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Continuing THQ's best-selling lineup of wrestling titles, WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain focuses on the dramatic storylines featured in professional wrestling, with players able to create, guide, and develop their character through plots developed by actual WWE writers. Season statistics are tracked and saved after each match, with money earned from successful bouts used to build up abilities or to unlock bonus features. Each created wrestler can learn to improve such attributes as strength, submission, technique, stamina, and speed, or players can select from a lineup of over 55 established professionals, including Goldberg, Scott Steiner, Brock Lesner, and Rey Mysterio.

The controls have been redesigned from 2002's WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth on PlayStation 2, and now feature a more robust countering, grappling, and submission system to further involve players with the action within the ring. Also new are a number of visual refinements, some of which include more dramatic camera transitions, redesigned arenas and crowds, authentic voice-overs from the athletes, and additional animations to flesh out each character's distinctive repertoire. Three match types make their debut in Here Comes the Pain: Bra & Panty, First Blood, and Elimination Chamber. Up to six players are supported using two PlayStation 2 Multitap Adapters.
~ Scott Alan Marriott, All Game Guide

Production Credits

Company 1: THQ Inc.; Director, Project Management: Dylan Miklashek; Creative Manager: Nick Wlodyka; Associate Creative Manager: Cory Ledesma; Project Coordinator: Razmig Pulurian, Josh Miller; Directir, Technical Management: Marcel Samek; Director, Art Management: Jeff Smith; Production Resources Manager: Jenae Pash; Translator: Yuri Tanaka, Tamami Odour; Vice President - Product Development: Philip Holt; Executive Vice President - Worldwide Studios: Jack Sorensen; Quality Assurance Lead Tester: Ian Dominguez, Morgan Clark, Ko-Sheng Chen, Mark Vance; Quality Assurance Core Tester: Matt Ames, Brian Skidmore, Alfred Ocampo, Dave Langeliers, Dan Ryan, Gil Doron, Avi Pelc, Colin Harmon, Theppong Sae-Low, Shazard Ali, Mike Villa, Jason Mahanes, Peter Svenkerud, Hollis Hill, Stephan Reese, Alberto Campo, Sal Serrano, Joseph Lowry, Brian J. Smith; First Party Supervisor: Ian Sedensky; First Party Tester: Lori Arrowood, Marc Durrant, Robin Scofield, Jason Tani; QA Technical Supervisor: Mario Waibel; QA Technician: James Krenz, Brian McElroy; Mastering Lab Technician: Charles Batarse, Glen Peters, Shawn Murakami; Database Applications Engineer: Jason Roberts; Director of Quality Assurance: Monica Vallejo; Senior Vice President - Worldwide Marketing: Peter Dille; Director, Creative Services: Howard Liebeskind; Director, Global Brand Management: Craig Rechenmacher; Director, Public Relations: Liz Pieri; Associate Product Manager: Devin Knudsen; Associate Public Relations Manager: Kendall Boyd; Senior Manager - Creative Services: Kathy Helgason; Creative Services Manager: Kirk Somdal; Web Design Manager: Gordon Madison; Web Designer: Ricardo Fischer; Programmer: Jack Suzuki; Director of Business Development: Yoji Takenaka; Director, Global Brand Management: Michael Pattison; International Marketing and Services Manager: Emma Ledda; Company 2: Jakks Pacific Inc.; Vice President Jakks Interactive: Nelo Lucich; Senior Project Manager Jakks Interactive: Hayley Wichmann; Senior Vice President Consumer Products: Donna Goldsmith; Licensing Director: Florence DiGiorgio; Director of Product Development: Michael Archer; Brand Equity Coordinator: Bernadette Hawks; VP Strategic Alliances and Retail Development: John Sohigian; Director, Global TV Business Affairs: Lisa Lee; Music Services Provided By: Nelson Bae, SonicFusion; "Never Gonna Stop" Performed By: Rob Zombie; "Never Gonna Stop" Written By: Rob Zombie, Scott Humphrey; "KOS 010 #-31" By: Booker T Anthem; "Whatever" Performed By: Our Lady Peace; "Whatever" Written By: James Johnston, Raine Maida, Duncan Coutts, Jeremy Taggart, Mike Turner
~ Keith Adams, All Game Guide
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"Here Comes the Pain" redirects here. For the song by Farmer Boys, see Here Comes the Pain (song).
WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain
WWESmackDownHereComesThePain.jpg
NTSC cover art, featuring (clockwise from top left) Rey Mysterio, Matt Hardy, Brock Lesnar, John Cena, The Undertaker, and Torrie Wilson.
Developer(s) Yuke's
Publisher(s) THQ (WWE SmackDown! Here Comes The Pain)
Yuke's (Exciting Pro Wrestling 5)
Series WWE SmackDown vs. Raw
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release date(s) NA October 27, 2003
EU November 7, 2003
Genre(s) Professional wrestling, Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
Rating(s) ESRB: T
PEGI: 16+
Media DVD

WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain (Exciting Pro Wrestling 5 in Japan) is a professional wrestling video game released on the PlayStation 2 console by THQ and developed by YUKE's Future Media Creators. It is part of the WWE SmackDown (now WWE SmackDown vs. Raw) video game series based on the professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). This game was the sequel to WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth and was succeeded by WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW.

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Reception

WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain has sold 1.585 million copies worldwide.[citation needed] IGN gave the game a rating of 9.1/10, calling the game the best wrestling game since WWF No Mercy.[citation needed] While Gamespot gave the game a rating of 9.0/10.

Trivia

  • The Ultimate Warrior, Hulk Hogan, Jeff Hardy, Nunzio and Johnny Stamboli were supposed to be in this game but were later scrapped, proof of this is that their select screen images are still on the game disc.
  • This is only game in the series to win an Editor's Choice Award
  • This game is the only PlayStation 2 WWE game not to feature commentary.
  • This is the first game to feature Kane unmasked.
  • This is also the first WWE game to feature WWE Legends, like Roddy Piper and George Steele.
  • The phrase "Here Comes the Pain", is from the film Carlito's Way. This phrase was used to describe Brock Lesnar's finishing move, the F-5 by Taz before it was named.

Features

This game is the first to feature the Elimination Chamber Match, and the Bra & Panties Match. This was also Kevin Nash's last appearance in a WWE video game.

This is the first and only game in which you can extend the fight off of the stage set. It is also the first game where wrestlers have animated select a superstar screen opposed to having the superstar's real life faces as in previous games.

Season Mode

The game features a 1 year-long season mode filled with intense storylines. During a three-month long storyline, the selected superstar will participate in some sort of rivalry with Vincent K. McMahon, chairman of WWE. The two story lines can go either of these ways depending on a decision you make at the SummerSlam PPV: You can feud one-on-one with McMahon, or you can create a faction/stable and feud against McMahon and his members of The Corporation.

Also, during the Wrestlemania, your selected superstar can imitate Shawn Michaels WrestleMania XII entrance if you choose a special entrance.

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Video games based on World Wrestling Entertainment
SmackDown! (2000) • SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role (2000) • SmackDown! Just Bring It (2001) • SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth (2002) • SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain (2003) • SmackDown! vs. RAW (2004) • SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006 (2005) • SmackDown vs. Raw 2007 (2006) • SmackDown vs. Raw 2008 (2007) • SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 (2008) • SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 (2009)
WrestleMania (1988) • Challenge (1990) • WrestleMania (1991) • Super WrestleMania (1992) • Steel Cage Challenge (1992) • The Arcade Game (1995) • Road to WrestleMania (2001) • Road to WrestleMania X8 (2002) • 2000 (2000) • X8 (2002) • XIX (2003) • 21 (2005) • Legends of WrestleMania (2009)
Superstars (1989) • Superstars (1991) • Superstars 2 (1992) • Royal Rumble (1993) • King of the Ring (1993) • Raw (1994) • In Your House (1996) • Royal Rumble (2000) • No Mercy (2000) • Raw (2002) • Raw 2 (2003) • Survivor Series (2004)
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WrestleFest (1991) • European Rampage Tour (1992) • Rage in the Cage (1993) • War Zone (1998) • Attitude (1999) • Betrayal (2001) • With Authority! (2002) • Crush Hour (2003) • Day of Reckoning (2004) • Aftershock (2005) • Day of Reckoning 2 (2005) • Online (2010)

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