Game of the Moment: Wrestlemania X8 only on the Nintendo GameCube.
Wrestlers: The roster consisting of 42 of the WWE's superstars including some 
of the  former WcW stars. Play as The Rock, Booker T, The Hurricane, Ric 
Flair, nWo, and many more. The models of the wrestlers a sometimes a little 
odd, but generally look good in some aspects not to brag about. Although with 
the trademark moves and personalities come the entrance and the music 
presentation. It could be considered a little bit better than SMACKdown! *JBI 
at the time* its not ahead by much. Some of the WcW stars do not have their 
music in WMX8, even though it doesn't bother the play of the Gameplay, it 
hurts it over presentation though. There are more multiplayer features that 
you could imagine in a game. The Create-a-Superstar option is average. It 
doesn't have nearly as many options as SMACKdown! series, it's a good start, 
considering the game is in it's rookie year and it leaves plenty of room for 
the sequel to X8 to build off it. 
Season/ Gameplay *Matches*: The game has 3 main game modes including 
Exhibition, Path of Champion, and Battle for the Belts. The Career mode kind 
of leaves you hanging for more, but what is present are six belts you can go 
on a quest after in the single-player mode called Path of a Champion. The 
real goal of this mode is to show that you got the belt, as well as to unlock 
the secret characters *6 about*. Where Wrestlemania X8 shines through is in 
match types: Hardcore, Cage, Hell in A. Cell, Ladder, Table, TLC, and 
Ironman. Namely, Cage and Hell in a Cell are very entertaining. Hell in a 
Cell is especially great The cell extends around the entire ring, leaving a 
gap between the mat and the outer border. When you start experimenting with 
weapons  problems with collision detection begin. The weapons like garbage 
cans and metal sheets see real-time damage, bending under the pressure of 
smacking against another's forehead. It's a nice effect, and eventually the 
weapons disappear. However weapons that stay around, ladders for instance, 
begin to behave very weird Your wrestler may begin to shake or, more likely, 
the ladder will explode outward, even falling out of the ring even though you 
barely touched it.
The Sound: This summary will be short and get the point across. The sounds 
mostly come from the entrance which is great, aside from some licensing 
problems. Just the music sounds oddly and no sounds from wrestlers 
whatsoever.

My Review: It's certainly the best wrestler available for GameCube, but there 
are little touches that you may miss. X8 is more a victim of bad design than 
it is huge flaws. It has some very cool ideas with the custom belts and the 
stellar Hell in a Cell, but the engine really needed to go the extra mile and 
become a better version of the old Aki engine for No Mercy at least from my 
point. If you're not a hardcore wrestling fan or are looking for a 
single-player game, this isn't for you. Overall the multiplayer features are 
good, and the questing for the belts is really only useful for unlocking the 
secret wrestler once its over get all you friends for some fun.
SMACKdown! meter: 3smacks out of 5

                                     -J-