WWE Ultimate SmackDown

WWE Ultimate SmackDown is a 2D fighting game published by the Subarashi gaming concern featuring characters and stages from World Wrestling Entertainment for the 3DS. It is a non-traditional fighting game that plays similarly to games in the Super Smash Bros., DreamMix TV World Fighters, Jump Super Stars, and Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion games. A field of 2 to 8 players fight on a 2D plane to either deplete the opponents of all their health or battle until one can be pinned or submitted, depending on the game mode. The game features a cast of 30 playable characters, along with various assist characters.

An expanded Wii U version titled WWE Ultimate SmackDown: Universe Edition was released a year after the 3DS version. This version contains mutliple new game modes, improved graphics, gameplay balances, 20 new characters, and new assist characters to replace the assist characters turned into playable fighters.

Gameplay
The game is more akin to Super Smash Bros than it is to standard fighting games and standard wrestling games. Each character has a moveset consisting of various strikes and grapples, along with 3 finishers to cause maximum damage to opponents. Along with basic moveset attacks, competitors can utilize weapons such as steel chairs, kendo sticks, trash cans, and much more. Controls for pinning and submissions are also available.

There are 2 basic fight modes: Fighting Match and Wrestling Match. Fighting Match is more akin to traditional fighting games, in which the purpose is to deplete the opponent's health bar. Wrestling Match is more akin to traditional wrestling games, in which the purpose is to get the opponent pinned or submitted.

Matches can be customized to have count outs, disqualifications, or falls count anywhere. Fighting Matches usually do not have count outs or disqualifications, but Wrestling Matches do. Certain matches can be set to be won by getting a briefcase/title off of the top of a ladder, putting an opponent through a table, or escaping a steel cage or Hell in a Cell. The full list of match types is below:

Match Types:

 * Fighting Match - Deplete all of opponent's health, fast finisher build-up, no count out, no disqualification, no weapons, Falls Count Anywhere
 * Customizations - Count Outs, Slow Finisher Build Up, Disqualifcations, Weapons, Surround by Steel Cage, Surround by Hell in a Cell, Surround by Elimination Chamber
 * Wrestling Match - Pin or submit opponent, slow finisher build-up, count outs, disqualifications, no weapons, no Falls Count Anywhere
 * Customizations - No Count Outs, No Disqualifications, Fast Finisher Build Up, Weapons, Falls Count Anywhere, Surround by Steel Cage, Surround by Hell in a Cell, Surround by Elimination Chamber
 * Tornado Tag Match - Teams of 2-on-2, 3-on-3, or 4-on-4, First Fall
 * Customizations -  Count Outs, Disqualifications, Finisher Build Up, Weapons, Falls Count Anywhere, Surround by Steel Cage, Surround by Hell in a Cell, Surround by Elimination Chamber
 * Survivor Series - Teams of 2-on-2, 3-on-3, 4-on-4, One on one matches until one team is left
 * Customizations -  Count Outs, Disqualifications, Finisher Build Up, Weapons, Falls Count Anywhere, Surround by Steel Cage, Surround by Hell in a Cell, Surround by Elimination Chamber
 * Handicap - One team has more members than another,  First Fall
 * No Count Outs, No Disqualifications, Fast Finisher Build Up, Weapons, Falls Count Anywhere, Surround by Steel Cage, Surround by Hell in a Cell, Surround by Elimination Chamber, Survivor Series Style
 * Extreme Rules -
 * Iron Man
 * Steel Cage
 * Elimination Chamber
 * Hell in a Cell
 * Inferno
 * Tables
 * Ladders
 * TLC
 * Submission
 * Lumberjack - One on One match, surrounded by 6 other wrestlers
 * Royal Rumble
 * 3 Stages of Hell
 * King of the Ring