WCW vs nWo: World Tour was released in 1997 on the Nintendo 64 game console. The game was released at a time when World Championship Wrestling was the number 1 wrestling promotion in North America and the (then) World Wrestling Federation was facing sevre difficulties. WCW vs nWo revolutionised wrestling games much like the nWo storyline did for wrestling. It was the the first 3d wrestling game and introduced THQ's critically acclaimed grappling system. The game sold well around the world and was well recieved by both fans and critics for it's grappling system which to this day remains the standard. WCW/nWo Revenge was released in 1998 and expanded on what had been achieved in World Tour. Unlike today's wrestling games, World Tour featured no create-a-wrestler mode, no "real" story mode and had a limited amount of actual wrestlers. The game was released at the height of the WCW/nWo feud.