Reason for Andre the Giant being in the game is to make up for the absence of the Big Show. You can still create Big Show CAW using Andre's customization. Also this being the first WWF wrestling game to include a legend in the game before that became a norm in future titles.
@@BrianAwesome Because Andre's dead & the Championship storylines used wrestlers that were still alive at the time? So, you had to deal with Steven Richards of Right to Censor in Big Show's position instead.
+Allen M The game probably had so many moves because they were all leftovers from the previous Wrestlemania 2000 game, the two WCW games, and the Japanese counterparts that were built on this same game engine.
The Japanese games are Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 and Virtual Pro Wrestling 2. They are both excellent. Most people that import the latter, like myself, actually believe it to be superior to No Mercy, even if slightly. But none of these games are too far apart. They are all amazing and easy contenders for the best wrestling game.
I am actually going to contact Aki to get the game engine rights and I'm going to make an attempt at making a remastered version stay tuned everybody :-)
The developers would have to change the whole thing in order to make it run on a current generation system. By that I mean re-animating the models, the textures, titantron videos, music, menu screens, sound effects and the gameplay etc . Of course it would have to be re-released as WWE No Mercy due to them losing the rights to the WWF trademark in 2002.
Cattywampus the game barely came out and it's already on your top favorites? I would give it time before you reach these conclusions. You're just high on it right now cuz it's new.
2k18 is the best wrestling game all time now imo. No Mercy was really good but it would randomly delete the whole process of your game periodically. All the belts you unlocked, hidden characters and everything you spent time winning would just erase for no reason. The only things you could save permanently were your created players if you remember to save them on a memory card. I had multiple different copies of no mercy and they all had this glitch so that counts against it to me..
2k18 is the best wrestling game all time now imo. No Mercy was really good but it would randomly delete the whole process of your game periodically. All the belts you unlocked, hidden characters and everything you spent time winning would just erase for no reason. The only things you could save permanently were your created players if you remember to save them on a memory card. I had multiple different copies of no mercy and they all had this glitch so that counts against it to me..
@@marlowstanfield6815 That's only for the 1st issue copies of the game. After the mass recall, you could get another copy of No Mercy for essentially free if you had the Data Erase bug & notified the right people.
@@marlowstanfield6815I’m thinking of buying No mercy again but I hope I don’t get this glitch I don’t recall getting it back in the early 2000’s either ..
This game was pretty damn epic I have to admit. And still holds up to this day! The system was great, and provided years of fun well after the end of N64's time. Then came Smack down HCTP.... What else do I need to say? That game had it all! perfect controls, the perfect system, the greatest roster, an in depth CAW mode, a great season mode, and a bunch of other extremely fun features that make it well worth having in your collection right now. There's nothing like doing a running power bomb off the top of time square onto the top of a limo in traffic, and then that limo exploding from under you. Or dragging your opponent around while riding a motorcycle! lol HCTP is hands down the best in the Smack down series, and pretty much the funnest wrestling game I've ever played. No mercy stands right beside it tho...
Here Comes The Pain & Shut your mouth are my favorites. No Mercy is a great wrestling but not the best one ever made its overrated in my opinion am I the only that's bothered about the slow downs in No Mercy ? No one mentions that issue I noticed
RetepAdam I don’t think they did You were able to rename the titles on the character select screen and sort When I was a kid I changed my select screen around by putting the heavyweight champs together then the ic champs ect Truly amazing how customizable this game was
2k18 is the best wrestling game all time now imo. No Mercy was really good but it would randomly delete the whole process of your game periodically. All the belts you unlocked, hidden characters and everything you spent time winning would just erase for no reason. The only things you could save permanently were your created players if you remember to save them on a memory card. I had multiple different copies of no mercy and they all had this glitch so that counts against it to me..
I love the fact that weapons in this game dont dissapear once they fall to the floor, that is a huge plus for me over Wrestlemania 2000 and Revenge. Also having 3 strong strikes ( B, B+Dpad, A+B )
The only negative about this game is when it would erase the data. It really sucked playing the game for hours, unlocking everything, and then one day finding out it was erased...or right after you won a belt. I remember beating the Hardcore title story and then finding out the data was gone. I didn't turn it off. I beat the mode and went straight to exhibition mode. No title. Other than that, this game was good.
They fixed this and you could get your copy replaced with the new version. We did. The only down-side, was that in the fixed version, they'd also removed the blood. At least in the European version. Fucking Germany...
wheremyhose My game usually gets erase after I unlock everything. It's sad every time it did, but it gave me another reason to play again and clearing Survival Mode for money to unlock everything in the shop.
The other great thing about these N64 WWF games is you can make a wrestler who isn’t in the game and they actually blend in with the wrestlers actually in the game! Something that has never been done quite right since.
This game is SO the greatest wrestling game ever made. it's one of my favorite N64 games of all time. I especially love how unlike the previous games, taunting doesn't get rid of your weapon. I'm so glad this game appeared in the best games list in the final issue of Nintendo Power.
If WWF No Mercy had full entrances like in WrestleMania 2000 this game would've been perfect and would've been my #1 Wrestling Game, that #1 spot belongs to Here Comes The Pain! Thanks for this review Nikateen, I've been rewatching your Wrestling Game reviews, it's been always a blast! 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
Considering the fact that No Mercy is still being modded to this day I would say yes No Mercy is the best wrestling game of all time, 2k games may have the next gen graphics but they don't have the longevity of this iconic game
Remember playing this and never seeing the intro because i never gave it a chance to play, then after a few months seeing it and being blown away and revived the hype for the game
I recently got the chance to play this for the first time and it without question lives up to the Hype even today. This definitely belongs in the GOAT Tier of Wrestling Games along with other classics GOAT: No Mercy, Shut Your Mouth & HCTP, SVR 2006 & 7, & WWE 2K14
I love this game it’s a lot better than WWF Warzone, WWF Attitude, WWF Smack Down, WWF Smack Down 2, and it’s even a lot better than WWF Wrestlemania 2000. WWF No Mercy has awesome creation options and great gameplay.
This one is next on my list. I've avoided it because, as I've said before... I am an entrance mark from WAY back. That said, the roster seems slightly better than WM 2000, it has more venues, running grapples, ladder matches, table matches, and backstage areas, and you can destroy the announce table! I also love the fact that they added in a "Ho" to purchase. Can you imagine if they tried to add something like that into a current game? Oh yeah... "Estranged", anyone? Great choice for the outtro. Was that you hitting the keys? I've seen you drum, so makes me think it may have been you. I'm a guitarist, and I can play the keyboard too. Musicianship is FAR nerdier than people give it credit for!
100% the best wrestling game ever made! It was a match made in heaven... The N64 had its hands full with the Dreamcast, and the PS1 out, but Nintendo had em fighting for dear life!
I think the entrance cuts were made to add things like creating wrestlers making the game play better and the roster and adding a better career mode. They had to draw the line somewhere. And at least it still has entrances and theme music. They could have just done without them completely like in Smackdown. This game is a great complete package even if in some ways I think Wrestlemania 2000 is slightly better for it. No Mercy is the overall more complete game but Wrestlemania had slightly better presentation. Both games are still so great!
They didn't go without them. Yukes just did their entrances differently than AKI. AKI did it realistically, whereas Yukes had their wrestlers on the Playstation Smackdown games come out in front of a green screen playing their real life Titantron video & theme song and do their signature pose.
You can find this game on emulator, but I always try to play the real thing when possible. If you can find a Nintendo 64 for a good price, then yes it's worth it. Plus, this game isn't very expensive. Hope that helps!
The thing that bothered me the most is when playing Survival mode, each time someone runs into the ring, the camera zooms in on that character. When doing so, the fighting in the ring stops for about 3 seconds.
My top 5 greatest wrestling games of all time: Smackdown here comes the pain, Day of Reckoning 2, WWF No Mercy, Wrestlemania 2000 and Smackdown vs Raw 2006
I hated this game. The only advantage it had over WrestleMania 2000 was the running grapple, which was present in Virtual Pro Wrestling 2. VPW2 was just a Japanese WM 2000 with a running grapple.
Great review. Never played any wrestling game on the Nintendo 64. I was the Playstation guy. But it sure keeps me interested in buying this system, when I see your reviews for all the awesome wrestling games on this console.
What a game. The gold standard. I remember getting this with such a sense of anticipation which I think was because of a combination of how good WM 2000 was and how hot the WWF was in the year 2000.
I really wish WWF Backlash was finished. That would’ve been my favorite wrestling game ever. But for now, it will always be No Mercy and Here Comes The Pain for me.
Gosh i had totally forgot they cut entrances in half in this game... which tells you how fun the gameplay was and i remember i wanted the best entrances possible as it complete the package so nicely!
Just bought an N64 with No Mercy on eBay, been looking at buying an other N64 for a while now so decided to go for it. The first console I had was the Mega Drive but it was the N64 that really made me appreciate gaming and got me into the hobby. So, so many memories of gaming on my N64. A brilliant system.
WCW vs NWO, Revenge, Wrestlemania 2000, and No Mercy were wrestling video game perfection IMO, and each iteration just added more that made them the undisputed kings of the genre to this day. The animations were so good, the speed was just right, and everything had a perfect scale and weight. Starting with the Smackdown series wrestling games lost that feeling. Everything feels too fast and floaty since then, and you don't feel the impact of the fighting and environment as much. The other benefit those games had over their games was the culture of wrestling during that era. We still had things like great hardcore matches, crazy stables, and the rosters of the late WCW and Attitude Era WWF were amazing. I feel so lucky to be a kid/ teenager during those times and to play this game series in its prime.
I remember saving my paper route money to buy all available wrestling games for n64 and ps1 back in the day. NWO world tour was sick and always wished they made a wwf game the same.....then they Did!! What a time for wrestling and gaming indeed. 20 years later and they can't come close to how good they had it.
I always thought Smackdown 2 3 and 4 were better. I enjoyed Revenge/Wrestlemania 2000/No Mercy but those smackdown games just captured my imagination. Good times
Great review man..i agree the entrances are the ONLY flaw..i remember getting this on Christmas eve the year it came out..i still love wreatlemania 2000 also..even wcw revenge..wrestling was at its finest during these times and that will never change..
Hey Tyson! I agree! All are great games-i have all 3! I gotta say-no mercy is still no.1! No other wrestling game has touched it since-and I've played em all pretty much. Whaddya reckon?
I had gone off my n64 by the time this came out and was onto ps1 fully, i would have loved this game as I was a huge fan of revenge. Kudos for the estranged piano piece towards the end.
At this point I wasn't watching WWF that much but my brother and I poured hours upon hours into this! We altered so many characters to look like Street Fighters, the Punch Out! cast, Double Dragon, and all kinds! Sure they didn't look perfect but we did the best we could.
I realize this video is 5 years old, I just wanna say that there are bars back stage because arenas where events are held like wrestling are also arenas for other sports and events. The bars are usually named after something Like Pepsi or whatever company wants to pay money to have their name in the arena. Folks sit in there and drink and watch the events while paying 3 times what a drink is actually worth.
Great Review. Although I find it hard to believe you didn't talk about the save data bug. That damn thing frustrated me so much when I played this game.
If the Championship Mode or whatever that was wouldn't be so f*cking hard I would maybe consider it one of the greatest games of all time... But HCTP has probably that status.
They do so many remakes nowadays… THIS is a game that absolutely should be remade with updated graphics, wrestlers, matches and story mode (just polish it up basically and make it a little more in-depth) But just keep on the controls and the vibe.
Great review, this is in my top five favorite wrestling games ever of all time! I hope you do a review of the whole smackdown and smackdown Vs raw series!
The only 2 downsides to this game were the lack of complete entrances and how Career mode could be a bitch to beat at times, especially handicap or multi man matches. I still have it as my 2nd favorite WWE game after HCTP.
There are much more downsides to this game ....... for example : - in the Royal Rumble are no more than 4 wrestlers at the same time in the ring , for me it looks too empty . - I want divas in my game , for me are even in wwe 2k19 not enough divas in the game . - it's not possible to play 4 vs 4 elimination matches like in the Survivor Series . - the graphics , for me it's important because wrestling is about visual and show .
I feel like the entrances were reduced due to the fact that during multi-player, we would always skip the intros in 2000. It's like once you've seen them all its like, ok let's do this already. I missed the option of watching them or skipping them though.
Yes it is the best, ive owned revenge and world tour since the 1st month they were out and acquired WM2000 and and no mercy at a later date but I remember renting it multiple times as a kid spending HOURS kicking ass. Still play it to this day sometimes.
Pretty good review but your complaints can easily be answered. I was following the development until it's release of this game. Full entrances were removed deeper into development to make space for other things. Aki even said they made a beta test of a hiac match/mode but it lagged on the n64,so it was also removed. As for why aren't the titantron videos playing during the walkout? I would also assume it's from the limited capabilities of the n64 256mb cartridge. (320 mb and 512 were also released but why aki didn't use it I don't know)
Reason for Andre the Giant being in the game is to make up for the absence of the Big Show. You can still create Big Show CAW using Andre's customization. Also this being the first WWF wrestling game to include a legend in the game before that became a norm in future titles.
Wait. Big Show wasn't I'm this? I thought he was. But why wasn't he? He was in Wrestlemania 2000
@@DDRUTOU He was sent back down to developmental due to weight issues
.... So why wasn't Andre in the Wm 2000 main event, in the No Mercy season (in Big Show's place) ?
@@BrianAwesome Because Andre's dead & the Championship storylines used wrestlers that were still alive at the time? So, you had to deal with Steven Richards of Right to Censor in Big Show's position instead.
Spent literally years on this game creating every wrestler I ever wanted to play as. They had every move you could ever want
+Allen M The game probably had so many moves because they were all leftovers from the previous Wrestlemania 2000 game, the two WCW games, and the Japanese counterparts that were built on this same game engine.
what Japanese games?
FuckUrTribute virtual fighter i think
I created guys I use to work with at my old job, on our breaks, we would play as a tag team and beat up the old ladies
The Japanese games are Virtual Pro Wrestling 64 and Virtual Pro Wrestling 2. They are both excellent. Most people that import the latter, like myself, actually believe it to be superior to No Mercy, even if slightly. But none of these games are too far apart. They are all amazing and easy contenders for the best wrestling game.
I was addicted to this game as a kid, I got it the 1st day it came out . SO many months spent on this game . Nostalgia at its finest.
U saved all your ginger bottles up as a kid to buy this game lol
@@mac10watp31 WWF Attitude had a legend first. The Legend was HBK
i wish they would remaster this game like wtf i pay 100$ for a current gen remaster of no mercy
Hell yes, damn these companies are wasting time to win a lot of money.
I am actually going to contact Aki to get the game engine rights and I'm going to make an attempt at making a remastered version stay tuned everybody :-)
im in. pay 1.000 €
The developers would have to change the whole thing in order to make it run on a current generation system. By that I mean re-animating the models, the textures, titantron videos, music, menu screens, sound effects and the gameplay etc . Of course it would have to be re-released as WWE No Mercy due to them losing the rights to the WWF trademark in 2002.
pro wrestling x
Here Comes the Pain and No Mercy are my favorite wrestling games
Bella's Dad I'd have to agree with that list, but I would also add WCW/nWo Revenge for me, I played that game for hours on end.
Im going to add 2k17 to that list....
Cattywampus the game barely came out and it's already on your top favorites? I would give it time before you reach these conclusions. You're just high on it right now cuz it's new.
I have the game, and i came to a conclusion, all 2k www games are trash
Peter Faka *All 2K WWE Games EXCEPT WWE 2K14 Suck
This is my all time favorite wrestling game ever. Man i remember me and my friends would play hours and hours. The good old days.
htxtexans 713 same that's why I wear glasses now eyes got fucked up
The Smackdown games on the PS2 were my favourite 🔥🔥
But this was definitely another amazing game for the time too! 💯
2k18 is the best wrestling game all time now imo. No Mercy was really good but it would randomly delete the whole process of your game periodically. All the belts you unlocked, hidden characters and everything you spent time winning would just erase for no reason. The only things you could save permanently were your created players if you remember to save them on a memory card. I had multiple different copies of no mercy and they all had this glitch so that counts against it to me..
dig dig diggity dig diggity dawg!
GWRevolutionTV that song was funny. I member the goofy menu beats that play.
Break It
Socko
dig dig dig, dig diggity dog. SOCKO!
No wresting game has topped No Mercy..imo best game ever..got it for Christmas when it came out. .best gift for 64..👍
This game still holds up today. No Mercy, Wrestlemania 2000 and WCW vs NWO revenge are in my opinion 3 of the greatest wrestling games ever made.
2k18 is the best wrestling game all time now imo. No Mercy was really good but it would randomly delete the whole process of your game periodically. All the belts you unlocked, hidden characters and everything you spent time winning would just erase for no reason. The only things you could save permanently were your created players if you remember to save them on a memory card. I had multiple different copies of no mercy and they all had this glitch so that counts against it to me..
@@marlowstanfield6815 That's only for the 1st issue copies of the game. After the mass recall, you could get another copy of No Mercy for essentially free if you had the Data Erase bug & notified the right people.
@@TherealRNOwwfpooh by the time the time they did the recall I moved on to Dreamcast, by that time I only played Dreamcast i didn't play N 64 anymore
Damn right it does. I just bought 2k17 and it’s trash compared to these.
@@marlowstanfield6815I’m thinking of buying No mercy again but I hope I don’t get this glitch I don’t recall getting it back in the early 2000’s either ..
Dig-Diggity dog
LOLLLL, man, legit cracked up.
Socko
Sam Webber Break it
LMAO idk why that was always playing in the background but that's funny AF u referenced it
Til this day I swear that’s manny fresh from cash money
This game was pretty damn epic I have to admit. And still holds up to this day! The system was great, and provided years of fun well after the end of N64's time. Then came Smack down HCTP.... What else do I need to say? That game had it all! perfect controls, the perfect system, the greatest roster, an in depth CAW mode, a great season mode, and a bunch of other extremely fun features that make it well worth having in your collection right now. There's nothing like doing a running power bomb off the top of time square onto the top of a limo in traffic, and then that limo exploding from under you. Or dragging your opponent around while riding a motorcycle! lol HCTP is hands down the best in the Smack down series, and pretty much the funnest wrestling game I've ever played. No mercy stands right beside it tho...
Agreed dude Here Comes The Pain is still amazing to this day. No Mercy feels so heavy and slow in comparison
THQ wrestling games were better than the 2K crap they make. Too bad they went under. Hope they someday change to a better developer.
Shut Your Mouth was my favorite
Here Comes The Pain & Shut your mouth are my favorites. No Mercy is a great wrestling but not the best one ever made its overrated in my opinion am I the only that's bothered about the slow downs in No Mercy ? No one mentions that issue I noticed
Damn. Never noticed they had the last group of guys listed as straight-up Jobbers. Brutal.
RetepAdam I don’t think they did
You were able to rename the titles on the character select screen and sort
When I was a kid I changed my select screen around by putting the heavyweight champs together then the ic champs ect
Truly amazing how customizable this game was
I think it's the best wrestling game ever. Why don't they have the same gameplay now
They should really hire the team that worked on these games to make a new one. It would be amazing. Never got into the 2K series.
JOB3815
1. Things change
2. The company that made this is nonexistent
Here Comes The Pain is still better
2k18 is the best wrestling game all time now imo. No Mercy was really good but it would randomly delete the whole process of your game periodically. All the belts you unlocked, hidden characters and everything you spent time winning would just erase for no reason. The only things you could save permanently were your created players if you remember to save them on a memory card. I had multiple different copies of no mercy and they all had this glitch so that counts against it to me..
@@Mike-t5r9q not really... And had Aki gotten to make a WWE game at the same time it would have blown hctp away
Guns and roses estranged in the background.
"and even a ho?...you can buy a... 'ho' in the game..." Haha. That one got me, man. You do very good reviews.
Doing the 3D, best part of the tag team matches. You all know you hit that damn thing a million times in one match. it was just too much fun to do
I love the fact that weapons in this game dont dissapear once they fall to the floor, that is a huge plus for me over Wrestlemania 2000 and Revenge. Also having 3 strong strikes ( B, B+Dpad, A+B )
Best wrestling game of all time.
The only negative about this game is when it would erase the data. It really sucked playing the game for hours, unlocking everything, and then one day finding out it was erased...or right after you won a belt. I remember beating the Hardcore title story and then finding out the data was gone. I didn't turn it off. I beat the mode and went straight to exhibition mode. No title. Other than that, this game was good.
They fixed this and you could get your copy replaced with the new version. We did. The only down-side, was that in the fixed version, they'd also removed the blood. At least in the European version. Fucking Germany...
And I found out about that too late.
wheremyhose My game usually gets erase after I unlock everything. It's sad every time it did, but it gave me another reason to play again and clearing Survival Mode for money to unlock everything in the shop.
How can you tell if it's the bugged version or fixed version
iNSOM KiLLA the code above the barcode on the box :)
The other great thing about these N64 WWF games is you can make a wrestler who isn’t in the game and they actually blend in with the wrestlers actually in the game! Something that has never been done quite right since.
This game has the best weapon system of all of the games. They don’t disappear when dropped!!!
Man, my cousin and I would do backstage royal rumbles back in the day. Man, those were some of the best times I ever had playing a wrestling game.
This game is SO the greatest wrestling game ever made. it's one of my favorite N64 games of all time. I especially love how unlike the previous games, taunting doesn't get rid of your weapon. I'm so glad this game appeared in the best games list in the final issue of Nintendo Power.
If WWF No Mercy had full entrances like in WrestleMania 2000 this game would've been perfect and would've been my #1 Wrestling Game, that #1 spot belongs to Here Comes The Pain!
Thanks for this review Nikateen, I've been rewatching your Wrestling Game reviews, it's been always a blast! 🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻
The only thing I don't like is when it slows downs when 3 or 4 guys in the same time
Considering the fact that No Mercy is still being modded to this day I would say yes No Mercy is the best wrestling game of all time, 2k games may have the next gen graphics but they don't have the longevity of this iconic game
the only real downside was the data on the game would delete every now and again
You may have had a bad copy. I just loaded my game up after 15 years or so and it still has all my created wrestlers. :)
Its possible
rob brindisi That was a major issue for 70% of the cartridges made 😕
rob brindisi 2k14 does this
Tikitackfouls Also 2K17
I'm glad you did a review on this I think this is the greatest wrestling game of all time but I am a product of my generation
Remember playing this and never seeing the intro because i never gave it a chance to play, then after a few months seeing it and being blown away and revived the hype for the game
This game got me into WWE. Best story mode and great to play with my brothers
+Mac Banks
WW'F'
+finsfan90 the World Wildlife federation lol
Mac Banks
At the time it was WWF, and it should be addressed as such.
*****
Ah I see what you did there.
+finsfan90 it's still WWF to me, dammit
I recently got the chance to play this for the first time and it without question lives up to the Hype even today. This definitely belongs in the GOAT Tier of Wrestling Games along with other classics
GOAT: No Mercy, Shut Your Mouth & HCTP, SVR 2006 & 7, & WWE 2K14
I love this game it’s a lot better than WWF Warzone, WWF Attitude, WWF Smack Down, WWF Smack Down 2, and it’s even a lot better than WWF Wrestlemania 2000. WWF No Mercy has awesome creation options and great gameplay.
This one is next on my list.
I've avoided it because, as I've said before... I am an entrance mark from WAY back.
That said, the roster seems slightly better than WM 2000, it has more venues, running grapples, ladder matches, table matches, and backstage areas, and you can destroy the announce table!
I also love the fact that they added in a "Ho" to purchase.
Can you imagine if they tried to add something like that into a current game?
Oh yeah... "Estranged", anyone?
Great choice for the outtro. Was that you hitting the keys? I've seen you drum, so makes me think it may have been you.
I'm a guitarist, and I can play the keyboard too.
Musicianship is FAR nerdier than people give it credit for!
Yes,you're right,but also include to the list Shut Your Mouth or Smackdown! & Here Comes The Pain!
100% the best wrestling game ever made! It was a match made in heaven... The N64 had its hands full with the Dreamcast, and the PS1 out, but Nintendo had em fighting for dear life!
No Mercy and WCW/NWO Revenge are the GOAT Wrestling games to me. Spent countless hours on those games wow....
great channel ive stumbled across, going to watch all your other wrestling game reviews now
Still play it to this day. Best wrestling game ever
I think the entrance cuts were made to add things like creating wrestlers making the game play better and the roster and adding a better career mode. They had to draw the line somewhere. And at least it still has entrances and theme music. They could have just done without them completely like in Smackdown. This game is a great complete package even if in some ways I think Wrestlemania 2000 is slightly better for it. No Mercy is the overall more complete game but Wrestlemania had slightly better presentation. Both games are still so great!
They didn't go without them. Yukes just did their entrances differently than AKI. AKI did it realistically, whereas Yukes had their wrestlers on the Playstation Smackdown games come out in front of a green screen playing their real life Titantron video & theme song and do their signature pose.
Don’t care what anyone sais WWF No Mercy greatest wrestling game of all time and those are the facts!!
Yes it is, I still play til this day.
Wassup! I have a question! Can I use this footage for my video, Top 5 Greatest Wrestling Games!? I'll put this video in the description!
Is this game worth buying an n64 for.
You can find this game on emulator, but I always try to play the real thing when possible. If you can find a Nintendo 64 for a good price, then yes it's worth it. Plus, this game isn't very expensive. Hope that helps!
+NikateeN is $70 a good price or bad.
+Killerman 20003 personally, I would try to find one cheaper... But I'm always looking for a bargain.
no just use an emulator and download showdown 64 mod.
Killerman 20003 Yes. Emulators don't do it justice.
Just noticed and giggled at the Insiders Edge shown in the CAW mode 😂
The thing that bothered me the most is when playing Survival mode, each time someone runs into the ring, the camera zooms in on that character. When doing so, the fighting in the ring stops for about 3 seconds.
Agreed
No Mercy is what got me i to wrestling when i was three years old. and it also got me into gaming
he kicked that out!!!! he kicked that out!!!! he kicked out!!!! lmao J.R.
that was jim cornette
@@phenomenalonegaming4843 that was Jim Ross that said He kicked out he Kicked Out He Kicked Out!!!
If I had a log of how many hours out into this game, it would be staggering.
Such an amazing wrestling game.
My top 5 greatest wrestling games of all time: Smackdown here comes the pain, Day of Reckoning 2, WWF No Mercy, Wrestlemania 2000 and Smackdown vs Raw 2006
Only problem with no mercy......THE FUCKING ENTRANCES
KoolKeith9000 Agreed. There must've been an issue with cartridge limitations or something.
It's the Awesome Review of AKI/THQ N64 Wrestling Games!!😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
damn back in the days I played this game every day
Im literally watching all of your reviews for these wrestling games back to back. Great content man. You should do a review on SvR 2008
I love listening to classic entrances from these games.
I hated this game. The only advantage it had over WrestleMania 2000 was the running grapple, which was present in Virtual Pro Wrestling 2. VPW2 was just a Japanese WM 2000 with a running grapple.
Tell you what was an amazing feature for the time!! Updated characters updated on the intro video also 😎
Great review. Never played any wrestling game on the Nintendo 64. I was the Playstation guy. But it sure keeps me interested in buying this system, when I see your reviews for all the awesome wrestling games on this console.
Wow I can’t believe I never realized no mercy didn’t have full entrances lol wow just wow how did I miss that
If I could, I would mix No Mercy with Smackdown vs Raw 2006 and WWE 2k17.
What a game. The gold standard. I remember getting this with such a sense of anticipation which I think was because of a combination of how good WM 2000 was and how hot the WWF was in the year 2000.
I really wish WWF Backlash was finished. That would’ve been my favorite wrestling game ever. But for now, it will always be No Mercy and Here Comes The Pain for me.
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I hope you do other wrestling games.
Thank you! Yes, I will continue to make more wrestling reviews. In the meanwhile, check out some of my previous wrestling reviews.
I love all the aki games. They're one of the best. If not. The best.
It’s definitely the best of its generation, but I only consider it to 2nd best ever. To me, the best is “Smackdown: Here comes the Pain”.
You should have way more views you are one of the few channels I look forward to seeing your new videos you are great!
Gosh i had totally forgot they cut entrances in half in this game... which tells you how fun the gameplay was and i remember i wanted the best entrances possible as it complete the package so nicely!
Just bought an N64 with No Mercy on eBay, been looking at buying an other N64 for a while now so decided to go for it. The first console I had was the Mega Drive but it was the N64 that really made me appreciate gaming and got me into the hobby. So, so many memories of gaming on my N64. A brilliant system.
WCW vs NWO, Revenge, Wrestlemania 2000, and No Mercy were wrestling video game perfection IMO, and each iteration just added more that made them the undisputed kings of the genre to this day. The animations were so good, the speed was just right, and everything had a perfect scale and weight. Starting with the Smackdown series wrestling games lost that feeling. Everything feels too fast and floaty since then, and you don't feel the impact of the fighting and environment as much.
The other benefit those games had over their games was the culture of wrestling during that era. We still had things like great hardcore matches, crazy stables, and the rosters of the late WCW and Attitude Era WWF were amazing.
I feel so lucky to be a kid/ teenager during those times and to play this game series in its prime.
I remember saving my paper route money to buy all available wrestling games for n64 and ps1 back in the day. NWO world tour was sick and always wished they made a wwf game the same.....then they Did!! What a time for wrestling and gaming indeed. 20 years later and they can't come close to how good they had it.
The real shame is there was supposed to be one more game (WWF Backlash) but it was cancelled when focus shifted from the Nintendo 64 to the Gamecube.
I like your modern y2j . Almost the save us attire. Good job. Games had great editing
I loved the pool table and announcer table stunners
I always thought Smackdown 2 3 and 4 were better. I enjoyed Revenge/Wrestlemania 2000/No Mercy but those smackdown games just captured my imagination. Good times
Great review man..i agree the entrances are the ONLY flaw..i remember getting this on Christmas eve the year it came out..i still love wreatlemania 2000 also..even wcw revenge..wrestling was at its finest during these times and that will never change..
Hey Tyson! I agree! All are great games-i have all 3! I gotta say-no mercy is still no.1! No other wrestling game has touched it since-and I've played em all pretty much. Whaddya reckon?
+TysonD916 Those games were the best wrestling games and still are today.
I had gone off my n64 by the time this came out and was onto ps1 fully, i would have loved this game as I was a huge fan of revenge.
Kudos for the estranged piano piece towards the end.
This brings back good memories, I remember dying for this game... Good review.
To me it is the GOAT. It got me into wrestling. Two of my favorite things, wrestling and video games but together for so much nostalgia.
At this point I wasn't watching WWF that much but my brother and I poured hours upon hours into this! We altered so many characters to look like Street Fighters, the Punch Out! cast, Double Dragon, and all kinds! Sure they didn't look perfect but we did the best we could.
I realize this video is 5 years old, I just wanna say that there are bars back stage because arenas where events are held like wrestling are also arenas for other sports and events. The bars are usually named after something Like Pepsi or whatever company wants to pay money to have their name in the arena. Folks sit in there and drink and watch the events while paying 3 times what a drink is actually worth.
Day of Reckoning is the closest to achieving No Mercy.
Love the use of Estranged at the end 👌🤘
Great Review. Although I find it hard to believe you didn't talk about the save data bug. That damn thing frustrated me so much when I played this game.
youve earned a subscriber my friend this was a childhood favorite
Do an in-depth review of Smackdown 2 next, man. That forgotten gem was super over back in it's day and well remembered, until 7 or 8 years ago.
What if big show was replaced my Andre the giant? As in just the face was switched?
If the Championship Mode or whatever that was wouldn't be so f*cking hard I would maybe consider it one of the greatest games of all time... But HCTP has probably that status.
They do so many remakes nowadays… THIS is a game that absolutely should be remade with updated graphics, wrestlers, matches and story mode (just polish it up basically and make it a little more in-depth) But just keep on the controls and the vibe.
#1 Here Comes The Pain
#2 No mercy
#3 SmackDown 2
Great review, this is in my top five favorite wrestling games ever of all time! I hope you do a review of the whole smackdown and smackdown Vs raw series!
The only 2 downsides to this game were the lack of complete entrances and how Career mode could be a bitch to beat at times, especially handicap or multi man matches. I still have it as my 2nd favorite WWE game after HCTP.
There are much more downsides to this game ....... for example :
- in the Royal Rumble are no more than 4 wrestlers at the same time in the ring , for me it looks too empty .
- I want divas in my game , for me are even in wwe 2k19 not enough divas in the game .
- it's not possible to play 4 vs 4 elimination matches like in the Survivor Series .
- the graphics , for me it's important because wrestling is about visual and show .
Ive watched all your wrestling games reviews youre great now in my opinion the best is WWE SMACKDOWN HERE COMES THE PAIN
Absolutely the greatest of all time I still play it to the the day 17 years after I first played it when it came out
I feel like the entrances were reduced due to the fact that during multi-player, we would always skip the intros in 2000. It's like once you've seen them all its like, ok let's do this already. I missed the option of watching them or skipping them though.
Yes it is the best, ive owned revenge and world tour since the 1st month they were out and acquired WM2000 and and no mercy at a later date but I remember renting it multiple times as a kid spending HOURS kicking ass. Still play it to this day sometimes.
Pretty good review but your complaints can easily be answered. I was following the development until it's release of this game. Full entrances were removed deeper into development to make space for other things. Aki even said they made a beta test of a hiac match/mode but it lagged on the n64,so it was also removed. As for why aren't the titantron videos playing during the walkout? I would also assume it's from the limited capabilities of the n64 256mb cartridge. (320 mb and 512 were also released but why aki didn't use it I don't know)
love your content bruh, you'll go somewhere keep this up
Is the switch re-releasing classics like this? They should really expand on the 64 collection.