5 /10 1 Votes
51% GameFAQs Designer(s) Kevin Gill Initial release date 2003 | 51% Metacritic 4.8/10 GameSpot Series Backyard Wrestling Publisher Eidos Interactive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date(s) NA: October 7, 2003 (PS2)NA: October 9, 2003 (Xbox)EU: November 7, 2003JP: April 15, 2004 (PS2) Mode(s) Single PlayerMultiplayer Developer Midway Studios - Los Angeles Inc. Nominations VGX Award for Best Fighting Game Similar Midway Studios - Los Angeles Inc games, Sports games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Backyard Wrestling is a video game developed by Paradox Development, and published by Eidos Interactive in 2003 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. and xbox 360
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Gameplay
The goal of backyard wrestling is largely to use the environment to defeat an opponent. The gameplay could be better described as a cross between classic pro wrestling video games and 3D platform fighting like Power Stone.
Aside from the standard backyard locations, Backyard Wrestling's arenas include a truck stop, a slaughterhouse, an outdoor parking lot, a talk show set and a strip club. Each environment is littered with barbed wire-laden bats, fluorescent light bulbs, breakable tables, steel chairs and other objects players may use to injure their opponents.
The game has a "Story" like mode, entitled "Talk Show Mode" circling around a show called "Today's Topic", which resembles The Jerry Springer Show. The talk show host, a nameless character that resembles Kevin Gill, one of the game's creators, interviews different victims and personalities of backyard wrestling. After the interview, the character is placed where the victim is and will fight three other backyard wrestlers. They will face three opponents with one health bar.
Reception
The game received mixed to negative reviews on both platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave the PlayStation 2 version a score of one seven, one six, and two sevens for a total of 27 out of 40.
Sequel
A sequel, Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood, was released in 2004 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
