HBK tapping to the STFU was the signal for THQ to roll out the release.
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.…
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— go to most recent comments76 - ringmaker
I think that if the game had more things for caws like 100 outfits to choose from the game would be so awesome.Also if in the game all the superstars had differnt season modes,but Matt and Jeff's could be centered around each others.
77 - ringman
It would be cool if you could put your on music on the game so your superstar can enter with it instead of someone elses.
78 - punk diva
More clothes,games,and superstars please.
79 - taylor
I think the extreme rules match should be in the game.
80 - william
please put 8 man money in the bank matches in and when u r climbing the ladder it should be tap any button repeatedly and add jeff hardy and everyone in ecw and tna
81 - william
please put the ecw world title in 2008
82 - Mike
You people are...retarted.
83 - Kane
Don't put any TNA people on it. WWE and TNA are two separate federations, so no TNA people.
Leave JBL out as a wrestler, because he retired. And you should try and get commentary by JBL, like he does on SmackDown!, and I think you should definitely add Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy.
WWE 24/7 Mode
I didn't read the review above to see if it said anything about the "new" General Manager mode/Season mode, but it's said and done that it's going to be "WWE 24/7 Mode", so instead of going about winning matches and obtaining titles, you'll need to complete a list of objectives to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Individual Fighting Styles
It's also said that each WWE Superstar will have two different fighting styles each out of eight. - Powerhouse (think of Triple H and Batista), Submission Artist (think of the likes of Kurt Angle, etc.), High-Flyer (think of Little 619!), Technical (Chris Benoit, etc.), Dirty (such as Ric Flair), Brawler (on the lines of Stone Cold Steve Austin), Hardcore (think of Kane, Mick Foley and Snitsky), and a rather unique style, Showman. Think on the lines of Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels. "Showman" is a type of style that you use to thusly drain your opponents momentum with taunts and such; a very cocky type of style. So let's say you wanna play as Ric Flair. His two possible styles would be Submission Artist, and Dirty. The Undertaker would probably have Powerhouse and either Showman or Technical.
I think THQ should add a ninth style, Old School...
The Wii Version
It's said also that the Wii version of WWE: SVR08' will use the Remote and Nunchuck's motion sensing capabilities to use certain moves, for instant punches and back chops would be performed by slashing the Wii Remote in different directions, and if you want to perform such moves as a Powerbomb, you would be required to make the motions of that move, as to lift the opponent by pulling the Wii remote up and then thrusting it down to slam the opponent onto the canvas.
So far, the officially announced roster is:
Batista
Chris Benoit
John Cena
Marcus Cor Von
Edge
Ric Flair
Chavo Guerrero
Kane
Bobby Lashley
Chris Masters
Shawn Michaels
Rey Mysterio
Randy Orton
Snitsky
Triple H
Umaga
The Undertaker
I think they should also add, for ECW Extremists:
Kevin Thorn (most definitely)
Sabu
Tommy Dreamer
The Sandman
Rob Van Dam
Elijah Burke
Balls Mahoney
CM Punk
Hardcore Holly
(That's all I can think of, lol)
For WWE Divas:
Victoria
Mickie James
Ashley
Torrie Wilson
Melina
Layla
Jillian Hall
Candice Michelle
Cherry
Ariel
Maria
Queen Sharmell
For Legends
Most definitely Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock.
Mick Foley/Mankind
Bret Hart
Hulk Hogan
Jerry "The King" Lawler
Eddie Guerrero
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper
Lita
Trish Stratus
Shane McMahon
Vince McMahon
Sensational Sherri?
Otherwise, not too big on legends.
For Superstars
King Booker
Johnny Nitro
Carlito
Mr. Kennedy
Jeff Hardy
Matt Hardy
The Great Khali
The Boogeyman
Finlay
Gregory Helms
Jimmy Wang Yang
Shad
JTG (Cryme Tyme)
Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP)
Deuce
Domino (If you can't add them, add their "OOOH!!" taunt, XD)
Kenny Dykstra
Eugene
Shelton Benjamin
Charlie Haas (World's Greatest Tag Team FTW!)
Paul London
Brian Kendrick
The Miz
Scotty 2 Hotty
"The Reject" Shannon Moore
I think you should add a couple new match types:
Inferno Match
Last Ride Match
...That's about it. XD
There's not much else I suppose THQ should add.. except maybe a Canadian Destroyer move. That'd be cool.
Enhancements
One of the workers on WWE: SVR08' stated THQ is going to completely remake the animations. They said they're going to give the fans what they want and try to make the game as friggin' real as possible, and that is pwness. XD They said they're going to make the game nice and smooth, make it as if it would be in real life. Let's say you're playing as Kane, you'll move much differently and relatively slower than say, Rey Mysterio. As if you were actually Kane. Rey on the other hand, would really manuever himself around the ring as if he would in real life. They're changing the run and walk graphics, to make a nice smooth connection to it, and they're completely changing moves to make it so the moves aren't off-center, etc. They're completely changing everything. Just look on IGN.com, they had an interview with the guy. Cory Ledesma.
Additional Info
If you check out www.CAWS.ws, they have some info on WWE: SmackDown! Vs. RAW 2008. It's said to be for all seventh generation consoles. It will infact be for the Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PS2, PSP, and the Nintendo DS. The release date is sometime in October, of this year. I really, really encourage you check out ww.CAWS.ws, as it has screenshots of how just amazing the graphics are, it also has a couple videos of the game and teasers of some of the NEW features of the game. Some being you will be able to shove the ref at a player, and use refs as a shield, practically. You will also be able to re-enact Rated-RKO's gimmick, of placing a wrestlers head between two chairs and being able to collide them together. The site even has the interview with Cory Ledesma from IGN.com. They're also completely fixing the artificially intelligence for computer opponents, and there will be a big change in Tag Team AI.
84 - zack
yuo need to add more better moves and make the moves look more real
85 - Ivan
THQ you guys should add more weapons under the ring like ladders,trash cans,and other kinds of weapons and one more thing you should add Jeff Hardy .
86 - Jeff Hardy
Please put Jeff Hardy in the game.
87 - Jeff
Please.please put these Divas
Melina
Torrie Wilson
Candice Michelle
Mickie James
Victoria
Michelle McCool
Queen Sharmel
Kelly kelly
Layla
Ashley
Maria
Areil
Trinity
Brook
Unlockables!!
Trish Stratus
Lita
Exreme expose
beauty Contest
I would love if u put these things on smackdown V.s Raw 2008
It will be the best if u do.....!!!! lolz
88 - Jeff
Raw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Melina
Torrie Wilson
Victoria
Candice michelle
Mickie James
Maria
Smackdown!!!!!
Kristal
Jillian Hall
Ashley
Cherry
Queen Sharmel
Michelle McCool
Unlockables!!!!!
Trish stratus
Lita
Kelly Kelly
Layla
brook
Exreme expose show
Beauty Contest
Diva matches!!!!!
Bra & panties match
Playboy Pillow Fight Match
lumberjill Match
All diva battle Royal match
fatal four way Bra & panties match
If ya'll put all of these things,The game will so
cool,that everybody gonna wanna Buy Wwe SmackDown v.s Raw................PLUSE with Update wwe roster & ECW roster......the game will be so great
It will be out of this world....!!!
89 - Ev
You Know What Would Be Really cool??
being able to make yu superstar's finishers by combining moves & stuff. also, having your superstars gettin debut matches in season mode & please let the girls do season mode too!!
90 - Ev
please put chyna in it. and plz put paul london & Brian Kendrick in it
91 - Ev
and eddie guerrero
92 - chubaka
put test he was good in the game
93 - Batista
Please put more superstars on a roster in GM mode.and also make it that you can use other GM's superstars for PPV's from raw,smackdown and ecw.
94 - traykill
all the real stuff ever people and ever thing
95 - James Humble
Plz add jeff hardy and mat hardy cos they are the best tag team and also put the two different kinds of undertaker the deadman and the american bad ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also plz put the ECW orignals and the only thing i want on the new game is the ECW CHAMPIONSHIP BELT PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
96 - stephan
make the stuff look real this time on the moves.
97 - Fred
Please have a better worlds strongest slam, Pinning Batista Bomb and non-pin, MVP entrance, AND PLEASE BE ABLE TO UNLOCK A SLECTION OF MASKS FOR REY MYSTERIO
98 - Fred
I recommend a little mini game for grabing weapons from under the ring please include these weapons:
TABLE
LADDER 10FT
LADDER 16FT
LADDER 20FT
CHAIR
CAN AND LID
THUMB TACS
HAMMER
BARBED WIRE BOADS
AND MORE
99 - Fred
Sabu triple jump leg drop and Arianbian Facebuster
100 - Bradley
More 619 variations for mysterio
101 - bam
i want there to be a longer story mode and more superstars including ecw i want evrey superstar to have there on story mode and make it long.
102 - bam
and make evry superstar have more then one ring clothes
103 - james
Look there not going to put TNA superstars in a WWE game there rival shows !
104 - The One
please add have jeff hardy
105 - connor
i wouid like you to add all the wrestlers in raw,smackdown,ecw,tna and more wepons,matches and arenas.please im only 10 years old and im a realy ,realy like wwe.
106 - connor
please add security to come out and attack superstars and when there is an enerference during a math you couid go after them back stage and when you go after them other superstars will attack you it will only work on shawn michels,john cena,johnny nitro and all the smackdown wrestlers im only 6 ys.old please pick this one and numbers 105 and 104 PLEASE.
107 - connor
PLEASE PUT NUMBER 32 IN THE GAME
108 - connor
PICK NUMBER 1 PLEASE IM ONLY 5.
109 - darrin
Have a little scroll bar pop up once u get the weapons from under the ring. and make vunce mcmahon bald, Have burning tables and more
110 - Sidney
please please add lots of divas!!! PLEASE HAVE TRISH AND LITA!!!! and kelly brooke and layla for extreme expose and have victoria mickie ashley candice melina maria and lots of other divas PLEASE!!!! and bra and panties matches and pillow fights and diva battle royals! THANK YOU
111 - Sidney
PLEASE LET THERE BE DIVA SEASON MODE!!!!
112 - BAM
BAM
113 - josh
U should really have inferno and last ride matches. i mean u could have a little meter like the burried alive matches and you no the rest. also have create a ring and have that italin guy who beat umaga. i think it's santino maralloe or something. plz have multiple picks for all superstars wrestling gear. i really want to wrestle with rey in his pink suit. rey mysterio is my fave. listen to me. plz.
114 - Matt Hardy
If the superstars could change outfits,like john cena could wear his live fast fight hard shirt and change into his hustle,loyalty,and respect shirt.Also like when the other superstars change clothes Matt Hardy can change from his green camo pants to his pink camo pants.Mickie james should wear pants like at backlash.Candice Michelle should wear the outfit she beat Melina in.Melina should wear the cheetah outfit she wore once.Ashley should wear her wrestlemania outfit.Jillian Hall should wear the pants outfit that she wore to beat beat Michelle McCool.Michelle McCool should wear the outfit she wore to beat Jillian Hall. Maria should wear one of the outfits she once wrestled in.Torrie Wilson should wear what dhe wore in the Timbaland's vidio with the leg pants things she usually wears in the ring.Extreme Expose should wear what they wore when they danced to shes my cherry pie.Lita should be in the game with her hair in the mohawk sort of thing she wore once and some of her punk clothes.Trish should be in the game wearing on her last match.Crystal should wear whatever she wore before.There should be a diva season mode.The divas should be able to compete in more matches.Pease put one nights stand were every match is under extreme rules,and divas should be able to fight in the street fights,hardcore,10 man tag team,8 man tag team,ladder,tlc,tables,extreme rules.THe game should have hair vs hair,lumberjack,lumberjill,bra and panties,fullfill your fantasy,playboy pillow fight,falls count anywhere,street fight,and,2 out of 3 match.I think divas should be able to win hardcore and intercontinental titles.The ECW world heaveywieght championship should be in the game.I think if you have more than one title you should be able to bring them all to the ring with you like John Cena did when he held both WWE champion and one half of the world tag team champions title belt.There should also be diva battle royals.Every superstars should have there own season mode but tag teams should be centered around each other.
115 - darrin
Have an barbed wire match, I quit match take off all of those mankinds you only need 1 of them that should be mick foley. And if the wrestlers get hurt during the match have paramedics come out and take them away and you will win the match automaticlly. Put more thn 2 tables in the ring at a time you should be able to have as much as u want.PLZ!
116 - Mickie James
Last ride match and Inferno match,Santino Marella,create a arena,more caw space like 30,more stuff for created superstars,like choose if you want to carry something to the ring and add it to create a entrance.It would be cool if we got to choose our own music foe the game for create an entrance,I would choose for my caws entrance music either black parade,girlfriend,iron man,say it right,london bridge,bueatiful lie,or a something by pink.
117 - Amy Dumas
Please put Lita in the game.
118 - micheal
Put Matt and Jeff Hardy in the game.Put Lita in the game.Put Trish in the game.Put Santino Marella in the game.
119 - Candice
Lita and Trish need to be in the game.We need a lot more finishers and move sets in create a move set,also a superstar should have more than 2 finishers.My created superstar's finishers will be Extreme Twist of Fate,Diving Leg Drop,shooting star press,figure 4 necklock,Widow maker,Moonsault.
120 - samer
please put brian mvp paul just put everything in it like in real life
121 - Kane
Ok, it's me, back again. OK!
FOR ALL YOU JEFF HARDY FANS AND DIVA FANS!!
Elijah Burke, Ashley Massaro (or just Ashley) and Jeff Hardy have been added to the official roster of WWE SmackDown! Vs. RAW 2008!
Also, please everyone stop asking THQ to add TNA wrestlers. They're separate brands, different federations, and it's not likely to happen.
And now, please everyone stop whining about Jeff Hardy. All your Jeffy wishes have come true and he'll be in SVR08.
122 - Kane
Also, might I add that Tazz and Joey Styles are going to be the official voice overs for the ECW brand in WWE SmackDown! Vs. RAW 2008.
123 - Kane
I keep forgetting things.
It's also to my knowledge that Andre The Giant will be an unlockable legend in SVR08.
124 - darrin
Add the ECW one night stan arena and the regular arna. Have the sandman come down from the audiance at the top PLZ. Have shawn Micheals in his wrestlemania 23 suit and you can change into his raw suit. Have the Wrestlemania 2000 arena. have them bleed more than just their body. Have them bleed in the chest whan the get hit with a barbed wire bat. In story mode have them open up raw when the camras are going all over the place. When theirs a match have it like raw and smackdown whichever brand you pick. Put a WCW arena with unlockable guys like, Rey Mysterio, breat hart, and many more. When you're walking backstage after the match you should be able to go to your locker room andtalk to other people back there. Have hulk hogan in his summerslam suit, and the rock in his smackdown one. put these following weapons in the game.
BArbbed wire bat
125 - darrin
put another attire for the undertaker(2002) Have snitsty bald and put these following weapons on the game I tried to finish it earlier.
Barbbed wire bat
Thumb tacs: and you can spill them out with the R3 button
Tool box: and a scroll bar comes up when you get like a screw driver, wrench, wire cutter,and a hammer
steel chair
sluge hammer
ladder(30 ft and the regular kind)
tables
fire ex.
GM desk in locker room
both parts of the steps
weapons from the crowd at ECW
I can't think of anymore if somone else can PLZ add on from were i left off
You should be able to go backstage and fight for as long as you want. you should be able to upgrade the wwe superstars Attributes not just CAWs I hate that. don't put the same locker room as on 2007 because those are boring. Go acually in the crowd not were it's all empty that get's boring after a while. When they acually get hurt they stay down for a long time make the great Khali allot stronger than what he is now. use the T.V. monaters as a weapon and HAVE THE ANOUNCERS TALK MORE ABOUT THE MATCH THAN THEMSELVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have vince McMahon come out on RAW and talk for about 10 minutes and he talks to diffrent people and put on Kiss My ass club and in 24/7 mode if you want to be Vince and if you win against like Willam regal, Shawn michales, Bobby Lashley, Mardy Janedy, Put MVP on the game he could have been on 2007 but it was pretty late in the year so put him on this year. One last thing put flaming tables like you could pour oil on it and take a matchbox from under the ring and throw it on the table.