WWE Raw V.S. Smackdown!

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IGN now has a preview of the online mode.

[The Mandarin 0]

Ugh, why would they put online bra and panties mode in instead of working on making online tags available?

 

Oh well, single mode sounds fun. Smaffles is going to WRECK you all.

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Well, at least in the article it was noted that THQ is just "testing the waters" of online play this year and it will be a major focus next year. I still wish the wrestlers actually walked instead of shuffling around like old men. The Undertaker can't really be helped in that aspect though.

[Aero 0]

Well, only a single match and Bra & Panties of all gimmick matches is disappointing for online, but I don't mind it too much.

 

IGN also has RVD, Rico, and Batista up now. RVD at least has his "One of a Kind" theme this time, but oddly, Batista comes out to Evolution instead of his own. It was in HCTP, for sure. Licensing issues, perhaps?

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Odd that they'd have licensing issues [if that's the case] with a generic theme like Batista's. What ever happened to Jim Johnston - WWE/F's in-house music guy? Does he still work for them?

[Golgo 13 0]

He does, but not as extensively as before I don't think. Especially since WWE has moved toward more licensed music.

 

Anyway, I could've sworn it was said a few months ago by THQ that they had gotten all the rights and were using all of the wrestler's themes.

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Batista might be a space issue, where the figure they can get away with just using the Evolution theme. Keep in mind as well that if Batista used his own theme, no one would use the Evolution music at all in the game.

 

That's just a guess... maybe it is an issue (it could be production music).

 

Over on GamingRing, Mike Regan said he got an e-mail from THQ asking for input from the people. Feel free to give some if you wish

 

http://www.gamingring.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...t=000220#000000

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Batista might be a space issue, where the figure they can get away with just using the Evolution theme. Keep in mind as well that if Batista used his own theme, no one would use the Evolution music at all in the game.

They could have set it up so that Evolution would use it when any two of them had a tag match.

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Wow, such little activity in this thread, compared to last year's HCTP thread.

 

Anyway, I think that the ring entrances are coming out much better than last year's. Guys like Garrison Cade and Chuck Palumbo actually show some sort of character in this year's game like posing and such. Last year, I remember Sean O'Haire's entrance was about 20 seconds long and all he did was walk to the ring and stand there inside.

[Guest Real F'n Show]

Wow, such little activity in this thread, compared to last year's HCTP thread.

 

Anyway, I think that the ring entrances are coming out much better than last year's. Guys like Garrison Cade and Chuck Palumbo actually show some sort of character in this year's game like posing and such. Last year, I remember Sean O'Haire's entrance was about 20 seconds long and all he did was walk to the ring and stand there inside.

Wait hold on, Garrison Cade is in this game?!? Seriously, who decides who goes into this game? WWE or THQ/Yukes? I mean, who's actually gonna use Cade more than once or twice...

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I mean, who's actually gonna use Cade more than once or twice...

Garrison Cade might.

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I'll use Cade occasionally as a jobber to beat. And I can reinact Sunday Night Heat matches with him and Palumbo!

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So tomorrow is the supposed release date according to FYE.com and walmart...anyone else going to go look and see if they have it early?

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I doubt it. I haven't seen any news on any websites saying that this game has gone gold and or shipped.

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So tomorrow is the supposed release date according to FYE.com and walmart...anyone else going to go look and see if they have it early?

The date was pushed back a long time ago...it's just that some stores I guess...'haven't gotten the info'..So they're still saying the 16 or whatever. But the release date is the 2nd.

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I quit caring about this game when they took out the Tag Belts from Season mode. I can sort of understand the Cruiserweight Belt being taken out since the only one that would fight for it are Rey and Chavo.

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So tomorrow is the supposed release date according to FYE.com and walmart...anyone else going to go look and see if they have it early?

The date was pushed back a long time ago...it's just that some stores I guess...'haven't gotten the info'..So they're still saying the 16 or whatever. But the release date is the 2nd.

Oh, well I am willing to bet, someone posts that they have the game, like always. I guess I will have to wait a few more weeks.

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Every game shop I call here in Toronto tells me the 2nd of November.

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I quit caring about this game when they took out the Tag Belts from Season mode. I can sort of understand the Cruiserweight Belt being taken out since the only one that would fight for it are Rey and Chavo.

Yikes. I thought that was just a rumour.

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I quit caring about this game when they took out the Tag Belts from Season mode. I can sort of understand the Cruiserweight Belt being taken out since the only one that would fight for it are Rey and Chavo.

Ugh. Just when I thought the news about this game couldn't get worse...

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I quit caring about this game when they took out the Tag Belts from Season mode. I can sort of understand the Cruiserweight Belt being taken out since the only one that would fight for it are Rey and Chavo.

Yikes. I thought that was just a rumour.

Still is from what I gather. I haven't seen an official word on it either wal.

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Still is from what I gather. I haven't seen an official word on it either wal.

Hopefully it is just a rumor, since the Tag belts on both Smackdown and Raw are still active.

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I've just noticed that JBL is up over at IGN.com (and has been for a little while). Has anyone seen his entrance? Judging from the screenshots, there is no JBL limo in his entrance, thus killing 75% of the character off right there.

 

UYI

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I've just noticed that JBL is up over at IGN.com (and has been for a little while). Has anyone seen his entrance? Judging from the screenshots, there is no JBL limo in his entrance, thus killing 75% of the character off right there.

 

UYI

Not really...if you watch the entrance it is DEAD ON...and IMO...it might just be a little better then if they had had him come out in a limo. It's perfect...and it actually looks like him.

 

And the tag title thing is not a rumor, it was confirmed a while ago only the 'main titles' will be active in season. But..that doesn't really bother me, because I always hated them in HCTP anyways...for one, I never really went for them, and when I wasn't...it always ended up in the hands of Flair and HHH or like HBK and Kevin Nash..and it just annoyed me, because they were just 'there'.

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So the limo is out?

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Yes.

 

Only person that comes out in a vehicle...of course, is Eddie.

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I quit caring about this game when they took out the Tag Belts from Season mode. I can sort of understand the Cruiserweight Belt being taken out since the only one that would fight for it are Rey and Chavo.

Not a bad thing to me, since I hate tag matches.

 

Maybe that means less tag matches in story mode.

[Aero 0]

I think JBL's entrance is basically perfect. The limo would have been great to have, but I'm not overly disappointed. Dupree's entrance is up, also. Just like JBL's limo, it would've been great if he came down with Fifi, but he doesn't. At least he has his robe, though.

 

The Tag Titles not being in doesn't bother me. In Season in HCTP, they always just stayed with TWGTT, who fought Los Guerreros in a gimmick match at EVERY PPV, anyway. Unless you're being someone in an established team in Season, like Charlie Haas or Hawk, the titles usually only came into play when Jerry Lawler tries to team you with your arch rival, bringing on such hijinx as one partner eating all the pizza. Besides, if the tag belts are that important, you can probably create them easily in the Create-A-Belt feature. They'll only be defended in PPV Mode, though.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

Tag title storylines result in handicap matches that I can't stand. If you can break submissions this year, I imagine I'll hate regular tag matches too (I hate them in Day of Reckoning.. which I've now grown to hate.. thanks iron man match with Triple H!).

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And the tag title thing is not a rumor, it was confirmed a while ago only the 'main titles' will be active in season. But..that doesn't really bother me, because I always hated them in HCTP anyways...for one, I never really went for them, and when I wasn't...it always ended up in the hands of Flair and HHH or like HBK and Kevin Nash..and it just annoyed me, because they were just 'there'.

True enough. I rarely went for them, either, and when they did end up in the hands of two randomly paired main eventers, it just annoyed the crap out of me as well.