With the limited number of buttons on the Game Boy Advance, just "A" and "B", WWE Road to WrestleMania X8 employed a simple approach to simulating wrestling moves.

[2] While the gameplay itself was improved, several reviewers noted that the Artificial Intelligence that controlled the computer opponents was easy and predictable.

The pay-per-view mode allowed the player to create a number of matches for a specific WWE PPV to play through.

[3] The roster for the game included only 15 wrestlers (a reduced number from the previous game's 24): Kurt Angle, Booker T, Edge, Christian, Bubba Ray Dudley, D-Von Dudley, Hulk Hogan, Chris Jericho, Kane, Kevin Nash.

[2] From an audio standpoint the game featured versions of each wrestler's entrance music and the occasional catch phrase, but no ring commentary during the match.

[6] GameZone said that the game does a solid job of emulating WWE wrestling while challenging and entertaining the players and rated it as "great".