"Double J, in particular, has been amazing to work with": Zack Manko of WrestleQuest talks input, storytelling, and gameplay style
WrestleQuest might be the most unique wrestling game to ever appear on the market. Mega Cat Studios is working on this title, and it will be a turn-based JRPG-style video game, featuring some of the biggest names from the 80s and 90s in professional wrestling.
Randy “Macho Man” Savage, the Road Warriors, Andre the Giant, and Jake “the Snake” Roberts are all confirmed to be appearing in the game. In a recent interaction with Sportskeeda Esports' Jason Parker, Zack Manko of Mega Cat Studios spoke about the JRPGs that inspired them, the team’s love of professional wrestling, and so much more.
It’s a genuinely fascinating game, and while it has no release date confirmed, it is reportedly coming soon and will give wrestling fans something new and interesting to play.
Zack: Our crew consists of big-time wrestling fans, and we’ve had a long-time dream of doing an RPG. WrestleQuest is really a love letter to that classic era of the 80s and 90s wrestling, which also happens to be the golden era of RPGs, with games like Super Mario RPG, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, and Final Fantasy 6.
While conceptualizing the game, we quickly realized how natural the combination of pro wrestling and RPGs was. The storyline is the foundation of both these art forms. Larger-than-life characters, plot twists, dramatic reveals, and betrayals are the lifeblood of RPGs, and the same is true of wrestling. It’s not just about people slamming each other in the ring. It’s Shakespeare plus suplexes.
With so much shared DNA, we were surprised that a pro-wrestling RPG hadn’t been done sooner!
Zack: For many of us (on the team and in countless forums and Facebook groups), our earliest wrestle-memories are of playing with wrestling toys. We leaned into this to create
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