If you have a dusty PSP in a drawer, or you just want to experience a solid wrestling game on your lunch break using a smartphone emulator, WWE ’12 is worth the effort. Just remember to back up your save files, use a trusted ISO source (or rip your own), and enjoy the last great hurrah of THQ’s handheld wrestling empire.

A new animation system that allowed for move interruptions and more fluid transitions. Road to WrestleMania:

The crowd audio cut out, replaced by a low, rhythmic humming. Instead of Triple H, the opponent’s model distorted, stretching into a tall, faceless shadow in a suit. The nameplate simply read: "THE END."

. However, by 2012, THQ shifted focus to seventh-generation consoles (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii), using a new "Predator Technology" engine that was not compatible with the aging PSP hardware. The Last Official Handheld Game

: The console version of WWE '12 introduced " Predator Technology " for more fluid animations. While PSP mods cannot fully replicate this new engine, they often update move-sets to match the 2012 era. Key Features (Console) :