Other girls will come up to the player every couple of street fights, and then eventually, the player will have to choose which one should be the street fighter's new girlfriend, from which they'll all fight each other.Įventually, N.O.R.E. Once the player beats his character, they'll get their first girlfriend, Deja. Once the player wins a certain number of fights, they'll go against the rapper Scarface. When the player chooses their street fighter, they are then called up to help out their friend Manny by taking his place in a street fight. The player has a choice between four street fighters: Briggs, a dishonorably discharged soldier Proof, an ex- superbike racer Tank, a massive Japanese fighter, and the DJ Spider, although the story is the same for each of them. Japanese rappers Dabo and S-Word appear exclusively in the game's Japanese release. Christina Milian appears as Angel Rodriguez, a non-playable character. The game features 46 playable characters, including real-life hip hop artists signed to Def Jam at the time, as well as original characters. If the opponent's health is low enough, they will be KO'd. If the player successfully grabs an opponent in this state, he can perform a special move. Players can attack their opponent to build up a power gauge, letting them activate 'Blazin' mode. If one of those gauges reaches empty, the bones get broken and that player submits & automatically loses. This hold can be broken by touching the ropes. The player can trap opponents in holds that gradually weaken one of their body parts (head, body, legs and arms). Pins are done by pinning the opponent for 3 seconds before he can kick out. Players can win in one of three ways pin, submission or KO. The game plays very similarly to WWF No Mercy, and features a lengthy story mode that allows you to level up and enhance one of four player characters in your quest to become the most well known star in the urban fighting league and fight the undefeated underground boss, D-Mob (voiced by actor Christopher Judge).
A Def Jam game was also released for PSP entitled Def Jam Fight For New York: The Takeover.The game features a largely unmodified AKI engine, used in the company's Virtual Pro Wrestling games and its spinoffs with some minor "button mashing" elements added and more of an arcade than a simulation. The success of the original Def Jam: Vendetta resulted in the sequels Def Jam: Fight For New York and Def Jam: Icon. Girlfriends (Playable in Exhibition/Cat Fight Story mode Matches)ġ1.
The game features a wide variety of characters from the hip-hop world such as Method Man, Redman and Ludacris. Eventually you are no longer fighting for the money and the women, but you are fighting to survive. A violent world of shady business unfolds itself as a result. As you fight your way to the top, the owner of the clubs in which you fight, D-Mob, takes a notice to your abilities and ambition. You are an up-and-coming underground street fighter ready to make it big. In Def Jam: Vendetta, you first choose one of four characters (Briggs, Proof, Tank or Spider) to play as in the story mode. Story It's rough in the underground street fighting world. It uses the AKI engine made famous with the pro wrestling games on the N64.
It was released for the PS2 and Gamecube.
It features a wide range of characters from the world of hip-hop, and is named for the Def Jam record label, of which almost all of the artists in the game were signed on at the time of release. Def Jam Vendetta is a fighting/wrestling video game published by Electronic Arts.