So here was go with Beta Comparison number eleven! This time I'm comparing early unfinished, cut content and pre-release versions of WWF Smackdown! 2 Know Your Role for the original Playstation. This video contains lots of differences from attire changes, removed characters, cosmetic differences and more! It's a shame the updated/changed attires weren't kept in the game as alternative choices, as well as the older ring and apron logos. And as for the classic Legend characters, we will never know why they were removed from the game, but could possibly be down to time constraints as both SmackDown 1 & 2 were released in the same year just 8 months apart. Hopefully another beta version of the game surfaces with these cut characters playable. Again, a big thanks goes out to Gazasaurus, TCRF, Fozzy22 for the tools and knowledge on how to search inside the game data for the retail and pre-release versions of the game.

@terrrell7798

5 ай бұрын

Andre the Giant was originally going to be in the game? This is the first I'm hearing of this. What happen?

@Supermetabros92

5 ай бұрын

@@terrrell7798 I think they removed Andre from the game due to licensing issues between Andre's estate and THQ.

Ladies & gentlemen this is proof. Anything can happen in the World Wrestling Federation

@metrowater2819

5 ай бұрын

Panda

@PLUX4

5 ай бұрын

Welcome to Smackdown! Oh my god! This is great!

@ensargaming

5 ай бұрын

If you smell!?

@abohsukampret

5 ай бұрын

You will step in the ring... With The Game!

@jmwes12

5 ай бұрын

I can't believe it

This was the game with the infamous Trish loading screen only to pop up when your parents entered the room.

@94253474

5 ай бұрын

Don't make us recall that nightmare. I was just 7 then, & whenever trish or jacqueline loads my Mom is gonna be like to check me in the Smack Down Hotel. 👀

@PressPauseProductions

5 ай бұрын

Instantly switched the channel to a cartoon whenever I saw my door was opening and those screens were up 😂

@DaveSwayer

4 ай бұрын

I felt the same for Debra!

@soytheus

4 ай бұрын

The Kat always popped in for me

Must've sucked for devs when wrestlers would change their whole gimmick smack dab in the middle of programming it.

This video just makes me want to play the game again.

@dethlady0

5 ай бұрын

I've been playing the SD2 Inspired mod lately alongside the No Mercy Forever Indy mod.

@daniishere1009

5 ай бұрын

Does someone have solution to bypass loading screen or changing the loading screen in to black screen?

That Billy Gunn beta profile pic is stuff of nightmares. 🤣🤣

@usernameluis305

4 ай бұрын

More like bull Buchanan

This is the game that made me love wrestling as a kid. I had no idea of pro wrestling back then, and when I received a gift which is PS1 with a lot of CDs to try, this is the only game that I loved and played for weeks. And then one time, my dad was switching channels and stopped to watch wrestling, when I glanced, I immediately recognized the wrestlers that are on the program. The excitement of seeing every wrestlers that I was using in the game on TV is unforgettable, especially when I thought that the game I was playing is only fiction. Seeing a beta version of this is surreal, I expected Show and Shamrock here but the pictures, beta ring designs is good to see.

@StillycoBra5150

5 ай бұрын

Love that story, homie! Really cool how you discovered the game before the show. I bet it was kinda like seeing superheroes in real life

I love these beta comparisons videos! Feels like a peek into an alternate reality. I pray that someday a beta for HCTP gets revealed🤞🏼

@KingC89

5 ай бұрын

There's a beta vs final comparison of HCTP on this channel

@SSJ491

5 ай бұрын

I want to see the beta and final product of both WWF Smackdown! Just Bring It and WWE Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth.

Removing Big Show was really stupid.

@tremainworrell5997

Ай бұрын

They could've add The Big Show, Ken Shamrock, Jeff Jarrett, Goldust, The Headbangers Mosh & Thrasher many many Luna Mochon They could've left The Godfather Pimpin Ain't Easy The Ho Train alone They could've left D'Lo Brown early attire alone They could've left Val Venis alone with curly hair style

@A.CJazzMalibu

25 күн бұрын

@@tremainworrell5997your complaining way too much for a game that was out in 2000 that can't no longer be fixed nowadays

While we lost Big Show and Ken Shamrock, there are actually several characters not in the beta that are in the final version: Cactus Jack, Debra, Mick Foley, Shawn Michaels and Steven Richards.

Beta picture of Jaquilinn is actually looks like a human being, and Chyna looks kind of cute, instead of Iosif Kobzon we got on release.🤣

Old attire like Ministry Undertaker, Kane tanktop, can be found on create mode. Sometimes Big Show appear as "Unknown" on Royal Rumble match.

@TherealRNOwwfpooh

4 ай бұрын

Same with Shamrock, too.

@theonlyakpochino

3 ай бұрын

After I used a gameshark, I’ve had instances where Big Show, Shamrock, Goldust, and Jeff Jarrett all as “Unknown” and Andre The Giant as “Unknown A” appeared in rumble matches frequently

This is why I love modded SD2 games on PC. They restore all the beta stuff. So fun

Perry Saturn just said thank you for changing his photo 😂

The ladder not having spreaders is a missing detail that always annoys me. Still happens to this very day with modern wrestling games

@mindrover777

5 ай бұрын

Yes, not sure why it's still not used

Pimp Godfather rule. Right to censor Goodfather sucks!

@metrowater2819

5 ай бұрын

Cap

@head6856

3 күн бұрын

Oh, so once the Ho's are gone so's the love, huh?

A list of finishers that changed from the beta to the final: Chris Jericho - Double Powerbomb in beta, Walls of Jericho in final Eddie Guerrero - The Money Shot in beta, Frog Splash in final Mark Henry - Bearhug in beta, Big Splash Pin in final Michael Cole - Elbow Strike in beta, Standing Crossface in final Paul Bearer - DDT in beta, Big Splash Pin in final Perry Saturn - Tiger Suplex Pin in beta, Rings of Saturn in final Stephanie McMahon - DDT in beta, Woman’s Special Slap in final Tazz - Tazzplex in beta, Tazzmission in final Trish Stratus - DDT in beta, Woman’s Special Slap in final Viscera - Belly to Back Flip in beta, Big Splash Pin in final

I like some of the beta wrestler photos and attires more than the final games ones. Mad to see Sgt Slaughter, Jerry Lawler, Bob Backlund and Andre The Giant as part of the roster. Maybe THQ and Yukes planned to make them playable at some point?

@michealhunt6607

5 ай бұрын

They are still in the final game as CAW parts (the standard section that has alot of the models from the first game) but you need a gameshark code

@Joe_Parmesan

5 ай бұрын

Some of those beta photos found their way to No Mercy: The Godfather, Rikishi, Bull Buchanan (with sunglasses), and possibly Jeff Hardy (I think it's the same photo) and Viscera. Also, some of the final photos were on No Mercy too: X-Pac, Faarooq, Bradshaw, Test, and Matt Hardy.

@mcydodge919

5 ай бұрын

​​@@michealhunt6607You do need a GameShark to use their heads in CAW, but their upper and lower parts can be unlocked in the normal game. I had never seen their profile pictures until this video, which is really cool!

Just hearing that music takes me back

The parts for Shamrock, Big Show amongst a few others were in Create a Wrestler. For some Beta character models & photos, they were from the first Smackdown game ported and updated for Smackdown 2.

@benchwarmerss9165

5 ай бұрын

I felt like I saw triple h and Eddie Guerreros before .. wasn’t sure if it was Mandela effect though

@PressPauseProductions

5 ай бұрын

Yup a lot of their body parts were left in CAW, they just took the heads out. And of course all their moves and taunts were still in the game

This and Here Comes The Pain, simply the GOATs with no discussion.

Man why did they remove those legends!?

@head6856

3 күн бұрын

Had to make room for the Mean Street Posse

I also noticed in the picture where Al Snow's beta attire is seen, Crash's name bar has him listed as Crash Holly instead of just Crash like in the final game.

This takes me back. I do remember occasions where if you played in Royal Rumble mode, on very rare occasions either the Big Show or Ken Shamrock would show up as one of the AI controlled wrestlers. I can't remember if that game allowed you to take them over if you got eliminated or not. In any case it was weird to see them unannounced.

Nostalgic soundtrack. 🥺

They could of gave us ministry taker as well

I’m glad they did the final version of profile pics for most of these because the pictures added more character to them, in my opinion. Especially Billy Gunn (12:47) because…….. yeah……

This video makes me want to fire up this classic again! Ahhh the memories.

I remember Big Show being removed from WWF No Mercy, but didn't realize he technically was removed from Smackdown! 2 as well. If I recall, it's because he was gaining too much weight so WWF punished him by sending him back to developmental and removing him from games. For Smackdown 2, he was clearly already fully programmed into the game since his model appears in Royal Rumble. It was probably too late in development to fully remove him.

@Rschr101

5 ай бұрын

And he came back fat as ever😂

Great stuff, I had no idea the game originally had Legends like André and Sarge on its roster. 👍🏻

Back then they really made these games as up to date as possible

Stephanie was hot back in the day!

For those wondering, Big Show was sent to OVW due to his poor performance and inability to meet Vince's standard for a superster, while Ken Shamrock went back to UFC, before the release of the game. Thus, this made the officials decide to remove them from the game.

The Music For The Shots Brings Back So Much Nostalgia

We were going to get Bob Backlund? This game could've been ahead of it's time.

shamrock profile picture was used in wwf attitude, smackdown 1, wwf no mercy and smackdown 2 (unused)

Such a good video. Very informative. Keep up the good work!

@WrestlingVideoGames

3 ай бұрын

Thanks, much appreciated 🤘🏻

this beta stuff is dope. interesting how many things get changed. them using essa rios lita at first is so interesting

So something that always interested me, and is even more confusing now we’ve seen that in this beta the cage was using the HiaC model just the roof removed, where in development did they get the image for the back of the box of Undertaker putting Mankind through the Cell but the Cell looked like the barred cage? It was also ministry ‘Taker so we know it was before they updated his attire.

What a great video, this was so interesting for me. I remember I used to play this a lot when I was young.

It pains me to know that certain legends like classic Slaughter and Andre were cut. I had so much fun playing these games as a kid and the second Smackdown game was for sure better than the first game.

So they planned on having Legends in Smackdown! 2? Thats interesting!

@WrestlingVideoGames

4 ай бұрын

Such a shame they never made it.

0:00 Best song in the game. I actually made a remix of this back in 2014 😂

So much nostalgia this game is my childhood those early picture models definitely needed changes so glad we got them

11:47 Jacqueline❤❤

Both listas picture lita are hot 🔥

I was 13 when I played this game. I will never forget the feeling of putting the disc in my Playstation (RIP) and booting the game. When the menu music started to play, all my worries from school were gone.

they should introduced alternate selectable attires in this game

Wrestlemania XIX or Day of Reckoning next?

That last picture also showed "WIINNER" with two I's 😂

3:01, 7:40, 12:25, 12:49 Hey, it's Crispin Wah! Also the winner screens featuring Crispin Wah at 7:40 and 12:49 have two "I"s in "Winner".

I've waited 20 yrs for this

I F’N LOVE THESE VIDS!!!!

So if you added wrist tape to Eddie in the final version... why didn't you do the same for Dean?

@silversoulken

4 ай бұрын

And Perry……

I dont know how, but big show definitely came out in the Royal Rumble a few times lol.

One of my favorite games I remember buying it as a kid

Not sure about the removed legends but I do remember a lot of the alternate attires and body parts for Show and Shamrock being available in CAW. I don't think they ever finished the legend models like they did for those two. Also parts from SD1 guys were also in CAW, they just left out the faces I did like the CAW in the first two games because if you wanted you could make a wrestler with Taker's head, Rikishi's body and Crash's legs 😂 the next slew of games gave us more customization but we could no longer access parts of in game wrestlers anymore. I'm guessing because it would've been too easy to make updates of them however now a days we have that option again

I'm curious about Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 Odo Keisho Beta x Final

The Big Show and Ken Shamrock models are still in the final version of the game as unplayable unnamed wrestlers that enter the Royal Ruble from time to time. The only difference of the 2 is the Big Show model has a slightly altered head, but the body is the same one.

@Supermetabros92

5 ай бұрын

Big Show's SD2 model has short hair instead of the ponytail he had on the previous game.

At 3:39, it says WIINNER (WEINER) in the BETA version and WINNER in the final version

3:36 When unfinished looks 🎉better than finished ✔️ product

Damn Rikishi portrait photo looks like the Usos

hmm. after watching that video... i just realised i only had a beta version of the game. wwe smackdown for ps was cool too. i guess it was the last time jeff jarrett was in a wwe game

The steel cage in Beta was better in my opinion and the legends would of been good as well and why not keep both right to censor and regular attires, and still can’t believe Big Show was not in these games besides royal rumble matches

The changes in logos and clothing are a sign of the change in the family WWF and the attitude era

Merry Christmas

Why are they so many loading screens in this game especially in the season and royal rumble match.. it was like the game wasn’t finished yet it doesn’t do that in the original smackdown game

Stephanie's photo is better in BETA

I remember if you tap your playstation at the right time at startup you could watch all the titantron movies

I remember i got big show with gameshark code or something like that. , i dont even remember how i did it but i was very excited, there was even a super tall Lader

The viscera pic is scary Mr ass pic was funny Farrooq looked like he wanted to go home Benoit was like did you grt a good shot.

Undertakers ministry attire looked so much better than his American Badass attire. They should have kept his ministry attire or at least made it an alt attire. The American Badass attire is garbage.

Man that Create a Wrestler theme (the one at the beginning) is one of the GOATs. So relaxing and soothing. I still listen to it when playing WWE on my PS5. I really miss the old BGMs.

Two of my thoughts on these images. One: at the the game came out I didn’t realize it but looking back at the models now they look a lot like the model from the attitude game. Yeah it is the same gen and the graphics are improved a little but it isn’t that far off I don’t think. Two: I know they were going with the more updated ppvs for the rings mats but damn 99’s mats looked better than the 2000 ones imo

@ADG.Est.1988

5 ай бұрын

I agree except for summer slam logo colors. That Summer slam was Better than WrestleMania

The roster on the Beta was so much better, should have legends, also i remeber create a superstar parts for Goldust and Jeff Jarret , maybe they where on beta too

@BrianAwesome

Ай бұрын

Or models that they were going to use in Smackdown 1, since that was a 1999 developing game.

You can still make some legends on the game, I remember creating God Farther and a few others

8:31 final version of Mark Henry looks like a mugshot

The Cages Man 🤣 The Same Look The HIAC Had Shoulda Been The Cage Look Too

That beta Mark Henry profile pic tho

wth is matt hardy doing in that first profile picture?

Also you can unlock some of the beta attires I believe as caw parts tho lol lol

WWF ROyal Rumble 2 is a game that graphically pushes PS1 hardware beyond its very limits. The fighters models looks very detailed...If you put them higher res, take out pixelation and apply some filter and it could had pass from some early PS2/Dreamcast wrestling game era. In fact, models doest look that behind from the ones on WWF Royal Rumble on Naomi/Dreamcast...But in other hand, on that game character models look simplified in order to put so many on screen at once.

2:59 Jericho looks much more badass in the final version

The Lita beta profile pic, had her looking Like Jim Carrey at the end of Batman forever

@Rschr101

5 ай бұрын

Slanderous 😅

Would this have been the only time Bob Backlund made a video game appearance?

sgt. slaughter picture is directly taken from wrestlemania 7

Still looks bawls

My Rob Van Dam was a cold piece of work when I created him damn near unstoppable to beat him.

We want a remake for this game !!!!

What was the reason why they would create Andre the Giant if they were going to remove him in the final version? Seems like wasted time.

I kinda prefer the beta over the final game

Beta version would have been much better

Beta Version WWF SmackDown 2 Know Your Rules is the best

Why big show removed of final version?

@Supermetabros92

5 ай бұрын

He was sent to development in Ohio Valley Wrestling in order to lose weight at the time the game was about to be released.

Idk why but I feel like I remember both Eddie Guerrero profile pictures in the game

@tompratt9112

5 ай бұрын

Maybe the Beta was used on the loading screens?

from what i recall it used to stop after King of the ring... chipped games for you 😅

Where is Big Show?

I think you forgot HHH's hair was darker in the beta and in the final it's more blond like.

chyna and stephanie are so hot

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