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WWF SmackDown! | |
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Developer(s) | Yuke's |
Publisher(s) | |
Director(s) | Toshihiko Kitazawa |
Designer(s) | Toshihiko Kitazawa Daisuke Doi Osamu Hashimoto |
Artist(s) | Taku Chihaya |
Composer(s) | Masafumi Ogata Kei Morioka Rei Shimizu |
Series | SmackDown! |
Platform(s) | PlayStation |
Release | |
Genre(s) | Sports |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
WWF SmackDown!, known in Japan as Exciting Pro Wrestling (エキサイティングプロレス, Ekisaitingu Puro Resu), is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's and released for the PlayStation by THQ. It is based on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and is named after the company's weekly SmackDown! television program. Originally released on March 2, 2000,[2] the game received a direct sequel released several months later, entitled WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role.
The first WWF game on the PlayStation to be published by THQ, SmackDown! marked the start of a long running series of WWE video games from THQ, then continued by 2K Sports and rebranded as WWE 2K. The game was also re-released under the Greatest Hits budget range.