Overview
- Number of Players
- 4
- Genre
- Release Date
Super Nintendo
Jun 1994
Wii (Wii Shop)
- 21st Mar 2011, 800 points
18th Feb 2011, 900 points
Wii U eShop
- 20th Nov 2014, £5.49
Nintendo Switch Online (Subscription)
- Available Now
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Reviews
Review Natsume Championship Wrestling (Wii U eShop / SNES)
Tapped out
Let's be honest here: wrestling is essentially one big television drama, and that's no way an attempt to belittle the incredible athleticism of the men and women involved. It's Eastenders with a mullet and tight pants, complete with plot twists and a cast of larger than life characters to root for. These heels and faces are the reason we...
Review Natsume Championship Wrestling (Wii Virtual Console / Super Nintendo)
Puts up a fight
It might seem strange that there has not been a single wrestling game on Virtual Console in the West so far, but when you really think about it, it makes sense. Almost every single wrestling title out there features the likenesses of real people, meaning it would take some serious effort and money to rerelease them. Games with...
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Natsume Championship Wrestling News
News Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online SNES And NES Service With Three More Titles
Available now!
Today, the Nintendo Switch Online service adds Rare's 1994 Super Nintendo classic, Donkey Kong Country. Alongside this is the arrival of the SNES title Natsume Championship Wrestling (originally released in the same year), and the 1990 Electronic Arts NES title, The Immortal. Here's the official rundown of each game: Donkey Kong...
Nintendo Download 18th December (North America)
Mega Man treats, 99Moves, Meme Run, discounts galore and more
It's time for the final Nintendo Download Update before Christmas Day, and it's a meaty line-up in North America. We have a host of new downloads on both the Wii U and 3DS, two retro offerings on the home console and a whole load of tempting discounts. There's lots to see, so let's get to...
Nintendo Download 20th November (Europe)
Watch Dogs + DLC, Sonic Boom x2, Natsume retro goodies and more
Another week begins, but at least those of us in Europe have the Nintendo Download news to cheer up our day. This week's line-up includes some major retail releases, new download-only options across the board (even DSiWare makes an appearance) and a range of DLC, HOME themes and more...
Nintendo Download 21st March 2011 (North America)
Playing catch up
A rare occurrence in this week's Nintendo Download for our North American chums: all the games in the line-up are already available in Europe, so you'll likely already know if you're after any of the new titles or not. Let's delve in and see what's available. Virtual Console: Natsume Championship Wrestling (SNES, 800pts) — Step...
Nintendo Download 18th February 2011 (Europe)
Get bowled over
It's an unusual occasion in the Nintendo Download this week: this week's games are all brand new for Europe, with not a single catch-up title for North America. Virtual Console receives its first-ever wrestling title and there's cricket, babies, noodles, monsters and celestial bodies too. Let's get to it. WiiWare: Cricket Challenge...
About The Game
Step into the ring!
Choose from 12 outrageous wrestlers and bring it on! Wield the massive power of Asteroid, the lightning-fast strikes of Viper, the underhanded attacks of Phantom, and many more mad men of the ring!
With its robust grappling system and over 50 moves to master, Natsume Championship Wrestling delivers the deepest and most realistic wrestling action of the 16-bit era! Test your might against the crafty AI, or up to 4 players can compete in exhibition, tag team, and round robin matches!
Comments 14
What the? Natsume's releasing a Wrestling game on VC? How about Harvest Moon 64 first?
Unreleased in Europe on SNES ?!?
Judging by the prices in the upper right, I guess it was unreleased on this side of the great pond.
Yes exactly, I do not knew this.
Fantastic game!
@Banana_Jane Is it true ?
Maybe this will inspire Nintendo to finally release Pro Wrestling.
Wow... Does anyone realize this is a first? Never before has a wrestling game seen the light of day on VC!
VC lives!!!!
The only wrestling game they need to release on the Virtual Console is Saturday Night Slam Masters.
Unless this one is just as good. I've never played it...
(NCW has Awesome music btw...)
It's a 16 bit wrestling game by Natsume, so the chances are it will play like WWF Road To Wrestlemania, Wrestlemania X8 and WWE Survivor Series for the Game Boy Advance, all of which Natsume also developed.
And all of which sucked. They have lousy collision detection at the best of times, VERY limited movesets, no real differences inbetween any of the wrestlers aside from their appearances and easy ways to exploit the AI and get cheap victories every time, even on the hardest difficulty setting.
The video above makes this game look very similar to those games as well, a lot of the frames of animation even look the same. I'm a huge wrestling fan but I'm going to hold fire on this one I think...a case of me having given Natsume wrestling games 3 failed chances to impress me already....
VC needs ProWrestling now. Delivers backbrain kick to thread...!!!!
I played it again and it's really not as good as I remember it, but still a lot better than the WWF SNES ones.
Lovin' the music
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