TNA Impact! Cross the Line
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TNA Impact!: Cross the Line (official typeset "TNA iMPACT!: Cross the Line") is the first handheld video game released by the professional wrestling
promotion
, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
(TNA). The game was developed by Midway Studios in Los Angeles and Point of View, Inc.
for the PSP
also DoubleTap Games who developed the DS
version. It was published by SouthPeak Games. It was released for the PlayStation Portable
and Nintendo DS
on June 25, 2010.
version roster
is nearly identical to the PlayStation 2
, PlayStation 3
, Wii
and Xbox 360
roster except with the removal of Christian Cage, Senshi, and Christopher Daniels
(who appears in Story Mode but is unplayable) the PSP
also includes Mick Foley
, Consequences Creed, Don West
, Mike Tenay
, Afro Thunder, Petey Williams
as well as a variety of jobbers created for Story Mode. However even though Petey Williams
, Mike Tenay
and Curryman were all downloadable contents in the first TNA game only Petey Williams
and Mike Tenay
are in the PSP version. Curryman isn't in that version, probably because Curryman was played by Christopher Daniels
and he had left the company, his character was also removed from this game. However Curryman is in the DS
version. The PSP
version featured much of the original game match types such as
Also features new match types such as; Full Metal Mayhem
, Gauntlet and Super X Cup. The PSP
version also featured most of its old arenas such as Orlando
, Armory, Freedom Center, Japan
, Mexico
, England
and Vegas
. However it did feature new arenas; Canada
, San Diego, Factory and Houston.
version was built from the ground up and features a much smaller roster but Hulk Hogan
is a playable character
as well as Creed, Foley and Curry Man. It also features a new sort of career mode which includes Bound for Glory
and Victory Road
as your route to the top of TNA. In Bound for Glory
, run a gauntlet of opponents as your favorite superstar. Make friends and enemies on your way to the top in a story unique to each wrestler.
In Victory Road
choose to climb to the top of the heavyweight division, create the ultimate tag team or dominate Ultimate X. The DS Version game featured new match types such as Six Sides of Steel, Cage Match, Four Corners Match(Four Way Elimination Match) and many more new match types. Also including match type such as Singles, Tag, Ultimate X and many more fan favorites. The DS Version featured new arenas in Orlando
;Florida
, Mexico
, Armory, Tokyo
;Japan
, London
; England
, Freedom center and Las Vegas
, Nevada
Professional wrestling
Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...
promotion
Professional wrestling promotion
A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...
, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
(TNA). The game was developed by Midway Studios in Los Angeles and Point of View, Inc.
Point of View, Inc.
Point of View, Inc. was a privately held, U.S developer of video games headquartered in Irvine, California. The company was officially dissolved in 2010....
for the PSP
PSP
PSP most commonly refers to the PlayStation Portable, a handheld game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment.PSP may also refer to:-Computing and programming:*Corel Paint Shop Pro, a graphics editor...
also DoubleTap Games who developed the DS
DS
-Entertainment:* Dead Space, third person horror video game.* Deca Sports, sports video game for the Nintendo Wii developed by Hudson Soft* Nintendo DS, a hand held gaming device made by Nintendo-Geography:...
version. It was published by SouthPeak Games. It was released for the PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
and Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
on June 25, 2010.
Old and new features
The PSPPlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
version roster
Roster
A roster is a list of names of people involved with an organization of some kind.A roster can be a list of people and the times when they are required to work or a list of students in a classroom....
is nearly identical to the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
, PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
, Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
and Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
roster except with the removal of Christian Cage, Senshi, and Christopher Daniels
Christopher Daniels
Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is also known for performing under the ring name Curry Man. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , while also...
(who appears in Story Mode but is unplayable) the PSP
PSP
PSP most commonly refers to the PlayStation Portable, a handheld game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment.PSP may also refer to:-Computing and programming:*Corel Paint Shop Pro, a graphics editor...
also includes Mick Foley
Mick Foley
Michael Francis "Mick" Foley, Sr. is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, author, comedian, actor, voice actor and former color commentator. He has worked for many wrestling promotions, including WWE, WCW, ECW and TNA. He is often referred to as "The Hardcore Legend", a nickname he...
, Consequences Creed, Don West
Don West (sportscaster)
Donald "Don" West is an American pitchman, television personality and wrestling broadcaster currently working as an on-screen talent for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and also as a pitchman for WildWestDeals.com, an internet marketing website...
, Mike Tenay
Mike Tenay
Michael William "Mike" Tenay is a professional wrestling play-by-play announcer currently employed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Prior to signing with TNA in 2002, he had a notable tenure with World Championship Wrestling from 1994-2001...
, Afro Thunder, Petey Williams
Petey Williams
Peter "Petey" Williams III is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two time X Division Champion and a former captain of Team Canada. Williams Currently Wrestles for Lucha Libre USA...
as well as a variety of jobbers created for Story Mode. However even though Petey Williams
Petey Williams
Peter "Petey" Williams III is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two time X Division Champion and a former captain of Team Canada. Williams Currently Wrestles for Lucha Libre USA...
, Mike Tenay
Mike Tenay
Michael William "Mike" Tenay is a professional wrestling play-by-play announcer currently employed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Prior to signing with TNA in 2002, he had a notable tenure with World Championship Wrestling from 1994-2001...
and Curryman were all downloadable contents in the first TNA game only Petey Williams
Petey Williams
Peter "Petey" Williams III is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a two time X Division Champion and a former captain of Team Canada. Williams Currently Wrestles for Lucha Libre USA...
and Mike Tenay
Mike Tenay
Michael William "Mike" Tenay is a professional wrestling play-by-play announcer currently employed by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Prior to signing with TNA in 2002, he had a notable tenure with World Championship Wrestling from 1994-2001...
are in the PSP version. Curryman isn't in that version, probably because Curryman was played by Christopher Daniels
Christopher Daniels
Daniel Christopher Covell is an American professional wrestler, best known in the United States by his ring name "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels. He is also known for performing under the ring name Curry Man. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling , while also...
and he had left the company, his character was also removed from this game. However Curryman is in the DS
DS
-Entertainment:* Dead Space, third person horror video game.* Deca Sports, sports video game for the Nintendo Wii developed by Hudson Soft* Nintendo DS, a hand held gaming device made by Nintendo-Geography:...
version. The PSP
PSP
PSP most commonly refers to the PlayStation Portable, a handheld game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment.PSP may also refer to:-Computing and programming:*Corel Paint Shop Pro, a graphics editor...
version featured much of the original game match types such as
- Standard match (1 vs 1 with victory achieved by pinfall or submission within the ring),
- Tag team (2 vs 2 with victory achieved by pinfall or submission within the ring),
- Free for all (every man for himself with victory achieved by pinfall or submission within the ring),
- Ultimate X (1 vs 1 with victory achieved by unattaching the X from above the ring),
- Ultimate X free for all (1 vs 1 every man for himself with victory achieved by unattaching the X from above the ring),
- Submission ( 1 vs 1 with victory achieved by submission within the ring.),
- Falls count anywhere (falls count anywhere 1 vs 1 with victory achevied by pinfall or submission anywhere within the confines of the arena.),
- Falls count anywhere tag (falls count anywhere 2 vs 2 with victory achieved by pinfall or submission anywhere within the confines of the arena.)
- and Handicap match type ( 1 vs 2 victory achieved by pinfall or submission within the ring.)
Also features new match types such as; Full Metal Mayhem
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
A Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, often abbreviated as a TLC, is a type of professional wrestling match originated within WWE, but can be seen under different variations in other wrestling promotions....
, Gauntlet and Super X Cup. The PSP
PSP
PSP most commonly refers to the PlayStation Portable, a handheld game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment.PSP may also refer to:-Computing and programming:*Corel Paint Shop Pro, a graphics editor...
version also featured most of its old arenas such as Orlando
Orlando
Orlando is a major city in the U.S. state of Florida.Orlando may also refer to-Places:* in Florida** Orlando, a major city** Greater Orlando, the 27th-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, Armory, Freedom Center, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and Vegas
Vegas
Vegas may refer to a variety of entities. In English, it is almost always a reference or an allusion to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada or the region of Las Vegas Valley in Nevada or to the gambling activities associated with it....
. However it did feature new arenas; Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, San Diego, Factory and Houston.
New Features
The DSNintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
version was built from the ground up and features a much smaller roster but Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan
Terrance Gene "Terry" Bollea , better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American Semi-retired professional wrestler, actor, television personality, and musician currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ....
is a playable character
Player character
A player character or playable character is a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player, and is typically a protagonist of the story told in the course of the game. A player character is a persona of the player who controls it. Player characters...
as well as Creed, Foley and Curry Man. It also features a new sort of career mode which includes Bound for Glory
TNA Bound For Glory
Bound for Glory is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced every October by the American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion. The event was created in 2005 to be their premier event of the year, similar to the company's main rival World Wrestling Entertainment and its...
and Victory Road
Victory Road
Victory Road may refer to the following:*TNA Victory Road, a professional wrestling event.*Victory Road , an arcade game.*Victory Road, a location in the Pokémon series of video games....
as your route to the top of TNA. In Bound for Glory
TNA Bound For Glory
Bound for Glory is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced every October by the American Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion. The event was created in 2005 to be their premier event of the year, similar to the company's main rival World Wrestling Entertainment and its...
, run a gauntlet of opponents as your favorite superstar. Make friends and enemies on your way to the top in a story unique to each wrestler.
In Victory Road
Victory Road
Victory Road may refer to the following:*TNA Victory Road, a professional wrestling event.*Victory Road , an arcade game.*Victory Road, a location in the Pokémon series of video games....
choose to climb to the top of the heavyweight division, create the ultimate tag team or dominate Ultimate X. The DS Version game featured new match types such as Six Sides of Steel, Cage Match, Four Corners Match(Four Way Elimination Match) and many more new match types. Also including match type such as Singles, Tag, Ultimate X and many more fan favorites. The DS Version featured new arenas in Orlando
Orlando
Orlando is a major city in the U.S. state of Florida.Orlando may also refer to-Places:* in Florida** Orlando, a major city** Greater Orlando, the 27th-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
;Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Armory, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
;Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, London
London
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; England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Freedom center and Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...