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WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2009

Game » consists of 16 releases. First released on Nov 09, 2008

WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2009 continues with its annual edition of the popular wrestling game with its tenth game. The 2009 edition puts additional focus on tag team wrestling, including a co-operative story mode.

News on this game?

#1 Posted by claysol13 (65 posts) - 4 years, 10 months ago

Do we have any news?  I'm trying to populate this section because I have a feeling this will be the game to finally break out of their stale franchise.

#2 Posted by MattyFTM (13867 posts) - 4 years, 10 months ago

It was at E3. Jeff saw it. He talked about it briefly in the last E3 bombcast.

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#3 Posted by MattyFTM (13867 posts) - 4 years, 10 months ago

It was at E3. Jeff saw it. He talked about it briefly in the last E3 bombcast.

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#4 Posted by TheGamerGeek (2485 posts) - 4 years, 10 months ago

All I know is the Tag Team will be better and the new inferno match looks kina un-interesting.

#5 Posted by RockyLV (5 posts) - 4 years, 10 months ago

What makes you think that this game is going to be the ground-breaker?

#6 Posted by FourSerioux (20 posts) - 4 years, 10 months ago

I don't know why you would think this game would break the series out of any ground.  The controls have remained sub par for a long long time, and it's not setting out to do anything new there.  Really, every fan of wrestling games has been SCREAMING for a grappling system that follows the N64 models from No Mercy, Wrestlemania 2K, and WCW/NWO Revenge.  People have been saying, pretty much ever since No Mercy, that that is the model wrestling games should follow.  It made for a more methodic wrestling game, it wasn't necessarily a spastic pace but that was just fine, and it allowed for a huge move set.

TNA Impact is said to be on a control scheme more similar to No Mercy and those styles, so that's one to watch.  Unfortunately its limited roster and lack of modes will more than likely hold it back.  I don't watch any wrestling anymore really, I fell out of that after the late 90's early 2000's when the WWE hit like a 6-8 year stride of quality characters and stories.  That being said I still am craving another great wrestling game that can live up to the quality and longevity of No Mercy which just had everything down pat.

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