[Official] WWE Smackdown VS RAW 2008 Information Thread

[Wayne]

Okay, well I've done some research on the game that will be released in November the 9th of this year, and I have found some good information regarding the game. I've seen threads about it being on multiple consoles, but this thread I have made is for information, screen shots, features, roster etc. Feel free to add to this list with all information etc you find out as I would like this thread to be an official WWE Smackdown VS RAW 2008 thread.

Features:
• WWE 24/7 Mode was announced, which will combine Season and General Manager mode elements. It's not 100% known at this time if both GM Mode and Season mode have been removed, but it seems to be that way. The theme of the mode is that you're a WWE superstar who wants to become a WWE Legend. As opposed to winning a match at WrestleMania, your goal will now be to become a WWE Legend. In order to do that, you will have to complete a long list of objectives. A created wrestler will take longer to get to "Legend" status as opposed to someone who's already an accomplished superstar like Undertaker. You will start out on RAW or SmackDown! and you can switch shows throughout your time in the mode. There will also be specific created superstar paths.

• The mode that will have players training their characters, coping with injuries and managing their brand. "This year it's all about being a legend."

• There will be multiple character development options, stat tracking and career goals will guide players to the ultimate achievement of becoming a WWE Legend.

• New storylines, cut scenes, and story branching immerses the player into the WWE world.

• An improved interface and load times guide the player through multiple years of WWE programming.

• There will be 8 "Superstar Fighting Styles" which differentiate superstars from each other. These styles offer specific strategies and abilities that other wrestlers won't have. Styles work in different ways, so it's up to you to learn how to use it for each match type. Each superstar has a primary style and a secondary style. You will only have a special move for your primary style. You will be able to apply Fighting Styles to created superstars and the in-game wrestlers. However, there will be limits depending on weight classes. For instance, Kane can't be a high flyer.

Brawler: Will be proficient in striking with special moves related to striking.
Dirty: Proficient in dirty tactics such as hiding behind the referee, shoving the referee into their opponent, and use of the "con-chair-to." If you hide behind the referee, you are invincible.
Hardcore: They will have special abilities with weapons and will be proficient in no-dq matches. Also, they will be able to use the environment in ways others can't.
High Flyer: Will have more aerial moves than other styles. They will be able to launch themselves over the ropes and other areas, unlike other styles. Four confirmed High Flyer attacks include a Corkscrew Plancha to the outside, an Asai Moonsault to the outside, the West Coast Pop Springboard Hurricanrana, and Sabu's Springboard Side Kick.
Powerhouse: If a powerhouse stores a special, they'll be able to use it to kick out of any pin. Also, they will be able to use the ring as a weapon (slamming into corners, powerbomb on steps).
Showman: A cocky and arrogant wrestler, they taunt and get the crowd into it. They will lower their foes momentum (think HBK, Orton, and even Undertaker.)
Submission Artist: Will be proficient in holds and have special abilities related to that.
Technician: Technicians will be proficient in reversals and technique. They will be able to reverse moves others can't.

• The "Struggle Submission System" gives users analog grappling control and the ability to adjust how much pressure their holds have. The "motion blending" system works the same for both offense and for defense. Players will add pressure on the analog stick to add pressure on the move. The system is described as a "cat and mouse game". The person getting the move done to can leave his or her stick alone and offer no resistance to the hold, or work it to one side and try to power out of the lock. The system adds strategy and will go back and forth.

• The DS version will have touch screen control and will be different than "traditional wrestling games".

• ECW superstars, arenas, and weapons will be included. ECW will have exclusive match types and weapons.

• There will be three announce teams. (Probably J.R. & King on RAW, Joey Styles & Tazz on ECW, and JBL & Michael Cole on SmackDown!).

Nintendo DS Info:
• Will have touch-screen-based moves.
• Is being developed by Amaze.
• Will have more than 80 holds.
• Will have a complete Season Mode with multiple storylines.
• Will feature 20 grapplers from RAW, SmackDown!, and ECW.

Nintendo Wii Info:
In addition to intuitive motion-based controls, THQ hopes to make the game accessible to the broadest number of users possible with faster, more arcade-like gameplay, and less emphasis on simulation-style elements (for example, there will be no stamina meter). But that's not to say the game won't have a deep feature set. Building upon previous versions of SmackDown vs. Raw, the Wii version will include eight different fighting styles: Technical, Submission Artist, Showman, Powerhouse, High Flyer, Hardcore, Dirty, and Brawler. The fighting styles won't only allow the wrestlers to behave more like their real-life counterparts, but will give them unique special moves available only to their style. Powerhouses, for example, can mightily kick out of any pin if they have a finishing move stored in reserve, and Dirty wrestlers can push the referee at opponents.

On Wii, you can actually make a punching motion with the Wii remote to punch, a lifting motion to lift an opponent up by the throat, and then a downward movement to chokeslam him to the mat. A demonstrator even mimicked DX's infamous crotch-chop with the nunchuk and remote to make his character, Triple H, perform the taunt in-game.

[Neversoft]

Hmm, sounds pretty cool. Wonder what it'll be like on the Wii though. I can't help thinking it would be difficult to control.

[Wayne]

Hmm, sounds pretty cool. Wonder what it'll be like on the Wii though. I can't help thinking it would be difficult to control.

Yeah, I was thinking of buying it for the Wii, but I'm not sure. I saw a video of some kids playing it on the Wii and all they're doing is trying to grapple each other. :rolleyes:
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzlhrJlsiSI

[Neversoft]

Yeah, I was thinking of buying it for the Wii, but I'm not sure. I saw a video of some kids playing it on the Wii and all they're doing is trying to grapple each other. :rolleyes:
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzlhrJlsiSI

Looks like it'll wear you out more than Wii Sports does. That was uploaded in march though, they've probably improved the game alot since then. We'll just have to wait and see, but I'll be buying it.

[Wayne]

Looks like it'll wear you out more than Wii Sports does. That was uploaded in march though, they've probably improved the game alot since then. We'll just have to wait and see, but I'll be buying it.

Yeah. I will buy it but I dunno which platform for. I don't have much room to play it on my Wii as my room is really small and I imagine it to be more complex on the Wii as oppose to the PS2 for example. I'm getting it for PS2 for the meantime.

[Frodo13.]

I don't watch wrestling at all anymore, but the games are just great. This will defo be on my Xmas list [PS3]

[You]

Good thread Wayne, thanks for finding the info!

[Wayne]

No problem, glad you found it handy. As I said, I'll try and keep the thread updated with the upcoming game info.

[You]

No problem, glad you found it handy. As I said, I'll try and keep the thread updated with the upcoming game info.

Hopefully they will add the normal season mode back into the game and i most definitely hope they don't change the controls, again.

[Wayne]

Hopefully they will add the normal season mode back into the game and i most definitely hope they don't change the controls, again.

Lmao, yeah. I hated the new control system so I changed it in options to controls D type so they were simple and like the other Smackdown games.

Edit:
Expected Roster so far:

Male Wrestlers
Batista
Bobby Lashley
Chavo Guerrero
Chris Benoit
Chris Masters
Edge
Elijah Burke
Jeff Hardy
John Cena
Kane
Marcus Cor Von
Ric Flair
Rey Mysterio
Randy Orton
Shawn Michaels
Snitsky
Triple H
Umaga
Undertaker

Divas
Ashley Massaro

Commentators
Joey Styles (ECW)
Tazz (ECW)