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Started by Sean Altly, August 08, 2012, 04:05:12 am
WWE Themed Full-Game Idea
#1  August 08, 2012, 04:05:12 am
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So, I was hanging out with a friend of mine recently and I was working out a moveset for John Cena in case I ever made him for Mugen. He commented that if I had Cena and Punk done, I should make a WWE-themed full game. So, just for fun, I started working out movesets and ideas for it. I think it would be interesting, sort of a new take on the old Wrestlemania arcade game that looked like Mortal Kombat.

The sprites would be the same style as Punk and Cena here.



Now, since it's a full-game, I could go crazy with custom gameplay and a grapple system and all that, but then it would be getting perilously close to a wrestling game. What I would want to make is a fighting game starring WWE wrestlers, like a toned down, 2-D version of WWE All-Stars.

So then I thought, make the first game have 8 playable characters and 4 bosses, just like Street Fighter II. This idea led to my friend and I debating who the top 8-12 guys are in current WWE, because just like how Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game used current stars and reflects its time, I would want this game to consist only of current top WWE guys who are going to be around for a while, except for the four bosses, some of which are part-time guys who would definitely be "bosses." So here's the basic list of 8 we came up with. We tried to consider their position in the company and varying sizes/styles.

-John Cena
-CM Punk
-Daniel Bryan
-Sheamus
-Randy Orton
-The Miz
-Chris Jericho
-Then either Kofi Kingston or Rey Mysterio (Mysterio is a main-eventer and former world champ, but Kofi is on his way up and would fit in just as well)

Then the bosses would be:

-Kane
-Big Show
-Triple H
-The Undertaker

I joked with my friend that Miz and Jericho would be head-swaps with different specials/supers, but then I realized that would actually work quite well since they have the exact same outfit these days. The Undertaker would be the final boss, and the reasoning would be that the "plot" of the game is about breaking Undertaker's streak at Wrestlemania. The title would either be "WWE Road to Wrestlemania," which makes sense but is overused, or "WWE Last Man Standing," which I like better because it fits the fighting game theme and hasn't been used for any game or PPV names yet.

Anyway, I wanted to discuss the roster with you guys and bounce around some ideas. The game would have a generous amount of custom get-hit sprites for certain moves, which is why the roster would be so small. I might consider a grapple button/system, but I really want it to feel like a fighting game starring wrestlers so I probably wouldn't go too far with it. What do you guys think?

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#2  August 08, 2012, 04:15:20 am
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Hulk Hogan should be the secret true final boss imo, he's All-American awesomeness packed inside a human body. :2thumbsup:

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#3  August 08, 2012, 04:49:00 am
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Only current guys! :P

I also forgot to mention my idea for Level 3 Supers. Everyone's L3 Super would be called "5 Moves of Doom," and would be a sequence of moves where you have to input commands at the right time. For example, Cena's 5MOD would go:

-Running Shoulder Block > Running Shoulder Block > Protobomb > Five Knuckle Shuffle > Attitude Adjustment

And Randy Orton's would be:

-Clothesline > Clothesline > Counter Powerslam > Viper DDT > RKO

You get the idea. What would you guys suggest for other people's 5MOD sequence?

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#4  August 08, 2012, 04:56:22 am
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This is completely irrelevant, but I had a moveset written up for Undertaker in a TXT file.  However it was more of a universal Mugen kind of deal rather than what you have planned, and it had a bunch of supernatural crap to go with his character.  I had one for Kane too, but he was mostly a semi clone (think Ralf/Clark in older KOFs) but with different properties and supers (such as a Raging Storm type move with his pyro.)  I'd share my ideas but I don't think you really care.

Daniel Bryan would be a very interesting character as he'd need a lot of custom animations for his submission moves. 

Triple H could have an overhead with the sledgehammer, and since he's a boss you can give it significant (but not TOO fast) startup.

I have a bunch of ideas as a WWE fan, but I doubt you wanna listen to me drone on.
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#5  August 08, 2012, 05:04:12 am
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I think Kofi Kingston is a better choice than Mysterio for 2 reasons: 1) Mysterio's not what he used to be, so putting him on a roster that's about current talent rings a little false IMO and B.) Kofi gives you the opportunity to have a tag team represented, with team supers with Truth (and maybe Evan Bourne?) like Kyosuke in CVS.

Also, since your bosses are all guys who've failed to break the streak (Big Show couldn't even do it with Albert helping him!), I think it'd be cool if that's the reason they're sub-bosses. Which means it'd be REALLY cool if Shawn Michaels was also a (secret?) sub-boss.

And Undertaker should have ungodly hard A.I. Like SNK boss level, break your keyboard over your knee A.I. with Gill's Resurrection super.
Nevermind, there's nothing I can do
Bet your life there's something killing you
It's a shame we have to die, my dear
No one's getting out of here alive
This time
What a way to go, but have no fear
No one's getting out of here alive
This time
It's a shame we have to disappear
No one's getting out of here alive
This time, this time, this time
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#6  August 08, 2012, 05:12:59 am
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Wow, I didn't even make that connection as far as the streak goes. That makes perfect sense though. Also, Shawn Michaels was a choice for a sub-boss, but then I remembered Kane existed so I replaced him. He'd be a good addition though, and if Big Show wasn't all over the title picture these days, he wouldn't even be in this and Shawn would be taking his place.

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That's why I made the thread man. Just to talk about ideas and throw stuff around without too high expectations that it will actually get made. I also had an idea like that for Kane, where he would do the pyro thing and it would create geysers of flames around him. The Undertaker would have lightning stuff as well I assume, probably a move like Rain's Lightning Strike but with him doing the classic Undertaker one-knee pose. Post your ideas, I'm interested, if you don't mind typing them all out for an idea engineering thread. :P

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#7  August 08, 2012, 05:17:02 am
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Aww man Stone Cold Steve Austin ain't a choice? he was my favorite. especially when his story would tie right into the Undertaker's they had a killer 6 feet under match back in the 90's. oh well. it's good to see some of the guys from the 90's in the roster.
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#8  August 08, 2012, 05:30:36 am
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Only current guys, man. Undertaker and Triple H still occasionally wrestle, but Stone Cold never does. The Rock wrestles more than Austin does these days, so if either of those guys were in it'd be The Rock. I'm trying to stick with current stars as much as possible. Undertaker is the least active guy on the list, but he'd make a great final boss due to his status and the story.

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#9  August 08, 2012, 05:32:30 am
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the game seems like a neat concept. I hope it comes to fruition.
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#10  August 08, 2012, 05:47:26 am
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Well, since John Cena is the brawler type, I was thinking maybe Clark Steel and Ralf Jones might fit the bill for some of his moves. Also, possibly Goro Daimon and Jax Briggs (Mortal Kombat) as well.
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#11  August 08, 2012, 06:01:14 am
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Alright here we go.  I actually used this moveset on Rugal's sprites for an attempted project just to see how it goes, but I got kinda bored with it because it was Rugal and not Taker himself.

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Sorry for anyone who read that wall of text lol.  I'll post more if people really find it that interesting.

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#12  August 08, 2012, 07:11:53 am
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You should have Cody Rhodes in his whole evil Dr. Doom persona as a regular character. I guess it would be the closest thing to a playable villain, since i'm going to guess that the bosses will be unplayable.
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#13  August 08, 2012, 07:16:59 am
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Okay. Totally irrelevant but JOHN CENA FOR MUGEN YES PLEASE! ASGDISKGDIKYGDOASJHDL

*ahem* Okay, now that's outta my system, I actually imagined what WWE would look like as a 2D fighting game. I imagined it as fast-paced but not exactly combo-heavy. I could also imagine reversals and countering a heavy part of the game.

I'll have to think more about this, since I didn't really expand on the idea myself when I imagined it for myself. Also, I vote Mysterio over Kofi because while they're both high-flyers, Mysterio has more distinct moves (compared to the roster in general) and his size (we gotta have a little guy here).
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#14  August 08, 2012, 07:24:53 am
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Also I vote Kofi Kingston because all rosters need a black person or you're racist. >:(
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#15  August 08, 2012, 08:00:55 am
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Also, JR should pop up like the "Toasty!" guy in MK and scream BAH GAWD if you get a good combo string.
Nevermind, there's nothing I can do
Bet your life there's something killing you
It's a shame we have to die, my dear
No one's getting out of here alive
This time
What a way to go, but have no fear
No one's getting out of here alive
This time
It's a shame we have to disappear
No one's getting out of here alive
This time, this time, this time
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#16  August 08, 2012, 08:18:31 am
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While I'm giving out ideas, how about having the stages be based on how far you are into the arcade mode as opposed to character based.  It could be something like....Monday Night Raw for the first few fights, then Friday Night Smackdown, then Summerslam, Survival Series, Royal Rumble and finally Wrestlemania for the final battle with the Undertaker.  Maybe throw Bragging Rights or Armageddon in there somewhere. 

Every round could end with a ringing bell like World Heroes, and maybe after the match is won a sound clip of Tony Chimel, Justin Roberts or Lilian Garcia announcing "Here is your winner, ____" which could easily be ripped from either WWE 12 or 13.
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#17  August 08, 2012, 08:20:48 am
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Is having a specific stage order even possible in MOOJIN?
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#18  August 08, 2012, 08:24:05 am
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Is having a specific stage order even possible in MOOJIN?

To an extent, yes.  You just have to put specific characters at specific orders in the select.def arcade mode config, and assign them the stage as necessary.  For instance, a certain group of guys would have the Raw stage, then the SD stage and it can progress with the DEF.  The bosses can have the "big four" shows, with Taker obviously getting Mania.  I'd expect Triple H would get Summerslam since a lot of his biggest matches were at that show. 
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#19  August 08, 2012, 08:45:43 am
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It might be hell but I would go all in on it getting "perilously close to a wrestling game", with a universal grapple system, momentum based system and such. Sounds cool, even if I hadn't actually watched wrestling since like...2002.
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Very cool Idea, if needed i might be able to provide you artists through deviantart who could draw profile images and logos maybe