WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It | |
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Developer(s) | Yuke's |
Publisher(s) | |
Series | SmackDown! |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
Release date(s) | |
Genre(s) | Professional wrestling, Fighting |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Aggregate score | |
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Aggregator | Score |
Metacritic | 76/100 |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
AllGame | |
EGM | 7.67/10 |
Eurogamer | 7/10 |
Game Informer | 8/10 |
GamePro | |
Game Revolution | B+ |
GameSpot | 8.1/10 |
GameSpy | 85% |
GameZone | 8/10 |
IGN | 7.8/10 |
OPM (US) | |
BBC Sport | 87% |
Maxim | 8/10 |
WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It (Exciting Pro Wrestling 3 in Japan) is a professional wrestling video game released on the PlayStation 2 console by THQ and developed by Yuke's Future Media Creators. It was released in Europe on November 16, 2001, in the United States on November 18, 2001 and in Japan on January 24, 2002. The game is part of the WWF SmackDown! (later renamed WWE SmackDown vs. Raw, then WWE and now WWE 2K) series based on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) professional wrestling promotion. It is also the sequel to WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role and was succeeded by WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth. This was the first game in the series to be featured on the PlayStation 2. It is also the last game in the series named under the "WWF" banner.
This was the first game in the series to feature commentary, with Michael Cole and Tazz featured as the announcers. One improvement in this game is the appearance of six-man tag team matches, as well as six-man and eight-man battle royals (elimination matches; the latter appearing only in this game). Additionally, this was the first game of the series to give each wrestler two finishing moves, as well as the first to allow editing of the in-game wrestlers' move sets. Just Bring It was also the first game in the series to feature authentic, complete ring entrances. The game features several venues from 2000 and 2001, including the arena for Raw Is War and both the original and new arenas for SmackDown!.
Rather than the Season Modes presented in the previous SmackDown! games, Just Bring It has a Story Mode. The player is given more control over their wrestler's activities in Just Bring It's Story Mode, such as having the ability to choose which WWF title to go after. Throughout Story Mode, the player is able to attain unlockables, including additional superstars.