WM2K is the better one imo. More fluid gameplay, I like the way career mode is structured, a decent roster, overall well balanced. No Mercy is bugged and unfinished, and suffers from framerate lag a majority of the time. If you've ever had a 4 player match with the camera zoomed far out and weapons scattered everywhere you'll know what I mean.
I was so stoked about AEW Fight Forever, but it's pretty lame. It's fun for a few days but once the nostalgia wears off it's pretty mediocre. Nowhere near as good as the N64 wrestling games
WWF No Mercy and WCW/NWO Revenge were the pinnacle of wrestling games. Not complicated, and straight forward. Everything you could want in a game, was all there. We were blessed back in the day.
Facts. It was hilarious. You could rename players. I remember a guy called Brickhouse. Total weirdo guy renamed him to my roommates name. We’d play the royal rumble version and pass the controller.
Wrestlemania 2000 was by far my favorite as kid. I created my own version of Blade the vampire and Neo. My friends thought it was awesome. We had a blast playing that one.
I started the series with WCW vs. the World, which I got with my PlayStation as a kid, and then moved on to WCW vs. nWo: World Tour when it came out on the N64 later that year. WCW vs. the World was such an awesome game with a legendary roster of wrestlers (even though their names were changed). P.S. It's a real shame we never got WWF Backlash on the N64...Hell-in-a-Cell and 6-man tag matches would've been sweet.
Those WCW vs. NWO games on the N64 were the bomb. I was 19 when the first one came out & in my first apartment with my good friend as my roommate. Once a month we’d have a guys night where we’d have 3-4 other buddies over & play this, Madden, and NBA live, and kill an entire Saturday night. Oh the memories…
No Mercy will probably go down as the best wrestling game ever. I don't see any game topping that. Even though the graphics suck majorly by today's standards, the gameplay, features and overall atmosphere was just perfect.
@@jayceegenocide4402 The entire existence and premise of UPW is that it's inspired by the Aki games. It's the closest you could ever dream of for a No Mercy sequel. The Demo comes out very soon.
I think Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain was the last great wrestling game made but I'd have to agree. No Mercy was special and I have a ton of fond memories of the game. I even downloaded a Rom a few months ago and played it again and despite everything you listed the game still holds up and is a ton of fun to play.
Best example of wrestling games. No one else could come closer. Just don't like how custom wrestlers acted as jobbers in CPU mode when that shouldn't be
I wanted to feature Owen as much as possible. I was watching the pay-per-view that night and it's stuck with me. By far one of if not the greatest tragedy of the Attitude Era.
Why does no one ever mention the fact that No Mercy runs at HALF the speed with more than 2 characters on screen? On original N64 hardware of course. That killed No Mercy for me. To this day, Revenge is still my favorite wrestler
Yes, Revenge was great but it lacked depth. People kill me they will say "Revenge is the best wrestling game ever" but then turn around and say they are disappointed with Fight Forever. Fight Forever has the same problems Revenge had lack of game modes and match types. I'm not saying you of them tho. I've just been on threads where people did that.
Tag team ladder matches were unplayable to me, even with the spirit meters turned off which would help save some frames. It was like the game was running in slow motion. I guess technically it was.
Good content, earned a sub. Those games all hold a special place for me, right back to my childhood. The wwe games are good, but like you said, it doesn't scratch that pick and play itch. Aew just released their game, though it's lacking in content, I love the gameplay, and it definitely scratches that itch for me again. I've already put in over 100hrs In a month on it. Great video
When I was young, having a Playstation, WCW VS THE WORLD was the best... until I visited a friend who owned a N64 and WCW WORLD TOUR. World Tour was so much fun to play; I didn't care if the roster was less impressive, the action on the N64 was way, way better 🍻🍻
No Mercy with an Action Replay or whatever those expansion/cheat carts were called had some insane mods and additional modes! So much fun playing with friends during sleepovers! Miss those times...
I don't get why people prefer Revenge over the rest. It lacked depth and the character models are off. Even though textures are great and they move and look like their counterparts. They are too boxy. The player models were better depicted in World Tour. I feel VPW2 is best Aki game ever followed by No Mercy. Wrestlemania 2000 is close 3rd. Revenge had good gameplay and best roster out of all the North American games ever. I think that's why people like it the most
@@edwinafamefuna4383Revenge has way better in game action then all of them. They kicked out of finishers. Matches went 20 to 30 mins sometimes. If you have a cruiserweight match the action felt quicker and fast paced. Revenge was phenomenal but did lack a few things unfortunately. I believe if AKI would've made another WCW game after Revenge god knows. Maybe we'd be saying that would be the best game ever. They would've had music, tirantrons possibly, better customization and models plus more game modes. WWF bought the rights at the perfect time.
IMP I think Wrestlemania 2000 is the best, reason being is No Mercy nerfed the game, in wm2000 you can pull off powerful moves just my pressing weak grapple A and B, in no mercy they got rid of that, also ground submissions like Ultimate punching is now if your attitude meter is on Special, the gameplay is fun in No Mercy but they slowed the pacing down. In WM2000 you could literally beat someone in 40 seconds. Another reason why I prefer WM2000 over No Mercy is simply because of the time period. My favourite wrestlers are Undertaker and Kane, and in WM2000, the atmosphere was 1997/1999 they had the whole ministry thing’s going on, Kane had his debut attire, the corporation ministry was there, this era was pretty much my favourite era of wrestling which is why I prefer WM2000 over no Mercy and previous AKI games. Not really a huge fan on American Badass Undertaker, 2000/2001 era was alright, the Hardy’s/Dudley’s and all that was good but prime time wrestling for me was 1997-1999
Totally agree! I religiously watched WWF from the summer of '95 to the spring of '99 so I prefer the roster of WM 2000. I didn't watch WCW but still bought World Tour and Revenge and had a great time with both. I'm also a huge Undertaker fan and the American Badass was a total turn off. With Nash, Hall and Hart at WCW, HBK not performing due to his back and the death of Owen I lost interest in WWF. WCW had already started it's downhill trend so I quit watching wrestling. Started watching again in '06 and stopped in '08, haven't watched anything since then.
Also WM 2000 have full entrance, while No Mercy is only at entrance ramp and then ends. Also story mode in WM is much better and interesting, while in No Mercy is boring, repetitive and for some reason Stevie Richards is in every main event storyline. I never understand why so many people think No Mercy is better than WM 2000.
i'm Finally Finished Collecting my Aki Asmik Wrestling Game collection for N64 from Virtual Pro Wrestling 1&2 Wcw vs Nwo World Tour And Revenge To Wrestlemania 2000 and No Mercy..Fell in love with these classics all over again for those who never played the virtual pro wrestling its a must have
Know what I did the moment I discovered you can bang peoples head on the ring bell over and over again? I banged heads on the ring bell over and over again.
I was WWF kid so I didn't watch WCW but that didn't matter when playing World Tour or Revenge. Those games were so much fun and multiplayer was a riot. When I finally did watch that era of WCW, I wasn't disappointed, great time to be a wrestling fan.
Its a shame that now that we're in the golden age of retro gaming that no one has tried to do a throwback wrestling game in the style of the old Aki/THQ titles. Just take the gameplay of these classic games, bump up the character model fidelity, give it silky smooth modern animation, and provide a comprehensive creat-a-wrestler feature for recreating your favorite legends. Send it I would think that it would find quite an audience. Ive tried many of the WWE offerings over the years, but the only ones that held my attention as well as the old Aki games was Wrestlemania XIX on the Gamecube and WWE '13 which i played on Xbox
A fine video but it’s missing two games in AKI series that were available in Japan. Virtual Pro Wrestling on the N64 had a lot bigger roster than world tour but are almost the same game. Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 for the N64 featured the WM2000 gameplay and features, including the running attack grapple. To me VPW2 for the N64 is top or 2 games in the series. I have a rom of it that translates the menus if you’re interested. As a fan of All Japan 90s wrestling the game is a dream. Overall great video!
In hindsight, I should of at least mentioned them. I'm aware of them but was focused on capturing gameplay using my personal hardware and games. I do appreciate the feedback.
@@cedarvalleygaming no big deal. Those games, given some differences almost deserve their own videos. Also most audiences in the US won't know their rosters, so as a content creator I imagine you're looking for what people would click on. Cheers!
@@sweetpetergeda the graphics is the only complaint you boys can come up with....wwe 2k23 twice the price for everything great graphics absolutely, it also crashes, universe cut scenes don't work, online is a joke, but hey great graphics lol
@@IanJD71 you're nuts bro it has the original guy that worked on the game how could it fail controls, grapple system, career mode, all virtually identical not sure which game you playing lol
1. Wrestlemania 2000 2. Wrestlemania The Arcade game 3. WWF Warzone 4. WCW vs nWo Revenge 5. WWF Royal Rumble Those are my top wrestling games based on nostalgia, not necessarily on their quality.
I've got a soft spot for WM 2000 because of nostalgia and the roster. I stopped watching WWF in '99 so No Mercy's roster isn't what I'm familiar with for Attitude Era WWF.
2:37 i LOVE WCW vs the World. it’s so raw and primitive, but the feel is later games is there in its genesis and the soundtrack is KILLER Revenge will always be my favorite tho
Having gameplay with Owen was mandatory for me. I love his stint in Camp Cornette which is why I have him and Yoko going up against Shawn and Diesel, even though I don't think that ever happened. Dropping his song at the end seemed a fitting sendoff to one of the greats.
I always heard these were better games but never had or played any of them. I had Warzone and Attitude on N64. Not that great looking back but man me and my friends played those so much the day of the PPV waiting for it to come on. Good times.
I also had War Zone on the N64 but my friends told me about "these cartoon looking WCW games that were amazing". We were WWF guys but we played World Tour and Revenge and had a blast. When WM2000 was announced we couldn't wait to play it, good times.
Even though I acknowledge No Mercy is the superior game, I still have a soft spot for both Revenge (for its tightness/focus) & 2000 (for its lavish amount of customization). Someone in either STEM or Cognitive/Linguistics will eventually do a PhD on how simple-user-input-style-gaming is the apex of interactivity, which leads to enhanced creativity/spatial awareness/engagement/etc. The 5th Gen of consoles was truly a great time, because AAA-eqivalent multiplayer games [AKI wrestling, Tony Hawk 2, Goldeneye, Virtua Fighter, Smash Bros] could still be economically made & accepted largely on the terms of their gameplay, without the advent of DLC as a means to do post-launch fixes. The closest games I recall since then have been Dark Souls, Minecraft, Splatoon & PUBG, so it still happens, but back in '97 - '02 we were getting bangers ALL THE TIME
Same here, Revenge and WM 2000 are the games I like and play the most. I quit watching wrestling in late '99 so those rosters are the most nostalgic for me. I play No Mercy if I feel the need for some latter matches and back stage areas.
I think the modern WWE 2K games do well enough to bring back the pickup and play aspect of a wrestling game. The 2K games before 2K22 were too complicated and tried too hard to feel more realistic by having to do weird controller inputs. 2K22 and later streamline how strikes and grappling works to make them easy to understand. I think what I don't like about the game is the somewhat confusing carry mechanic. It seems simple but trying to do it is a struggle.
2K22 is the newest title I own but I haven't really put much time into it. I feel around 2K14 or 15 some of the game mechanics started to get too complicated and caused me to avoid using them.
@@cedarvalleygaming 2K22 is the only WWE 2K title I own as well and I have been hearing that it's more arcade compared to 2K19, so I gave it a shot and enjoyed my time on it, mainly because I like to press buttons to do things. I can Grapples easily, do Strikes and Kicks easily, and they give you prompts on using the Signatures and Finishers, which is what I needed. My only issue is trying to carry or pick up my opponents. I would have to go back and look up the controls for that again and I am not a huge fan of doing things in the right analog stick, when I wish I could just hold the shoulder buttons instead. That and there's also the Stun mechanic which I think players get stunned a little too long. I know I can minimize it, but it still feels too long.
C'mon man, you didn't even mention the Def Jam and Kinnikuman games in closing. I get ignoring Kinnikuman (they didn't really feel like the AKI wrestling games, but every fan of No Mercy owes it to themselves to check out Vendetta and Fight for New York.
World Tour was ok. Revenge was fun, and the reason I got an N64.I liked the smoth playability. Wrestlemania 2000 was the pinnacle of these games. It had the smooth playability of Revenge but you could totally create a wrestler. Plus it had more moves. Even though I am a WCW guy, this was more fun, and I was able to create many WCW wrestlers. The few downsides were no ability to edit women, and ladder matches slowed down. No Mercy was a theory. It had potential buy failed to deliver. The game was too slow, and I didn't enjoy it.
I was a WWF guy but I enjoyed World Tour and especially Revenge. I didn't know most of the roster but that game was so good it didn't matter. WM 2000 is my favorite of the four, it has my favorite roster and still plays well.
It makes me sad we will NEVER get true successors to these games in the Way Def Jam Fight For New York Was. That AKI Team is Gone FOREVER. AEW Fight Forever STINKS. It is arcadey crap with two minute matches 🥲😢😥😓
Crazy how they still can’t come close to a wrestling game as fun as no mercy.
WM2K is the better one imo. More fluid gameplay, I like the way career mode is structured, a decent roster, overall well balanced. No Mercy is bugged and unfinished, and suffers from framerate lag a majority of the time. If you've ever had a 4 player match with the camera zoomed far out and weapons scattered everywhere you'll know what I mean.
Be sure to follow Ultra Pro Wrestling and check out the Showcase Reveal on August 26th! 😉
I was so stoked about AEW Fight Forever, but it's pretty lame. It's fun for a few days but once the nostalgia wears off it's pretty mediocre. Nowhere near as good as the N64 wrestling games
WWF No Mercy and WCW/NWO Revenge were the pinnacle of wrestling games. Not complicated, and straight forward. Everything you could want in a game, was all there. We were blessed back in the day.
WCW NWO revenge is by far the most fun I ever had playing a wrestling game...Along with Pro-Wrestling lol
Facts. It was hilarious. You could rename players. I remember a guy called Brickhouse. Total weirdo guy renamed him to my roommates name. We’d play the royal rumble version and pass the controller.
@@tkaki6029
Yeah, we would do that.
I made Shogun into my own character.
My friends made Akiman and others into their own.
Wrestlemania 2000 was by far my favorite as kid. I created my own version of Blade the vampire and Neo. My friends thought it was awesome. We had a blast playing that one.
Nice, Blade is awesome!
These games were amazing. Me and my friends would play for hours . Ahead of its time
Same, I have great memories of overnights at my friends and their parents yelling at us to take a break.
@cedarvalleygaming I thought the game play on those games were perfect.
Yeah, it was so easy to pick up and play and the multiplayer was so much fun. So many hours spent creating characters too, great times.
I started the series with WCW vs. the World, which I got with my PlayStation as a kid, and then moved on to WCW vs. nWo: World Tour when it came out on the N64 later that year. WCW vs. the World was such an awesome game with a legendary roster of wrestlers (even though their names were changed).
P.S. It's a real shame we never got WWF Backlash on the N64...Hell-in-a-Cell and 6-man tag matches would've been sweet.
I started with World Tour - growing up as a WWF guy I didn't know most of the roster but that didn't matter, the game was so much fun.
Those WCW vs. NWO games on the N64 were the bomb. I was 19 when the first one came out & in my first apartment with my good friend as my roommate.
Once a month we’d have a guys night where we’d have 3-4 other buddies over & play this, Madden, and NBA live, and kill an entire Saturday night. Oh the memories…
No Mercy will probably go down as the best wrestling game ever. I don't see any game topping that. Even though the graphics suck majorly by today's standards, the gameplay, features and overall atmosphere was just perfect.
Ultra Pro Wrestling will top it once it releases next year
@@nathan3961Sureeee it will 😂🤣😂🤣😴😂
@@jayceegenocide4402 The entire existence and premise of UPW is that it's inspired by the Aki games. It's the closest you could ever dream of for a No Mercy sequel. The Demo comes out very soon.
I think Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain was the last great wrestling game made but I'd have to agree. No Mercy was special and I have a ton of fond memories of the game. I even downloaded a Rom a few months ago and played it again and despite everything you listed the game still holds up and is a ton of fun to play.
@@-KillaWatt- HCTP, Day of Reckoning 2 & the first couple of Smackdown Vs Raw games. SVR 2011 had the best Hardcore Matches & Table Physics
Best example of wrestling games. No one else could come closer. Just don't like how custom wrestlers acted as jobbers in CPU mode when that shouldn't be
Ultra Pro Wrestling set to bring back the AKI magic next year.
I'm sad these games didn't get to evolve past No Mercy, can you imagine? A hell in a Cell match in an AKI game? Damn.
I still have all four games including both Virtual Pro wrestling games and love them all. 👍
Love the video. Grew up playing WWF No Mercy, this video brought back some awesome memories. Love the outro as well, Rocket Owen Hart, baby!
I wanted to feature Owen as much as possible. I was watching the pay-per-view that night and it's stuck with me. By far one of if not the greatest tragedy of the Attitude Era.
Why does no one ever mention the fact that No Mercy runs at HALF the speed with more than 2 characters on screen? On original N64 hardware of course. That killed No Mercy for me. To this day, Revenge is still my favorite wrestler
Yes, Revenge was great but it lacked depth. People kill me they will say "Revenge is the best wrestling game ever" but then turn around and say they are disappointed with Fight Forever. Fight Forever has the same problems Revenge had lack of game modes and match types. I'm not saying you of them tho. I've just been on threads where people did that.
Best Aki game in my opinion is VPW2 followed by No Mercy.
Tag team ladder matches were unplayable to me, even with the spirit meters turned off which would help save some frames. It was like the game was running in slow motion. I guess technically it was.
You need to have the expansion pack then it's fine
@@footclan2k2 lol, expansion pack makes no difference. No Mercy doesn't make use of it
I remember having Westlemania 2000 for my N64 as a kid. To this day best wrestling game iv ever played
Good content, earned a sub. Those games all hold a special place for me, right back to my childhood. The wwe games are good, but like you said, it doesn't scratch that pick and play itch. Aew just released their game, though it's lacking in content, I love the gameplay, and it definitely scratches that itch for me again. I've already put in over 100hrs In a month on it. Great video
Thank you!
Cool collection I still have all these wrestling games to this day.
Thank you!
When I was young, having a Playstation, WCW VS THE WORLD was the best... until I visited a friend who owned a N64 and WCW WORLD TOUR.
World Tour was so much fun to play; I didn't care if the roster was less impressive, the action on the N64 was way, way better 🍻🍻
No Mercy with an Action Replay or whatever those expansion/cheat carts were called had some insane mods and additional modes! So much fun playing with friends during sleepovers! Miss those times...
Ohh i remember this mod where you get indy wrestlers like AJ Styles, Ricochet nick mondo etc and sick ass hacked moves
That thumbnail takes me back... and now i feel old😂. Good times. ❤
We're getting older but those memories keep us young.
@@cedarvalleygaming these are the days my friend😁❤
Funny, how 23 years later there hasn’t even been anything close
Revenge was the best ever
Could have been. Didn't do enough
I don't get why people prefer Revenge over the rest. It lacked depth and the character models are off. Even though textures are great and they move and look like their counterparts. They are too boxy. The player models were better depicted in World Tour. I feel VPW2 is best Aki game ever followed by No Mercy. Wrestlemania 2000 is close 3rd. Revenge had good gameplay and best roster out of all the North American games ever. I think that's why people like it the most
@@edwinafamefuna4383Revenge has way better in game action then all of them. They kicked out of finishers. Matches went 20 to 30 mins sometimes. If you have a cruiserweight match the action felt quicker and fast paced. Revenge was phenomenal but did lack a few things unfortunately. I believe if AKI would've made another WCW game after Revenge god knows. Maybe we'd be saying that would be the best game ever. They would've had music, tirantrons possibly, better customization and models plus more game modes. WWF bought the rights at the perfect time.
I think WCW vs nWo World Tour made me a bigger wrestling fan. I was hooked on that game and in turn wrestling.
Ahh, my childhood
IMP I think Wrestlemania 2000 is the best, reason being is No Mercy nerfed the game, in wm2000 you can pull off powerful moves just my pressing weak grapple A and B, in no mercy they got rid of that, also ground submissions like Ultimate punching is now if your attitude meter is on Special, the gameplay is fun in No Mercy but they slowed the pacing down. In WM2000 you could literally beat someone in 40 seconds. Another reason why I prefer WM2000 over No Mercy is simply because of the time period. My favourite wrestlers are Undertaker and Kane, and in WM2000, the atmosphere was 1997/1999 they had the whole ministry thing’s going on, Kane had his debut attire, the corporation ministry was there, this era was pretty much my favourite era of wrestling which is why I prefer WM2000 over no Mercy and previous AKI games. Not really a huge fan on American Badass Undertaker, 2000/2001 era was alright, the Hardy’s/Dudley’s and all that was good but prime time wrestling for me was 1997-1999
Totally agree! I religiously watched WWF from the summer of '95 to the spring of '99 so I prefer the roster of WM 2000. I didn't watch WCW but still bought World Tour and Revenge and had a great time with both.
I'm also a huge Undertaker fan and the American Badass was a total turn off. With Nash, Hall and Hart at WCW, HBK not performing due to his back and the death of Owen I lost interest in WWF. WCW had already started it's downhill trend so I quit watching wrestling. Started watching again in '06 and stopped in '08, haven't watched anything since then.
Also WM 2000 have full entrance, while No Mercy is only at entrance ramp and then ends. Also story mode in WM is much better and interesting, while in No Mercy is boring, repetitive and for some reason Stevie Richards is in every main event storyline. I never understand why so many people think No Mercy is better than WM 2000.
@@silvereloking6149 no mercy had the better roster more game modes and better storylines
@@justthisguy1948 How is the better storyline Steven Richards in every main event segment ?
i'm Finally Finished Collecting my Aki Asmik Wrestling Game collection for N64 from Virtual Pro Wrestling 1&2 Wcw vs Nwo World Tour And Revenge To Wrestlemania 2000 and No Mercy..Fell in love with these classics all over again for those who never played the virtual pro wrestling its a must have
with my family or friends we on all night when it’s time to come in 😂💯💯💯man take me back!
Know what I did the moment I discovered you can bang peoples head on the ring bell over and over again? I banged heads on the ring bell over and over again.
LOL, hearing that bell never gets old!
Damned if that video game version of "Real American" didnt give me the intense nostalgic feels right off the bat
While I was working on this video I would randomly starting singing Real American while I was at work. I couldn't get that song out of my head.
My favorite was absolutely Revenge. That era of WCW couldnt be beat
I was WWF kid so I didn't watch WCW but that didn't matter when playing World Tour or Revenge. Those games were so much fun and multiplayer was a riot. When I finally did watch that era of WCW, I wasn't disappointed, great time to be a wrestling fan.
Great work on this video! I hope your channel goes far!!!
Thanks!
Thanks for giving me flashbacks of my AWESOME childhood. We all need to be thankful!
The greatest wrestling games golden eye I played madden on playstation but it wasn't bad on n64 grateful and still usable console
Owen hart theme song at the end is a classic
Its a shame that now that we're in the golden age of retro gaming that no one has tried to do a throwback wrestling game in the style of the old Aki/THQ titles. Just take the gameplay of these classic games, bump up the character model fidelity, give it silky smooth modern animation, and provide a comprehensive creat-a-wrestler feature for recreating your favorite legends. Send it
I would think that it would find quite an audience. Ive tried many of the WWE offerings over the years, but the only ones that held my attention as well as the old Aki games was Wrestlemania XIX on the Gamecube and WWE '13 which i played on Xbox
This thumbnail would make a great poster,,,
I remember these. Great times with friends
NWO 4 Life! I'm still running with the 🐺 pac!
A fine video but it’s missing two games in AKI series that were available in Japan. Virtual Pro Wrestling on the N64 had a lot bigger roster than world tour but are almost the same game. Virtual Pro Wrestling 2 for the N64 featured the WM2000 gameplay and features, including the running attack grapple. To me VPW2 for the N64 is top or 2 games in the series. I have a rom of it that translates the menus if you’re interested. As a fan of All Japan 90s wrestling the game is a dream. Overall great video!
In hindsight, I should of at least mentioned them. I'm aware of them but was focused on capturing gameplay using my personal hardware and games. I do appreciate the feedback.
@@cedarvalleygaming no big deal. Those games, given some differences almost deserve their own videos. Also most audiences in the US won't know their rosters, so as a content creator I imagine you're looking for what people would click on. Cheers!
No Mercy and Goldeneye 007 were the top games on the N64
Aew fight forever will fix that can't wait for it to release
Don't think so. Too far gone. After 3 months everyone will be tired of the graphics lol
@@sweetpetergeda the graphics is the only complaint you boys can come up with....wwe 2k23 twice the price for everything great graphics absolutely, it also crashes, universe cut scenes don't work, online is a joke, but hey great graphics lol
Sorry but the AEW game is terrible and nothing like the AKI games it tries but fails on all levels
@@IanJD71 you're nuts bro it has the original guy that worked on the game how could it fail controls, grapple system, career mode, all virtually identical not sure which game you playing lol
@@ericmacgillivray537 not identical at all how come i loved no mercy but cant stand this go figure
As much as i loved wm2000 and no mercy....Revenge has to be my favorite. I loved that whole nwo/wolfpac era.
I missed out on all WCW programing as I was a WWF guy. When I got around to watching it, man, it was damn good.
@@cedarvalleygamingand i the other way around. Only wcw
1. Wrestlemania 2000
2. Wrestlemania The Arcade game
3. WWF Warzone
4. WCW vs nWo Revenge
5. WWF Royal Rumble
Those are my top wrestling games based on nostalgia, not necessarily on their quality.
I've got a soft spot for WM 2000 because of nostalgia and the roster. I stopped watching WWF in '99 so No Mercy's roster isn't what I'm familiar with for Attitude Era WWF.
Only problem with No Mercy was the carts were glitched and would erase your progress and created characters.
Thankfully I've never lost my data. The last time I checked buying a patched cart was pretty expensive.
I'm surprised no devs have reverse engineered any of the aki games yet.
After playing AEW Fight Forever & WWE 2k22...
...none of these Games can beat No Mercy for the time over 20 years ago.
No Mercy is still my favorite one.
2:37 i LOVE WCW vs the World. it’s so raw and primitive, but the feel is later games is there in its genesis and the soundtrack is KILLER
Revenge will always be my favorite tho
Nicely done well to end thus with Owen hart's theme song 😎👍
When I dropped his music in at the end, it just felt right. Gone but never forgotten.
COME ON BACK AKI FOR ONE MORE GAME
Oh hell yeah!!! Finishing with a banger! I love Owen Harts theme song!!!
Having gameplay with Owen was mandatory for me. I love his stint in Camp Cornette which is why I have him and Yoko going up against Shawn and Diesel, even though I don't think that ever happened. Dropping his song at the end seemed a fitting sendoff to one of the greats.
The first time I saw WrestleMania 2000 was when these boys hooked up there consoles in the cafeteria.
Played it when my cousin had it.
and only a few hundred subs?????? you've got me now too
I always heard these were better games but never had or played any of them. I had Warzone and Attitude on N64. Not that great looking back but man me and my friends played those so much the day of the PPV waiting for it to come on. Good times.
I also had War Zone on the N64 but my friends told me about "these cartoon looking WCW games that were amazing". We were WWF guys but we played World Tour and Revenge and had a blast. When WM2000 was announced we couldn't wait to play it, good times.
Best wrestling games EVER.
Even though I acknowledge No Mercy is the superior game, I still have a soft spot for both Revenge (for its tightness/focus) & 2000 (for its lavish amount of customization).
Someone in either STEM or Cognitive/Linguistics will eventually do a PhD on how simple-user-input-style-gaming is the apex of interactivity, which leads to enhanced creativity/spatial awareness/engagement/etc.
The 5th Gen of consoles was truly a great time, because AAA-eqivalent multiplayer games [AKI wrestling, Tony Hawk 2, Goldeneye, Virtua Fighter, Smash Bros] could still be economically made & accepted largely on the terms of their gameplay, without the advent of DLC as a means to do post-launch fixes.
The closest games I recall since then have been Dark Souls, Minecraft, Splatoon & PUBG, so it still happens, but back in '97 - '02 we were getting bangers ALL THE TIME
Same here, Revenge and WM 2000 are the games I like and play the most. I quit watching wrestling in late '99 so those rosters are the most nostalgic for me. I play No Mercy if I feel the need for some latter matches and back stage areas.
No mercy is goated
Wcw/nwo revenge was the absolute best
Appreciate your research 👍 very professional video
Thank you!
WCW/NWO world tour is the most influential wrestling game of all time every game after it copied it’s gameplay and grappling system
I've played all these games and smackdown, smackdown 2, and smackdown just bring it>all of em.
I think the modern WWE 2K games do well enough to bring back the pickup and play aspect of a wrestling game. The 2K games before 2K22 were too complicated and tried too hard to feel more realistic by having to do weird controller inputs. 2K22 and later streamline how strikes and grappling works to make them easy to understand. I think what I don't like about the game is the somewhat confusing carry mechanic. It seems simple but trying to do it is a struggle.
2K22 is the newest title I own but I haven't really put much time into it. I feel around 2K14 or 15 some of the game mechanics started to get too complicated and caused me to avoid using them.
@@cedarvalleygaming 2K22 is the only WWE 2K title I own as well and I have been hearing that it's more arcade compared to 2K19, so I gave it a shot and enjoyed my time on it, mainly because I like to press buttons to do things. I can Grapples easily, do Strikes and Kicks easily, and they give you prompts on using the Signatures and Finishers, which is what I needed.
My only issue is trying to carry or pick up my opponents. I would have to go back and look up the controls for that again and I am not a huge fan of doing things in the right analog stick, when I wish I could just hold the shoulder buttons instead. That and there's also the Stun mechanic which I think players get stunned a little too long. I know I can minimize it, but it still feels too long.
C'mon man, you didn't even mention the Def Jam and Kinnikuman games in closing. I get ignoring Kinnikuman (they didn't really feel like the AKI wrestling games, but every fan of No Mercy owes it to themselves to check out Vendetta and Fight for New York.
Wish you would have mentioned Virtua Pro Wrestling 2
I own EVERY AKI N64 Game but World Tour and Wrestlemania 2000.
Great video! Subbed
Thank you!
It’s a shame that AEW Fight Forever failed to be…. Much of anything at all.
I heard it was lacking features. I thought about checking it out but don't really have the time. Hopefully they will add updates and improve the game.
World Tour was ok.
Revenge was fun, and the reason I got an N64.I liked the smoth playability.
Wrestlemania 2000 was the pinnacle of these games. It had the smooth playability of Revenge but you could totally create a wrestler. Plus it had more moves.
Even though I am a WCW guy, this was more fun, and I was able to create many WCW wrestlers.
The few downsides were no ability to edit women, and ladder matches slowed down.
No Mercy was a theory.
It had potential buy failed to deliver.
The game was too slow, and I didn't enjoy it.
I was a WWF guy but I enjoyed World Tour and especially Revenge. I didn't know most of the roster but that game was so good it didn't matter. WM 2000 is my favorite of the four, it has my favorite roster and still plays well.
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Exactly! And it felt like it already had WCW guys (Giant & Jericho). Being able to make 14 other wrestlers made it so cool.
@9:48 earned you the sub, 😂
I had to include it, it's just so ridiculous you can buy a ho.
There still hasn't been a better playing wrestling game than No Mercy
2000 was my shit yo
I wish AKI would have done a WCW revenge sequel. I'm pretty sure WCW games were one of the main reasons WCW sucked.
Cant understand why the 2k game cant juat give the old control scheme. They look so good, and have great features...but just not as fun to play.
Somehow, even wcw Revenge has a few incorrect finishing moves.
day of reckoning >
Your voice over reminds me of Mrsaintsgodzilla
Steve Regal is the greatest British wrestler of all time. The Goat 🐐 🙌
Agreed, a fantastic heel and excellent wrestler! He was on my short list of wrestlers I had to feature.
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Ah, when up and B did a suplex. Now its up down triangle square left up down. 😂 i wish wwe2k23 had an idiot mode.
How come the new wrestling games don't have bra and panties matches?
Warzone was horrible lol with the one table on the corner to slam on
Yeah, I had it on the N64 and it wasn't great.
@@cedarvalleygaming nwo vs the world, no mercy and smack down 1 and 2 we’re all the best to me
*THQ inc wrestling games
Aki developed them
Mediocre Games, yukes better
No mercy was my fav
The best wrestling games are all on N64. If you didn't clip your n64 to play Japanese titles like Virtual pro64 and others you missed out.
once games try to be too realistic, its not as fun. that last good wrestling game was here comes the pain. no mercy the best though.
It makes me sad we will NEVER get true successors to these games in the Way Def Jam Fight For New York Was.
That AKI Team is Gone FOREVER.
AEW Fight Forever STINKS. It is arcadey crap with two minute matches 🥲😢😥😓