WWF Road to WrestleMania

WWF Road to WrestleMania is a video game released on the Game Boy Advance handheld console by THQ, based on the World Wrestling Federation's pay-per-view of the same name. It was the first WWF game to be released on the Game Boy Advance, and the only one released under the WWF name, as the promotion was renamed in 2002. The main part of the game is the season mode where players have to win matches to get a heavyweight championship title match.

WWF Road to WrestleMania
Cover art featuring Kane, Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker
Developer(s)	Natsume
Publisher(s)	THQ
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance
Release	EU: November 16, 2001 NA: November 19, 2001[1]
Genre(s)	Wrestling
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

The game was succeeded by WWE Road to WrestleMania X8.

Gameplay

The game features both single-player and multiplayer game modes, with multiplayer being available through the Game Boy Advance Gamelink cable. The single-player game modes have a variety of match types including Exhibition, Gauntlet, Season, King of the Ring, Royal Rumble, Iron Man, and Pay Per View. Due to memory and roster limit restrictions, the Royal Rumble game mode is limited only to a maximum of 24 participants, compared to the average of 30 in its real-life variant. The season mode is incredibly similar to career modes found in other sports and wrestling games alike, which involves the player choosing a wrestler and building their career with the end goal of reaching WrestleMania, WWE's premier event of the year. Every week the player is subjected to various matches against the other competing wrestlers on the roster.

Roster

Billy Gunn Bradshaw Bubba Ray Dudley Chris Benoit Chris Jericho Christian D-Von Dudley Eddie Guerrero Edge Faarooq Hardcore Holly Jeff Hardy

Kane Kurt Angle Matt Hardy Raven Rikishi Steve Austin Tazz The Rock Triple H The Undertaker William Regal X-Pac

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	62/100[2]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Computer and Video Games	6/10[3]
GameSpot	7.8/10[4]
GameZone	8/10[5]
IGN	3/10[6]
Nintendo Power	3.2/5[7]

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.^[2]

See also

• List of licensed wrestling video games
• List of fighting games

References

1. "GameSpot: Game Boy Advance Home: WWF Road to Wrestlemania". 2001-11-26. Archived from the original on 2001-11-26. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
2. "WWF Road to Wrestlemania for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on December 2, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
3. CVG staff (December 7, 2001). "GBA Review: WWF Road To Wrestlemania". Computer and Video Games. Archived from the original on June 24, 2007. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
4. Provo, Frank (November 21, 2001). "WWF: Road to Wrestlemania Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
5. Lafferty, Michael (December 5, 2001). "WWF Road to Wrestlemania Review - Game Boy Advance". GameZone. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
6. Nix, Marc (January 24, 2002). "WWF Road to Wrestlemania". IGN. Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
7. "WWF Road to WrestleMania". Nintendo Power. Vol. 152. January 2002. p. 134.