Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood

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Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood
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Xbox cover art featuring (from left to right: New Jack, adult film actress Sunrise Adams, and Violent J of Insane Clown Posse)
Developer(s) Paradox Development
Publisher(s) Eidos Interactive
SeriesBackyard Wrestling
Platform(s)
Release
  • NA: November 16, 2004
  • EU: November 19, 2004
  • AU: December 3, 2004 [1]
  • JP: April 7, 2005 (PS2)
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood is a fighting video game developed by Paradox Development, and published by Eidos Interactive in 2004 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is the second installment in the Backyard Wrestling series and the sequel to Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home . The licensed soundtrack includes music by Andrew W.K., Kool Keith, Insane Clown Posse, Bad Brains, Body Count, Six and Violence, Mudvayne, Saliva, Fall Out Boy, and Hoobastank.

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Gameplay

The roster of underground wrestlers features more than 20 combatants, including notable hardcore wrestlers, music personalities, and adult film actresses.

The game includes an option for turning the game's blood effects on and off; the original game does not have said option. Each wrestler now has an introduction video. There are also sixteen unlockable music videos.

Roster

CharacterPlace or origin/occupation
Violent J Rapper (Insane Clown Posse), wrestler (WWE/WCW/JCW)
Shaggy 2 Dope Rapper (Insane Clown Posse), wrestler (WWE/WCW/JCW)
Mad Man Pondo Independent wrestler, notably JCW
RudeboyAppears in JCW
Vic Grimes Independent wrestler (XPW, WWE, ECW)
Vampiro Independent wrestler, notably for JCW and WCW
New Jack Wrestler (ECW, XPW, TNA, various indie promotions)
Nick Mondo Retired hardcore cult independent wrestler (CZW)
Ruckus Independent wrestler (CZW, ROH, XPW)
The Sandman legendary hardcore wrestler (ECW/Japan/TNA/WWE/WCW/JCW)
Sonjay Dutt Independent wrestler (TNA, CZW)
Masked Horn DogComedy wrestler from Best of Backyard Wrestling: Backyard Babes
El DrunkoIndependent wrestler
Messiah Independent wrestler (XPW, CZW)
SupremeIndependent wrestler (XPW)
John Zandig Independent wrestler and promoter (CZW)
Luke HadleyBackyard wrestler
Joe PetersonBackyard wrestler
Tylene Buck wrestler (WCW, XPW), model, host for Best of Backyard Wrestling
Ryuji Ito Japanese hardcore wrestler (BJW)
Kelvin FinnUnknown
Andrew W.K. Musician
Tera Patrick Porn Star
Sunrise Adams Porn Star
Adrianne PainUnknown

Reception

Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood received "generally unfavorable" reviews on both platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. [2] [3] In Japan, Famitsu gave the PlayStation 2 version a score of one six, two sevens, and one six, for a total of 26 out of 40. [5]

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