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Based on an advanced version of the Toukon Retsuden 4 (a Japanese wrestling game from Yukes, the company also developing Smackdown) engine, the game looks surprisingly good. Our editors, on location in Las Vegas, claim it may be the best-looking and best-animated wrestling title ever.

WWF Smackdown will offer gamers more than 30 selectable wrestlers. So far, we've seen: Road Dogg, Mankind, Kane, Bradshaw, The Rock, Al Snow, Farooq, Big Show, Mr. Ass, D'lo Brown, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Big Boss Man, Paul Bearer, Tori, X-Pac, Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon, The Undertaker, Chyna, Hardcore Holly, Christian, The Hardy Boys, and Jeff Jarrett.

WWF Smackdown will also feature a story mode that, as described, seems more advanced than similar modes in any other wrestling game we've seen. The story mode makes you feel as though you're watching the real WWF TV shows, using lots of backstage areas and recorded speech to tell an actual story. For example: Say you're standing backstage between matches when all of a sudden two rival wrestlers come out of nowhere and start brawling with you. Or you and your buddies can hang out backstage and plot your next move. Lots of speech will be captured for these segments, ensuring some authenticity. Speaking of speech, the game will also contain play-by-play commentary, a feature sorely missing from most of THQ's wrestling games.

Another neat feature we've found in Smackdown is that during a match you can go backstage by walking down the ramps and actually leave by going through the backstage doors. So, far we've seen a parking lot, a boiler room, and a locker room.

WWF Smackdown also includes the now-requisite create-a-wrestler mode. This lets you customize a wrestler's width and height with sliding control bars. Also, there is a bunch of standard preset sample graphics you can use to customize your wrestler's head, body, and legs. Want Mankind's head on your guy's body? Go for it. THQ has said that there will be at least a cage mode and royal rumble mode in the game. The graphics may look a little grainy in our screenshots, but the game runs at an ultra-smooth framerate.

WWF Smackdown looks like it could be the biggest and baddest wrestling game yet. Be assured that we'll bring you more on this game in the near future.

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