WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth

This follow-up to WWF SmackDown Just Bring It offers pro wrestling fans an opportunity to take part in the trials and tribulations of becoming a top-ranked superstar. In the new Season mode, Vince McMahon and Ric Flair have split wrestling into two competing factions, SmackDown and Raw, which has players drafting characters into one of two groups. Players become involved with the drama associated with the sport's new rivalries as they compete for one full year. Season mode consists of wrestling in a series of Pay-Per-View bouts while learning more about the ongoing storyline between matches and while earning and defending championship belts. Players can expect run-ins with opposing wrestlers in one of 17 backstage areas, each filled with interactive objects to smash into and weapons to pick up, since performances and popularity within the ring help shape the story beyond the mat. In addition to the Season mode, players will be able to choose from a lineup of over 55 wrestlers, featuring such notables as the Rock and Hollywood Hulk Hogan, new blood in Booker T, the Hurricane, and Lance Storm, as well as female wrestlers Jazz, Stacy Keibler, Lita, and a few other surprises. Players unhappy with the roster are free to design their own grappler, choosing from an exhaustive number of body parts, skin tones, hairstyles, and more to re-create pros from yesteryear, versions of celebrities, or even themselves if so desired. Each created wrestler can also be assigned specific move sets, entrance routines, one of 18 theme songs, and more. Over 100 match variants are possible from 23 main events, including Lumberjack, Cage, Table, Slobber Knocker, Ladder, Elimination, Royal Rumble, Tag Team, and others. Up to six players are supported using two PlayStation 2 Multitap Adapters. Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross provide the play-by-play and color commentary, respectively, during the onscreen action. By winning Pay-Per-View events during the Season mode, players can unlock multiple outfits for certain wrestlers, movies, additional move sets and body parts, and arenas, as well as special items. Weapons available backstage and in the arenas include garbage cans, fire extinguishers, chairs, cookie sheets, sledgehammers, shopping carts, and more. Among the featured locales outside the ring include a locker room, parking lot, Times Square, corridor, train station, and various other rooms and outdoor settings. All 17 Pay-Per-View events are available in the game, complete with JumboTron video screens, animated crowds, fan-created signs, and pyrotechnics.

MENU

D-Pad = highlight menu options
X Button = confirm selection
Triangle Button = previous menu

BASIC

D-Pad or Left Analog Stick = move superstar
Circle Button = irish whip
D-Pad (towards rope) + Circle Button = irish whip through rope, grapple attack
X Button = striking attack
Triangle Button = run, climb onto object
D-Pad + Triangle or Square Button = jump
L2 Button (while running) = escape roll
Square Button (while running) = duck
Square + X Buttons (while running toward ropes) = dive over or through ropes
Square Button = reverse striking attack
D-Pad + Square Button = reverse grapple attack
Square Button (while holding weapon) = throw weapon
L2 Button = primary taunt
D-Pad + L2 Button = secondary taunt
R1 Button = break up pin, pick up weapon, remove turnbuckle cover, climb down turnbuckle or cage, look for weapon at ringside
R2 Button = focus on different opponent
R2 Button (hold) = focus on nearest opponent
Start Button = pause

FINISHING MOVES

L1 Button = primary finishing move
D-Pad + L1 Button = secondary finishing move
L1 + L2 Buttons = opponent's finishing move
L1 Button (while holding weapon) = weapon finishing move

FACING OPPONENT

R1 + Circle Buttons = irish whip onto object
D-Pad + X Button = striking attack
Circle Button (twice) = fake irish whip to grapple
Circle + Square Buttons = fake irish whip to counter
Circle + X Buttons = fake irish whip to strike
D-Pad + Circle Button = grapple attacks

BEHIND OPPONENT

D-Pad + Circle Button = rear grapple attacks

OPPONENT ON MAT

D-Pad Down + Circle Button = pin opponent
D-Pad + Circle Button = upper and lower body grapple attacks
Circle Button (twice) = lift opponent facing back
X Button = striking attacks

ROPE AND TURNBUCKLE MOVES

D-Pad + Circle Button = rope attack, turnbuckle grapple moves

RUNNING MOVES

D-Pad + Circle Button = running grapple, counter running
D-Pad + X Button = running strike
Circle Button = counter running

HIGH-FLYING MOVES

D-Pad + X Button = diving attacks

LADDER MATCH MOVES

R1 Button = pick up ladder, stand ladder, climb down ladder, knock ladder over
D-Pad + R1 Button = place ladder in turnbuckle, climb ladder
X Button = diving attack from ladder
Circle Button = reach for belt from ladder
D-Pad + Circle Button = jump for belt on ladder

TABLE MATCH MOVES

R1 Button = pick up table, stand table
D-Pad + R1 Button = place table in turnbuckle
R1 + Circle Buttons = throw opponent onto table
Circle Button = grapple opponent through table
Triangle Button = climb onto table
X Button = dive from table attack
D-Pad = recover from grogginess

CAGE AND HELL IN THE CELL MATCH MOVES

D-Pad + R1 Button = climb cage, climb down
Triangle Button = climb cell
X Button = dive from cage attack
Circle Button = throw opponent into cage, throw opponent off cell
D-Pad + R1 Button or Circle Button = open cage door