WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain (Known as Exciting Pro Wrestling 5 in Japan) is a professional wrestling video game developed by Yuke’s and published by THQ for PlayStation 2. It is the sequel to WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth, released in October 2002, and is part of the WWE SmackDown! series based on World Wrestling Entertainment’s weekly TV show SmackDown. It was the first SmackDown! game to feature a catchphrase not linked back to The Rock in its title. It was also the final WWE game to solely use the SmackDown! name, as it was succeeded by WWE SmackDown! vs. Rawseries in November 2004.
WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain
North American cover art featuring Rey Mysterio, Matt Hardy, Brock Lesnar, John Cena, The Undertaker and Torrie Wilson
Developer(s)
Yuke’s
Publisher(s)
WW: THQ
JP: Yuke’s
Series
SmackDown!
Platform(s)
PlayStation 2
Release
NA: October 27, 2003
EU: November 7, 2003
JP: January 29, 2004
Genre(s)
Sports
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
Contents
GameplayEdit
The game introduced a more complicated grappling system, while retaining the series’ fast gameplay.
Also included with this new grappling system were body damage displays, submission meters (for both the person applying the move and the person breaking out of the move), as well as the ability to break the submission hold when touching the ropes, and individual character scales that consisted of statistics (such as strength, endurance and speed). This game marks the first time the Elimination Chamber and the Bra and Panties Match would be featured in a wrestling game.
