The Best Wrestling Game Ever Made? Nostalgia Reliving: SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth for the PS2

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Жыл бұрын

A look back at the 2nd SmackDown! game for the Playstation 2 that looked to fix the errors of its predecessor. We'll be taking a deep look at its features and modes while enjoying the substantial upgrade in graphical fidelity.
Did you play this game way back? And how did you like it compared to the other entries in the series?
Let me know what you think in the comments below and thanks for stopping by!

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@WideOldDan 6 ай бұрын

RVD is always the most fun to play with in these games. The ones with clean and dirty tactics made him OP AF.

@Ofx_LoGic 6 ай бұрын

I’ve said this for years shut your mouth is a master piece the best game in the series, but most people have here comes the pain rated higher which is crazy to me

@VanHellingtonStudios 6 ай бұрын

It's probably their first wwe game, which would explain a lot. Both are amazing though, just wished SYM got more love and recognition

@zitofan4life 5 ай бұрын

Back when Dwayne actually looked like a human being…

@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you mentioned the hulk Hogan model in this game. That is by far the most accurate Hogan model we ever got in any game! Also Ric Flair's model is outstanding! I don't know how they were able to do that on PlayStation 2 hardware and essentially make any other models for these two superstars and any future wrestling games obsolete. But they did.

@booboo4ever24 9 ай бұрын

I just seen the Hollywood Hogan model in 2k23, it's horrible

@Tafeafc 3 ай бұрын

@@booboo4ever24 And again in 2k24, horrible.

@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this Жыл бұрын

SmackDown shut your mouth is definitely the best in the series. Here comes the pain can be a close second. The amount of love ,care and attention that went into this game is outstanding. Especially when you watch the end credits for the game. All of the developer footage that they included and the hilarious scenarios they put together was phenomenal. No other smackdown game ever got in credits as entertaining as the ones included in show your mouth. This game truly felt different and doesn't compare to any other in the series.

@VanHellingtonStudios Жыл бұрын

I'll post the credits in a seperate video, but yeah that one was amazing. I was so hoping they'd do it again in HCTP, but alas, it was not to be

@KerryPoindexterJr-ir7mx Ай бұрын

Sym it was indeed the goat. Tho there was no blood. The insane attention to detail. Y'all said it and hctp they look over polished I guess you can say east the one I have does. Maybe it could be the copy I have lmao. What game let's you climb on a chair or fist an yeet your self or others off. I find that shit to be funny. IDK y but I laugh every time. The thing that sucks bout it is. No SCOTT HALL. Tho you can make him the nwo not the same. Speaking of nwo the story was just superb. No career season mode offered that. Maybe no mercy was the one that had the original branching story but sym redefined it in many ways.

@skipchip8315 Жыл бұрын

Awesome content. Can’t believe these videos don’t get more attention. Keep it up!!

@VanHellingtonStudios Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Appreciate it!

@RiasatSalminSami Жыл бұрын

Graphics looked better than HCTP. The textures in HCTP were very low res and blurry. The lighting in SYM also made the game look realistic compared to most other games. The wrestlers just look real. Even the wrestler models look more accurate than current games. And those hairs look more realistic than the current ps4 and ps5 gen WWE games as well even though the hair is just a simple texture here. It's because of the way the hair strand are textures and lit, they look more real compared to current games. But the biggest sin of the current games are the hairlines and hair densite. The hairline looks thick and dense like those of toys and dolls, real hair does not look like that. Also the gameplay, albeit missing grapling lock from hctp was still fluid and responsive compared to current games and as a result, feels more fun to play.

@VanHellingtonStudios Жыл бұрын

Agree with everything. Eddie's model looked amazing. Those facepictures had a great effect. Not all though, but most of them. HCTP was very stylized and had a completely different aesthetic. Both looked great though. And both are still more fun than the recent titles🤷🏻‍♂️

@supervillain2482 Жыл бұрын

The roster alone makes it memorable! I remember getting this game and at the time was no longer following wrestling and by playing through story mode seeing the draft and scenarios from the actual show unfold was amazing way to be brought up to speed with what was going on since we lost FOXTEL. Fond memories, THANK YOU for doing these videos VHS!

@VanHellingtonStudios Жыл бұрын

No problem dude! Love making them! I was getting up to date because I couldn't watch the shows haha the roster was incredible👌🏻

@kurtkurt777 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this review! I own Smackdown Shut Your Mouth and it's one of my favourite wrestling video games. Graphics are good, the controls is good, very exciting Season Mode, big amount of wrestlers to choose from (which you don't need to unlock). It is superb in every way.

@VanHellingtonStudios Жыл бұрын

I loved making it😊

@kingvald3614 Жыл бұрын

Shut Your Mouth was the first wrestling game I ever bought. I watched Nitro at 1 AM each weekend when I was 8, and I loved Hogan, even though he was a heel. His whole gimmick just pulled me in. After a couple of years my grandparents no longer had access to Cartoon Network/TNT, and I kinda forgot about the whole thing. Then, in early 2003, I found Shut Your Mouth at half price a few months after release, and when I saw that Rock vs. Hogan cover I was fucking spellbound. I was 12/13 at the time, fell in love with wrestling all over again and never looked back. A few weeks later I made my mom buy WM19 on DVD, what a show to watch as your first PPV... The game itself is so incredibly good. If there was a mix of this games Season Mode and the one from Here Comes the Pain, you would have the absolute perfect mode. That Armageddon Hell in a Cell always fucked up my title reign though, and I had to tough it through the Rumble each time to make it to WM. And that Hulk Hogan model, both Red & Yellow and nWo, as you said, never ever been topped. I could go on. Maybe I should just make my own vid.. 😅

@VanHellingtonStudios Жыл бұрын

Haha maybe you should! I'd watch it for sure. Live other people's experiences with these games

@fakeman3000 Ай бұрын

From the menu and videos, and specific character unlockables, 360 finished cam on command just made this so special. I felt like i was immersed in the wwe world from the time the game loaded up to finish. You can't get any better

@VanHellingtonStudios 24 күн бұрын

One of the best ever, no question🙌🏻

@JustJulyo Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for you to get to Day of Reckoning!

@the1ucidone 10 күн бұрын

This is my favorite wrestling game of all time and I still play it every week.

@VanHellingtonStudios 5 күн бұрын

It truly is one of the all-time greats!

@ComaAlpha 4 ай бұрын

"Taker Stole My Bike" Oh hell no, I'm dead.😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@fakeman3000 Ай бұрын

You truly captured the essence of this whole game, thanks for all the hard work.

@VanHellingtonStudios 24 күн бұрын

I appreciate that so much dude, thanks a million🤜🏼

@HootSr3611 6 ай бұрын

Wm2000 n64 and shut your mouth are my 2 favorite wrestling games of all time wcw revenge 3rd for me ✌️

@VanHellingtonStudios 6 ай бұрын

All classics in their own right!

@unnamed714 Жыл бұрын

Game used to be smooth and fun.

@davide.watties3269 8 ай бұрын

WTF do you mean *"use to be?"* LMAO 😂

@davide.watties3269 8 ай бұрын

It still is, DF.

@unchi1999 4 ай бұрын

Now all we have are these buggy garbage WWE 2K games that don't treat you right, constantly crash all the time, has a counter-happy AI that LOVES to reverse your moves at such the wrong time, can't have intergender matches, unresponsive controls that you have press like 87 FUCKING TIMES just to perform a move, reversals don't work even when timed right and either nothing happens and i get manhandled by the CPU, or i'll get the lovely "Too Fast" or "Too Late" messages even when i FUCKING TIMED IT RIGHT TO A T!!!! Yeah great design there, 2K! Oh i could go on and write a book about how WWE 2K19 caused me so much trauma from me yelling at my TV at the top of my lungs and shit. Who agrees with me here?

@BW20ZF Жыл бұрын

3:55 Already in tears mostly 23:51 😂🤣😂🤣

@VanHellingtonStudios Жыл бұрын

Haha I'm so happy someone appreciated those haha

@BW20ZF 11 ай бұрын

@@VanHellingtonStudios Mostly the AHH

@V1HAMMER 2 ай бұрын

Smackdown shut your mouth has always been my favorite wrestling game

@easygolucky30OFFICIAL 4 ай бұрын

All The Characters in This Game has been nothing but perfection..❤

@CeemPlay Жыл бұрын

IMMORTALITY

@AdrianM865 Жыл бұрын

Captain's fall match is basically an American version of a Lucha Trios match.

@VanHellingtonStudios Жыл бұрын

Oh really, I did not know that. It's an interesting concept, shame I've never seen it

@MichaelBrown-ll9ui 11 ай бұрын

People Always Mention Here Comes The Pain, But Smackdown SYM Was Better All Around.

@VanHellingtonStudios 11 ай бұрын

It was the peak of that run of gameplay style for sure.

@unchi1999 4 ай бұрын

@@VanHellingtonStudios And also doesn't have the stupid tired animation your wrestler makes when your body turns orange or red. God this was why i could never enjoy Smackdown 1, 2 or even HCTP because of that annoying animation and get this i just broke my precious PSone LCD screen when i botched a Smackdown 1 match when i was playing as The Undertaker in the kitchen backstage, and nothing was going right for me and Jeff Hardy kept reversing every single move i threw at him and eventually my wrestler got tired for no reason and then i totally lost my temper and threw my controller so hard at the screen. Big Mistake! And i'm still devastated after seeing a crack in my PSone LCD screen.

@dayquantalbert235 2 ай бұрын

Here comes the pain Is for me the controls and updated moves It had Its just so fun & satisfying awesome backstage areas match tapes and season mode also

@VanHellingtonStudios Ай бұрын

It was phenomenal for sure👌🏼

@dayquantalbert235 Ай бұрын

@@VanHellingtonStudios most definitely

@dayquantalbert235 Ай бұрын

Also Shut Your Mouth has thousand of animations had no Idea that's awesome too u should be able too unlock move sets by doing the season mode alot

@ryujigoda3445 Жыл бұрын

My popcorn is ready. I’m already here Yes, you’re right, they just bring it ain’t true has not been topped in any other WWE game

@KaceCC2 Жыл бұрын

Had the best season mode imo

@VanHellingtonStudios Жыл бұрын

I agree

@frostylos5765 11 ай бұрын

Cant believe Ps2 games are way better than ps5 2023 games. graphics really dont matter when you have quality gameplay. These Smackdown games destroy every WWE 2k game.

@VanHellingtonStudios 11 ай бұрын

And it's not even close!

@nevermindgaming6848 5 ай бұрын

Not even close you clearly only played one wwe game and it's this one the games got so much better over time the smackdown games are so outdated and clunky

@nWo_4life 4 ай бұрын

@@nevermindgaming6848I played all 2K games, you're probably one of those that loves realism, and stamina bars LOL. Sorry, but when I play a wrestling game, I want fast paced, fun action where you can do anything and go anywhere. 2K is very limited, and it's sad to see you actually think they compare. Heck, story modes as well are boring as hell, the mode with your own character is a snooze fest.

@SJxPVR Жыл бұрын

I love this game and here comes the pain

@unchi1999 4 ай бұрын

Also cured my 2K hate, too.

@iketurner8212 2 ай бұрын

@@unchi1999 2K wasn't involved in anyway with either of those games, it was THQ and Yukes at that time.

@unchi1999 2 ай бұрын

@@iketurner8212 Okay dude i get it. And i never once said 2K was involved with the game. I said the game cured my 2K hate because the 2K games were always giving me a hard time and WWE 2K19 pissed me off so much. God get your head straight!

@unchi1999 2 ай бұрын

@@iketurner8212 Yeah i know dude thanks for that

@iketurner8212 2 ай бұрын

@@unchi1999 Get my head straight? How about you get your emotions straight, as well as your lack of ability to articulate a point. Instead of explaining what you really meant you proceed to hurl insults? Foh.

@joshmatthew6636 Жыл бұрын

My Top 5 Favorites 1. WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth 2. WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain 3. WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It 4. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 5. WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role

@VanHellingtonStudios Жыл бұрын

A man of classic taste, I see.

@JohnHanlin Жыл бұрын

No Mercy should be #1!!

@VanHellingtonStudios Жыл бұрын

@@JohnHanlin For many people it is!

@heavyhitter5538 10 ай бұрын

@@JohnHanlinits overrated. fckng slow game.

@cawcreator 7 ай бұрын

1. WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth 2. WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain 3. WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2006 4. WWE SmackDown! vs Raw 2007 5. WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role

@youngplaya3651 Жыл бұрын

W video

@kjuergens1985 8 ай бұрын

I've been ranking out my all-time favorite video games, and this is my #5 (out of any genre). The only wrestling game I ranked over it is WWF WrestleFest...which runs parallel to TECMO Super Bowl and ESPN NFL 2K5 also both being in my top 5. I don't always love the arcadey aspects, but it's been toned down compared to earlier entries in the Smackdown! series. You could wrestle as my "new" favorite wrestler at the time, RVD, and unlike his representation in the ECW & Legends video games, it actually *felt* like you were controlling RVD. His real-life wrestling style lent itself extremely well to the style of this game, and they were painstaking in including his fighting stance and "flow", and all of his various moves. And if you wanted a touch of Japan RVD, you could add a fisherman buster to his move list. Fighting Brock really felt like you were fighting Brock. With a psychotic quick-twitch, he would level you with that sudden clothesline. This was a lot of fun for me, because I have loved RVD's matches with Brock in 2002. As I was finishing up high school at the time, 2002 was also really the last time I felt like a fully devoted fan. I *cared* so much about the wrestlers I loved, and it hurt when they lost. I miss caring that much. This game is so immersive, it gives you that entire world. The wrestlers, all their moves, the storylines that dominated the time, etc. When I came back to this game in 2019/2020, I found a lot of great CAW "formulas" online and made a lot of my other favorites who weren't in the game: Jushin Liger, Mr. Perfect, Ultimate Warrior, Cactus Jack, Macho King Randy Savage, etc., and I picked up some techniques from the skilled customizers who shared their work.

@VanHellingtonStudios 8 ай бұрын

Man I LOVED those Brock RVD matches! And yeah learned a lot from those caw formulas, what an amazing time that was

@zylenteyez2820 3 ай бұрын

Let me start off by saying SYM is a great game to this day and one I still enjoy and I love HCTP of course. But my favorite is still JBI because of all the little reasons. One you had the best original entrance music for each wrestler like Stone Cold s WrestleMania X7 music ( which sounded far better then his normal one) and Triple Hs original music ( which they gave to Stephanie for some reason) plus you had the real Hardy Boys, Tajiri and the old school Raw is War theme which brought back memories. But it wasn't just the music. You had the extra characters Foley, Billy Gunn with his one billy Gunn character instead of that ridiculous Billy& Chuck one, you had Tajiri s original music. Plus you could do the 8 man battle royal as opposed to six and have actual hardcore matches with give up off and a real I quit match with the microphone instead of just a submission match. It was little things like this that make it better to me. The last of the Attitude era I call it. Also can't forget Undertaker s original limp bizkit theme song and Kanes original music. Plus I thought it looked every bit as good as SYM

@joypadlad 4 ай бұрын

I prefer the speed of this game to Here Comes the Pain.

@jonbourgoin182 Жыл бұрын

26:27 omg it's Simon Miller from WhatCulture

@VanHellingtonStudios Жыл бұрын

Haha I figured I might aswell give him a little toasty treatment for using his shtick😅

@dayquantalbert235 2 ай бұрын

I meant the match types

@ryubiblossoms7363 Жыл бұрын

In my opinion this should be more talked about like HCTP

@juskicknit909 5 ай бұрын

@8:14 😂😂😂

@dokwalk621 5 ай бұрын

Ahh you didnt mention how you can grab guys while youre on the motorcycle

@VanHellingtonStudios 4 ай бұрын

Oh damn I thought that was only in HCTP! Will mention it once I get to that video👍🏻

@dokwalk621 4 ай бұрын

@VanHellingtonStudios oh wait haha i might be wrong on that! Like you said in video, you can ride the motorcycle. But, you might not be able to grab in SYM now that I think about it. It was one of my favorite things to do 😅

@armandoemanuelle7815 4 ай бұрын

Does anyone know why in Survivor Series HBK wants to punch you before leaving? And why isn't he playable in the season mode either.

@VanHellingtonStudios 4 ай бұрын

Maybe because he's important to the story and unlockable? But there are so many stories, shame really

@dingus__1 3 ай бұрын

best game in the whole franchise id take the shit graphics (good for the time) over the games we've been getting anyday

@VanHellingtonStudios 3 ай бұрын

Shows a lot more heart too!

@ComaAlpha 4 ай бұрын

I can't tell which is better. This or Just Bring It. I think I'm biased to JBI because of the roster, but this has some minor gameplay advancements and an OBVIOUS graphic advancement. It's kinda hard to vote against SYM. I never did like HCTP as it started feeling like the AKI engine from N64 which I wasn't the biggest fan of. Feels to slow and clunky while I always found the fast pace no sells of the SmackDown series more fun.

@VanHellingtonStudios 4 ай бұрын

HCTP had to grow on me aswell, and JBI gave me lots of great memories. Love all the ps2 wrestling games haha hard to pick a favorite among them

@ComaAlpha 4 ай бұрын

@@VanHellingtonStudios it never grew on me though. My first wrestling game as a wee little lad was WWF RAW. I know, I know, ljn sucks (but they did give us Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage and that game rules). Raw I thought was quick enough to be fun. Then I got a PSX with Attitude as the game my dad bought with it.... Button combos are fine for special moves in 1v1 fighters, but when I have to hit 3 or 4 buttons in quick succession just to hit a basic body slam, I'm turned off big time. So yeah, the AKI games were better than the Acclaim games, but I didn't own an N64 play them. But once the first SmackDown! came out I was convinced that the chaotic no selling made for faster paced, more difficult, more fun gameplay than what the AKI engine had to offer. I don't know why I typed all of that. Boredom.

@VanHellingtonStudios 4 ай бұрын

@@ComaAlpha I read and agree with all of it. I do think HCTP struck a fine line between arcade and simulation, still leaning more towards the arcade side of things. The season mode kept me hooked on SYM though, it legit never got old.

@dr.loomis4221 2 ай бұрын

Why does this sound like it was recorded in 1975?

@VanHellingtonStudios Ай бұрын

Wrong mic settings. I'd like to think it adds to the nostalgia😅

@JherekLazo 11 ай бұрын

2K games are soooooooooooo slow, get boring so quickly.

@VanHellingtonStudios 11 ай бұрын

Totally agree there

@nevermindgaming6848 5 ай бұрын

How to tell someone you never played a wwe 2k game lol slow and boring okay boomer lol 😂😂😂 GTFO

@unchi1999 4 ай бұрын

@@VanHellingtonStudiosDude, same.

@nevermindgaming6848 5 ай бұрын

I mean not even close hctp 2k23 and 12 are up there

@VanHellingtonStudios 5 ай бұрын

Hctp and 12 sure, but 2k23 definitely not imo

@nWo_4life 4 ай бұрын

You have no idea what you're talking about

@VanHellingtonStudios 4 ай бұрын

@@nWo_4life care to elaborate?

@nWo_4life 4 ай бұрын

@@VanHellingtonStudios I was talking to the guy who said it's not even close to 2k23 and 12. Those games are a literal bore to SYM. I had all WWE games up to WWE 2k19, and some of the 2K games are ok and fun, but HCTP and Smackdown SYM completely blow those games away zero difficulty. Heck, SVR, SVR 2006, SVR 2007 and SVR 2011 are better than the 2K games.

@VanHellingtonStudios 4 ай бұрын

@@nWo_4life True that