This is one of those ideas that must have had the marketing executives salivating for at least a minute. In the 1980s action figures and handheld games were about as popular as toys could be. And some genius in WCW came up with the idea of combining the two into one an action figure with a game! What could go wrong? Well a lot really. This game came out in 1999. Youll recognise that date as being about a year before PS2 would come out and, multiple years after things like the Gameboy, Game Gear, and a litany of other hand and TV based consoles had come out rendering LCD games about as enjoyable as a root canal. But even if you ignore that, one of the perks of LCD games was the fact they could fit in your pocket and could be discreet. That was not the case with this one. Being a full sized wrestling figure meant that this wasnt exactly the easiest thing to carry in your pocket or bag. And being that they literally placed the game and its controls on Hogans torso, it wasnt exactly designed for fingers bigger than those that a two year old would have. This isnt even highlighting the fact the minute screen size would give even the most eagle eyed viewer a nice new eye sight problem caused by having to squint at the worlds smallest game screen. This item has the dubious honour of attempting to be two toys in one, while actually failing at being either one. So of course they produced it in a bunch of other wrestlers' likeness as well.
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