WWF SmackDown!

WWF SmackDown!
Developer(s)Yuke's
Publisher(s)THQ (WWF SmackDown!)
Yuke's (Exciting Pro Wrestling)
SeriesWWE 2K Edit this on Wikidata
Platform(s)PlayStation
Release
Genre(s)Professional wrestling
Fighting
Mode(s)Single player
multiplayer

WWF SmackDown! is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and published by THQ. The game was known as Exciting Pro Wrestling in Japan. The Japanese version was published by Yuke's Future Media Creators. It is named after the television show of the same name produced by the World Wrestling Federation.

It was released on March 2, 2000, in North America,[1] April 2000 in Europe[1] and on August 8, 2000, in Japan.[1] The game was the first game in the WWF SmackDown! video game series. It was the first WWF game on the PlayStation to be published by THQ who took over from the previous publisher Acclaim Entertainment. It was followed by WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
GameRankings87%[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame3.5/5 stars[3]
EGM8.75/10[4][a]
Eurogamer9/10[6]
Famitsu27/40[7]
Game Informer9/10[8]
GameFan90%[9]
GameRevolutionA−[10]
GameSpot8.7/10[11]
IGN8.8/10[12]
Next Generation4/5 stars[13]
OPM (US)4.5/5 stars[14]

IGN rated the game a 8.8 out of 10 and said "It gives some to the N64 WrestleMania game's tighter controls and crisper animation, but SmackDown is no slouch in either department, and it even bests WrestleMania in graphics and features.”[15]

GameSpot gave the game a 8.7 out of 10 and stated "The little things that debut in SmackDown, such as a never-ending season mode and inklings of a plot, really make the game feel fresh and new."[16]

Notes

  1. ↑ Two critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 9/10, and two others gave it each a score of 8.5/10.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "WWF SmackDown!: Release Data". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  2. ↑ "WWF Smackdown! for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Ottoson, Joe. "WWF SmackDown! - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Hsu, Dan "Shoe"; Hager, Dean; Boyer, Crispin; Smith, Shawn (April 2000). "WWF SmackDown!" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 129. Ziff Davis. p. 166. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Grant, Jules (31 March 2000). "WWF Smackdown [sic]". The Electric Playground. Greedy Productions Ltd. Archived from the original on 21 July 2002. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Ellis, Keith "DNM" (24 April 2000). "WWF Smackdown". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 7 January 2001. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "エキサイティングプロレス". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  8. ↑ McNamara, Andy; Fitzloff, Jay; Reiner, Andrew (April 2000). "WWF Smackdown". Game Informer. No. 84. FuncoLand. Archived from the original on 21 October 2000. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Mears, Rick (2 March 2000). "REVIEW for WWF Smackdown". GameFan. Shinno Media. Archived from the original on 6 June 2000. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Dodson, Joe (March 2000). "WWF Smackdown Review". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  11. ↑ Gerstmann, Jeff (2 March 2000). "WWF SmackDown! Review". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on 4 December 2004. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  12. ↑ Cite error: The named reference IGN was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  13. ↑ Erickson, Daniel (May 2000). "WWF Smackdown [sic]". NextGen. No. 65. Imagine Media. p. 101. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  14. ↑ Rybicki, Joe (April 2000). "WWF SmackDown!". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Vol. 3, no. 7. Ziff Davis. p. 89. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  15. ↑ "WWF Smackdown Review". IGN. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  16. ↑ "WWF SmackDown! Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2013-12-05.