WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007

[Johnny Danger (Godz)]

Maybe someone can sticky this, I don't know, but, the news on this game should be beginning to truly roll out in the coming days and weeks as we are approx. less than 3 months from from release. Although I don't know how reliable they are, gamingring.com has confirmed a handfull of new superstars for the game including some "duh" guys like Kane, Matt Hardy, some first timers like Mickie James, Boogeyman and Lashley, and some legends like Dusty Rhodes, MR. F'N PERFECT, Bret Hart and Eddie Guerrero.

Now, I'm going to say something unpopular. I do not want Eddie as a legend.

Before you start crucifying me, I really liked Eddie. I cried for him when he died. But that doesn't make him a legend. I'm fine with him being in the HOF. But the purpose of "legends" in the video games are to give us someone special that hasn't been in the prior games. What is special about putting Eddie in when he's been in the previous SDs? Nothing. It's just about making a buck. I don't know if I'm just grumpy about all the driving of Eddie's name into the ground thats gone on on WWE TV since his death or what. But if you truly want him to be a special character, wait a few games. It's too soon, to me. To me, it should come down to this: Would the person in question be considered a legend if they simply up and chose to retire? Death should not be used as an elevation of status. Now in the case of guys like Owen, well, it's been half a decade or so since he died, I'd be fine with his inclusion. He's also never been in a SmackDown. But then again, maybe I'm reading too much into this. Maybe they're just catering to the typical WWE sheep fanbase who is completely ignorant to anything that happened pre-2002. Maybe they don't think fans will know who guys like Vader, Rick Rude or Demolition are. Or....maybe THQ are just a bunch of **** ups who think of Hillbilly Jim when they think of a legend. (No, I will never let them live down putting him in as a legend in Here Comes The Pain while guys like Hogan were left out. When your biggest legend is Sgt Slaughter, you're in trouble.)

Thoughts?

[westendriot]

Eddie isn't a legend, and shouldn't be a legend in the game less than a year after his death.

Mr. Perfect, Owen Hart, real legends should be in the game.

Other than that, I cannot wait for it.

[Chris Decker-The Wild Rover]

all i want is the highlanders or roddy piper so that way i have bag pipe music for my scottish character

[Hiroshi Hase]

I'm hoping that Umaga is in the game, or at least Sabu.

[elassowipo]

I want the Sandman and CM Punk!

[OldGravyLeg]

lifeoftheparty said:

all i want is the highlanders or roddy piper so that way i have bag pipe music for my scottish character

HA! Can you say "Goofy Stable"?

[The Vitamin Z]

Londrick needs to be in the game.

[Johnny Danger (Godz)]

oldgravyleg said:

lifeoftheparty said:

all i want is the highlanders or roddy piper so that way i have bag pipe music for my scottish character

HA! Can you say "Goofy Stable"?

I've wanted to see Piper with the Highlanders since their debut vignettes. I just hope by some stroke of luck the roster is so out of date that Goldust somehow made the cut. He's a pain in the ASS to CAW. Hey, it could happen, last years had freaking Jindrak.

[Ace Diamond]

I actually agree that Eddie shouldn't be in it this year either, but I'm glad they put Mr. Perfect in it.

[Johnny Danger (Godz)]

aodpilot said:

I actually agree that Eddie shouldn't be in it this year either, but I'm glad they put Mr. Perfect in it.

Yeah, I've wanted Perfect in for years, especially after his return in 2002....they were going to put him in whatever game it was that came out that year, but scrapped him after he was released.....his face skin and hair were left in CAW though.

[Joekishi]

westendriot said:

Eddie isn't a legend, and shouldn't be a legend in the game less than a year after his death.

Mr. Perfect, Owen Hart, real legends should be in the game.

Other than that, I cannot wait for it.

Mr. Perfect is in the game , I totally can't wait to play as Mr. Perfect

hey if Brutus Beefcake can be a legend so can Eddie Guerrero...

I still say WWE should make a legends game

just i don't know dead legends who were so awesome, and then playing as them in a video game.

it's just sad

Seriously I want to be UUUUUUUUUMAAAAAAAAGAAAAAAAA and SABU in this game.

that would be a cool tag team

Angry wildmen who don't give a crap about themselves or their opponents

[Chris Decker-The Wild Rover]

the all legends game would lead me to belive brusier brody would be in it. and i am fine with that

[Joekishi]

hEy WWE's legend toys lead me to believe some of those guys might make the game...

VADER!

[Sajoa Moe]

Obviously they won't have everybody in the game, but at least they should put in their entrance videos and music, so the CAWs won't seem as awkward.

For example, you could have a list of music that reads RAW1 (for Val Venis), RAW2 (Charlie Haas), RAW3 (Umaga), etc.; SD1 (Khali), SD2 (Sylvester Terkay), SD3 (Funaki), etc.; ECW1 (Sabu), ECW2 (Balls Mahoney), ECW3 (CM Punk), etc.

I would be the same for entrance videos.

[Wrestlecrap's 13th listener]

I've wanted to see Piper with the Highlanders since their debut vignettes. I just hope by some stroke of luck the roster is so out of date that Goldust somehow made the cut. He's a pain in the ASS to CAW. Hey, it could happen, last years had freaking Jindrak.

Yeah, I wonder if they will keep Tajiri in the game since his only other appearance this year was for the ECW ONS 2? Also, Jericho? I'm not sure if many people know this but the Bashams are Heyman's security force in ECW. They should be made to look like that instead of the Secretaries of Defense gimmick. Guys like Orlando Jordan, Heindenreich and Mohammed Hussan won't be back since they were released on not so favorable terms. And you know that Christian won't be included this time since he's over at TNA. This should be a good time to announce newer names as well as older ones who never been included once like Nunzio or Jamie Noble.

[Corporate H]

I think the Road Warrior should be in every game. Why the hell not? I mean I hate how we get people to use for two years in a row and all the sudden they scrap them. They should add, not subtract.

Anyways, I would like to see Yokozuna or Vader in the next game. Doink would be nice even though many will say he is not a "Legend," the WWE identifys him as so and I do as well. I mean that gimmick has shown up in some many places that it's hard to deny its importance.

[Joekishi]

I'd personally rather have Demolition in the game than LOD

['Smart' Mark Poindexter]

I want to hear more about the 'enhanced' GM Mode, I want to be able to setup promo's,interference,etc. I want to actually have my gm mode show come out like an episode of Raw or Smackdown.

[Joekishi]

I want to pick who wins matches, I want to see segments in GM Mode you know, and a breakdown of what's happening week by week in Segment mode

like you see a buildup video, you see pyro, and you can actually watch a build up video promoting your new signing

[westendriot]

They need a system for a create-a-titantron, or the system will recognise your CAW and put him in the titantron or something. I'm bored of using the RAW video of the WWE logo.