The Simpsons Wrestling - What Happened?

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SOURCES:
The Free Library via Wayback Machine - May 2000 The Simpsons Wrestling Press Release
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ELSPA.net via Wayback Machine - ELSPA Sales Awards: Gold
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Metacritic - The Simpsons Wrestling
www.metacritic.com/game/plays...
beautiful-danger.net - Other Games
www.beautiful-danger.net/#/ot...
Mobygames - Big Ape Productions
www.mobygames.com/company/big...
The Cutting Room Floor - The Simpsons Wrestling
tcrf.net/The_Simpsons_Wrestling
Activisionblizzard.com - Quarterly report filed August 14th, 2001 (FORM 10-Q)
investor.activision.com/node/...
Wikipedia The Simpsons Wrestling
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MUSIC:
Simpsons Wrestling - Kwik-E-Mart
Doorkickers Action Squad - Training Day (Montage)
The Simpsons Game - This Is Sparklemon Battle
The Simpsons (Arcade) - Simpsons Theme Song
The Simpsons Hit & Run - Bonus Track (Hello Springfield)
The Simpsons Bart vs The Space Mutants (Genesis) - Springfield Shopping Mall
Super Star Wars (SNES) - Cantina Fight
Herc's Adventures - A Real Adventure
The Simpsons Hit & Run - Lisa Simpson's Theme
The Simpsons Bart's Nightmare - Dream Street
The Simpsons Hit & Run - The Busy Body Housewife
The Simpsons Road Rage - Sunday Drive
The Simpsons Game - Sunrise in Springfield
The Simpsons Road Rage - Menus
The Simpsons Wrestling - Bowlarama
The Simspons (Arcade) - Moe's Tavern
The Simpsons Hit & Run - Not Leaf Blower Aliens, Tentacle Aliens!
The Simpsons Hit & Run - The Legitimate Businessman's Social Club
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@guyofminimalimportance7 Год назад

The funniest thing about This game to me is how because the developers designed characters built around jokes instead of balance, they somehow ended up making Ned Flanders one of the most ridiculously OP fighting game characters of all time.

@BlooditeDrakan Год назад

Well... there is that episode where he was in a play with Marge and had to go shirtless. Ned was frigging RIPPED. So... even if by accident, I guess it makes sense?

@eatatjoes6751 Год назад

The man is ripped.

@jeffrye42q35 Год назад

Only way I could beat the game is Flanders.

@TheL1arL1ar Год назад

Stupid sexy Flanders

@digitalboy80 Год назад

@@mightyfilm But god was just testing his faith with those tragedies. 🥴

@FoxMan_FF Год назад

"Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan." That's a _hell_ of a quote.

@marley7868 Год назад

failure is also life's greatest teacher -yoda (misquoted obviously)

@KingNormie1 Год назад

Attributed to John F Kennedy after the Bay of Pigs disaster; but actually supposedly comes from Tacitus. It’s a hell of a profound quote

@guaposneeze Год назад

"Success has many fathers. But failure is ALL MINE!!!! MWA HA HA HA! ... awww."

@Savannah_Simpson Год назад

Lol, I mean in a “no shit Sherlock” kinda way. You mean people want credit when things go good but not the blame with things go bad? No way! Never good have figured that one out.

@FFKonoko Год назад

@Savannah Simpson except failure is nuanced. Plenty of things are commercial failures but good games, that aren't disowned. And even then, some true failures of games, like Scott Cawthornes Wood cutting game was the precursor to fnaf. Terrible, but still not disavowed, because it was part of a person's development and process. The real line is if something is a failure to a corporation, impersonal yet embarrassing. Even with failure, artists will often still keep their links.

@kapkant6197 Год назад

The kind of game where you walk through the door, put your hat on the hat rack, see the game and immediately walk in a circle and head back out the door

@KittyMeow1984 Год назад

A wrestling game with no grappling mechanics. What a time to be alive.

@bruceluiz Год назад

But to be honest, the gameplay seems like those Dragonball games, minus the flying mechanics.

@MrSkerpentine Год назад

Guess “The Simpsons Bloodsport” didn’t have as nice a ring to it

@guyvizard549 Год назад

There's three kinds of punching... and two kinds of kicking!

@CGB_Crash Год назад

I mean to be fair it wasn't uncommon to see actual wrestling with little to no grappling at the time. Attitude and all that.

@tedjomuljono3052 Год назад

Capcom's Slam Masters sequel and Midway's Wrestlemania Arcade predates Simpsons grapple-less wrestling game

@Jackattack359 Год назад

You can’t deny that Ned being the most OP character in the game is the most hilarious part

@BadandMadMartin Год назад

He was the hardest character to beat. When you DID beat him, he'd resurrect. 🤬😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

@Jackattack359 Год назад

@@BadandMadMartin the power of Christ compelled us all

@therealblackcerberus2371 Год назад

*compel-diddly-elled FTFY

@skepticpunk_ Год назад

Gill: Needs full meter to resurrect, can be interrupted during the process leading to less-than-full health and even potential juggling to death anyway, disables super buildup entirely on use ala Guilty Gear IKs removing meter on whiff, meaning Resurrection can only be used once per round and removes EX and Super Arts as options when used, is a final boss so breaking some rules is justified Ned Fucking Flanders:

@Hayastantzi92 Год назад

Smithers was more OP, Flanders is easy

@Sean_Bird Год назад

After all of the Simpsons references he's made over the years, this is fitting. So very fitting.

@lucinae8510 Год назад

Which makes this episode extra special!

@justinwilliams1127 Год назад

It's a perfectly cromulent review.

@barleybap9528 Год назад

Reviewing Spider-Man games? That's a Simpsons reference. Searching for the worst fighting game? That's a Simpsons reference. What Happened episode on The Simpsons Wrestling? Oh, you better believe that's a Simpsons reference.

@whoobastank8616 Год назад

Which was the style at the time

@XombieLejon66 Год назад

It really embiggened the feel of this game

@kf-95 Год назад

Ah a late 90s wrestling game. As was the style at the time.

@liquidbiden Год назад

We wore an Nwo belt, we didn't have any of those fancy golden eagle belts. Eric bischoff stole our word for ratings.

@mattbellomy9027 Год назад

Though the Smackdown games were epic

@DebitAdams Год назад

Perfect comment

@DebitAdams Год назад

@@mattbellomy9027 No Mercy and Revenge were great too

@michaelmccarthy4892 Год назад

We watched AEW which back that day was called WCW.

@Kaybeeguy Год назад

The fact that one of the senior programmers of this game acknowledged the issues regarding The Simpsons Wrestling and also explaining what happened during development is pretty cool.

@MrRudiMentary Год назад

Look everyone, a senior programmer is talking!

@mobo85 Год назад

In regards to concerns regarding violence towards Maggie, an issue in that regard was directly responsible for one of the most glaring omissions in this game: every illustration of a Simpsons character is legally required to carry a facsimile of Matt Groening's signature. The Simpsons Wrestling is one of the few products that does not. In an oral history of The Simpsons Road Rage published on the site Inverse in 2021, an anonymous developer of the game brought up that Groening demanded his name be taken off the game after he personally took offense to the ability for Marge to throw Maggie as a weapon which can be deflected by Groundkeeper Willie's rake. Said developer remarked this was the reason why Groening and the Simpsons team were much more hands-on in Road Rage's development, with Groening even remarking to its team "If I don't like this game, I'm never going to put my name on another Simpsons game again." Thankfully, both it and its successor Hit and Run were much more in line with the Simpsons style.

@evanhanley6437 Год назад

Wow! Nice work finding this info dude! Thats very interesting!

@universalperson Год назад

Ironic given that Willie killed Maggie in a recent Treehouse of Horror segment

@BknMoonStudios Год назад

@@universalperson A lot can change over 20 years.

@mrroboshadow Год назад

Homer kicking Marge literally up and down the street? Hilarious Throwing Maggie? Too far

@LukeLeonettiYouTube Год назад

Listen, Matt can enjoy a foot massage from one of Epstein’s underage sex slaves, but he draws the line at child abuse

@Deoxy360 Год назад

So many childhood memories with this game. Terrible ones because this game was impossible to beat.

@CommanderSilence Год назад

Just pick Apu and do his chaotic arm slap attack or pick Crusty and do his hammer attack. That's all

@Zelldic27 Год назад

apu was overpower

@BadandMadMartin Год назад

I beat it and enjoyed it. Was it a great game? No, not by a long shot.

@Jjjuniors Год назад

Gamer rage at 8 years old lol.

@Peringon Год назад

I beat flanders with bumblebee man and then steamrolled the game with Ned cause he's broken AF

@Anxomaxo Год назад

"So how many Simpsons references would you like in the video?' Skinner: Yes!

@Thephantom95 Год назад

I always KNEW that those Simpsons references would pay off in the universe of Matt McMuscles. Also, Simpsons memes and Wrestling goes together like Peanut Butter and Chocolate....

@PierzStyx Год назад

I would pay a decent chunk of change to play a fully realized Simpsons wrestling game. Imagine Apu's eight children doing a run-in for the KWO, the KWIK-E World Order!

@Brawler-uy7zw Год назад

Matt's Simpsons references are always on point

@Iwidelyoutliveeverything Год назад

They should be, he created the simpsons

@rudewren Год назад

Dramatization: May not have happened 🤣

@Scouthedog1 Год назад

If we can't get a hit-and-run remake I think Simpsons wrestling would be the next best thing

@claw1004 Год назад

More like a redo for the wrestling game lol but it could work

@hunterculpepper1973 6 месяцев назад

@@claw1004 then I'd buy that thou a project zomboid like game or platform fighter or shoter would play perfectly I'd pay 70 dollars for each with dlc then cause if it's on switch it's 60 so I'd take that cause the Simpsons can literally charge me for a 60 dollars for a platform fighter then have mountains of dlc with characters from treehouse of horror imagine monster bart turning krusto to a dog then bashing off stage that would be hilarious

@ShiroColdkeyesTheHedgehog 5 месяцев назад

Agreed it needs a serious remake, and maybe have it playable on PC and current systems, plus have it be fun online, and create a Simpson mode@@claw1004

@nunchuk28 Год назад

I feel like this episode was a pretext to make as many classic era simpsons references as possible, and I'm all for it.

@ImpergatoxYT Год назад

You know, Matt McMuscles turned into a hardcore Simpsons channel so gradually I didn't even notice.

@ToranosukeEdo Год назад

A perfectly cromulent episode- It embiggened my soul

@ichijofestival2576 Год назад

Matt's really gotten his use out of that "Homer cuts players from the team" clip. Kinda surprised it's survived when "which was the style at the time" has been, mostly, drowned like a bag of kittens in a well.

@WillOfPower321 Год назад

Knowing how much Matt loves The Simpsons, this shall be an interesting watch.

@merikksoleil5648 Год назад

I'm surprised Bart's Nightmare wasn't mentioned during the 'painting purple' portion, but learning that Leyland went on to make Skylanders is a surprising turnout considering that Toys For Bob wasn't on Activision's radar *until* then, iirc.

@lazybacon7520 Год назад

2:50 Man, I loved Virtual Springfield. It was basically like LEGO Island

@KremBotop Год назад

An episode on the movie would be interesting too. How it took over 15 years to even be made is quite odd.

@DeltaOdyssey Год назад

It would be cool to see an episode on hello neighbor at some point, I feel like the way that ge turned out and developed certainly lends itself to some interesting stories.

@ThEjOkErIsWiLd00 Год назад

The channel WickedWiz did a great vid all about it in his "What went wrong?" series.

@Offroader210 Год назад

You can't have a Matt Mcmuscles video without a Simpsons reference, and what do you know; a Matt Mcmuscles Simpsons video!

@ratchetxtreme6591 Год назад

“Which was the style of time “ - Grandpa Simpson

@OSW Год назад

A perfectly cromulent review!

@liamr6088 Год назад

Fucking knew ye'd be here lol

@liamr6088 Год назад

Simpsons, Wrestling and Matt McMuscles? How could OSW stay away

@evanhanley6437 Год назад

I knew you boyos would mark out!

@LNSLateNightSaturday Год назад

As a lifelong Simpsons fan, I really appreciated the care with which you made all those cutaway references. I knew you were a fan by how much you've mentioned the show in passing, but this was just *chef's kiss*! ;)

@catsorafgc Год назад

I feel like the entire channel was leading up to this moment. I can tell this is going to be an amazing video. Edit: not sure if this was on purpose, but this episode was the same length as an average Simpsons episode. I find that really funny

@KingGargantuas Год назад

With the many Simpsons jokes Matt has made on What Happened over the years, it feels oh so satisfying to see him finally talk about arguably the worst Simpsons game ever made!

@dominicspizzirri4399 Год назад

I freakin love this channel. You deserve 10x more views than you get. Keep it going Matt.

@oscarzxn4067 Год назад

This coming so late on the PS1 life means it was a really common pirated game in third world countries where just around that time people were able to buy a PS1, and it helped the Simpsons were a religion in most parts of the world

@autumnalgloom5360 Год назад

That paragraph about not caring too much about mechanics because it was aimed children made me think about that one Sailor Moon fighting game that apparently is suprisingly competent for what it is.

@Haysey_Draws Год назад

Oh man, mentioning Gainax at the start really wants me to see a What Happened to them. They went from pioneers in anime to basically just a shell company with reportedly just a few employees. I'd imagine though information would be thin on the ground.

@universalperson Год назад

There's actually a video abput it somewhere. Basically all the talent started their own studios.

@steelyjacman5841 Год назад

Was literally just wondering today what a Wha Happun episode about the Simpsons would look like

@doomzilla3568 Год назад

Great video Matt. As a massive simpsons fan, good thing i missed out this game and got hit and run instead. Yikes the development was doomed to start and ended up as one of the most notorious simpsons game out there. They had a rough time on this game and especially on whenever they would do humor over gameplay and boy does it show.

@jayjay-cl1eo Год назад

Wrestling and Simpsons? This really shouldn't have failed.

@jacobs.9661 Год назад

Look man, Simspons references will ALWAYS be the style of the time.

@walvegasgunsandoutdoors Год назад

What I would really like is a GOOD Simpsons game in the same style of the South Park RPGs. One that's deep on lore and respects the series. Get the writers from the early seasons to write the story.

@bluetarantulaproductions6179 Год назад

I remember the Kang and Kodos boss fight was rediculous.

@jean-pierrea5803 Год назад

Man, that Activison/EA joke was brilliant.

@TheRealJoshie Год назад

What episode is that original scene from?

@jean-pierrea5803 Год назад

@@TheRealJoshie season 8, episode 10. The Springfield Files

@lizardlord4k Год назад

Boy I sure hope someone got fired for that blunder.

@windego999 Год назад

It didn't get brought up, but the game balance was horrendous. Flanders was beyond busted. He just kneels down and prays, and God smites you with a thunderbolt from anywhere on stage, and it wasn't slow on startup and didn't leave him open after. You basically couldn't beat the man as soon as someone figured out you could spam that with zero consequence.

@Ominouslionheart Год назад

I have a distinct memory of renting this game from Blockbuster. The main thing that stood out for me were the unlockable characters,namely Ned Flanders. I remember how much I struggled to unlock him,because when you "beat" him,he instantly revives with full health. But then once he's unlocked,you never have to play as anybody else because of how stupidly OP his revive is.

@PrinceMallow Год назад

Gonna exercise that "leave a comment below" for potential What Happened? episodes and say I'd love to see one covering Action 52/The Cheetahmen.

@kylehunter2674 Год назад

Flanders is so OP in this game lmao

@moister3727 Год назад

I love this game as a kid. Always picked Barney because farts and burps were funny for me at the time.

@do3807 Год назад

Love that closing monologue lmao

@Ksintai1 Год назад

I played so much of that Star Wars Episode 1 game as a kid, I will never forget the Big Ape logo.

@retrojoe85 Год назад

Your continous references to the series are always better than every single match played in this game!

@nickfarace9339 Год назад

Matt I will never tire of your clear love of classic simpsons. The editing in this was perfect.

@D3D3D Год назад

Hopefully in the second half of the year we'll get a video for the Suicide Squad game.

@DobbyDoo24 Год назад

When I worked in Blockbusters in the UK this game was constantly being rented out - the power of a popular license

@daylightsilence1 Год назад

I'm going to finally comment and say it. Not only do I love your content, your upload schedule is so solid and commendable. Thank you!

@LeroyPatterson Год назад

I was SO damn excited for this game. The combination of my two favorite things at the time sounded amazing! I got it and returned it in the same day, I don't know if I've ever been let down so hard with a videogame before.

@raltor20 Год назад

@@animezilla4486 Hit and Run is no where near as good as many people think it is mate hahaha. Nostalgia does a lot of heavy lifting

@orcwarchiefreviews Год назад

You know that Simpsons virtual tour might be a very interesting thing to see

@mcsassafras9043 Год назад

Fox: We can't have a game where you fight a baby. Visceral Games: *heavy breathing*

@aymann7234 Год назад

I remember renting this when I was little. Thought it was fun enough. IIRC, you couldn't directly unlock Smithers or Kang/ Kodos, but could trick the game into letting you play them in Practice Mode and setting the opponent to have an AI.

@lawrencemoody738 Год назад

Great video. Your love for early simpsons shines through.

@EmmBee27 Год назад

12:30 I feel like this isn't the first time I've heard this in relation to video game development, a lot of companies were tip toeing around just about anything that involved schools, kids, and *any* form of violence paired together around that time.

@lightbluesquid Год назад

Ooh, I remember this game! Funny enough, I actually enjoyed it back then! I know, guilty pleasure of mine, but y'know. Thanks for another excellent video, Matt!

@Totavier Год назад

This whole week I was in like in a Simpson marathon for no reason (watched old episodes and playing some Simpsons games, mostly the Konami Arcade one). And now when I thought that I finished on it, Matt upload a What Happun Simpsons game video with lots of references out of nowhere which is probably the best ending extra bonus that I got. So thank you!, I enjoyed!.

@Raveg64 Год назад

I'm loving this antagonistic relationship between Matt and Max

@rexcatston8412 Год назад

Some day we'll do a video on simpsons wrestling. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but some day.... Later that day..

@lowell5000 Год назад

Peak McMuscles content, I’m pumped!

@SDallas777 Год назад

Great video, never can get enough Simpsons content from ya! Don’t know where to ask for this but I am just hearing about Babylon Fall for the first time and I feel like this needs the McMuscles treatment to catch me up.

@yousoron.3699 Год назад

I need a Simpsons Skateboarding episode of this.... that game was something else

@chrischarles1219 Год назад

Which was the style at the time…

@therealseanw.stewart2071 Год назад

Something Simpsons-related!? It was inevitable. As someone who's known the franchise their whole life, I appreciate all the references.

@Dagglestone Год назад

Relatively new listener. Quickly becoming one of my favorite creators

@rodgerklotz6810 Год назад

never stop doing this series love them so much

@soulstorminferno5135 Год назад

Fun Fact!: The Simpsons Movie has a Dutch dub! That's kinda weird because normally only kids movies are dubbed in Dutch.

@DrRipper19 Год назад

That weird rant at the end was priceless

@dominicaccardo8050 Год назад

I’ve been waiting for this !!

@jackrogue2456 Год назад

One minutr into the video: Captain! The level of Simpsons references are off the charts!

@klawstecno2083 Год назад

Is "The Simpson's game" the best game related to this series? I know some people say that Hit & Run is great, but in my honest opinion, "The Simpson's game" have much more charm, specially with the gimmick stages paroding games.

@noisereaper662 Год назад

The Simpsons Game is a great game, too bad they weren't able to make the sequel.

@TiroDvD Год назад

I came across this game at one of my highschool graduation parties. All friends, classmates, and their brothers. School year is ended. BBQ food, chips, soda. All having a hilarious time playing it taking turns. Maggie and the bear trap were OP. One of the happiest moments of my life.

@beardofginge3314 Год назад

I didn't know that I needed this today, cheers!!

@CaptainHyper8 Год назад

I really appreciate the throwback at the very end of the video

@vay2654 Год назад

Matt i really enjoy your content and you not only go in-depth but also make it so entertaining to watch! I know that you mostly cover previous or old titles but if you can cover Babylon's Fall that would be amazing!

@xIncisions Год назад

An perfectly cromulent review of a not-so-fantastic game - the references and spliceys throughout were just fantastic. A can of Duff to you, good sir!

@menhirmike Год назад

18:16 I love how the one awesome Simpsons game was a one-off by a completely different publisher.

@AJegoist Год назад

Matt waited hos whole life to make this video.

@GenerationWest Год назад

The video where Matt overdoses on Simpsons references. He died doing what he loved, and it isn't over a volcano.

@ultimapower6950 Год назад

Wait there was a volcano?

@ADreamingTraveler Год назад

The golden age of the Simpsons is one of my favorite shows of all time so I always loved seeing the references in your other videos. So getting this video is just a treat. Also the die/diet bit with Activision and EA was so good lol

@willbrummer4018 Год назад

You had me at Simpsons Wrestling but had me rolling with the gags and clip references. I wouldn't mind a 'Hit n Run' quality take on this game. Simpsons Wrestling 2 :No Mercy

@rickpgriffin Год назад

Don't think I didn't notice your example of Simpsons Cartoon Studio was the Steamed Hams version

@xSpooKee Год назад

So early it’s only 360p. Great video.

@sheepofwater Год назад

You really went all in on the references right up till the end

@roban1012 Год назад

Matt! This was amazing!

@kriscynical Год назад

Oh WOW that little Flophouse Films spoof at the end astral projected me straight back to my childhood in the '90s. I had completely forgotten about that end credit thing on certain Fox shows!

@Mateus_Carvalho Год назад

Kinda funny that this was indeed related to Celebrity Deathmatch... and indicative of the state of affairs too, going from something that's still going to this day to an underrated product that I think lasted a couple of years or so with a short revival on the side.

@YuriYumi902 Год назад

I know this series is usually reserved for things that went sour for certain pieces of media, and were usually disappointments, but I'd love if you did one of this series on Hit and Run and how it defied the license video game curse. It's not perfect as a game but I'd love to see you delve in the legacy it's led since it's original launch. Every now and then we a success story out of this series of videos you do and I feel your style of video would fit perfect to discuss Hit and Run. I'd love your take.

@AxisChurchDevotee Год назад

What about the game adaption of Peter Jackson's take on Kong? That was a masterpiece as well.

@billdemarco4436 Год назад

Great job as always

@joemoody2626 Год назад

Ok the speed holes metaphor got me 🤣🤣🤣 good job finding the references sir

@danev2001 Год назад

Should have had Jay Hunter on this episode

@nbr6116 Год назад

Jay Hunter? Of OSW Fame? In a Video about Wrestling and the Simpsons? Well I never!

@danev2001 Год назад

@@nbr6116 Jay and Matt go together like a Nogger and a can of Coke. It would be what’s best for business, if you will.

@LongHairedBandit Год назад

I remember playing this as a kid. Not gonna lie, I'd be down to play a traditional fighter with The Simpsons

@QellOmnyhydrax Год назад

Probably the funniest video you’ve ever made… at least that I’ve ever seen. Legit was howling outside shovelling my driveway- neighbours already think I’m crazy so it’s all g. But wow you got me so many times…

@ExiILe00 Год назад

Matt is literally stewing in his own juices.

@TheRealDeathvid Год назад

The insane amount of references and the ending with the Flophouse Studios. Absolutely beautiful

@ebookjapan8054 Год назад

The writing and voice acting being 'too graphic' for a game is strange. Radical was nervous about showing Hit and Run to Matt Groening because of the ability to kick characters around, only for him to spend his first minutes with the game beating up Marge.