20 Classic Nintendo Games That Desperately Deserve Sequels

4. Pro Wrestling

Following #4, does Pro Wrestling count as a sports game? Well, it's close enough, apparently, as this Black Box NES title was labeled as part of the "Sports Series." With 2K Games taking over the WWE license and pretty much kicking Nintendo to the curb in the process, there is now a severe lack of grappling action to be found on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Lucky, then, that Nintendo has its very own wrestling game that is fondly remembered as a classic, right? Of course, just how much of this game Nintendo can use is anyone's guess. Despite the copyright notice on the title screen (as well as the fact that "Pro Wrestling" is likely too vague a concept for anyone to own the rights to*), one might note that across the Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii U, there has not been a Virtual Console release, nor has Nintendo included it in any way in any of their other packages, such as e-Reader cards or the NES Remix titles. Though the United States Copyright Office features Nintendo of America as the claimant for the game, "Try Company, Ltd., employer for hire" is listed as having the authorship on the application, as it was developed by their employee, Masato Masuda, who would go on to to create the Fire Pro Wrestling series as the company changed its name to Human. Ultimately, what this puts in question is if Nintendo were to create a new Pro Wrestling (or even "New Pro Wrestling"), would they be able to use characters such as Starman, the Amazon, and King Slender, the various themes used throughout, or even the "Video Wrestling Association/VWA" mark? Or would they have to start from scratch and create their own? Of course, there might be a third possible option: Grab some stacks from their huge wad of reserve cash and just buy Pro Wrestling from Human outright. Mind, we're not suggesting that they buy the Fire Pro Wrestling series or anything like that, just the original NES game and its affiliated material. It's not like Human is using it, right? * We'd say "just don't tell Vince McMahon that," but unless they tried to get away with calling the game "Sports Entertainment," we doubt he'd care.