![]() ![]() Acclaim to fameĪll Elite Wrestling’s console debut is meant to be a throwback to the Nintendo 64 era, replicating the style of the all-time great WWF No Mercy. A fun and familiar core wrestling system will scratch fans’ itch for a return to Nintendo 64’s glory days, but anyone who’s looking for something more substantial than nostalgia may find themselves put off by a sparse, unpolished wrestling package. In reality, it’s neither AEW: Fight Foreveris a true tweener. ![]() Depending on what side of the ring you’re on, AEW’s first major video game is either a white-hot babyface here to save the wrestling genre or a jobber heel to be fed to the Super Cena-like WWE 2K series. There’s a constant online battle between WWE die-hards and AEW devotees, with both overeager to praise anything their respective promotion does. ![]() Much like how the video game industry is plagued by an insufferable war between “Xbots” and “Sony Ponies,” the wrestling world has its own obnoxious form of tribalism. ![]()
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