WWE SmackDown! (series of video game)

This article treats series of Video game SmackDown! , for the show of Wrestling to see WWE SmackDown!

WWE SmackDown! (in the past WWF SmackDown! ) is a series of video games of Catch left by THQ. The opus holds its name of the televised show of the World Wrestling Entertainment of the same name being held Friday evening (before Thursday evening) (see WWE Friday Night SmackDown!. The play is developed by the dévloppeurs Japan are born from YUKE' S Future Media Creators, who before carried out the famous series of play of Japanese wrestling of the Toukon Retsuden . In Japan, the series is entitled Exciting Pro Wrestling . The WWE affirms to have sold more than 26 million plays since the beginning of the opus.

After SmackDown! vs. RAW , the play left its original format enough arcade to become more one realistic simulation. With this change, the following play was called SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006 , thus making like other plays of sport such as for example the series of the FIFA Football .

Origin

Three of the plays hold their names of slogans of The Rock. Here Comes The Pain was named after the slogan of Tazz in reference to Brock Lesnar. After Young stag Comes The Bread , these slogans were abandoned.

WWF SmackDown!

See also: WWF SmackDown!

The first version of the series left on PlayStation (PS1) in North America the February 29th 2000 and in Europe the March 9th 2000. It was left to the Japan under the name Exciting Pro Wrestling the August 3rd 2000. This play was the first of the WWF on PlayStation to being left by THQ, which had adapted recently the licenses for plays WWF. Speed, and the style arcade of the Gameplay were largements different from preceding plays WWF. The play included/understood also the first season mode in a play WWF, in which the player could take part in Storyline S of the WWF.

WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role

See also: WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role

The second version of the series left on PS1 to North America the November 19th 2000, and later in Japan, under the name Exciting Pro Wrestling 2 , the January 25th 2001. The play is generally regarded by the fans as superior with his predecessors, with his roster vast all-in wrestlers, the cloakrooms, matches, and the improved season mode. However, this play was criticized to have a time of loading much longer than the first play SmackDown.

WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It

See also: WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It

The third opus left on PS2 on November 18th, 2001. It was the first play of American wrestling left on PlayStation 2 (PS2). It holds also the distinction to be the first play SmackDown! to include/understand the authentic entries on the boxing ring of the all-in wrestlers and the first to allow the player to move towards the decorations of the arena. The black spots of this play are the broad use of the space of the memory card, its season mode, which was criticized to be short and repetitive, the general lack of improvement in the gameplay, the comments poor and inatentionellement hilarious, and the FIAT that the roster did not include any member of Alliance WCW/ECW of the storyline of the Invasion, which was a source of consternation. It ets however, valid to note that it is the only play in the Smackdown series to allow matches by team 8 all-in wrestlers in the boxing ring. It left on January 24th, 2002 to Japan under the name Exciting Pro Wrestling 3. All the new copies of the play from now on are entitled " WWE" SmackDown! Just Bring It.

WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth

See also: WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth

The fourth opus of the SmackDown! was the first with being left on PS2 after World Wrestling Federation (WWF) changed its name into World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It ets left with the the United States the day Halloween the October 31st 2002, the November 15th 2002 to Europe, and February 6th 2003 in Japan, under the name Exciting Pro Wrestling 4 . The play included/understood a roster widens stars of the WWE, including Hulk Hogan, a season mode improved which included storylines implying the NWo and a broad variety of things to be freed. To also note the musics of the play, of which those with licenses for certain all-in wrestlers, are present; " Voodoo Child (Slight Return) " by Jimi Hendrix (topic of Hollywood Hulk Hogan) and " Also sprach Zarathustra " (topic of Ric Sense of smell). The Rock is reproduced on the cover of the play.

WWE SmackDown! Young stag Comes The Bread

See also: WWE SmackDown! Young stag Comes The Bread

The fifth opus of the series is considered by certain fans as being one of the best plays of produced American wrestling, and by other like the best play of wrestling of all times. It left on PS2 the October 27th 2003 to North America, the November 7th 2003 to Europe, and January 29th 2004 in Japan under the name Exciting Pro Wrestling 5 . The play introduced a more traditional system of catch while keeping the rather fast gameplay play.

SmackDown! vs. RAW

WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW

See also: WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW

The sixth opus of the series is SmackDown! vs. RAW . This version counts many innovations, a " mode; To create PPV" , a " mode; To create a ceinture" , the " Carpark Batch Brawl" and the possibility of playing on Internet that much felt that it missed in Here Comes the Pain and a roster largely smaller and disappointing all-in wrestlers who are only 45. However, the current lack of superstars is countered by the presence of many legends, including Mankind, The Rock and Bret Hart. This edition of the frankness was generally classified like a " play of transition" for the series, considering which it offers little innovation. The play left on PS2 the November 9th 2004.

WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006

See also: WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006

The seventh opus of the series brought back a more realistic approach to the gameplay. The innovations included a bar of " momentum" , of the interactive combat in slides, the control of the " stamina" (energy) and a General mode Manager, and like for the very first time Buried Alive match. In North America, the play left on PS2 the November 15th 2005 and left on PSP the December 5th 2005.

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007

See also: WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007

The eighth version of the series is the first in the frankness " SmackDown! " with being included on Xbox 360 in addition to the PS2 and PSP. An edition on PlayStation 3 (PS3) was envisaged but was finally cancelled. Innovations in the play included a new environment of more interactive combat, the brawls in the public, the combinations of catches for a strong impact, and a new control system poru to carry out the catches ave the joystick. The Money in the Bank ladder match was also finally added. In North America, the play left on all the consoles the November 14th 2006.

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008

See also: WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008

IGN posted phtos and vidéos of WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 , and for the moment, the playable superstars which were confirmed are Bobby Lashley, Triple H, Undertaker, Kane, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Chris Masters, Jeff Hardy, and John Cena (with others). It will be also the first play of the WWE C to leave on PlayStation 3 just like Nintendo DS and Wii as it was deferred on WWE.com. It will be also on Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, just like the Téléphones portable. It will be the first edition to include/understand the news ECW.

Rosters

Since Young stag Comes The Bread , each play in the SmackDown series! included legends to be freed. The legends comprisent are old glories of the WWE like André the Giant, Bret Hart and Ted DiBiase or of the old characters of current all-in wrestlers like The Undertaker of the Nineties and the masked Kane.

Only five playable characters made party of each play in the series by including SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 : Kane, Triple H, The Undertaker, The Rock'n'roll, and Edge. Although The Rock was in all the plays of the series, it was included like a legend with its character of the Nineties rather than its current form in the sixth and seventh opus, however in the eighth opus it is with the character of 2002. The Big Show was not sélectionnable in Know Your Role , but was in the play and playable via a GameShark. Vince McMahon also appeared in each play, however he was not an all-in wrestler sélectionnable since Here Comes The Pain , but Vince can be freed in SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006 and SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 with the use of codes.

Fred Durst is only the Célébrité with being playable in one of the plays. He was a secret character in Just Bring It , and Raw for the Xbox .

References

  • Dunham, Jeremy (2005). " SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006: World Premiere". July 4th, 2005.
  • Dunham, Jeremy (2005). " SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006: PSP Revealed". July 20th, 2005.
  • WWE Corporate: Licensing. October 13rd, 2006.
  • IGN information on SmackDown! vs Raw 2008

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