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WWF SmackDown! (known as Exciting Pro Wrestling in Japan) is a professional wrestling video game released on the PlayStation console in March 2nd, 2000 by THQ and developed by Yuke's. It is the very first game of Yuke's work with the WWE series up until WWE 2K19.

Why it Rocks

 * 1) It has the awesome gameplay that set stone for the series. Focusing on fast-paced and simple controls, ditching out the Mortal Kombat-esque button combinations of Acclaim's WWF War Zone and Attitude for any of the moves before.
 * 2) It has a good number of wrestlers here like Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Mankind, Undertaker and Triple H.
 * 3) Good soundtrack
 * 4) A huge variety of match types to participate on
 * 5) You can create your own PPVs with Create-A-PPV mode.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some of the finisher animations are terrible. The most suspected is the Stone Cold Steve Austin's Stunner animation, which was based on the Rock's overselling of the Stunner.
 * 2) The CAW system is very limited unlike the later games. Only to use the parts of the existing wrestlers
 * 3) Unlike the later games, there are no unlockable playable wrestlers. Instead there are unlockable CAW parts of the existing wrestlers that you have to create (i.e Steven Richards, Lisa "Ivory" Moretti, Viscera and more)
 * 4) Season Mode made no sense whatsover.
 * 5) No commentary unlike the previous WWF Acclaim titles.