VGGEN writes: "Earth shattering newsflash: Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 is this year's installment in THQ's long running wrestling game series (no, really?). Can you tell I was desperate for an opening sentence? That bit of profundity being delivered, I'm happy to inform readers that this year's release for the Wii may in fact be worthy of the Championship Belt. The game is well designed (which statement in and of itself marks the game as being quite a difference from the usual detritus to cross my desk), and leaves the impression that its developers actually spent more than 15 seconds of their precious time familiarizing themselves with the source material (Shock! Surprise! Is this even possible in the field of "slap a marketing tie-in on it and shuffle it out quick, some sucker'll buy it" videogame development?)"
