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Posted: November 14th, 2001.
DELIVERING ATTITUDE TO YOUR PS2
Attitude! It’s what the World Wrestling Federation (WWF(r)) is all about. Soget ready for another shot of kicking butt and asking questions later, as WWFSMACKDOWN! JUST BRING IT brings the full force of sports entertainment ontothe PS2. After setting the standard on the original Sony console, THQ areabout hit the PS2 with the latest instalment of their incredible WWF SMACKDOWN!series, JUST BRING IT, on 16th November.
WWF SMACKDOWN! JUST BRING IT brings you right up to ringside, capturing allthe passion and excitement that is sports entertainment. With 35 of yourfavourite Superstars, looking even better than ever, expansive arenas with fullyanimated audiences, it’s just like you’re there yourself. Should your fracasspill out into the crowd, they’ll even move out of your way and cheer you on.And with Michael Cole and Tazz providing a unique full voice colour commentaryfor the most immersive wrestling experience to date, it’ll sound like you’rethere too!
It doesn’t stop with great graphics and sound. The name of the game here isOPTIONS, baby! Single manager-less matches in WWF New York to nine-wrestlerBattle Royales. Six-man Hell in a Cell feuds to handicap TLC battles. Youname the match, it’s here; with an incredible 78 different possible matchcombinations. Plus, you may want to think twice about hitting the referees,because they’re interactive now! Knock him about and you may be the victim ofa slow count when you’re trying for a pin! Or worse, find yourself a loserafter a vengeful 1-second three-count when you’re going for a belt! Choose orcreate a wrestler, select CREATE A STORY mode, and take them through theentire WWFE event schedule. From random appearances on HEAT and RAW, work yourway up through the monthly Pay-Per-View events, till you accomplish your dreamof headlining a WRESTLEMANIA! Live the life of a Superstar by building upyour alliances and friendships in and out of the ring. The choices you makewill affect your career; remember that Superstars you help out on your travelsmight well return the favour in times of trouble and people never forget astitch-up job.
But if you feel that none of the roster can really cut the mustard, you’re inluck because WWF SMACKDOWN! JBI also has the most impressive CREATE A SUPERSTARmode yet seen. Create your own Superstar, right down to the size of his biceps,the entrance walk and tattoo colouration. Create completely from scratch, with30 layers of clothing and extras; hair length, style, and colour, eye widthapart, cheekbones, eyebrows, teeth, sunglasses, shoes, g-strings, noses, necksetc, it’s all here. Wanna give him the strength and size of The Big Show, butwith the highflying style of Lita and the hardcore moves of Steve Blackman? Goright ahead, the only limits are your imagination! Forget those Stunners, Elbowsand Mounsaults, invent your own with a frame-by-frame motion and move editingstudio!
WWF SMACKDOWN! JUST BRING IT the closest most of us will ever get to walkingdown the ramp and hearing 50,000 people chant our names. You’ve either gotattitude or you don’t. WWF SMACKDOWN! JBI has it in spades, so in the wordsof The Great One, “DON’T SING IT…JUST BRING IT!”
WWF SMACKDOWN! JBI is released on November 16th and will be available at£44.99 from all major games retailers.
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2001.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.