{{Short description|2005 video game}} {{Infobox video game |title = WWE Aftershock |image = WWE Aftershock.jpg |caption = European cover art featuring Chris Benoit, Edge, The Undertaker and Eddie Guerrero |developer = Exient Entertainment<ref name="release">{{cite web|first=Stephen|last=Palley|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wwe-aftershock-hands-on/1100-6114505/|title=WWE Aftershock Hands-On|website=GameSpot|date=May 17, 2006|accessdate=March 15, 2022|archive-date=March 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315163348/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wwe-aftershock-hands-on/1100-6114505/|url-status=live}}</ref> |publisher = THQ Wireless |platforms = N-Gage |released = {{vgrelease|EU|May 19, 2005<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2005 |title=Hardcore Wrestling Action Invades The N-Gage Game Deck With ''WWE Aftershock'' |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/hardcore-wrestling-action-invades-the-n-gage-game-deck-with-wwe-aftershock |access-date=May 12, 2024 |website=GamesIndustry |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512180427/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/hardcore-wrestling-action-invades-the-n-gage-game-deck-with-wwe-aftershock |url-status=live }}</ref>|NA|August 15, 2005}} |genre = Professional wrestling, fighting |modes = Single-player, multiplayer }}
'''''WWE Aftershock''''' is a professional wrestling video game released exclusively on the N-Gage in 2005.
==Development== The game was announced by Nokia in collaboration with THQ and WWE in August 2004.<ref>{{cite web|author=IGN|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/08/10/wwe-aftershock-2|title=WWE Aftershock|website=IGN|date=August 10, 2004|accessdate=March 15, 2022|archive-date=March 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315164330/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/08/10/wwe-aftershock-2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=August 3, 2004 |title=N-Gage Wrestles Its Way Into the WWE With WWE Aftershock |work=Globe Newswire |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2004/08/03/1846469/0/en/N-Gage-Wrestles-Its-Way-Into-the-WWE-With-WWE-Aftershock.html |access-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612101305/https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2004/08/03/1846469/0/en/N-Gage-Wrestles-Its-Way-Into-the-WWE-With-WWE-Aftershock.html |url-status=live}}</ref> It was originally scheduled to release in the fourth quarter of 2004,<ref name=":0" /> then February 2005,<ref name="release"/> and then later on March 22.<ref>{{cite web|first=John|last=Gaudiosi|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97674276/the-news-and-observer/|title=Wrestlmania gets real|newspaper=The News & Observer|page=105|date=March 11, 2005|accessdate=March 15, 2022|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=March 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315163347/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97674276/the-news-and-observer/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Gameplay == There are five main events and Survival (multiple enemies at the same time), King of the Ring (ladder tournament), and Tag Team (two versus two) match options.<ref name="GameSpot"/> ''WWE Aftershock'' includes 12 WWE superstars, such as John Cena. The game features two-player contests through Bluetooth and the N-Gage Arena. Two of the twelve wrestlers are unlockable by winning the King of the Ring and playing in two-player contests. The AI controls two of the wrestlers in multiplayer King of the Ring. Attacks include hits, grapples, and Irish whips. Submission holds are available after a takedown. Each character has four front grapples and ground grapples, and his signature move or hold.<ref name="GameSpot"/><ref name="GameSpy" /> Every button is assigned one action.<ref name="GameSpy" /> The wrestlers grapple in a 3D arena. Wrestlers have entrance music.<ref name="IGN"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Abolins |first=Mike |date=June 26, 2005 |title=THQ brings World Wrestling Entertainment to handheld gamers for the first time |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/wwe-aftershock/wwe-on-the-qd-asap/ |url-status=live |website=Pocket Gamer |access-date=March 15, 2022 |archive-date=March 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315165929/https://www.pocketgamer.com/wwe-aftershock/wwe-on-the-qd-asap/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 19, 2005 |title=Hardcore Wrestling Action Invades The N-Gage Game Deck With WWE Aftershock |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/hardcore-wrestling-action-invades-the-n-gage-game-deck-with-wwe-aftershock |website=gamesindustry.biz}}</ref>
==Reception== {{Video game reviews | MC = 53/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ngage/wweaftershock |title=WWE Aftershock (ngage: 2005): Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913065340/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ngage/wweaftershock |archive-date=September 13, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=March 8, 2015}}</ref> | GSpot = 5.3/10<ref name="GameSpot">{{cite web |last=Score |first=Avery |date=June 15, 2005 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wwe-aftershock-review/1900-6127608/ |title=WWE Aftershock Review |publisher=GameSpot |access-date=March 8, 2015 |archive-date=March 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310200806/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wwe-aftershock-review/1900-6127608/ |url-status=live}}</ref> | GSpy = 3/5<ref name="GameSpy">{{cite web |last=Leeper |first=Justin |date=June 28, 2005 |url=http://wireless.gamespy.com/n-gage/wwe/629789p1.html |title=GameSpy: WWE Aftershock |publisher=GameSpy |access-date=March 8, 2015 |archive-date=April 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410170002/http://wireless.gamespy.com/n-gage/wwe/629789p1.html |url-status=live}}</ref> | IGN = 5/10<ref name="IGN">{{cite web |last=Buchanan |first=Levi |date=June 16, 2005 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/06/16/wwe-aftershock |title=WWE Aftershock |publisher=IGN |access-date=March 8, 2015 |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403152206/http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/06/16/wwe-aftershock |url-status=live}}</ref> }}
The game received "mixed or average" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.<ref name=MC/>
''GameSpot'' rated the game a 5.3 of 10 stating that "''WWE Aftershock'' may be the only wrestling game available on the N-Gage, but that alone doesn't make it a good value".<ref name="GameSpot"/>
==See also== {{Portal|Video games}} * List of licensed wrestling video games * List of fighting games
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:2005 video games Category:Exient games Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games Category:N-Gage games Category:Professional wrestling games Category:THQ games Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom Category:WWE video games
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