WWF No Mercy

This game for n64 came out in like 1998-99 and is still considered the best wrestling game ever by many. Great customizations, create a belt. Reigning champion runs. Etc. Great sets of moves for your create a player. The list goes on and on.

My friends and I would gather around in the patio of my apartment and play this game for all hours of the night. Winner stayed until his championship would be taken. Then it even kept track of all the prior champs. It was legendary. We had all created two wrestlers a piece and you could only wrestle with your CAWs. If you wanted to replace one you had to retire one of your current guys. I believe I only had three guys in three years we played the game. My guy was Demon and my arch nemesis was my buddy Brians character "Beefy Chops" He wore all pink and had a big blonde Afro. I'll never forget that guy.

So why has it been over a decade with all these advancements in gaming has this game never been duplicated?

Am I far off on this or doesnt it seem like a perfect example or "keep it simple, stupid"?

I very much agree and I think most of the wrestling games fanbase feels the same way (unless they are too young or never played in the past).

It baffles me that WWE 12 has the same online system that game has had for FIVE YEARS or more. See Halo 3's online? It works and it works beautifully. COPY WITHOUT SHAME. Do something. Don't just sit on a broken system when all you need to do is look at another game to see it done right! What a pain.

I loved this game dearly.I used to have three of my friends and I and we would play the Royal Rumble.I would modify how you could get eliminated, so instead of going over the ropes, we could only be eliminated by KO or blood.It took a hour or so to finish the match, but we loved it.I used the Steel Steps like crazy..great memories!

i enjoyed it but honestly(i know i'll be in the minority) i actually like WWE'12 more. i mean sure there's glitches and such but playing a 4 way ladder or TLC match with 3 of my buddies has been a blast. we actually wrestle each other. all i really remember in No Mercy was everyone just tauning nonstop to get their finishers. then when someone got their finisher everyone just ran out of the ring from them anyways. just didn't feel like an actual match to me unlike WWE '12.

now obviously everyone didn't play like that, probably just my douche friends but still, ruined my experience on the game.

No Mercy wasn't just the best wrestling games ever, it was one of the best N64 games too. I spent so much time on that as a kid. I actually kind of blame it for me not liking any wrestling game since, as it set the bar too high. But you are right, the key to it was in it's simplicity. Like so many other franchices, the WWE games have too many stupid gimmicks thrown in now and they are never much good. If they just remade No Mercy with updated presentation, that alone would probably make it the best wrestling game in years.

The shoulder joints were hilarious, though.

Originally Posted by Harry Morgan

Why hasn't this game been put on PSN or Xbox live I am actually shocked

i'm guessing because of the old wrestlers that aren't contracted by wwe anymore. they don't wanna put over talent that isn't theirs especially if they are in other companies.

I read A LONG time ago they were going to update this game with a new roster and such and release it on the Wii's Virtual Console but as far as i know that's never happened(probably never will). even if they re-released this game i probably wouldn't play it.

I've always wanted a Ring of Honor game for Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network that utilized an updated version of the WM2000/NoMercy engine but with online multi. That would be something.

only if they graphics are updated. they were terrible back then and i'm not even a graphics whore.