Overview
WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game is an exaggerated fighting game that uses digitized sprites of the featured professional wrestlers, similar to Mortal Kombat. Players battle through one-on-one, one-on-two, and one-on-three matches to claim either the Intercontinental Championship or WWF Heavyweight Championship. Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler provided commentary and the game was later ported to home consoles by Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City, which would make the successor title, WWF in Your House.
Playable Characters
Gameplay
Developed by Midway, WWF Wrestlemania plays similarly to Mortal Kombat, with a few exceptions. Characters can move in somewhat 3D space, in that they can walk up and down, as well as left and right. Combat features five buttons: Light Punch, Power Punch, Light Kick, Power Kick and Block. It is also possible to Run by pressing Light Punch and Light Kick together.
The main game consists of the player choosing to go after the Intercontinental title or the World Wrestling Federation Title. In the Intercontinental Title challenge, the chosen wrestler will face four opponents via one-on-one matches, followed by two two-on-one matches, and finally a three-on-one match. In the WWF Title Challenge, the player will start out with four two-on-one matches, moving on to two three-on-one matches, and finally the "Wrestlemania Challenge", a gauntlet match against every wrestler in the game. In the final match, however, only four people (including the player character) will be in the ring at once. Once an opponent is eliminated, someone will replace them until all eight opponents have been beaten.
Each character has a unique ending.
The only known "finishing move", similar to a Fatality, is done by the Undertaker. Originally the game was scheduled to have finishing moves for each character, but the WWF shot down the plan.
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