WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It
WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It, known in Japan as , is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke's, and published by THQ for PlayStation 2 in November 2001. It is the third game in the "WWF SmackDown!" series, based on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) professional wrestling promotion, the sequel to "", the first game in the series to be released on the PlayStation 2 console, and the final game in the series to be released under the "WWF" name. The game was succeeded by "WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth" in October 2002. Gameplay. This  was the first game in the SmackDown! 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 being the only game in the series until the release of "WWE 2K18"). 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!" (Ovaltron, including the "Sunday Night Heat" version, and the Fist stages). However, all pay-per-view arenas (except for WrestleMania X-Seven and Insurrextion) has the same arena with different logos on the ring mat, with the arena being based from WrestleMania 2000. The game's roster was criticised at the time for being outdated, as it was finalised very early in WWF's Invasion angle  and prior to the emergence of several former ECW and WCW wrestlers. Whilst William Regal, Raven, Rhyno, Tajiri, Spike Dudley, Jerry Lynn and Molly Holly were new additions to the game, several stars who had become more prominent, such as Rob Van Dam, Booker T, Diamond Dallas Page, The Hurricane, Lance Storm and Mike Awesome were not, which was reflected by the inclusion of Fully Loaded 2000 as one of the featured pay-per-view mats over Invasion. In addition to these, Limp Bizkit vocalist Fred Durst appears in the game as a condition of allowing "Rollin' " to be included  as The Undertaker's then-theme music (it is one of his only two game appearances, as he also appears in "WWF Raw" for the Xbox). This is the only WWF game in which Jerry Lynn appears, as he would be gone from the company within five months of its release. A new gameplay addition is the reversal system. It is a counter-attack mechanic that allows almost every move to be countered, as well as allowing some counter-attacks (such as punches) to be re-countered. Game modes. 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. Release. The game ended up selling more than 400,000 units in North America, for which it was added to the Sony Greatest Hits collection for the PlayStation 2 on 17 October 2002, and became THQ's second Greatest Hits game, only bested by "Red Faction". However, when the game  was re-released, it was renamed to "WWE SmackDown! Just Bring It" because of the World Wrestling Federation's recently lost court battle with the World Wildlife Fund, following which the World Wrestling Federation was renamed to the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), although in-game branding was not changed. Reception. The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. However, the game's in-game commentary has been criticized for being disjointed and repetitive, with noticeable pauses when calling wrestler or move names. Gary Whitta of "Next Generation" said, "Marred by some serious flaws and a  jarring lack of atmosphere, "Just Bring It" still delivers a few rasslin' thrills." In Japan, "Famitsu" gave it a score of 29 out of 40. It received a "Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 300,000 copies in the United Kingdom.