Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 15
  2. Negative: 5 out of 15
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  1. It's just hard to play this for more than a few minutes at a time without getting frustrated with the controls.
  2. Nintendo Power
    40
    THQ's new WWE game for the DS gets only one thing wrong. Unfortunately, that one thing is pretty important. [Holiday 2008, p.89]
  3. Unless you really need to play a wrestling game while away from home, avoid and stick to the home console version.
  4. With controls that don't work, incomprehensible RPG-styled gameplay between matches, and limited character creation utilities, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 for the NDS has come from its "has potential" status from last year all the way down to "scrap it."
  5. 20
    SmackDown vs. Raw's atrocious controls make it one of the worst wrestling efforts in recent memory and a textbook example of how not to utilize the DS' abilities. If you own a PSP, go with that version instead.

Awards & Rankings

66
#66 Most Discussed DS Game of 2008
31
#31 Most Shared DS Game of 2008
User Score
6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. Jan 31, 2023
    0
    THIS GAME IS PURE trash, I WOULD NOT recomend. IF YOU WANT SVR '09, BUY IT FOR THE PS OR THE XBOX
  2. Nov 7, 2022
    8
    Abandonaba el sistema de juego táctil para pasar a un interesante 3D. Buen paso adelante.
  3. Nov 12, 2011
    3
    I don't think it is worth playing because the controls are terrible. You have to use the stylus to use all the moves in the game. It is notI don't think it is worth playing because the controls are terrible. You have to use the stylus to use all the moves in the game. It is not very fun to do anything in this game because of that. Full Review »