The Game of the Moment: SMACKdown! Shut Your Mouth. Only on Playstation 2 is 
the next generation of wrestling games. 
Wrestlers: The updated roster has upped the count to at least 40-50 wrestlers 
including Stone Cold and Brock Lesnar, just about everyone that the WWE can 
squeeze out. Each wrestler comes with their own personalities with detailed 
faces, tattoo's, you name it, it's in there. Each wrestler has the usual 
gorgeous entrance complete with lighting, announcing, and pyros *if any*. 
Also included is the special aftermath of the matches where certain triggers 
on the controller can be pressed to either have the opponent attacked or do 
you own exit entrance. Plus even the create a wrestler mode has of course 
been updated and probably the best the business has ever seen. And If there 
is a wrester on the roster that you want to create example: Rey Mysterio do 
what I did was created him all of his things are there including his jumping 
entrance.
Season/ Gameplay *Matches*:As the past Smackdowns! Have shown  large amount 
of specialty matches to keep you going until the next game. This version just 
adds a little more gas to the already big enough flame. Including the 
unforgiving *no pun intended* Hell in A. Cell, which has been made to its 
correct real life counterpart in the WWE where you can re-create the most 
infamous matches ever
*Example:Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels*  As for the controller is still the 
same basis as the other games no big difference. The season mode has been 
greatly improved over last years JBI its expand you and your character over a 
2 year span from Backlash 2002-Wrestlemania 2004. The replication of the 
arena's are beautiful looking compared to the past and the fun part is some 
of the settings are interactive as well. You interact with various people 
back stage as well. Background objects are far more interactive, too, so you 
can throw some loser in a dumpster, set off the fire alarms, and if your 
crazy just pull some crazy hardcore stunts. Going after the belt isn't an 
easy task, you gotta work your way from the bottom up as the jobber *unless 
your The Undertaker hehe*.  
Sounds: The commentary in SYM has not vastly improved over JBI, but the sense 
from THQ had made the comments less where there was once a continual stream 
of nonsense spewed forth from the mouths of Tazz and Michael Cole, there's 
now the odd bit of color from JR or Jerry Lawler. The comments are just an 
addition to the action in the last game, but the presence of some silence 
during matches is a good thing not a bad thing. The wrestlers remain silent 
except some voice clips of Austin, Rock or even the Book, but at least the 
ring announcements are now authentic ("Now entering the ring," , etc.). 

My Review: Despite the already dead engine which has been on since day one, 
the game itself should keep most wrestling fans quiet to occupy their time, 
and the season mode is a nice addition to give the single player enough to 
talk about despite some lagging loading time don't complain. The animation is 
great, but will eventually need to be overhauled into a new formula. The 
grappling system remains the same, the various wrestling matches are endless, 
and the CAW is at the top notch level. But all you hardcore SMACKdown fans 
this game is quite possibly the best in the series don't knock it until you 
try it. 
SMACKdown! meter: 4 smacks out of 5
 
                   -J-