WWE WrestleMania 21

WWE WrestleMania 21
Developer: Studio Gigante Publisher: THQ Platform: Xbox Released in US: April 20, 2005 Released in EU: May 27, 2005 This game has unused playable characters. This game has unused code. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has revisional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

To do: Upload direct PNG screenshots of Bill Goldberg in-game (use XDK or Emulator). This game may contain text strings or textures for wrestlers not featured. Lesnar and Austin's character select pictures and all crowd signs are in .RES format and not .TGA format like the rest of the pictures. Upload both of their select pictures and all unused crowd signs using this specialized tool from 2005 to export/import "WAD" and "K" files in the game. This tool is also great for modding.

On paper WWE WrestleMania 21, a game made by the developers of Mortal Kombat, sounds like a surefire success. The execution is anything but.

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Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Removed/Unused Wrestlers

Several wrestlers were scrapped for various reasons.

Wrestler	Reason for removal	Notes
Billy Gunn	Released from WWE in November 2004	Gunn has a placeholder character select picture, AI data, cutscene data for career mode and crowd signs but no model.
Boxhead	Unknown	Possible debugging character as there is only a model present.
Brock Lesnar	Left WWE after WrestleMania XX (March 2004)	Lesnar has a placeholder character select picture but no AI data, crowd signs or model.
Goldberg	Left WWE after WrestleMania XX (March 2004)	Goldberg appears to be the most complete wrestler in WM21 as he has a placeholder character select picture, AI data, model and sparkler pyro particle data but no crowd signs.
Hardcore Holly	Unknown	Holly has a hidden unlockable ShopZone titantron video and AI data but no placeholder character select picture, crowd signs or model.
Rikishi	Released from WWE in July 2004	Rikishi has a placeholder character select picture and AI data but no crowd signs or model.
Steve Austin	Was inactive in the WWE post WrestleMania XX (March 2004)	Austin has a placeholder character select picture but no AI data, crowd signs or model.
Theodore Long	Unknown	Long has an empty entry in the superstar soundbank, which is where all sound (i.e. crowd chant, entrance music and move impact sound desciptors) are located. No other omitted wrestler has an entry in the soundbank.
Victoria	Unknown	Victoria has a hidden unlockable ShopZone titantron video but no AI data, crowd signs or model.
Vince McMahon	Unknown	McMahon has two placeholder character select pictures (one for his wrestling attire and another for his suit attire), AI data and models but no crowd signs.

Unused Wrestler Titantrons

The titantron videos for WWE wrestlers Victoria and Hardcore Holly are located in the "ShopZone" folder of the game directory, though neither wrestlers appears in-game. Victoria's titantron video contains her "Don't Mess With" theme song as performed by Nicki Minaj that she debuted in 2004, and Hardcore Holly's titantron video contains his "How Do You Like Me Now" theme song that he had in 2004.

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  Screenshot of "Victoria_titantron.bik".

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  Screenshot of "HardcoreHolly_titantron.bik".

Unused Early Menu Splash Screen

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  The menu splash screen that was used in earlier builds of the game.

Unused Character Selection Pictures

Multiple unused placeholder/alternate character select pictures exist in the game.

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  Early Christian render in a more cartoony art style as seen here in early trailers for the game.

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  Early Orton render in a more cartoony art style as seen here in early trailers for the game.

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  Watercolour picture of Christian.

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  Watercolour picture of Orton.

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  Possible placeholder picture from HHH’s 2003 bodybuilding competition against Scott Steiner.

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  Possible placeholder picture used since Undertaker was switching characters during this game's development. The "NP" in the picture's filename may mean "new picture" as the used picture has no "NP" designation.

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  Earl Hebner's selection picture.

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  Michael Cole's selection picture, which consists of a photo of synchronized swimmers(?)

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  Unused picture, showing off model morphing. Likely for Create A Wrestler.

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  Unused picture. Looks to be a profile picture likely for a online mode

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  Unused picture depicting...Thomas of Daft Punk?

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  Unused picture. Likely used for the Female Create A Wrestler.

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  Unused picture. Likely used for the Male Create A Wrestler.

Unused Early Wrestler Names

Miss Jackie is referred to as Jackie Gayda and JBL is referred to as Bradshaw in the game's files.

Unused Goldberg Model

There exists a fully completed Goldberg model in the WrestleMania 21 game files. Curiously, the dummy model used in-game to preview wrestling moves in the Moveset creator is the same model of Goldberg but with all green textures. There exists a mod for WrestleMania 21 that restores the Goldberg model to a playable state, adds alternate attires for in-game wrestlers and enables NPCs in exhibition mode. This mod can only be played with a modded Xbox or Xbox emulator, as this game is not natively playable on an Xbox 360, One or Series model. The mod can be downloaded through the XBMC app on Xbox from the Downloader utility.

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