Blast has learned that THQ will announce brand new details regarding this year’s edition of their perennial Smackdown VS Raw series as part of this weekend’s Wrestlemania festivities in Orlando, Fla.
Like last year’s title, 2009 will be available on most platforms, including Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, PSP and DS, each with more than its fair share of new features and content.
Heavily touted for this year’s PS3 and Xbox 360 edition is the new focus on tag teams. Players will now be able to team up in the new “Road to Wrestlemania” career mode — a first for the series and wrestling games in general. New tag-centric finishers, momentum systems and storylines have all been teased.
Also announced is the new create-a-finisher mode. Long on the “wanted” list for years, the new mode will allow players to choose between more than 500 animations to create their dream finishing move.
Expected to tie in to this mode is the newly announced downloadable content, another first for the series.
Smackdown VS Raw 2009 will be the series second go-round on the Wii, and this year THQ plans to learn from last year’s lowly rated game and take full advantage of the systems capabilities. Promising more match types and the debut of online play, the Wii will feature a slimmed-down version of the aforementioned “Road to Wrestlemania” mode along with exclusive features including interactive entrances and victory celebrations.
Gamers looking to take their grappling skills on the road will be proud to know that the series will be returning to the PSP and Nintendo DS. The same team behind last year’s Dragon Quest Heroes is developing the DS version: Rocket Slime and is said to feature a RPG like season mode, and feature a new create-a-wrestler mode.
“The ambitious cross-platform launch of WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 last year yielded tremendous growth for the franchise, as we delivered multiple gameplay experiences across seven platforms and greatly expanded our audience of WWE videogame fans,” said Bob Aniello, senior vice president for worldwide marketing at THQ in a report by IGN. “With dynamic new features and the extension of our gameplay experience through downloadable content, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 will bring more console, handheld and wireless gamers together to enjoy the virtual world of WWE.”
WWE fans can expect all of their favorite grapplers, from HHH and John Cena to Chris Jericho and Batista to be included as well as the now standard WWE legends. Stay with Blast until the game’s release this fall for continued coverage!
On Nov. 14 .2008 I will get svr 2009 and when I do Randy Orton will never see the wwe championship again Y2J and john Cena will destroy Orton. Y2J will put Orton’s lights out. So Orton be ready. and also can you tell me if Big Show will be on 2009..
Personally I cannot wait until the game comes out, but what I hope is there is a major diffrence the the energy of the fight
orton will remain my champion he the best
dose the SD v.s raw have 2 player online mode were like two ppl from the same syatem can go online together