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Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
Background Data
Published By: Activision Developed By: Paradox Entertainment Released: December 1999
Barcode: 0 47875 10815 8 PSRM: 016060 ID Tag: SLUS - 00929
CDs: 1 Players: 1 to 4 Players ESRB: Mature (Animated Violence, Animated Blood & Gore)
Accessories: Memory (1 Block), Multi-Tap, Vibration Size: 551 MB Digital Press Rarity: 2 out of 10

Description

Master the Art of Wu-Tang

  • Battle in up to four-player martial arts brawls.
  • Master the attacks and weapons of each of the nine Wu-Tang
  • Collect 36 Chambers and eliminate your opponent in over 50 masterful cinematic fatality moves

Review
A very basic and brutally boring fighting game. Running off what's left of the Thrill Kill engine, you control 9 rappers on their quest to rescue their Wu-Tang clan master. While it supports up to four players (a rarity outside of the football games on the PlayStation), the sluggish control combined with some poor enemy detection causes you to give up after about 20 minutes. The only reason to pick this up is if you're a Wu-Tang fan or you just need to see Method Man perform a Fatality.

Trivia
  • The disc contains 3 exclusive Wu-Tang music tracks.


  • The game features a true blood code, in which if not entered correctly at the title screen, the game will remain in Low Violence mode. The code you need to enter at said screen is Square, Circle, X, X, Square, Triangle, Circle, Square. There will be no sound to let you know it worked.


  • Wu-Tang is the re-programmed version of the original hype game Thrill Kill. After taking way too much heat from that version's overly sexual and S & M type moves, the developers slowly changed it to just Shaolin, and then eventually added in the Wu-Tang license. Personally, I'd have preferred Thrill Kill.


  • All 9 members of the Wu-Tang clan provided voice-overs, music tracks, sound effects, and other contributions. This is probably the first game where the licensee on the cover had as much work in the game as the actual developers did!

 


Greatest Hits
This game was never released as a Greatest Hits.
Variations / Misprints
No variation or misprints known.

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