WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It

Short description: 2001 professional wrestling video game

"Just Bring It" redirects here. For the Band-Maid album, see Just Bring It (album).

WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It

NTSC cover art featuring Spike Dudley, Kurt Angle, the Rock, and Triple H

Developer(s)| Yuke's
Publisher(s)|

* WW: THQ
* JP: Yuke's

Director(s)| Toshihiko Kitazawa
Taka Chihaya
Producer(s)| Norifumi Hara
Designer(s)| Toshihiko Kitazawa
Programmer(s)| Tokuichi Kitaguchi
Shintaro Matsubara
Artist(s)| Taka Chihaya
Composer(s)| Momo Michishita
Series| SmackDown!
Platform(s)| PlayStation 2
Release|

* EU: November 16, 2001
* NA: November 19, 2001[1]
* JP: January 24, 2002

Genre(s)| Sports
Mode(s)| Single-player, multiplayer

WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It, known in Japan as Exciting Pro Wrestling 3 (エキサイティングプロレス3, Ekisaitingu Puro Resu 3), is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's, and published by THQ for PlayStation 2, and was released in Europe on November 16, 2001, North America on November 19, 2001, and Japan on January 24, 2002. It is the third game in the WWF SmackDown! series, based on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF. now WWE) professional wrestling promotion, the sequel to Software:WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role, the first game in the series to be released on the PlayStation 2 console, and the last game in the series to be released under the "WWF" name and during the Attitude Era.[2]

The game was succeeded the following year by WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth, which was released in October 2002.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 1.1 Game modes
* 2 Release
* 3 Reception
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Gameplay

This was the first game in the SmackDown! series to feature play-by-play commentary, with Michael Cole and Taz featured as the announcers. One improvement in this game is the appearance of six-man tag team matches, as well as six-man and eight-man battle royals. This would be the only game in the series in which players were allowed to have eight players on the screen at once until the release of WWE 2K18. Additionally, this was the first game of the series to give each wrestler two different finishing moves, as well as the first game to allow editing of the in-game wrestlers' move sets. Just Bring It was also the first game in the series to feature authentic, complete ring entrances. The game features several venues from 2000 and 2001, including the arena for Raw Is War and both the original and new arenas for SmackDown! (Ovaltron, including the Sunday Night Heat version, and the Fist stages). However, all pay-per-view arenas (except for WrestleMania X-Seven and Insurrextion) utilize the same arena with different logos on the ring mat, with the arena being based on the design of WrestleMania 2000.

The game's roster was criticised at the time for being heavily outdated, as it was finalized very early in WWF's Invasion angle and prior to the emergence of several former ECW and WCW wrestlers. Whilst William Regal, Raven, Rhyno, Tajiri, Spike Dudley, Jerry Lynn and Molly Holly were all new additions to the game, several stars who had become more prominent on WWF television, such as Rob Van Dam, Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, the Hurricane, Lance Storm and Mike Awesome were not included, which was also reflected by the inclusion of Fully Loaded 2000 as one of the featured pay-per-view mats instead of Invasion. In addition to these, Limp Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst appears in the game as an agreement with the WWF and THQ which allowed their song "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" to be included as the Undertaker's then-theme music (it is one of his few game appearances, he also appears in WWF Raw for the Xbox). This is also the only WWF game in which Jerry Lynn appears, as he would be gone from the company within five months of its release. This is also the first WWF game to not feature Chyna due to her departure after Judgment Day months earlier.

A new gameplay addition is the reversal system. Just Bring It utilizes a counter-attack mechanic system that allows almost every move to be countered, as well as allowing some counter-attacks (such as punches) to be re-countered.[4]

### Game modes

Rather than the Season Modes presented in the previous SmackDown! games, Just Bring It instead has a Story Mode. The player is given more control over their wrestler's activities, such as having the ability to choose which WWF title to go after.[5] Throughout Story Mode, the player is able to attain unlockables, including additional superstars, arenas, and match types.[6]

## Release

The game ended up selling more than 400,000 units in North America, for which it was added to the Sony Greatest Hits collection for the PlayStation 2 in October 2002, and became THQ's second Greatest Hits game, only bested by Red Faction.[7] However, when the game was re-released, it was renamed to WWE SmackDown! Just Bring It because of the World Wrestling Federation's recently lost court battle with the World Wildlife Fund, following which the World Wrestling Federation was renamed to the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE),[8] although in-game branding was not changed.

## Reception

Reception

| Aggregate score

Aggregator| Score
Metacritic| 76/100[9]
Review scores
Publication| Score
AllGame| [10]
EGM| 7.67/10[11]
Eurogamer| 7/10[12]
Famitsu| 29/40[13]
Game Informer| 8/10[14]
GamePro| [15]
GameRevolution| B+[16]
GameSpot| 8.1/10[17]
GameSpy| 85%[18]
GameZone| 8/10[19]
IGN| 7.8/10[20]
OPM (US)| [21]
BBC Sport| 87%[22]
Maxim| 8/10[23]

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[9] However, the game's in-game commentary has been criticized for being disjointed and repetitive, with noticeable pauses when calling wrestler or move names.[12][20] Gary Whitta of Next Generation was positive to the game despite acknowledging its flaws.[24] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40.[13]

It received a "Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),[25] indicating sales of at least 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[26]

## See also

* List of licensed wrestling video games
* List of fighting games
* List of video games in the WWE 2K Games series

## References

1. ↑ "PR - 11/19/01 - THQ SHIPS WWF SMACKDOWN! JUST BRING IT FOR PLAYSTATION 2". August 14, 2002. http://www.thq.com/Corporate/PressReleases/press-369.asp.
2. ↑ IGN staff (April 26, 2001). "THQ Confirms SmackDown Name". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/04/26/thq-confirms-smackdown-name.
3. ↑ IGN staff (May 18, 2001). "E3 2001: WWF SmackDown! "Just Bring It!" First Impressions". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/05/18/e3-2001-wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it-first-impressions.
4. ↑ "Strategy - Guide for WWF SmackDown: Just Bring It! on PlayStation 2 (PS2) (24081)". http://www.cheatcodes.com/guide/strategy-wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it-ps2-24081/.
5. ↑ Fujita, Mark "Hopsing Lee" (December 31, 2001). "Guides: WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It! (Season)". https://www.ign.com/wikis/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it/Season.
6. ↑ Fujita, Mark "Hopsing Lee" (December 31, 2001). "Guides: WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It! (Secrets)". https://www.ign.com/wikis/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it/Secrets.
7. ↑ IGN staff (October 17, 2002). "SmackDown Makes Greatest Hits List". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/10/17/smackdown-makes-greatest-hits-list.
8. ↑ Perry, Douglass C. (May 6, 2002). "WWF Is Now WWE". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/05/06/wwf-is-now-wwe.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It for PlayStation 2 Reviews". CBS Interactive. https://www.metacritic.com/game/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2.
10. ↑ Racer, Scott. "WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It - Review". All Media Network. http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=32911&tab=review.
11. ↑ EGM staff (January 2002). "WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (150): 221.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Bramwell, Tom (December 15, 2001). "WWF Smackdown : Just Bring it! [sic"]. Gamer Network. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_wwfsmackdown_ps2.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "エキサイティングプロレス3 [PS2"] (in ja). Famitsu (Enterbrain). https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=9244&redirect=no. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
14. ↑ Leeper, Justin (December 2001). "WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (104): 90. http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200112/R03.0804.1640.29640.htm. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
15. ↑ The D-Pad Destroyer (November 26, 2001). "WWF SmackDown: Just Bring It Review for PS2 on GamePro.com". GamePro (IDG Entertainment). http://gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/reviews/18463.shtml. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
16. ↑ Nash, Joe (January 2002). "WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It! [sic Review"]. CraveOnline. https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/33543-wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it-review.
17. ↑ Villoria, Gerald (November 14, 2001). "WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It Review". https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it-review/1900-2824631/.
18. ↑ Fudge, James (December 11, 2001). "WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It". IGN Entertainment. http://www.planetps2.com/features/reviews/2001/smackdown/.
19. ↑ Valentino, Nick (December 11, 2001). "WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It Review - PlayStation 2". http://ps2.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18188.htm.
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Smith, David (November 19, 2001). "WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/11/20/wwf-smackdown-just-bring-it.
21. ↑ "WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Ziff Davis) (52): 142. January 2002.
22. ↑ Gibbon, David (January 22, 2002). "Let's play: WWF SmackDown! [Just Bring It"]. BBC. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/1689469.stm.
23. ↑ Boyce, Ryan (November 14, 2001). "WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It". Maxim (Biglari Holdings). http://www.maximonline.com/entertainment/reviews/review_games_1965.html. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
24. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `NGen`
25. ↑ "ELSPA Sales Awards: Platinum". Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association. http://www.elspa.com/?i=3944.
26. ↑ Caoili, Eric (November 26, 2008). "ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK". UBM plc. https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/112220/ELSPA_Wii_Fit_Mario_Kart_Reach_Diamond_Status_In_UK.php.

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* WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It at MobyGames

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