This previous weekend, I traveled to Tampa/St. Peterburg, FL, to attend WWE’s Royal Rumble and to play WWE 2K24 at a particular preview occasion. You can search for my hands-on impressions and video footage of my gameplay on Thursday, February 1. But whereas I used to be there, I had the prospect to talk with considered one of 2K24’s cowl stars and the winner of the 2024 Men’s Royal Rumble match, Cody Rhodes.
The “American Nightmare” is a lifelong gamer and professed Zelda fanatic (enjoyable reality: throughout his early WWE run in ‘07-’08, his wrestling boots sported the Triforce emblem). So I made a decision to forgo any wrestling questions and spent the few valuable minutes I had with Cody getting his tackle Tears of the Kingdom, how Majora’s Mask stacks up in comparison with his favourite Zelda sport, Ocarina of Time and requested what sport he’s most trying ahead to enjoying in 2024.
Game Informer: I do know you are a giant Zelda fan, so I gotta ask: did you play Tears of the Kingdom, and if that’s the case, what do you assume?
Cody Rhodes: Yeah, I went proper by it. So I really feel like Breath of the Wild and Tears of Kingdom are one sport as a result of they’re so big. Like, you do not ever must play one other Zelda ever once more for those who’re enjoying Tears of the Kingdom. I imply, simply with the Depths, searching all of the rattling Lynels down, and the Lynels simply get more durable as I become older, which makes me really feel like I’m out of contact with gaming itself. But I actually preferred the story. We needed extra story with Breath of the Wild, we bought a few of that story with Ganondorf. But they did the precise factor when it comes to [realizing] “they still want more. Still want more.” And I simply assume we’re in a type of golden age of the video games that I grew up loving. Metal Gear Solid and Zelda, you are seeing remakes, you are seeing remasters, probably an animated or a live-action film. To me, I can not ask for a greater factor as a result of we gave all this vitality as followers to it, and it will possibly nonetheless proceed on, you already know?
GI: Yeah, for certain. I’m enjoying Majora’s Mask for the primary time for a video function for my web site. Is {that a} favourite of yours? I do know you are a giant Ocarina of Time fan, however the place do you land a Majora’s Mask?
Rhodes: So Majora’s Mask is a masterpiece. I get mad at it as a result of individuals attempt to say it is higher than Ocarina of Time. I really feel like they’re additionally one sport, however Majora’s Mask for what it did with the cycle, the three-day cycle, and issues altering with the night time and day, there’s nonetheless some video games on this period who don’t get that proper. Like, it had a Red Dead-level nuance to it for a Nintendo 64 sport. Love Majora’s Mask.
Myself and Cody (rocking a trademark costly go well with) grasp on the WWE 2K24 occasion. Side notice: his loafers had been unbelievable.
GI: I do not understand how a lot time you need to play video games now, however do you could have a sport that you are looking ahead to popping out this yr or something that you have not gotten to in your backlog?
Rhodes: I’ll bounce ahead and say 2K24 for certain as a result of I’ve solely gotten a little bit little bit of a style of it and have been amazed. But the large one for me is [Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater]. And then, hopefully, I ponder if we’ll get a Metal Gear Collection Volume 2 as a result of I do know lots of people need to see Metal Gear Solid 4 playable on fashionable consoles. So here is hoping.
WWE 2K24 launches on March 8 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
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