God, that would be amazing. Working your way up from Shawn's bodyguard, to having to negotiate with Hogan to start the nWo, a Fingerpoke of Doom minigame, etc.

Interesting.

Could be a good thing (new engine), lame thing (rebranding) or just "lol look new game with the concept of it being a new era but it's really just the same game with a new menu system".

Sports Entertainment: The Game

Or maybe they really are bringing out Kevin Nash 2012. LOL, that seriously sounds like something that would have been released for the SNES.

I want a Kevin Nash game in the Contra engine.

WWE: SVR 2012, featuring limited edition R-Truth edition with pre-order bonus of his new theme and titan tron

<font color=goldenrod>Doubt I'll buy it this year unless there's an overhaul.

That being said, they'll probably make some amazing changes to Universe mode and I'll buy it for that.</font>

Honestly, I'll probably buy it as long as they move forward. Meaning unless they gimp the system more, remove more moves, etc, I'll probably buy it.

Although Ireally hope they fix submissions and add more, add the pinning button option to top rope moves, and fix the movelists if they're going to stick with the chain and groggy grapple set up (because I hate the fact that so many peeps have the same chain grapple moves.)

I'm planning to have GameFly by then so I'll probably just rent and play the shit out of it and then return it.

You don't normally hear anything until at least E3.

I mean come on, the first 5.5 months has to be all the new voice recording, then .5 months on minor new gameplay features, then a good 4 months of promotion.

They might do an overhaul since people bitched about the graphics last year, despite it being the first fun Smackdown vs. Raw game in-ring wise.

I tend to skip Smackdown games every other year. If this year there is no major fucking changes I guess ill have to skip 2 years in a row. it seems to be the only way to enjoy WWE games.

I skipped for a couple of years, and got last year's version for Christmas. Gotta say, it got pretty boring realy quick. Unless they overhaul the game and completely reinvent it rather than making minor upgrades and roster additions while stamping a new year on the front, there's a good chance I will not be making a purchase.

Yeah, some serious new additions need to be made. New gameplay system is a must. Having played every single game..the gameplay is just so mundane and easy at this point. When I get a new game I just set it to legend difficulty right away. Road to Wrestlemania is an awful mode as well in my opinion. A season mode similar to Here Comes the Pain would be gold.

A real achievement (for THQ) would be going back to the drawing board and wiping the slate clean and building the best game in the series yet with this year's entry. Not gonna happen, obviously, but if it doesn't soon this series will eventually die off.

Also another tough one is going one year without blowing your quad. :lol:

Anyone know the sales figures for the SmackDown series? I'm interested to see if sales have dropped or if we're in a a "ain't broke, don't fix it" situation.

Anyone else think its time to retire the "Smackdown vs Raw" title? It's been going year after year since 2004 and in regular conversation it's confusing.

I have conversations with people saying "No Mercy was a great game." To which the other person will say "WWF Attitude was a good effort." Nowadays, I'll say something like "I loved Smackdown vs Raw 2006" to which the other person says "Which one was that?"

Anyone else agree?

You say the title and year and somebody would ask which one it is? Are there wrestling game fans who don't know what SvR refers to?

I agree about the title change but the reason was kinda silly.

Let me ask you this, without doing research on the internet, what were some similarities and differences between 2006 and 2007? Also, how was 2009 on an overall perspective?

Without doing any research:

2006 was the last game to emphasize the rivalry between Smackdown and Raw, the trailers and intro used Orton and Cena as the young figureheads for the war. 2006 Also had a bitchin story mode that elevated the series in that regard.

2007 introduced the interactive moves and had a demo showcasing this. It was the cross-platform iteration, I believe.

2009 was a personal fave of mine, and the last one I put serious time in. It enhanced a number of features of the series including create-a-move. It also had a pretty cool menu system. I see it as the first improvement on the series in a few years.

People can do this, and get really into details, with sports game iterations. I don't really see this as a challenge.

I said I agreed with the name change, what's the boggle?

Okay, apparently you know. There is no boggle.

What I'm saying is that I have to remind people of what was featured in 2006 or 2007 because the year is the only change in the title.....and some people need to be reminded. No Mercy was an awesome game. WWF Attitude was okay. WWF WarZone was decent at the time. Now let me talk about Smackdown vs Raw 2006 and compare that to Smackdown Vs Raw 2007. People have a natural reaction to go "....what was in 2006?"

Maybe it just annoys me.

Cool. No prob.

Cory ledesma i guess has been tweeting anagrams for the last 3 weeks . no idea what the first one was . the latest one translated to Advanced Tech Invades the Engine. heres the current anagram "A Heartbroken Pen Igniting".
Try and figure it out

Kalyx, unlike you, most people don't treat videogames like a religion, and indeed wouldn't be able to list the differences between the SvR games.

In a fit of cosmic irony, you people play games more than I do.

I can only get the words "Pin Engine" and I'm left with "A Heartbrok ting".

He never stated that you play more games, he stated that you treat them like a religion.

You act like being good at a fighting game requires years of hard work and dedication.

They have never fixed the damage system enough in SvR. You perform a finisher on someone and they stay down for a while, which works nicely, but if someone then kicks them on the ground, they immediately get up as if nothing happened.

Anyway, I played all the WWF games up until Shut Your Mouth, then missed HCTP and SVR as I stopped watching wrestling for a few years. I got back into it in 2006 and played SVR 2006-2011, buying each new edition on release day as my yearly ritual.

I hope a new title leads to a a fresh game engine, instead of an updated SVR 2011 under a new name.

First of all, it kinda does. Like anything and everything else. You don't wake up one morning and do a juggle into Ryu's ultra combo. Secondly, most of you guys would still be putting more "hard work and dedication" into it anyway - as I've not been playing videogames in general regularly, while they trucked along. That was my point: They play more games than I do.

I take core mechanics seriously, I admit. I'm a competitive gamer. I like getting good at something and challenging people, testing what I learned. You think that means nothing because it's a videogame? That's how you sound.

May I ask what I do that hints at me treating games like a religion?

Yeah that needs fixed badly, its the little flaws that bug me the most honestly.

<font color=goldenrod>God I hope they are changing the engine.</font>

Being able to list all the differences in the SvR games for one. You aren't even that big of a fan of those games. People who are, can't even rattle off what you did without googleing it.

Keep in mind, I never said all this was a bad thing. Lot of people treat sports like a religion. Who cares? It's your passion. Nothing wrong with that. Was just making the point that porksoda was correctfor for the most part, and that you are an exception to the rules.

Also, keep in mind, when I say "religion" I am being facetious.

I'm a sexy nerd.

From JR's Blog (via PWInsider): "Expect to hear a major announcement Tuesday from WWE/THQ. Arguably the biggest news to date from WWE on the video game front."

If that's true, it has to be an engine change or a philosophy change. Can't just be a name change.