
At the end of the tournament, the wrestler with the best record wins the championship. In a tournament with two or more player-controlled wrestlers (up to six can play), each wrestler faces every other wrestler once (fifteen total matches). In a single player tournament, the player chooses one wrestler and must defeat the other five in a series of matches to win the championship. Players can either play a single exhibition match (one player versus the computer or two players head-to-head) or a tournament. The icons are unique to each wrestler (for example, Honky Tonk Man's looks like a guitar, André's looks like a massive foot, while Hulk Hogan's looks like a crucifix) and cannot be used interchangeably (wrestlers can only pick up their own icons). Occasionally, during a match, an icon will come on screen that a wrestler can pick up to gain health. An "angry" wrestler can inflict more damage than normal while in this state. Sometimes, while a wrestler is taking punishment, he will turn red, indicating anger. The wrestlers cannot leave the ring and can only execute turnbuckle attacks from the bottom two corners. It is also worth noting that only Hulk Hogan is able to bodyslam the massive André the Giant. The moves themselves are somewhat tailored to each wrestler (Randy Savage, for example, uses elbow smashes instead of punches, while Bam Bam Bigelow has two running attacks instead of one). All wrestlers also possess a "back attack" that they can use on an opponent standing behind them (usually a backwards punch). All wrestlers possess a limited number of moves, which consist of basic standing punches and kicks, headbutts, a running attack, a move off the turnbuckle (which André the Giant and Bam Bam Bigelow cannot perform), and a bodyslam (which Bam Bam Bigelow and Honky Tonk Man cannot perform). The game features six wrestlers: Hulk Hogan, André the Giant, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, Bam Bam Bigelow and The Honky Tonk Man. Rare later developed a follow-up game, WWF WrestleMania Challenge.

It was developed by Zippo Games and designed by John Pickford. Badder".Ī Game Boy version started development in 1990 but was cancelled. The game's title screen features the tagline for WrestleMania III: "Bigger. Released just months prior to WrestleMania V, it was intended to help build up to that event. WrestleMania also marked the beginning of a long relationship between Acclaim and the WWF which lasted ten years. It was the first WWF licensed NES game and the second WWF game overall, the first being MicroLeague Wrestling. WWF WrestleMania (named after the annual pay-per-view event) is a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game created by Rare and published by Acclaim Entertainment in 1989.
