SmackDown Vs. Raw
 

Wait...is this about the whole series? because I'm ready to blow this place up with news about SVR:2007

I'll just put up my Champions list from 2K6 to entertain myself.

WHC: Booker T
WWE: Carlito
IC: Randy Orton
US: JBL (Support the true champion!!!111one!)
WWE/World Tag team: Colt Cabana and CM Punk
Cruiserweight: Chavo Guerrero

I don't bother with the other belts :P

Time to Blow it up!

WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2007 for the PS2,PSP,PS3 and Xbox 360(!!)

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Pic and Preview courtesy of IGN

Kurt Angle clotheslines John Cena over the guard railing and both wrestlers flip into the crowd. The Olympic champ is drenched in sweat, and when he stands up, someone from the crowd hands him a bottle. With the crack of glass, Cena is left sprawled on the concrete. That's when it happens. Kurt Angle rolls the WWE champ on a table and begins to climb the scaffolding near by. The camera pans back with a cinematic flair usually reserved for Monday nights on USA, then Angles takes the death defying leap, attempting a moonsault through the table.



If this was real life, you know Angle misses the moonsault (doesn't he almost always?). But this isn't real life. This is the first footage of WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2007 for the Xbox 360, and at first glance, it's the closest you can get to the men in tights without buying a front row ticket.

From the ab definition to the buildup of sweat throughout the match, the 20,000 polygon wrestlers show amazing details. Tattoos, shoes, even facial expressions from fear and shock to the look of pain after getting beat over the head with fluorescent lightbulbs…it's all in the game, presented, at least in the demonstration, sans HUD (think Fight Night 360).

But the improvements to the series aren't merely cosmetic. Using a new analog grappling system (featuring both quick and strong grapples), users will be able to control when and where to pickup opponents, then what to do with them once they're hoisted into the air. For example: If Cena decides to pick Angle up in a vertical suplex, simply flick up on the right analog stick. From here, Angle is in a bad way, completely upside down and completely at Cena's mercy. Hold up on the right analog stick and you can keep Angle in the air. While he's vertical, Cena can choose to taunt the crowd or his opponent, even walk to the ropes in order to setup a more vicious superplex. In fact, there are over 40 interactive moves like this where gamers will be in full control of when and how to slam their opponent. Think about rotating the stick for an airplane spin, and you get the idea of the fun that could be had.

Gamers will also be able to put in work outside the ring as there will be 20 hot spots of interactivity including everything from the ring post to the steel cage to the guard rails. This enables you to decide how many times you want to consecutively pound your opponent's head into the post, or what direction you wish to rake his face along the cage in order to bust them open.

When you throw opponents into the crowd, you'll see popcorn flying as fans try to pat their favorite superstars on the back or hand them a weapon like an umbrella, fire extinguisher, or crutches. There is also backstage environments you'll be able to interact with, including speaker systems you can whip opponents into as you watch the sparks fly from an electrifying electrocution.

All of this action is running at a smooth 60 frames per second, and we were able to see everything from the intros (the crowd here cheers Cena) to the crowd interaction. There are over 1,000 fully 3D people in the audience, and they pretty much act like a hot crowd from Raw, jumping up and down, holding up signs, and trying to get as close as possible to these superheroes of the mat.

During the presentation, representatives from THQ also promised things like updated rosters, legends, online play with voice chat, a Create Superstar mode with over 250 customizable parts, along with enhanced versions of season and GM modes. None of this, however, was actually shown on screen.

What we did see was some extremely impressive visuals and the kind of action wrestling fans have grown to love from the Smackdown series.

Forget Edge/Foley, if you're looking for someone who stole the show Wrestlemania weekend, look no further than THQ.

The video they posted looked great. I hope we can add our own music to the XBox360 version for Create a Wrestlers.

My Champions in 2006:

World: Rey (I have the difficulty on Legend, he won it in a 3 way ladder match between Eddie Guerrero, and Randy Orton. I was Orton)
WWE Title: Edge. and he's held it in my game since January, he's like unstopable in my hands.
IC Title: Paul London
US Title: Tommy Dreamer
Hardcore Tommy Dreamer
Cruiserweight Alex Shelly

There's no doubt you'll be allowed to add your own music files.

Oh I hope so, Colt Cabana can't come out to Static X Anymore!!

SVR2K6 had a terrible soundtrack :(

Good thing I already have a ROH/TNA mix-cd with practically everyone's theme.

and it works on my 360 so I'm good if that feature is in. (Joe needs the Godzilla intro or it just doesn't work!)

Someone sent me a bunch of unreleased ECW songs that Harry Slash did, I'm dying to put them in the game. I'll make Rick Rude come out to his ECW theme, and Tajiri out to his ECW theme, and Dreamer out to his Harry Slash theme (The Man in the box rip off).

And RVD Can come out to "Walk" By pantera.

Hell yeah.

Hells yeah.

Indeed. A blemish on the otherwise perfect complexion of the game.

Indeed....Good choice...I think


Now, onto the subject of new wrestlers, Who do you guys want to see make their video game debut in this game?


I really wanna see Finlay or Kennedy.

I'll have to second that.

I also hope they allow some sort of Hair Editing...I need to create a up to date Alex Shelley with the streak.

Oh and I forgot....Stryker needs THE SPIRIT SQUAD!

and my new obsession....Mickie James *Drools*

Hair has sort of gone downhill and fluxated from there since #2, I wanna say. Back then you could peice together your hair bit by bit. Now they just have set models. So yeah, that is one other thing they can definately improve upon.

World- Hulk Hogan
(my bro plays the Hogans, this champ is not Hollywood or Hollywood Hulk)

Personally, I think the whole idea behind 3 different of the
same character is stupid, it's like the makers just forgot all about
alternate costumes except for the wrestlers who dont need them...

WWE- Chris Benoit
US- Stone Cold Steve Austin
IC- Shawn Michaels
Cruiserweight- Rey Mysterio

(All these titles were earned through Legend difficulty,
and every match that was fought was a spectacular one...)