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WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth

2002 professional wrestling video game

WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and published by THQ. The game was known as Exciting Pro Wrestling 4 in Japan. The Japanese version was published by Yuke's.

WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth
Developer(s)Yuke's
Publisher(s)THQ (WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth)
Yuke's (Exciting Pro Wrestling 4)
SeriesWWE 2K Edit this on Wikidata
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
Genre(s)Professional wrestling
Fighting
Mode(s)Single player
multiplayer

It was released on October 31, 2002 in North America,[1] November 15, 2002 in Europe[1] and on February 6, 2003 in Japan.[1] The game was the first under the WWE name and is the sequel to WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It. It was followed by WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain.

Reception

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Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic82/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
EGM7.33/10[3]
Eurogamer8/10[4]
Game Informer7.5/10[5]
GamePro     [6]
GameSpot8.9/10[7]
GameSpy     [8]
GameZone8.8/10[9]
IGN8.2/10[10]
OPM (US)     [11]
X-Play     [12]
BBC Sport87%[13]

IGN rated the game a 8.2 out of 10 and said "This is the first time there hasn't been an obvious, glaring problem with the series' gameplay, which is cause for some kind of celebration.”[14]

GameSpot gave the game a 8.9 out of 10 and stated "The gameplay still might be a little too fast-paced for some, but Shut Your Mouth tries to balance it with a more useful grappling, submission, and counter system."[15]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth: Release Data". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  2. ↑ "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic.
  3. ↑ EGM staff (January 2003). "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 162. p. 182. Archived from the original on 6 April 2004. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Bramwell, Tom (18 November 2002). "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth". Eurogamer.
  5. ↑ Leeper, Justin (December 2002). "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth". Game Informer. No. 116. p. 119. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. ↑ The D-Pad Destroyer (8 November 2002). "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth Review for PS2 on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on 12 January 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Varanini, Giancarlo (7 November 2002). "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Villoria, Gerald (10 December 2002). "GameSpy: SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth". GameSpy. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Romano, Natalie (3 December 2002). "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Smith, David (7 November 2002). "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth". IGN. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  11. ↑ Zuniga, Todd (January 2003). "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. p. 136. Archived from the original on 29 March 2004. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  12. ↑ Baldwin, Michael (11 November 2002). "'WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth' (PS2) Review". X-Play. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  13. ↑ Gibbon, David (21 November 2002). "Let's play: WWE SmackDown! [Shut Your Mouth]". BBC Sport.
  14. ↑ "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth Review". IGN. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  15. ↑ "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2013-12-05.


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