TNA Impact (2008)

[andrew8798]

New episode of funtime arcade is up

This time on the Funtime Arcade, Joe jumps ahead to 2008 for a very special episode. It's a proactive mourning for Dixie Carter and the luckiest wrestling promotion in history, as we focus on TNA Impact, released by Midway for the XBox 360, Playstation 2, and Playstation 3! The only video game with most of the 2004 Ring of Honor roster and the Ultimate X match, Impact features the goofiest story mode this side of Sgt. Slaughter's Mat Wars, a main character named after tragedy, Eric Young promos out the wazoo, and the most irritating submission hold mini-game imaginable! And to think - Kevin Nash didn't even have to put on his ring attire to wrestle in this game!

[Brood Lone Wolf Funker]

At least this wasn't the Triple A game

[andrew8798]

He doing that game next

[Ryushinku]

I remember the praise this got at the time, although likely in comparison to the latest SvR rehash. The character models were genuinely fantastic which likely helped. Kind of a pig to play though.

[Tony Schiavontay]

I now want to see an angle where a guy is written off by taking a beating so bad he's left disfigured and needing plastic surgery so he can return as a completely new wrestler.

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Oct 24, 2014 1:17:28 GMT -5 Tony Schiavontay said:

I now want to see an angle where a guy is written off by taking a beating so bad he's left disfigured and needing plastic surgery so he can return as a completely new wrestler.

Isn't it essentially by default the backstory for Suicide/Manik? Or did they give him a different origin irl ?

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If TNA actually had a tag team named "The Salty Biscuits", WWE would be out of business by now.

[MrBRulzOK]

Ah yes, Joe Gagne's Funtime Pro Wrestling Arcade. Definitely a fine video series there.

[thetower52]

Oct 24, 2014 12:18:49 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

Oct 24, 2014 1:17:28 GMT -5 Tony Schiavontay said:

I now want to see an angle where a guy is written off by taking a beating so bad he's left disfigured and needing plastic surgery so he can return as a completely new wrestler.

Isn't it essentially by default the backstory for Suicide/Manik? Or did they give him a different origin irl ?

That be suicides backstory since he is from the game it's self

[Tony Schiavontay]

Oct 24, 2014 16:57:14 GMT -5 thetower52 said:

Oct 24, 2014 12:18:49 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

Isn't it essentially by default the backstory for Suicide/Manik? Or did they give him a different origin irl ?

That be suicides backstory since he is from the game it's self

So he was attacked and nearly murdered in the video game, to the point that he needed to have his face completely rebuilt, got his revenge on his attackers and then, when he had finally conquered virtual TNA's main event, he decided to somehow leave the video game and enter reality (through some strange Purple Rose of Cairo dealio, I guess) to try to conquer the real TNA's opening matches?

They dropped the ball by not having Russo book the story of how Suicide entered our world. Impact could have outdrawn RAW.

[Oh Cry Me a Screwball]

I loved how the Machine Guns reacted to getting attacked by Suicide.

"Everyone's against us. We even have video game characters coming after us!"

[Heartbreaker]

Back when we thought a sequel was coming out, I thought it could have had a lot of potential but once Hogan and Co. took over I pretty much knew the sequel would never happen.

[A Platypus Rave]

Oct 24, 2014 16:57:14 GMT -5 thetower52 said:

Oct 24, 2014 12:18:49 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

Isn't it essentially by default the backstory for Suicide/Manik? Or did they give him a different origin irl ?

That be suicides backstory since he is from the game it's self

he was even announced as being from the TNA Impact video game if I remember correctly