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Welcome to the grand preview of the most anticipated release of the game WWF No Mercy for the Nintendo 64 entertainment system.
No Mercy is the last of it's kind in the hit series from THQ including: WCW vs. The World, WCW vs. nWo, WCW Revenge, WWF WrestleMania 2000 and now No Mercy. It is the last reproduction of this engine because THQ has undoubtedly decided to progress further into the market and develop for the next wave of systems (i.e. Sega Dreamcast, Sony Playstation 2, and the Dolphin *name subject to change*) You can just imagine the possibilities that Aki will produce in the near future, mind boggling, just mind boggling. Well enough of the introduction, because chances are you just want the preview...... lets mosey on.
OVERVIEW:
How can THQ possibly do what they do, how could they possibly manufacture a game even better and more advanced than WrestleMania 2000? Who the hell knows but they've done it again with No Mercy.
At first glance you'll notice that No Mercy is strikingly similar to WM 2k..... well that's because it's a clone. WM 2K's engine is the best and most popular engine on the Nintendo 64, mostly because of it's nice, blocky, life like graphics, and it's pick up and go controls. In WWF Attitude, players hated how you pressed up, down, left, right, do a cartwheel while balancing pooh on a stick above your head just to do a DDT. Not only is the WM 2k style comfortable for your hand to control..... it's easier to learn as well.
THQ is the publisher of this title, don't get publisher and developer mixed up now. AKI produces the game, does what is needed to do to get you guys to like it. (and believe me you do) THQ introduces it, advertises it and makes it have more of a feel for the WWF fans, but AKI does the brunt of the work for the most part, commend them on a job well done.
PRESENTATION:
Skeptics have argued that anybody who likes the graphical nature of this game is in-artistic, I guess that makes the majority of gamers in-artistic right...... I think not. The blocky character graphics give the game a more 3-d atmosphere as the polygons appear to be larger. Textures show better on the character and a more crisp organized feel comes apon the game as you are beating the living snot out of one another, without those polygonal figures..... the moves just wouldn't look right. Good job.
The introduction to the new Smackdown arena is now a full fledged feature in No Mercy. Looking around the arena is a beautiful piece of eye candy, as much as any other programmer could offer. Capturing the very essence of wrestling shows at the bud. The stage backdrops are all blue, with the entrance leading out to the ramp..... the curtainy textures are blending into one another very nicely and the even looking above the arena as you have your opponent in an ankle lock (camera zooms around) you can see the rafters shaping up over the Smackdown set like in real life. How does AKI do it? Who the hell knows but lets just hope and pray that they continue to do it.
The new and improved animations play a key factor in outshining it's older brother (WM 2k) as the animations have more of a realistic gravitational feel to them. Lets look at the animation of the regular old suplex.(not standing, not snap) The man doing the move pauses about 1/2 a second before hoisting his opponent into the air... a smooth arch is formed as you follow the motion of the suplex. Before dropping him down to the mat, there is another 1/2 - 1 second delay allowing various limbs to move, and to leave a dramatic flow. Very nicely added. Comparing this to WM 2k's animations, where the character would only have about 1/2 the movement in the move and the reactions after the moves would sometimes not match up. An enhancement. Of course there are many more moves that have been enhanced for this knock out, but you'll have to wait and see them for yourself.
The textures in this game as I stated above are really nicely done. They flow throughout all the zones on the characters body (i.e. chest to abdominal) without glitching up of being cut off. The apron textures are the same as all the other wrestling games but they change colour to match surroundings. Also since WM 2K Aki has added the new floor texture, the black mats and the black divider wall to match. This gives the player a true WWF atmosphere as the dividing wall gives WWF's ringside a truly unique feel like no other wrestling fed has.
GRAPHICS:
Ok, your going to sit there smiling at me thinking your all smart because you think that WrestleMania's graphics are crap.... if so that's the prettiest little piece of crap I've ever seen in my life. You see, WWF Attitude's graphics were better than any of Aki's titles to the majority of the gamers..... but that's NOT to say Aki's graphics are bad. Think about it. What would you rather have...... an amazing game where all the moves look nice and it's easy to control, the animations are much sweeter as they graze your eyes and the graphics aren't as good as they could be, or you could have amazing graphics, bad collision detection, and poor animations.. the person who wanted the most out of the experience would choose the first choice.
Collision detection can easily make or break a game...... and well, lets just put it this way.... this games made it by 3 1/2 years of hard work. No one can say edgewise to it's collision detection comparing off to WCW Mayhem, or even WWF Attitude. They both had glitchy collision detection and it really wasn't fun at all when you hit somebody in the head with a tazer and it counts as nothing. Just think about it, how many times does the proximity system of WM 2k help you and make the animations look better than the direct system of any other game (excluding Smackdown 1, and 2)
As you can see, AKI most likely didn't choose the other graphics for a purpose. The pro's: Easier texture mapping, better animations, better hit detection, matches environment.. the cons: not as graphical as it could be. Really the pro's outshine the cons a great deal.
A/V Input:
The audio input in this game is amazing ever since Aki decided to input the mp3 formatted songs. MP3's are clear ,not extremely large to an extent, and the sound quality is higher. That's why THQ decided to go with it. The theme songs of all your favorite wrestlers are in the house as they come to the ring they are greeted by them giving an even more realistic atmosphere as the character comes down to the ringFEATURES:
No Mercy's has been dubbed the most loaded game with features for this engine. Tables match, and ladder match are still unofficial, at this time no comment ploy. If the ladder match is in the game look for it to be advanced and really fun. I'm pretty sure the ladder would be starting inside the ring because I don't see how anyone can program a ladder to be slid into the ring under or through the second rope hole(s).
The tables match is very basic and straight forward....... THROW YOUR OPPONENT THROUGH A TABLE. I don't know if this mode has been confirmed or not, however the objective is to put or throw your opponent through a table... don't look for the 3d to be on the table as you have to be running to do this and I'm almost certain (80%) that the table will be outside of the ring if any table at all. So far we know that there will be a table you can conk your friends head into..... but we don't know if you can lay them on it.
Specail guest referee mode will make it's way into this title. It's quite simple indeed. One of you is the ref, you are the sheriff in town and you have the fate of the two wrestlers in your palm... you can screw over you friend if you'd like to, or help him. This match has made it's appearance in WWF Smackdown for the psx which was published by THQ. So it was only a matter of time before it was added to an Aki title.
Smackdown mall is a very innovative mode indeed. Have you ever been stuck at a baseball game when you wanted to beat the crap out of Triple H in Wm 2k? Well then you will have a treat here... if you have a Game Boy colour then you can bring the No Mercy GBC version with you to where you want to go and where it's allowed and play it there..... then with the help of a transfere pack you can upload your data with the Smackdown mall and unlock secrets.... do not worry if you don't have a GBC, you can still unlock secrets with the n64 version.
Look for the steel cage match to return in No Mercy, this mode is definetly one of the best in Wm 2K. The object is to climb over the cage and plant both feet on the floor before your opponent does, pretty simple except it's 15 feet high and getting thrown from it can mean an instant injury.
All the regular modes from the other titles from Aki will come into this game once again. HIAC and Inferno will not be in No Mercy... HIAC ran too slow and there's no more room for inferno. Aki will NOT use the expansion pack because the Asian marketplace does not have it and the N64dd did not sell very well at ALL.
SUMMARY:
Buy this game and play it often. This game has managed to combine what's been absolutley adored about the different games available and rolled them into one fat 64-bit package. This game is not just for wrestling fans. This game is for gamers. It's multiplayer fun. It's the best of the best glued together. It's WWF No Mercy, and 'That's the bottom line.
by delkwapong if i win i want wwf no mercy on nintendo 64.
DEREK KWAPONG
No Mercy is the last of it's kind in the hit series from THQ including: WCW vs. The World, WCW vs. nWo, WCW Revenge, WWF WrestleMania 2000 and now No Mercy. It is the last reproduction of this engine because THQ has undoubtedly decided to progress further into the market and develop for the next wave of systems (i.e. Sega Dreamcast, Sony Playstation 2, and the Dolphin *name subject to change*) You can just imagine the possibilities that Aki will produce in the near future, mind boggling, just mind boggling. Well enough of the introduction, because chances are you just want the preview...... lets mosey on.
OVERVIEW:
How can THQ possibly do what they do, how could they possibly manufacture a game even better and more advanced than WrestleMania 2000? Who the hell knows but they've done it again with No Mercy.
At first glance you'll notice that No Mercy is strikingly similar to WM 2k..... well that's because it's a clone. WM 2K's engine is the best and most popular engine on the Nintendo 64, mostly because of it's nice, blocky, life like graphics, and it's pick up and go controls. In WWF Attitude, players hated how you pressed up, down, left, right, do a cartwheel while balancing pooh on a stick above your head just to do a DDT. Not only is the WM 2k style comfortable for your hand to control..... it's easier to learn as well.
THQ is the publisher of this title, don't get publisher and developer mixed up now. AKI produces the game, does what is needed to do to get you guys to like it. (and believe me you do) THQ introduces it, advertises it and makes it have more of a feel for the WWF fans, but AKI does the brunt of the work for the most part, commend them on a job well done.
PRESENTATION:
Skeptics have argued that anybody who likes the graphical nature of this game is in-artistic, I guess that makes the majority of gamers in-artistic right...... I think not. The blocky character graphics give the game a more 3-d atmosphere as the polygons appear to be larger. Textures show better on the character and a more crisp organized feel comes apon the game as you are beating the living snot out of one another, without those polygonal figures..... the moves just wouldn't look right. Good job.
The introduction to the new Smackdown arena is now a full fledged feature in No Mercy. Looking around the arena is a beautiful piece of eye candy, as much as any other programmer could offer. Capturing the very essence of wrestling shows at the bud. The stage backdrops are all blue, with the entrance leading out to the ramp..... the curtainy textures are blending into one another very nicely and the even looking above the arena as you have your opponent in an ankle lock (camera zooms around) you can see the rafters shaping up over the Smackdown set like in real life. How does AKI do it? Who the hell knows but lets just hope and pray that they continue to do it.
The new and improved animations play a key factor in outshining it's older brother (WM 2k) as the animations have more of a realistic gravitational feel to them. Lets look at the animation of the regular old suplex.(not standing, not snap) The man doing the move pauses about 1/2 a second before hoisting his opponent into the air... a smooth arch is formed as you follow the motion of the suplex. Before dropping him down to the mat, there is another 1/2 - 1 second delay allowing various limbs to move, and to leave a dramatic flow. Very nicely added. Comparing this to WM 2k's animations, where the character would only have about 1/2 the movement in the move and the reactions after the moves would sometimes not match up. An enhancement. Of course there are many more moves that have been enhanced for this knock out, but you'll have to wait and see them for yourself.
The textures in this game as I stated above are really nicely done. They flow throughout all the zones on the characters body (i.e. chest to abdominal) without glitching up of being cut off. The apron textures are the same as all the other wrestling games but they change colour to match surroundings. Also since WM 2K Aki has added the new floor texture, the black mats and the black divider wall to match. This gives the player a true WWF atmosphere as the dividing wall gives WWF's ringside a truly unique feel like no other wrestling fed has.
GRAPHICS:
Ok, your going to sit there smiling at me thinking your all smart because you think that WrestleMania's graphics are crap.... if so that's the prettiest little piece of crap I've ever seen in my life. You see, WWF Attitude's graphics were better than any of Aki's titles to the majority of the gamers..... but that's NOT to say Aki's graphics are bad. Think about it. What would you rather have...... an amazing game where all the moves look nice and it's easy to control, the animations are much sweeter as they graze your eyes and the graphics aren't as good as they could be, or you could have amazing graphics, bad collision detection, and poor animations.. the person who wanted the most out of the experience would choose the first choice.
Collision detection can easily make or break a game...... and well, lets just put it this way.... this games made it by 3 1/2 years of hard work. No one can say edgewise to it's collision detection comparing off to WCW Mayhem, or even WWF Attitude. They both had glitchy collision detection and it really wasn't fun at all when you hit somebody in the head with a tazer and it counts as nothing. Just think about it, how many times does the proximity system of WM 2k help you and make the animations look better than the direct system of any other game (excluding Smackdown 1, and 2)
As you can see, AKI most likely didn't choose the other graphics for a purpose. The pro's: Easier texture mapping, better animations, better hit detection, matches environment.. the cons: not as graphical as it could be. Really the pro's outshine the cons a great deal.
A/V Input:
The audio input in this game is amazing ever since Aki decided to input the mp3 formatted songs. MP3's are clear ,not extremely large to an extent, and the sound quality is higher. That's why THQ decided to go with it. The theme songs of all your favorite wrestlers are in the house as they come to the ring they are greeted by them giving an even more realistic atmosphere as the character comes down to the ringFEATURES:
No Mercy's has been dubbed the most loaded game with features for this engine. Tables match, and ladder match are still unofficial, at this time no comment ploy. If the ladder match is in the game look for it to be advanced and really fun. I'm pretty sure the ladder would be starting inside the ring because I don't see how anyone can program a ladder to be slid into the ring under or through the second rope hole(s).
The tables match is very basic and straight forward....... THROW YOUR OPPONENT THROUGH A TABLE. I don't know if this mode has been confirmed or not, however the objective is to put or throw your opponent through a table... don't look for the 3d to be on the table as you have to be running to do this and I'm almost certain (80%) that the table will be outside of the ring if any table at all. So far we know that there will be a table you can conk your friends head into..... but we don't know if you can lay them on it.
Specail guest referee mode will make it's way into this title. It's quite simple indeed. One of you is the ref, you are the sheriff in town and you have the fate of the two wrestlers in your palm... you can screw over you friend if you'd like to, or help him. This match has made it's appearance in WWF Smackdown for the psx which was published by THQ. So it was only a matter of time before it was added to an Aki title.
Smackdown mall is a very innovative mode indeed. Have you ever been stuck at a baseball game when you wanted to beat the crap out of Triple H in Wm 2k? Well then you will have a treat here... if you have a Game Boy colour then you can bring the No Mercy GBC version with you to where you want to go and where it's allowed and play it there..... then with the help of a transfere pack you can upload your data with the Smackdown mall and unlock secrets.... do not worry if you don't have a GBC, you can still unlock secrets with the n64 version.
Look for the steel cage match to return in No Mercy, this mode is definetly one of the best in Wm 2K. The object is to climb over the cage and plant both feet on the floor before your opponent does, pretty simple except it's 15 feet high and getting thrown from it can mean an instant injury.
All the regular modes from the other titles from Aki will come into this game once again. HIAC and Inferno will not be in No Mercy... HIAC ran too slow and there's no more room for inferno. Aki will NOT use the expansion pack because the Asian marketplace does not have it and the N64dd did not sell very well at ALL.
SUMMARY:
Buy this game and play it often. This game has managed to combine what's been absolutley adored about the different games available and rolled them into one fat 64-bit package. This game is not just for wrestling fans. This game is for gamers. It's multiplayer fun. It's the best of the best glued together. It's WWF No Mercy, and 'That's the bottom line.
by delkwapong if i win i want wwf no mercy on nintendo 64.
DEREK KWAPONG
Just one thing i wanted to know ash_davie2k....have you actually played these games? Because if you havent, you havn't got the right to say whats good and whats not. If you have then fair enough. Personally there are a couple of flaws i want to point out on these games.
Smackdown 2: I have not playes smackdown 2 but the reivew says that the moves and wrestlers are faster than smackdown 1 this is un humainly possible. No one ever in the world has moved that fast. I have seen screens of sd2, which suggest that they have the same, pretty s****y graphics as sd1. One thing i never understood about smackdown 1 is why the wrestlers just stand in fornt of their videos instead of walking down the ramp and into the ring like on wm2k and attitude etc. Smackdown 2 will obviously have the better videos as you cant put streaming videos on a cartridge. But if you say its nintys fault, think again.....cartidges have instant loading so you can save those precious 5 mins waiting for it to load.
No Mercy: Rerally i think this will be a bumped up version of wm2k. WM2k didnt have that many flaws, so it cant be bad at all. I havent playes this either but i have seen videso, and the starting entrance vid to this. It looks prety good. The only bif flaw in this game i think is that sd2 will have all these modes while no mercy will only have a couple. Oh well...theres always next year!
Smackdown 2: I have not playes smackdown 2 but the reivew says that the moves and wrestlers are faster than smackdown 1 this is un humainly possible. No one ever in the world has moved that fast. I have seen screens of sd2, which suggest that they have the same, pretty s****y graphics as sd1. One thing i never understood about smackdown 1 is why the wrestlers just stand in fornt of their videos instead of walking down the ramp and into the ring like on wm2k and attitude etc. Smackdown 2 will obviously have the better videos as you cant put streaming videos on a cartridge. But if you say its nintys fault, think again.....cartidges have instant loading so you can save those precious 5 mins waiting for it to load.
No Mercy: Rerally i think this will be a bumped up version of wm2k. WM2k didnt have that many flaws, so it cant be bad at all. I havent playes this either but i have seen videso, and the starting entrance vid to this. It looks prety good. The only bif flaw in this game i think is that sd2 will have all these modes while no mercy will only have a couple. Oh well...theres always next year!
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