![]() ![]() While you do see more wrestlers in Mexico with ornate masks covering their faces, there are an equal number of luchadores who go without. For one thing, not everyone wears a mask. ![]() It is easy to characterize the sport of lucha libre as American wrestling with masks, and the comparison is mostly apt, but there are a few other details that pertain to AAA. Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring is the first game focused squarely on this style of wrestling. Sensing the desire for players to play a wrestling game that focused more on high-flying than brutal hits or hardcore action, the teams at Slang and Immersion Games partnered up to create a game based on lucha libre, the Mexican version of wrestling, with the licensing of one of the sport's major organizations. When the organization folded in 2001, the only luchador you'd see in any wrestling title was Rey Mysterio, Jr. With the advent of the Create-A-Wrestler feature, players could create their own luchadores to go against the likes of Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Sting. Starman from Nintendo's Pro Wrestling is probably the most famous of the bunch, but there have been a few featured in non-licensed wrestling and WCW titles. ![]() From the 8-bit era onward, there has been some luchadores sprinkled in wrestling video games. ![]()
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