I've never liked 2k anything at all.
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X is the Roman number for 10.
So X7 = 17, so X8 = 18.
I'm aware. The question isn't what means, it's why the pronounced it the way they did.
I made my DOR roster better by adding ronald Mcdonald
Dude complaining about DoR being a carbon copy of WM XIX and then hating on the story mode must’ve been playing HCTP too much, DoR 1 & 2 are underrated and forgotten titles, HCTP is overrated
This is what we call an opinion. We've all got 'em. You're certainly entitled to yours.
CLAIMS!!!
I don’t understand this repeated comment.
@616Entertainment my apologies Ian I have been watching and following your content for quite a long time and the first video I saw was your retrospective of the ufc games in the first volume you were speaking of how small the roster was and a fighter named Andre Robert's. "The game itself is more disrespectful to the man than I am under strengths it says 'claims improved stamina...CLAIMS?!" That line is arguable the single funniest line across ALL of your videos and to this day if I'm having a bad day or am in a bad mood that mood is always lifted after I watch that video and is now a running joke between my friends. You really do read all the comments huh?
@@OrionPax-h6d hahahaha thought it might be that, but then it kept coming up and I was like “wait is this a thing I don’t get?” Amazing. I appreciate you watching, dude. And yes, I see every comment. I try and respond when I can. =)
@616Entertainment no problem man I'm glad. Your content is really good other pages have made claims the they are better...CLAIMS!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Just like football and basketball wrestling games shouldn’t have 1 creator…it all revolves around 2k. 2k and Ea are trash companies
I agree, Day of Reckoning hella overrated
Far from overrated, DoR is underrated and you must be a HCTP fanboy
@@lilgemini4032 never played it, willing to bet its way better than DoR though.
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Most of these critiques are definitely skill issues lol
You like AEW huh 😂
For the last year or so? Not particularly.
Sup nerd
Too men’s wrestling focused 🤮
Its funny that you still think chris killed his family. Even through the Evidence Couldn't exactly Show chris anything to do with so yea....
You can't really be this stupid.
What the fuck is a dandan 💀
The isometric viewpoint option first showed up in Fire Pro wrestling japanese games in the mid 90s and WCW Superbrawl on SNES used it...but it sucked on WCW
Those of us who were 14 15 16yr old around the time this game came out KNOWS we all spanked it to Stacy Keebler at least once. Thumbs up if your honest.
Sup nerd