WWE '12

[Noah]

Any news on pre-order deals? I got the Bret Hart one last year but the pre-orders for this game dont seem to come with a bonus

[mystikz]

Any news on pre-order deals? I got the Bret Hart one last year but the pre-orders for this game dont seem to come with a bonus

The Rock is supposed to come with preorders this year last I heard

[tenaciousg]

Screw it, I'll go ahead and do a roster prediction since the reveal is on Saturday. Last year's game shipped with 66 playable characters on the disk, plus it's been said that Hurricane was intended to be playable and Carlito was still buried on the disk somewhere. So I'm gonna use a cap of 68.

Raw

Alberto Del Rio

Alex Riley

Beth Phoenix

Big Show

Brie Bella

Chris Masters

CM Punk

David Hart Smith

David Otunga

Dolph Ziggler

Drew McIntyre

Evan Bourne

Eve

Gail Kim

Goldust

Husky Harris

Jack Swagger

John Cena

John Morrison

JTG

Kelly Kelly

Kofi Kingston

Maryse

Mason Ryan

Melina

Michael McGillicutty

The Miz

Mr. McMahon

Nikki Bella

Primo

Rey Mysterio

R-Truth

Santino Marella

Triple H

Vladimir Kozlov

Zack Ryder

SmackDown

Alicia Fox

Chavo Guerrero

Christian

Cody Rhodes

Daniel Bryan

Edge

Ezekiel Jackson

The Great Khali

Heath Slater

Justin Gabriel

Kane

Layla

Mark Henry

Michelle McCool

Natalya

Randy Orton

Sheamus

Sin Cara

Ted DiBiase

Tyson Kidd

Undertaker

Wade Barrett

William Regal

Yoshi Tatsu

Legends

Booker T

Bret Hart

Diesel

Jerry Lawler

Shawn Michaels

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Trish Stratus

??? (Token Random Playable Character ala the Druid)

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No real glaring omissions this year. Guys like Curt Hawkins, Trent Barreta, etc. could get in at the expense of guys like Primo and David Hart Smith, but I'd give the edge to people who were in last year on priciple. Only reason they'd make the changes is if they were looking at the roster disbursement at Mania time and purposely tried to give SD some extra jobbers to even out the rosters slightly (kinda like how Vance Archer got in last year since ECW wasn't dead yet when the rosters were finalized).

I'm sure I put too much logic into the Legends selections by picking mostly people who have been on TV during the year. Doubtless some of those guesses are wrong. Also there's said to be a character that won't be revealed until September but I have no clue who would be "important" enough to warrant the special attention.

Seems like a pretty good prediction. One thing that no one's considered is NXT. You have to think that the NXT arena will be there and that someone like Titus O'Neil or Darren Young shouldn't be ruled out.

I really hope that Trent Barreta will make it.

While I'm about 90% sure there won't be any NXT guys in the game, I would love their inclusion, if only because it means there could be a chance for a CAW Road to WrestleMania where you're on NXT.

[The Buscher]

According to Ledesma, there will be 62 wrestlers revealed tomorrow. Regular roster, divas, and Legends. Plus the one mystery character that won't be revealed until September. So 63 characters in all...need to make some cuts to my predicted roster.

I'll go ahead and guess that the roster was finalized earlier than expected - so Sin Cara doesn't make it and winds up being DLC later on. Still need to make 4 more cuts, so sayonara JTG, David Hart Smith, Primo, and Goldust. Alternatively, they might just not include any of the New Nexus - except for Punk obviously. Wouldn't totally surprise me given that being in the previous year always gives you a great chance of staying in.

Anyway - this is awesome:

[Damian WayLNKe]

Otunga was DLC las year though.

[The Buscher]

Yeah, like I said, I think they'd go with Nexus. The guys I cut were doing absolutely nothing whereas Nexus were at least doing something somewhat important in being Punk's lackeys/Orton's punting practice.

Be funny if they put in Otunga but not Harris, McGillicutty, or Ryan. Would pretty much expose that them having your model already is the biggest criteria.

-edit-

Now that I think about it...perhaps the 62 person reveal isn't counting people like Kozlov, Smith, Masters, Chavo, Melina, etc. - they've done the reveal for 2 years now and each time they just ignore mentioning anybody who was released who happen to still be in the game.

Edited August 13, 2011 by kbusch22

[=BK=]

They would just have to edit Batista's model to get Mason in.

[Lord Nibbler]

EDIT: Never mind

Edited August 13, 2011 by Lord Nibbler

[Lord Nibbler]

Triple post :S

Edited August 13, 2011 by Lord Nibbler

[Lord Nibbler]

Screw it, I'll go ahead and do a roster prediction since the reveal is on Saturday. Last year's game shipped with 66 playable characters on the disk, plus it's been said that Hurricane was intended to be playable and Carlito was still buried on the disk somewhere. So I'm gonna use a cap of 68.

Raw

Alberto Del Rio

Alex Riley

Beth Phoenix

Big Show

Brie Bella

Chris Masters

CM Punk

David Hart Smith

David Otunga

Dolph Ziggler

Drew McIntyre

Evan Bourne

Eve

Gail Kim

Goldust

Husky Harris

Jack Swagger

John Cena

John Morrison

JTG

Kelly Kelly

Kofi Kingston

Maryse

Mason Ryan

Melina

Michael McGillicutty

The Miz

Mr. McMahon

Nikki Bella

Primo

Rey Mysterio

R-Truth

Santino Marella

Triple H

Vladimir Kozlov

Zack Ryder

SmackDown

Alicia Fox

Chavo Guerrero

Christian

Cody Rhodes

Daniel Bryan

Edge

Ezekiel Jackson

The Great Khali

Heath Slater

Justin Gabriel

Kane

Layla

Mark Henry

Michelle McCool

Natalya

Randy Orton

Sheamus

Sin Cara

Ted DiBiase

Tyson Kidd

Undertaker

Wade Barrett

William Regal

Yoshi Tatsu

Legends

Booker T

Bret Hart

Diesel

Jerry Lawler

Shawn Michaels

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Trish Stratus

??? (Token Random Playable Character ala the Druid)

I'd be surprised if Jericho wasn't included.

[Lopro]

One guy Ive not seen mentioned is Brodus Clay, I think he has a decent shot of being in the game, even though he has just come off a three month absence he was pretty prominent around Wrestlemania time due to his association with Alberto Del Rio.

Edited August 13, 2011 by Lopro

[Tyrone]

Roster Reveal

They showed Cena vs. Punk. Was pretty good, fluid animation and Punk is up to date.

[The Buscher]

Probably not gonna actually see any of the reveal since they are taking ridiculously long at getting on with it. I'll just check out the list once it's out.

[TKz]

Cult of Personality has made it in for anyone wondering. Which is awesome.

[Baddar]

Husky fucking Harris is in the game.

[Cymbols]

Husky, Otunga and Mason Ryan are all in... SWEET!

[GoGo Yubari]

Husky fucking Harris is in the game.

Wow. That seems like the most random inclusion in a while.

[Guest JukeboxHero]

ZACK RYDER IS IN!

[MalaCloudy Black]

Finally, my dream of playing a video game as David Otunga and/or Husky Harris is complete.

Also, Cody Rhodes has his facemask. That rules.

[TKz]

Mason Ryan's entrance looked hilarious.