E3 07: WWE Smackdown! vs RAW 2008 - hands-on

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We toss Triple H around the squared circle in this simplified grappler

Ever since we first tried the Wii's motion-sensitive controls, there's been a nagging question at the back of our minds: "What could a wrestling game do with this?" As it turns out, the reality isn't nearly as fantastic as our dreams of throwing angry man-mountains around in real time, with our wrestler's hands mapped to our own Wii Remote-and-Nunchuk movements. But it's still a promising start.

Our first taste of WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2008 on the Wii was a simple demo featuring John Cena and Triple H; we didn't get to see any of the new fighting styles or hardcore moves that we've covered inother previews, and from the sound of it, it's still undecided whether the more complicated stuff will even be in the game.

Mikel Reparaz
Mikel Reparaz
After graduating from college in 2000 with a BA in journalism, I worked for five years as a copy editor, page designer and videogame-review columnist at a couple of mid-sized newspapers you've never heard of. My column eventually got me a freelancing gig with GMR magazine, which folded a few months later. I was hired on full-time by GamesRadar in late 2005, and have since been paid actual money to write silly articles about lovable blobs.