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WWE Smackdown! (formerly WWF Smackdown!) is a series of professional wrestling video games for Sony PlayStation and PlayStation 2. The name comes from World Wrestling Entertainment's weekly Thursday night wrestling showcase. There have been five installments released, two for PSOne, and three for PS2, as well as a sixth installment to be released in the fourth quarter of 2004. They are published by THQ and Designed by Yuke's 1 WWF Smackdown!
The first installment of the game was released in the United States February 29, 2000 for PlayStation. Later, on August 3, 2000, it was released in Japan as Exciting Pro Wrestling. In Europe, it was released March 9, 2001.
2 WWF Smackdown! 2: Know Your Role
The second installment was released in the U.S. on November 19, 2000, and later in Japan, as Exciting Pro Wrestling 2, on January 25, 2001.
3 WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It
The first American wrestling release for PlayStation 2 was Just Bring It, on November 18, 2001. This game is widely perceived by the gaming community as a blunder, due to its large use of Memory Card space, and its horrible Season Mode, which was repetitive and short. It came out January 24January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 341 days remaining (342 in leap years). Events 41 Claudius is appointed Emperor of Rome after his nephew, Caligula, is assassinated. 1458 Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hunga, 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom in Japan, as Exciting Pro Wrestling 3.
4 WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth
The fourth installment of Smackdown! was the first released after the WWF changed their name to World Wrestling Entertainment, hence the WWE. It came out on HalloweenHalloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, usually by children dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting candy. It is celebrated in much of the Western world, though most commonly in the United States, Ireland and Canada., October 31October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. Events 475 Romulus Augustus was proclaimed Roman Emperor. 1517 Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Wi, 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom in the States, November 15, 2002 in Europe, and February 6, 2003 in Japan, as Exciting Pro Wrestling 4.
5 WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain
The fifth installment, considered by some gamers as the best American-produced wrestling game of all time, and others consider it the best wrestling game, period. It was released October 27, 2003 Stateside, November 7, 2003 in Europe, and January 29, 2004 in Japan, as Exciting Pro Wrestling 5. On some Internet message boards, gamers complained about a "grinding noise" that occurred during play of the game, which eventually led to scratching of other game disks, and eventually, forcible replacement, or repair of the PlayStation 2.
