Fresh off the heels of World Wrestling Entertainment’s Wrestlemania 23, held on pay-per-view in Detroit last night, THQ is rolling out its official announcement of the inevitable production of WWE Smackdown! Vs. Raw 2008.
Although THQ and WWE once again had some well-documented disputes, this time over territorial sales and licensing, it seems all is well as the companies are setting the stage to “deliver more depth and strategy with prominent new features, key annual enhancements and incredible graphics.” Most notably, however, is the extension to new hardware, as the title will debut on the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and the Playstation 3 along with the expected Xbox 360, Playstation 2 and PSP releases.
The release quotes Bob Aniello, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at THQ, as saying the title will also be developed for “wireless devices,” which indicates a mobile phone version of SvR 2008 will also see the light of day.
While details are at a minimum at this time, the release describes the bare bones of SvR 2008’s “Superstar Fighting Styles” and “Struggle Submission System features.” This year’s iteration will feature eight styles of fighting that each hold their own strategies and exclusive attributes and a new submission mechanic allows players to manually control the amount of pressure applied on submissions with analog control. While no specifics were detailed in the release, the Nintendo DS will feature the obligatory touch screen controls along with “situation-based fighting with unique holds and a full year of nonstop action in WWE season mode.”
Outside of the immediate game play, Extreme Championship Wrestling will be fully represented in 2008 and a “variety of Superstars, arenas and weapons” will be implemented into the title. THQ is also hearing what fans had to say about the previous effort and the title is being developed with “significant updates” including (obviously) new rosters, more environmental hotspots, a mode combining aspects of the series’ season and general manager modes, additions and improvements to the game’s out-of-ring action, enhanced online features and more.
The 2008 release will mark the second year in the series’ production with the same title being produced multi-platform as opposed to the company’s previous approach, releasing individual titles for each system. No release dates were announced in the release, but given the track record of Smackdown! Vs. Raw titles, the games should start hitting shelves sometime in November.
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— go to most recent comments1 - James
Please thq add new matches like:Inferno match,lumberjack match,last ride match,i quit match,and all of the matches until today pls.And U Could create your own weapon create your own match,own PPV,And on your entrance you should control you wrestler down the ramp Pls.Oh,and Mr.Mcmachon And Hornswoggle And all the GM's And Other Employees.Plus You Can Interfere In Others Matches.If These Ideas Aren't There I Won't Buy The Game!!!!!
2 - joshua11223
please add TNA supeastars like petey williams
3 - joshua11223
pease add to the move list is the move canaidon destyorer
4 - joshua11223
pease add jeff and matt hardey
5 - hio
wen is smackdown vs raw 2008 cuming out plz tell me
6 - siki the don
please multiple season mode
7 - Matt
basically u need to add everything that they have today includes season modes for certain people etc.... basically when u use weapons there need to be new moves like what kane did to shawn michaels and u need to have a season mode where u can go to different arenas like different wrestling companies and start something over there example: have kane go over to tna and face abyss or sting.
8 - ty
i heard its coming out in october!!!! this year and the roster so far is
Divas Diva legends
TRish stratus
Ashley
Candice
lashley
batista
chris benoit
chris masters
john cena
kane
rey mysterio
randy ortan
triple h
undertaker
9 - Ryan
please add ECW superstars
10 - claimonte
are you guys are going to have ecw in it
11 - Matt Paprocki
Maybe you should ask the developers. We're not making the game.
12 - joel
please add wwe legends macho man randy savage, own hart, the ultimate warrior,and jimmy superfly snuka.Add shane McMahon finishing move the coast-to-coas.improve the ladder match by adding the bigger ladder, improve the weapons under ring add tables, ladders, and thumbtacks.Make shawn michaels diving elbow drop move look like how he really does it, the same with macho man if you put him in the game.improve the hardcore match, the steel cage match, and improve randy orton's finishing move the R.K.O
13 - josh
THQ please add in ecw superstars Marcus Cor Von, sabu, and the others. Also add shane McMahon's finishing move the coast to coast put shane in the game too
14 - walter
THQ improve john cena's signature move the five knuckle shuffle it looks boring
15 - javier o
there gona add all tipes of maches
including casket macth its gona be out in november all the wrestlers smackdown vs raw vs ecw vs tna and the real season mode made our weapon everiting
16 - ivan
i will buy the game if you wana know [Personal contact info deleted]
17 - matt
please put sabu,sandman,balls mahony,rvd,tommy dreamer,marcos cor von,matt striker,c.m.punk,ehliga burke,kevin thorn,nunzio,snisky,little basterd,little boogyman,matt and jeff hardy,super crazy great khali,london and kendrick,duace and domino and cherry,and tna guys like abyss,christan cage,raven,sting,tomko,stiener,petey williams,shark boy,samoa joe,kurt angle,a.j.styles,jerry lynn,senshe,christofer daniels......
18 - Matt
hey if yall have some updated rosters for smackdown and raw and the superstars on ecw please tell me.
thanks:
Matt
19 - bailey mccomas
please put Jeff Hardy on the rosteror you lost buyer
20 - Joseph
Please add more weapons under the ring and put ecw and tna wrestlers in there,too
21 - trent
plz put ecw super stars like rvd cm punk sand man balls mahomy sabu kevin thorn burke and matt striker and make it that u controll ur player down the ramp
22 - nvp
plese put ecw on it
23 - nvp
put thumbtacks under the ring, and a table that you cam light a flame, make the rko BETTER
24 - go st george dragons
PUT ECW ON IT IF YOU DO THE GAME WILL BE THE BEST
25 - Andrew Thomas
This year make gm mode more realistic i.e. Watchable promos, Choice of number of matches and add ECW to the gm mode aswell as Smackdown and Raw