I can see how this license can be beneficial to pinball. Wrasslin's main demographic is young children. This could potentially do well in certain locations, where a younger generation could wind up giving pinball more of a chance (I'd be surprised if this doesn't hit Chuck E Cheese). It isn't all about the basement market, yah know?

I also wouldn't sell the game short just because of theme. Every show I bring my WWFRR to, someone who isn't a wrestling fan is offering to buy it, and at least a handful of people who are "above watching wrestling" wind up really enjoying it.

Personally, WWFRR is like having a GI Joe or Transformers pin. It's a nostalgic icon of my childhood. I don't have a desire to own a machine with the current wrestlers in it, BUT, I don't think I'm the target audience for this license*. It's likely kids and operators.

P.S. *=...unless Randy Savage is in it.

Yup. The top 100 of this site is hardly the bastion of what cool kids are into. Dogging wrestling fans in this environment comes off like throwing a group of like-minded friends under the bus to try and gain cool cred.

Hate to break it to everyone, but the cool kids of the world still think you're a dork. Your space wars, fantasy frolic, comic book spandex dudes, and senior citizen's garage band themes...at face value...are about as ridiculous as the muscle men fake fighting game.

So I'm just not sure who most of you are going to actually impress by dissing wrestling, while polishing your Lord of the Rings/Wizard of OZ/Star Trek/Spider-Man/Tron/Fill-in-blank?

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...your mommas?

Uh. No. A good number of people in this thread have made their intentions very clear by going beyond simply not liking the theme, and dissing fans. Are you sure you've been reading the correct thread?

Bringing others back down to Earth is not a boost. But thanks for the parting sanctimonious jab!

It looks like Trudeau may have added a nod to WWFRR. I can't tell for sure from the angles of some of the pictures, but the far left shot looks like the "enter the ring" shot from the DE game (in the original, its the shot that goes left of the casket). It's one of the hardest shots in that game.

WWFRR has been gaining a resurgence for the last year or so. If you can get beyond any hang ups you have for the theme and manufacturer prejudice, you'll find it is one of the better play designs of the Data East DMD line (I won't go so far as to say the best, but personally, I think it is...).

The good/bad of the wrestling theme has already been covered to death.

BUT, I am with you on the code and the new architecture concerns. I think it is in Stern's best interest to kick this new system off right by not leaving the code hanging on this game. I'm not talking about complete code at launch (even video games aren't capable of that), but just to finish the code even if the game does poorly. From a PR/Marketing stand point, it would look bad to promote this new system and the first title out of the gate doesn't hit code completion.

...but sometimes Stern does not do what is in their best interest. So we'll see.

I'm hype, but if I had the cash for NIB I'd wait. If for any reason, just to see how it plays and if there will be a Premium. But that's me playing arm chair NIB pin buyer.

I've heard their voices in some of the recent video game releases. Just...not as fun as the old school guys. Too bad Bobby Heenan lost his voice, Gorilla Monsoon is dead, and Jesse Ventura is chasing conspiracy theories. Maybe Vince McMahon can get on the mic and give us his Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde style, gullible business man/insane axe killer commentary instead?

Only one is better than the best!

...and of course Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat.

My favorite way of catching up on all the pay per views I never watched is by tuning into these guys: http://oswreview.com/

Their last episode was Halloween Havoc 95. Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant's Son! In a Monster Truck sumo match on the roof!! Then a championship match with the Dungeon of Doom!!! And interference by a Yeti!!!! WTF is going on?!?!