Revisiting WWF No Mercy

[@DrBeauHightower]

Greatest wrestling game ever!!!

[@CHRONIC_101]

Love your videos doc!

[@KCClassic7]

Beau Knows 🤓🤓🤓

[@curlyfm]

Man id love you to give me a mandible claw to my neck and shoulders

[@Stevenirons]

Just too bad about that glitch

[@airpegasus5167]

No Mercy & Here Comes The Pain

[@LunaticFringeReviews]

One of the greatest wrestling games of all time. The peak of AKI wrestling on the N64. Universally praised, and rightfully so. Just as fun now as it was in 2000.

[@KangKoopa]

Wish someone would come along and remake this style of gaming. All-star did its own thing but never captured that style. Diggitydog.

[@merkcityboy834]

Why can’t it go back to this…

[@kawimason361]

Even though I was a playstation fan and had the likes of the smackdown series. I enjoyed whenever I gathered with friends to play a few games of no mercy.

[@user-dv2hc8zt3o]

No Mercy is the GOAT.

[@iFamineTV]

They should re-release it for Nintendo Switch

[@MikeJr9284]

My older half brother has this game and I remember as a kid watching him play it 16 years ago. I witnessed by far one of the greatest wrestling games of all time that day.

[@evanhanley6437]

Truly one of the greatest wrestling games of all time. Exceptional roster, fantastic soundtrack, massive attention to detail, multitude of match types and solid gameplay. Wish the collision detection and ai wasn't as annoying at times though.

[@theungreatkahli]

To me, the odd collision detection just added to the charm of these games.

[@PuntersKonexion]

Honestly don’t think the story mode has ever been surpassed in any game since. By far the best game made for its time.

[@PuntersKonexion]

@CYB3R2K30 lemme guess be some no name. train in NXT an abnormal long amount of time. Then grind raw and SD weekly with barely any story advancement?

[@sandercameau6510]

Wrestlemania has better story mode than no mercy

[@PuntersKonexion]

@@sandercameau6510 I’ll take branching paths and numerous stories with promos etc over a bog standard play your match then play your next match mode which 2000 was. It was good but No Mercy ate it alive!

[@sandercameau6510]

@Tim Warburton it was unpredictable I'm wrestlemania right now and no mercy. No mercy was too redundant. They just had more moves like turnbuckle specials

[@deana6072]

Jesus it's obvious you guys haven't played anything after this game 🤦‍♂️ smackdown jbi has the exact format and it only got improved in the other installments.

[@VenomFWA]

Truly underrated and well put together wrestling game content. Appreciate all your hard work and consideration given to these childhood memories!

[@NikateeN]

Thanks a lot Andre!

[@cheyennenelson3484]

I remember my first interaction with this game. I was 5 years old, and I ran up to my older brothers room where he and our brother were playing it. I was freaking out cause I already played Wrestlemania 2000, so seeing this was so insane to see. Ended up getting it myself 2 years later for my own system and played the hell out of it. I thought it was the best till I played WCW/NWO Revenge. I'm torn between both. Childhood was great when experiencing these wonderful games.

[@tvolution1]

I’m not a hardcore gamer by any stretch but there have been certain select games that I had to get day of release and couldn’t wait unwrap and play. This is one. No Mercy is like the perfect storm. It was the culmination of everything that had been slowly building through the THQ N64 games. Then, add in the fact that this was the hottest the WWF has ever been and you’ve got magic. Yes, many wrestling games since look better, have larger rosters and have greater options. But No Mercy just has something about it, a feeling, a time and a place, that can’t be replicated.

[@bricktop.]

This game is still probably the most amount of time iv ever spent playing a video game. It's truly a fantastic experience.

[@Gabriel_Cook]

Same. Replay value is unrivaled.

[@jonbourgoin182]

Was just thinking of you yesterday wondering when you'd upload again. Thank you for 30 minutes of content! I love your longer videos

[@kingpacman_9118]

I love also how you had secret wrestlers that you can create from scratch like Raven. Had their clothes and faces in the game

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

I used to play this game day and night. Wrestlemania 2000 was just the beginning. No Mercy is still one of the best wrestling games of all time.

[@danielsantana540]

When i purchased WWF no mercy 2000 a few years ago for 16 bucks someone had created rapper DJ quick. As he was still hugely popular in November 2000 around the time of games release

[@fan977]

My only minor complaint about No Mercy is the Championship mode forcing you through multiple Handicap matches on Brutal difficulty. Every championship has multiple paths which leads to multiple Handicap matches. Played this on an emulator and those Handicap matches are unforgiving even when I set the difficulty to Beginner. I breeze through singles matches and gimmick and Handicap matches are broken in terms of difficulty. And this is coming from someone who plays modern Wrestling games on Legend Difficulty and breeze through.

[@caitobrown0260]

I still have my N64 Console,WCW/WWF Games right now along with 007 GoldenEye/NBA Games and more. I need the Japan games on N64 as well. Awesome Gameplay,Smooth Controls,Good Graphics,WWF No Mercy was the Hot Pockets of the World of Professional Wrestling

[@Shawnredfield98]

The homie with another banger. The revisits are dope. All these aki games are still fun even now.

[@paulclark208]

Best wrestling game ever, all those countless days and nights on this game you can’t compare especially when it was in the era off the best wwf era. Unfortunately todays games and fans won’t have what we got

[@LanceBadazzz]

What trip down memory lane. This IS the BEST wrestling game ever! As I was a late teen just out of high school into the world as an adult. A group of 5 of us friends would spend whole weekends playing this game. Each with 2 of our own created wrestlers, we did a draft and all the wrestlers were split into 5 sanctions. We would set up Raw and Smackdown events followed by a PPV. We even had a replica WWF championship belt that the player that owned the wrestler in the game with tht belt kept. Man! Feel so old, I’m starting to get a case of the feels. Lol. Funny enough, I can even remember the longest reign as champion, it was on of my sanctions wrestlers and even one I can’t believe to this day. But Test held tht belt for over 5 months at one time. Lol. Oh, and a little known trick, if u swapped the wrestlers order in their selection menu you could replace Stone Cold in the intro video of the game. We created a very fat disparaging, feminine male wrestler call Gay Dad and put him in this spot. We were so juvenile. Lol. Anyway thanks again for the nostalgic trip into the past, some of the most fun times of my youth.

[@EliteEasyE]

Hideyuki Iwashita aka Geta-san is working on AEW Fight Forever as a development advisor at Kenny Omega's request. From what I understand from Kenny's past interviews, every decision on that game goes through Geta with the edict of how would approach design and implementation. Geta was the director on he director of Revenge, WM 2000, VPW2, No Mercy and Def Jam Vendetta. He might have been on others but weird nicknames eeee used on earlier titles. He was also Supervisor on Fight for New York and the Ultimate Muscle games.

[@bonvct]

Definitely had that same controller. It was a way for us N64 boys to see what it felt like to have a PlayStation-like controller

[@brassfortune9135]

Always great to see your vids big dog

[@NikateeN]

Thanks for watching!

[@togetherart2034]

Your reviews are better and better with every video you make. Shows your level of maturity and hard work. Can’t wait to see more brother . Also this game deserves its flowers of being one of the greats

[@NikateeN]

Thanks so much!

[@EliteEasyE]

Shunsuke Katsumata who did 3D animation on AKI N64 classics like No Mercy with Takumi Kon who was identified by Sanders Keel on Retro Wrestling Game Review Podcast,, were both lead designers on Yuke's WWE GameCube games and Wrestle Kingdom games on PS2. Either one or both are credit in lead game design all of those.

[@SOSWrestletalk]

I think with the Weapons deal is a carryover from Japan, in matches there most chair and weapon shots are allowed outside the ring, once the weapon is brought into the ring a used, its a DQ

[@TRJ2241987]

"No Mercy Revisited" describes my life every 4 weeks or so

[@NikateeN]

Haha, enjoy the classics!

[@rwlwrestlingleague2975]

Man, the HOURS I put into this game. Thanks for this stroll down memory lane.

[@earlsanders1468]

Dude you make the greatest nostalgic wrestling videos. I really do feel like I’m back in the 90’s again.

[@NikateeN]

Thanks a lot!

[@tylerl4954]

Got damn. Talk about a trip down memory lane. This was a day 1 purchase in our house, still remember when my older brothers brought this home. We couldn’t believe some of the things you could do in this game. The Dudley bros combo truly blew my mind.

[@EmmettXIV]

This is what got me into the WWF. My cousin was playing this and I was intrigued. We would play Survival Mode and after playing it for a while I got to know the superstars and would remember them by their entrance themes. The rest is history. It's still one of my favorite games of all time.

[@NikateeN]

A lot of friends got into wrestling from playing these N64 wrestling games with me.

[@EmmettXIV]

@@NikateeN what got you into wrestling?

[@JoseSprays]

Wow, so many memories playing this game. There will never be anything like it again. Playing the best wrestling game while watching the greatest wrestling performances of all time.

[@NikateeN]

So damn true… such a fantastic time!

[@pelicancrayon2523]

All the Aki games were so good. WCW vs NWO revenge was my favorite just because I have the most memories but I still played a ton of no mercy. Such good times

[@NickyJamesTV]

This is the video I've been waiting for sinc ei started following this channel like 6 years ago. Great job I can see the extra effort. Love this

[@itsmjq9391]

This game not only became one of the best Wrestling games of all time, it birthed another one of the best Wrestling series of all time Def Jam Vendetta/Fight For New York.

[@thehotboywalking]

Really ? Two classic franchises but I never knew there was a correlation at all.

[@itsmjq9391]

@@thehotboywalking yeah, Def Jam Vendetta was made from a Cancelled WCW Game (Mayhem 2), which used the AKI engine. -FFNY was made with the same engine but drastically improved into a Brawler game more than Wrestling. It’s the best version of the engine to date

[@thehotboywalking]

@@itsmjq9391 wow. Really learn something new everyday. Thanks sir. FFNY is one of my fav all time games for sure.

[@laguitarradealvaro]

2000 may not be the best WWE year in terms of quality, but for me is the most exciting year of all (specially from Royal Rumble 2000 to WrestleMania X-Seven in 2001). Watching a weekly show or a PPV from that year today feels so great and very fun, even if I watched so many times. So glad for been watched that product at it's time, even when in my country (Chile) the broadcast was delayed for 5 or 6 months haha PS: props for the F-Zero X ost on the background 👏

[@TheOGNoName]

I d k...i think a lot of people would probably agree that 2000 was one of WWE's best years. 1999-2000 was pretty much the peak for me.

[@youforget1000thingsaday]

​@@TheOGNoNameThe Rock's peak was the best time to be a fan, which was 1999-2000.

[@JavierArochoVega]

Those THQ wrestling games were fire... Me and my cousins loved them and played a hell of hours having a lot of fun...

[@mrtyone]

I remember when I got it for Christmas in 2000, I couldn’t stop playing. Although I was really bummed that Big Show wasn’t in it because he was on of my favorites growing up.

[@BIGGIEDEVIL]

Every aki thq wrestling game on the n64 was epic all of them I have so many memories with, so glad to have grown up in such an awesome gaming time

[@EliteEasyE]

This story mode is still the goat love the choices and branches!

[@alec2000]

Oh yes! I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time. I’ll never forget my introduction to this beloved classic and how it quickly became my favorite wrestling game next to the SVR series and HCTP. Back in 2018, when I was brought back into WWE and wrestling as a whole, I decided to get every classic wrestling game I can get, and when I got WrestleMania 2000 and No Mercy, I was taken it back when I discovered how amazing these games were in terms of gameplay and all of that. I know these games came first, but when I discovered how similar they were to the Day of Reckoning games the ones I grew up with, I fell in love with them as the engine used really is my favorite for wrestling games. When I got No Mercy at first, it was sadly the broken save version and it was hard for me to enjoy it because I can’t save my progress, but to my absolute shock and surprise, my family somehow found a fixed cartridge in brand new condition with the box as well and gave it to me for my birthday later that year. And it was the greatest day ever! I played the ever living HECK out of this cartridge and within a week, I unlocked everything. All the characters, arenas, weapons, moves, everything. I can’t stress how much I love this game. Thank you for this video, homie. Truly one of your all time best.👍

[@NikateeN]

Thanks a lot dude!

[@alec2000]

@@NikateeN Of course bro. You deserve all the love.❤️

[@erikiceberg]

Thanks for still being around (that might sound weird but hey). Have loved your videos for years!

[@NikateeN]

Thanks dude! I appreciate the support. 🙏

[@MrDevin93]

I did the grind and unlocked everything , gameshark and big show , ass hole chant , it’s so deep I still lose myself playing these classics

[@Xydonus]

Such a great game. Few years back I bought a N64 just to play this again. I do think nostalgia plays a big role in these things. Despite the flaws of the modern WWE games, it's hard to go back to that era. No Mercy was definitely the apex though of wrestling games in that era.

[@nickbryant91]

To get past the erase bug: Never used your CAW in story mode. Never wrestle at the Armageddon or backlash PPVS

[@awa_iwa]

Yeap!!!! This happen to many time.. 3 times i give up on the game

[@ChewyChicken589]

They also made a revised cartridge without the glitch. Is extremely rare though but the rom for it can be found online.

[@cumexolaf3276]

@@ChewyChicken589 I bought this game brandnew in late 2001 (1 whole year after release, PALregion), and it still had the bug.

[@ChewyChicken589]

@@cumexolaf3276 I got mine around that time too but it was still the original version.

[@TheZackski04]

As a kid I loved the previous titles create a belt mode! I had one for my me vs my dad and me vs my friends. Made a whole bunch of belts. Literally the most nostalgic part of this video was looking at the create a belt menu haah

[@millmr20]

Imagine if the guys behind RE2 for N64 had been in charge of getting the video and audio into this game. RE2 N64 is a modern cartridge magic trick.

[@TRJ2241987]

Those games are totally different cartridge sizes

[@jpfwrestlingandhobbyshow8910]

One of my favorite WWF games on the Nintendo 64, greatest ever!!!!

[@danielsantana540]

I believe last time the classic bar steel cage match was used was at rebellion 2001 between edge and Christian

[@baldsportsfan9368]

I never get tired of videos about this game

[@NikateeN]

😎

[@mlee4467]

Me and my brother put SO many hours into this! The nostalgia man lol

[@Makoto03]

No Mercy is classic. So happy to see you cover that game. :)

[@ImaginaryTerrie3]

I miss those old days. Going on old internet to look up a text file with a bunch of custom characters with each move listed to going through every No Mercy move in order to make the perfect overpowered broken wrestler. I loved how those old games that half of the experiences what in your imagination. I'll take fun over pixels count any day.

[@candoentertainment9118]

To answer your question about King of the Ring, me and my best friend used to use our creator wrestlers as a tag team and play King of the Ring tournaments all the time against whatever teams we would come up with. Most fun I ever had playing a wrestling game.

[@NikateeN]

Thanks for sharing that awesome memory!

[@Djk-cc2sr]

Viscera gave me nightmares, when I was a kid.

[@DayLateGamerWill]

"Dig-dig-diggity, dig-diggity-dog"

[@RacerC45]

One thing I did, believe it or not, was do a run for the Heavyweight Title as Trish Stratus.

[@NikateeN]

Haha!

[@editnosmirc4489]

I did the woman's title as Rikishi lmao

[@stryker94]

Thanks for revisiting this game. It brings back very good memories.

[@NikateeN]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@arostwocents]

Smackdown was around in at least 99, not sure why this video says it debuted just before Wrestlemania 2000?

[@rileykazama3145]

2:36 the way mr. Socko shows up on Screen is funny

[@eemilri]

Great video, as usual! This is definitely one of my all time favorite wrestling games to this day!

[@FatMarioHeads]

Gonna say No Mercy is my favorite N64 game. I love Paper Mario, Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie, but even tho Paper Mario comes close, just everything about No Mercy brings back so many good memories, the gameplay, the editing, the music, everything about the game is great…except for that stupid glitch that can randomly deletes your saved data. But regardless the game’s greatness makes up for that to an extent

[@EliteEasyE]

Sanders Keel stated that the bug was Nintendo's fault on Insiders Edge podcast. I think Nintendo gave THQ a bad batch of cartridges or something. I returned mine to THQ in.. probably early 2001. I lost the letter they sent with the new copy once I returned mine tho.

[@dazitmane8905]

Your editing has reached new levels. I've been watching your vids for years and they've all been great but it seems you've topped yourself. Kudos 👌

[@NikateeN]

Thanks a lot! I appreciate the continued support!

[@arturopatino2135]

Excellent revisit, and spot on with the Hot Pocket reference (we've all been there) the only thing missing was a clip of the Too Cool dancing cut scene, puts a smile on my face every time

[@4packdaddy]

This game is so good! I think the best part is I can create pretty accurate wrestlers in just a few minutes! The graphics allow much more room for error than the newer wrestling games because nowadays every detail has to be carefully crafted or it looks odd.

[@nerddominator6475]

Great video brutha. My brothers and I played the hell out of this game. Truly one of the best games from my childhood. You definitely have a new follower my man. Keep up the great work.

[@NikateeN]

Thanks Rick!

[@fortminorproject]

Good times with this classic game. Very cool it came out around the same time as No Mercy PPV it self .

[@TheBradRules]

What a fantastic review. You pretty much covered everything. I used to do the same thing as you, updating all the attires of the roster, and spent a lot of time making CAWs. I remember actually winning Survival years after the game's release. I actually wanted to believe that Raven was an unlockable character, and there were so many rumors that you had to beat it to get him, and of course it was false. lol

[@NikateeN]

Thanks a lot! The creative freedom of this game was like a dream come true at the time. Way ahead of it’s time.

[@larrylon3wolf1984]

I still play this on an emulator on my phone and it still holds up as an extremely solid title

[@thehound1359]

I loved the backstage environments in this game.

[@kingkongbrodiejohnson3954]

Yeaaa real 90 babies shit, this was ouR 2k growing up an till this day I'm 30 yo still play this

[@belugawhale1874]

Raw 2 on xbox was amazing the co op story mode was super fun and custom soundtracks for your entrance was perfect

[@DWtechfan]

It’s said that the new AEW: Fight Forever game is being made by the same team from AKI that did the n64 wrestling games. I am very interested to see how that particular game turns out and if it’ll play like a modern day version of No Mercy. Obviously, the graphics will be better than what No Mercy had but I do question if the gameplay will be at least as good. That’s a tough act to follow but Yukes are very good game developers so I’m staying positive and keeping an open mind on it. After what happened with WWE 2k20 & to a lesser degree, 2k22 with glitches and bugs, I think the AEW game could be exactly what us fans of wrestling games needed.

[@Phan211]

I don't gave very high hopes for the AEW game. I want it to be good, but so many different conflicting reports are coming out that I don't have much confidence. One day Kenny Omega and the crew making the game are on great terms, one day later Kenny says they're hard to work with. I don't know what to believe. I want nothing but the best for the game, but I'm gonna set my expectations accordingly.

[@Jay_Digital]

Great video sir, so many good memories.

[@NikateeN]

Thanks Jay! Glad you enjoyed it. 😎

[@gleabae]

My friends and I used King of the Ring a lot. The most memorable use was a first blood tag team tournament for the titles. I’ll never forget how Andre busted my CAW open in five seconds with a headbutt.

[@NikateeN]

Thanks for sharing!

[@MrQdiddy85]

An absolutely undeniable all time classic! The fact that the only other wrestling game that comes close to matching it is Smackdown Here Comes The Pain says so much about not just the state of wrestling videogames but the entire game industry in general.

[@deadpool3982]

Do you mean only other WWF/E game? because Fire Pro has stayed consistently good (with one exception that we DO NOT talk about lol)

[@justinwilson2025]

The title and menu score GOT ME. 🖤✊🏾

[@DARKMANTESLA]

WWF No Mercy will foreverrrr hold a special place in my heart 🥹

[@gpac200]

It's absolutely absurd that this hasn't been topped in 20 years.

[@bobbymagoo5136]

I bought this a few years ago and found out the one I was used to was my buddy's where he unlocked everything, starting from scratch was a bit of an undertaking

[@lordmegatron65]

One of the all time greats!!! The N64 was just filled with so many great wrestling games! I miss these days! 😊👍

[@Edkkiiid]

Bruh, I’ve been listening to your old videos on wrestling games all week and you upload this AS IM PLAYING NO MERCY LMFAOO

[@NikateeN]

Yes!!

[@EliteEasyE]

No Mercy is the GOAT! Great retrospective!! -Bradshaw's Clothesline from Hell is a reused animation of Kenta Kobashi's Burning Lariat but it's damage power has been nerfed! -No original theme with gong for Taker?! -Love the edition of techno and hip hop but I know some metalheads who turn the music off because they preferred the older AKI games BGM. -It's possible to catch thrown weapons by blocking and newer games sorely miss doing moves on weapons with that satisfying crunch!

[@robisreallycool]

The rage of being in a handicap match against the APA in story mode 😭😭😭 ah the memories!

[@Gwuapgang]

i seriously thought i was the only one who went through that

[@ncnuggets]

The fluid animations and solid feel is what separated this series from it's competitors. The fact that No Mercy boasted an updated roster at the time is what separated it from it's predecessors. Plain and simple.

[@thisisnotachannel]

Been waiting for this one! I'm an entrance mark from WAY back, so I prefer WM 2000 based on it's full entrances alone. But I do wish we had running grapples in WM 2000, and at least a few members of the updated roster, like Tazz, The Dudleys, Benoit, Guerrero, and Angle, though. And ladders

[@BrianAwesome]

@Todd S, I agree. If Wm2000 was more like (at least) Vpw2, with theme songs/titantrons/full entrances AND running grapples, etc.

[@thisisnotachannel]

@@BrianAwesome Yes! I actually like the roster of "WM 2000" more than I like the roster in "No Mercy", too. But WM 2000 is definitely lacking a few features that make No Mercy and VPW2 more fun to play, that's for sure.

[@BrianAwesome]

@@thisisnotachannel Wm2000 woulda been just right, If it was like vpw2. With just enough upgrades.

[@averagejackmedia609]

A game so good, you replicate the roster when playing newer games

[@26.2MilesOutsidePartsUnknown]

Speaking of the controller your mom bought you as a kid playing any of the n64 wrestling games with the retro fighters Brawler 64 pad is absolutely amazing.

[@NikateeN]

I have one, I love it!

[@juegofuego6715]

Doesn't get better than No mercy. I specifically love the character models and move animations. I could look at X pacs kicks all day as well as angles moonsault. I love the brutality of the KOs and the sound effects when they tap out. So many little features like that make this game flawless. Glad you paid tribute to the main menu too. Awesome review

[@NikateeN]

Thanks!

[@theungreatkahli]

Dig-dig-diggity dog!

[@justinsane5590]

"It was easy to complete"-Game Critics Clearly they never fought the APA

[@scarvello]

Why this isn’t on the switch is beyond me.

[@ganjamon3000]

One of my favorite glitches was doing a swanton bomb from the ladder to the announcer table and going through the floor and being able to go and fight on the stage

[@radarlovedr]

Ahh, so many memories of friends and I skipping school, getting high, and having all out wars on this game, as well as the other THQ wrestling games. More than once the parents of the friends house we were skipping in would pull up and either bust us or we would dip out and get away. Lol good times.

[@tonysoprano7897]

it's a pleasure to watch your videos man

[@NikateeN]

Hey, thanks a lot!

[@JavierLopez-my1cn]

Yup I grew up on that wrestlemania 2000 .I remember it was a black cartridge. 👏👏👏

[@ericseitzler81]

I was a huge huge wrestling fan at this time and bought the N64 just to play this game,I don't think I ever bought more than one other game for the system and didn't even play it.

[@ericseitzler81]

Also after I got home from buying it I remember being so excited to play it only to find out you had to buy some other rumble pack like thing to play it.i had to go all the way back to funcoland to buy it and then go home before I was able to play it,it was worth the wait though

[@RacerC45]

I started playing No Mercy about a few weeks ago, but I didn't know how difficult this game can be, especially during the championship mode.

[@MmaSmarty87]

3:08 OMG THIS!!! THAT SNOWBOARDING GAME WAS SOOO MUCH FUN

[@OldNick999-real1]

When the WCW guys came into the WWF, putting them into the game was a snap! Putting Rob Van Dam in wasn’t so easy.

[@Panyc333]

My special combo was belly to back German suplex off the top rope leaving you positioned at the top rope for an immediate flying elbow into an SFT submission. It was gameover with special to spare.

[@NikateeN]

That corner German was the perfect setup for diving attacks!

[@stephentrades61]

I just had to comment when I saw you mention the expert mode. My God that was what I called a hardcore mode. I mean this is the only game where the hardest mode literally makes you sweat your ass off just to win. And that's what made this game so awesome for the pro players. I really loved that mode cause it made me feel like I was actually wrestling like my life depended on it. 10/10 for expert mode