<s>
WCW	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
is	O
a	O
professional	O
wrestling	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
WCW	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
marks	O
the	O
first	O
World	B-Device
Championship	I-Device
Wrestling	I-Device
video	O
game	O
released	O
during	O
its	O
rise	O
amidst	O
the	O
Monday	O
Night	O
Wars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WCW	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
features	O
various	O
modes	O
including	O
League	O
Challenge	O
,	O
Best	O
of	O
Seven	O
,	O
Exhibition	O
,	O
Elimination	O
,	O
Tournament	O
,	O
League	O
,	O
and	O
Double	O
Title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
features	O
modes	O
surrounding	O
the	O
winning	O
,	O
defense	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
creation	O
of	O
championship	O
belts	O
which	O
would	O
be	O
entirely	O
absent	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
immediate	O
successor	O
,	O
WCW	B-Device
vs.	I-Device
nWo	I-Device
:	I-Device
World	I-Device
Tour	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
would	O
achieve	O
far	O
greater	O
popularity	O
thanks	O
to	O
its	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
intuitive	O
"	O
grappling	O
system	O
"	O
not	O
yet	O
developed	O
in	O
WCW	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
WCW/nWo	O
roster	O
,	O
in	O
keeping	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
,	O
WCW	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
also	O
has	O
several	O
"	O
fictional	O
"	O
foreign	O
wrestlers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
practice	O
of	O
altering	O
Japanese	O
performers	O
for	O
American	O
games	O
would	O
carry	O
on	O
through	O
two	O
more	O
AKI	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kraig	O
Kujawa	O
and	O
Dean	O
Hager	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
said	O
WCW	B-Application
Vs.	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
was	O
"	O
probably	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
32-bit	O
wrestling	O
game	O
to	O
date	O
,	O
but	O
further	O
qualified	O
that	O
statement	O
by	O
noting	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
n't	O
many	O
such	O
games	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
found	O
particular	O
fault	O
with	O
the	O
way	O
the	O
game	O
treated	O
wrestling	O
as	O
a	O
serious	O
sport	O
,	O
as	O
compared	O
to	O
how	O
WWF	B-Application
WrestleMania	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Game	I-Application
tapped	O
into	O
the	O
drama	O
and	O
fantasy	O
appeal	O
of	O
wrestling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2008	O
retrospective	O
on	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
wrestling	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
IGNs	O
Rus	O
McLaughlin	O
lamented	O
,	O
"	O
WCW	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
took	O
a	O
strong	O
step	O
towards	O
3D	O
gaming	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
without	O
putting	O
a	O
solid	O
game	O
behind	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
