Bringin' You The Confirmed info On WWE Gaming. Stone Cold Style
Last Updated ; July
12,2003
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WWE Smackdown HCTP Confirmed
The New Game Features include:
New Grappling-Based System
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Four different types of grappling with corresponding move sets tailored to that specific grapple (power move set, submission move set, quick move set and signature move set) |
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Four available moves out of each grapple based on superstar's real life move sets |
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New two-button countering system |
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Ability to drag superstars around the mat before putting a move on them. |
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Deeper gameplay experience, more move sets and more strategy |
Differentiated Superstar Abilities
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Who you pick really matters...superstars will each have unique strengths and weaknesses based on speed, power, strength and technical abilities. |
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Weight detection...no more picking up Big Show with Spike Dudley! |
New Submission System Including Location Specific Damage
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Work your opponent's body parts to make him less powerful, more fatigued and in the end...make him submit. |
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New tug-of-war battling system interface. See your opponent desperately try to get to the ropes as you apply even more pressure. |
Animation Overhaul
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Feel the pain of each move. A new reaction system so your superstars really sell to the moves put on them. |
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See all the new moves available to your disposal to inflict pain on your opponent. |
Graphics so real you can touch them
A complete overhaul of the graphics engine. Each superstar will now look exactly like their real life counterpart.
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3D crowd. |
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Blood. |
Season Mode
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Build your superstar's attributes with five core strengths. |
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New original storyline. |
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New money earning system with a whole new shop zone filled with compelling unlockables. |
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Previously mentioned key problems with season mode addressed. |
Overall Presentation Refinements
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Redesign of sound, camera angles and special effects will put you right in the action with cinematic experience. |
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Superstar Voiceover. |
New Game Modes and Match Types
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Bra and Panty Match...a whole new experience. |
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The elimination chamber has arrived. |
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First Blood Match. |
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New fully interactive backstage environments take the action outside the ring to unparalleled situations. |
Updated Roster
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More than 60 superstars including all the top talent. |
For the first time ever in a WWE videogame...LEGENDS.
July 12, 2003 - It wouldn't take a rocket scientist to expect THQ to follow up its successful Smackdown sequel with a fifth installment. It is one of the best-selling franchises there are for both PlayStation and PlayStation 2 after all, and is considered by many to be the best wrestling game in the US for any platform. Despite that knowledge, however, confirmation of the next game in the series has been pretty much non-existent. Until now, that is.
Tentatively titled WWE Smackdown 5, the next version of Yukes' and THQ's wrestler was confirmed today by several THQ representatives. "It's coming out in fall 2003," said one representative. "We don't have an exact month yet, but definitely in the fall season."
As expected, details were sketchy, though THQ was able to confirm several of the game's forthcoming elements. Including the fact that several new wrestlers who have never been in a WWE game before will make appearances (including a huge international superstar) and that all previous game modes should return for the next iteration. Unfortunately, other particulars have yet to be revealed, and information pertaining to rosters, story mode, and other such things were not discussed.
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