'WWF WrestleMania 2000' RETROSPECTIVE - Triangle X Squared O.
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- The AKI Corporation were once known for delivering the greatest wrestling games of all time. For those of us here in the US, those games all came under one banner: World Championship Wrestling. The video games of WCW were simply a cut above those of their main competitor, the World Wrestling Federation, and that's putting it nicely. Many fans wondered what might happen if AKI had, like so many people in the field of entertainment they covered, had jumped ship. What might WCW/nWo Revenge look like if it were a WWF game instead?
Well, in 1999, we got our answer. AKI and THQ moved away from the brand that gave us Nitro and Thunder, to instead join forces with the home of RAW and SmackDown. This installment of Triangle X Squared O: The Wrestling Game Retrospective Series covers the creation, reception and overall legacy... of WWF WrestleMania 2000.
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Dude, you took me back. Playing entrance themes from my N64 or PS2 to go with my action figures. Glad so many did this too. What a time to be alive. Even did my own commentary! 😅
Lol I use to buy the CDs that had the wrestlers theme music on it. Pretty sure they knew kids would buy those specifically for that. I meen what adult bought them to bump Nation of Domination or the Rocks theme while driving etc.
I remember my nephew was playing with the action figures and he had Shawn Michaels do a backflip off the chamber his response was
This is some incredible shit😂 I swear this happened I be rolling every fews years when I think about it. Saw this comment I had to say it shit 💯😂
Me and my uncles use to do that every time we played with toys I thought we were the only ones good to know we weren’t 😂
@@KennyPowersUrOut You'd be surprised.
"Is not about the looks, it's about the heart that pumps the blood"
Now that's real talk 😊
“There we go , we looked at it “
I died !!! 😂😂💀
Hahahahahha, good. I was hoping that bit would get over.
@@616Entertainment 😆 I love everything about this channel.
@@616Entertainment higher than the Godfather at the hall of fame 😂
@Getting loose Cooking with goose 😆
Yea that part got me 😂🤷🏾♂️
That story about the entrance music was almost unbearably wholesome
It's true, too!
@Taylor Burck I did that too
@@616Entertainment I made my own Titantron with my TV, and a bunch of video cassettes. I would play their entrance music using the N64 and the TV as the big monitor
@@616Entertainment That’s some cool shit, bro! 😎If I were a youngster then, I would have loved to do that!
Bro I was dying laughing when u said the comment about the entrance music from the game for your action figures lol I felt like Tarzan (I looked at my friend who put me on to your channel like) “Why didn’t u tell me there was others like me?”
The long awaited Wrestlemania 2000s is finally here!!
Yessir! As promised. Hope you like it!
Best wrestling game ever! Remember the day I went to Toy's R Us with my pops to buy this dope ass game.
Dude, that's an awesome memory.
@@616Entertainment indeed
That's a very, very awesome memory to have! ✌️🤜
Same but I went with my older brother to toys r us cause I got money for my 8th birthday and what better way to spend it than to buy this classic
Revenge-WM 2000-No Mercy. Damn our childhoods were blessed
They certainly were. Such a blast.
Don’t leave out WCW vs nWo World Tour.
Absolutely
Our childhood was epic. I’m 32 and I still get hyped on the nostalgia
Renting wrestlemania 2000 and someone created a giant fat guy named “fatty boombatty” and i loved using that guy. Shoutout to the guy who created him.
I always liked how WM 2000 had full entrances instead of the cropped ones No Mercy had. Also it had Big Show on the roster and Undertaker didn't just use the Raw is War theme.
Also that music in Edit mode, my god those flutes are so nostalgic for me at this point.
It reminds me of the theme song from "Home Improvement".
Well the whole Undertaker/Raw is war theme situation was pretty much only due to copyright issues.
Besides, there was a custom caw theme that was pretty much an instrumental version of American Badass by Kid Rock that I immediately changed his theme to when I found out about it 🤣
I was just contemplating making a comment along these lines when I saw this, lol.
@@ridethelaprasi actually changed his theme to Hardcore Holly's theme. Sounded very similar to Keep rollin imo but just a slower version😆 i found it to be quite suitable for taker
@@Dee1nOnly92 Well, one of the generic themes from No Mercy was my pick for the Undertaker. This one, "ORIGINAL4", started off with a spooky church bell like his real theme, but then goes off onto some funk-metal-disco-whatever thing that has no relation, ahah.. But you're right, the Hollys theme does have a very 'Rollin'' vibe to it.
This was my first wrestling game and my introduction to WWF. My friend brought it over and despite knowing nothing about wrestling I was having a lot of fun with the game. The game play was fun, the characters were cool, watching them come out to cool music and "live action" footage was surprising. After playing the game for about 2 months my friend told me I need to start watching wrestling and that Thursday I watched my first Smackdown and was hooked. Since I spent 2 months just playing the game and getting the know the WWF superstars that way it made watching WWF on TV feel like it was the movie adaptation of the game lol. From that point on I was hooked.
Dude what an amazing introduction. I love this.
This is such an awesome story! Thanks for sharing this with us!
1999 got a lot of people into wrestling especially with Smackdown being on primetime tv.
I know how you feel. I got into wcw through the game wcw revenge. The first episode I watched was the iconic finger poke.
When wrestlemania 2000 came out I did the same thing and started watching wwf
It's bank holiday weekend in the UK and thanks to you I now know what I'm doing. Breaking out the N64.
Edit- Thank you Ian for your continued hard work it is very much appreciated
have you broke the n64 out for this jubilee Bank Holiday?
Wrestlemania 2000 commercial still tickles me till this day
"Hey rock know your role and shut your mouth"
Thanks for this comment. Never seen the commercial hilarious
The match lengths in the championship mode are insane. My favorite I saw was Al Snow vs Road Dogg in a 65 minute classic in the middle of a Raw card.
I would rather watch that than any of the new crap.
I remember getting a copy of this at a flea market when I was like eight years old and EVERY SINGLE MEMBER of the roster was bald and set to 500lbs.
Hahahahahaahahah what the hell
I feel like Wrestlemania 2000 is what we needed it to be, it was a stopgap before No Mercy in a lot of ways like SmackDown was a stopgap for SmackDown 2.
It’s solid, it’s a wrestling game, it’s Revenge with a WWF paint job, SmackDown was a basic game too, but if you look at what followed it is very easy to see these guys had their fingers on the pulse of wrestling, they understood what fans wanted. I remember shitting myself when we could go backstage in these games.
100%, great way to put it.
The best thing of this game is the Blue Meanie intro.
I did the same thing with the entrance music sometimes I'd just sit there and listen to them this was before I had the music volumes and of course youtube didn't exist
7:22 D-Lo Brown's head game is on point LOL... Maaaaan! What a time to be alive when this game came out along with the previous THQ games. The good years when no one was complaining or caring about the graphics. We were just having fun playing an awesome wrestling game for hours.
Great way to put it, Chris.
Wrestlemania 2000 was one of the first N64 games I ever played when I was younger I barely got away with playing Conker's Bad Fur Day 😂 back then I love this game
Dude I had a burned CD full of wrestling themes that I made specifically for my toys when they would come out lol. So glad I’m not the only one who did shit like that.
Dude hell yea.
😂 funny how much we all had in common growing up lol I’m 32 and I still get hyped on nostalgia
Can’t wait for the rumble roses episode that I imagine will come at some point
Good lord. I actually suggested that one. And the main canonical plot of the story mode which is seen from the prospective of the lead heroine and poster girl Reiko Hinamoto is so bonkers, so nonsensical it makes most of the storylines seen in current WWE or pro wrestling storylines written by Vince Russo in general look sane and understandable.
Rumble Roses XX sucked, OK it was Xbox exclusive (down with the Ponies!) but it still sucked.
@richallenxbox1976 Rumble Roses 1 also only had two wrestlers maximum. Given that it was built off of HCTP, that was disappointing to say the least.
I'm 32 and my brother is 36 and I still spend the night at his house 2 times a month and we play wwf no mercy and watch old matches. It's awesome.
WWF had higher saturation on TV so... Mania 2000 being colorful worked.
One of my favorite videos you’ve ever released. I played WrestleMania 2000 more than No Mercy and Revenge. It’s honestly my favorite of all the N64 titles. It really is slept on compared to those other two. Keep up the awesome work Ian!
I always felt that Wrestlemania 2000 was better than No Mercy.
Oh wow, read the comment right below yours. What're the odds?!
Ah. no way, no mercy had all the stuff from virtual pro wrestling 2
That's a hot take there
I actually agree with you. Honestly, I feel like Wrestlemania2000 is underrated and goes under the radio compared to NoMercy. Although No Mercy was a better game, I personally liked WM2000 over it for some reason. 1999 I was 9 years old and this was the best Christmas ever.
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I got this for Christmas in 1999. Back when N64 games were $90 CAD. Loads of great memories :) But that cage was too tall!
The last game appearance for Droz. Before the unfortunate accident. Although he was mentioned in 2k17 and 2k18. When you go to the jukebox and go to Albert.you'll find that his theme is called Droz even tho it's actual name is pierced. And also Owen Hart was supposed to be in the game but we all know the reasons why he wasn't in it. And the last wwe game appearance of Jeff Jarrett.
This is the AKI game I have the most fondness for, I got Revenge much later, after No Mercy. I still have my cart and pretty sure it still has my edits where I had changed all of the roster to my class year, that's one thing I really loved about this is that you could change nearly everything on the roster and it changed the intro to it. Good stuff, and Kane's theme sounds so eerie on this game with the compression and distortion. I also think the AKI games had the best move animations.
So many memories with this game!
My friends and I created our own characters with super broken moves (eg choke slams for weak grapples), different timings/ranges for our punches and kicks attacks (we got really good at reversing attacks so we had to mix it up), and super weak moves when someone steals your super. We also create belts and whoever wins all the belts wins the season!
We mainly played the 3 way match with our own rules ie we can't skip intros, no taunting (cus when 2 people are fighting 1 person will be standing there taunting), lumberjack on (to stop us from running away when someone has special), and only winning by TKO!
The music used when creating a character has always been one of my favorite video game music
I LOVE this game. I still have and play it to this day on my N64. I didnt think many ppl remembered this game and Im so glad u covered it. Truly a hidden gem in my opinion
It needed it's time in the sun, for sure.
My favorite wresting game, had a lot of fun with it.
Super fun choice.
Same
I remember back in '99 telling my older brother about this game. He had the N64. I had the Playstation. He was not a fan of WWF Attitude for the N64. So he was going to brush me off when I suggested he play this. Because I had played WCW NWO REVENGE, so I knew what to expect. I think it was around Christmas time when I went back up there, and he was telling me how amazing it was, and I told him he should have trusted me. And it was amazing for back then.
You already know my story, I think we've talked about this, but this is my first wrestling game EVER. So I am so stoked to watch this, dude.
Hell yea! I hope you relive some memories with this one. =)
@@616Entertainment As a matter of fact, after I finished this video, I turned on my N64 and did what I always did as a kid; turned on Kane and The Undertaker's theme songs and jammed out to them. You were right on, having the actual theme songs was a HUGE deal back in the day, and really helped this game feel as cool as it did
@@RaineRyanRudnick This made my night.
@@616Entertainment Well, this video made mine
I can totally relate. WM2K isn't my first wrestling game but was the first one I remember making a wrestler in my likeness and fully immersed myself into the game.
Best ring entrances in my opinion. When they first showed a video clip of this game we all went nuts. Revenge and WM2K were the best games back in the Attitude Era.
It's about damn time Wrestlemania 2000 got some love. Of course No Mercy was the pinnacle of the wrestling games back then, but 2000 was one hell of a road to get there.
My older cousin gave me his old n64 back in 2006 and it came with WCW vs nwo revenge and WrestleMania 2000 I can't begin to describe how much I played and enjoyed those games, good times
Back in 97 and 98 I had bought the WWF full metal albums and play on a boombox for my action figure entrances with my jumbo wwf raw wrestling ring. Man I’m old
WM2000 was always my personal favorite of the N64 AKI games so thanks for this. I think this was the first wrestling game to have a full blown CAW mode where you can edit every single move. My friends and I would spend hours making characters.
Loved the video Iann, as always, I've been waitn on this. Btw the part where you said you would keep the themes playing on HCTP while you played with your action figures, was some wholesome stuff!! I'm 10 years your junior (I'm 20,turning 21 in August)but I did the same thing as a kid, also, but on the Svr and Smackdown series. Thank you for the video good sir!!
Rented this game every weekend as a kid. Beat it several times, but my favorite thing to do was me and my cousins would each make a character, and then watch our characters in the match cards we created. We preferred to watch than actually play for some reason. Maybe just so our guys werent guaranteed to win since we had all gotten pretty good at it. Such good memories.
This is the first game I bought for my n64. I don't regret it. One of my all time favorites. I still have it to this day and play it from time to time with my kids
Great choice.
as a designer, until you pointed out the color... i never could put my finger on the intangible characteristic this game had that made me like it more than WWF No mercy.. but i am realizing that is it.
My goodness I use to blast max volume the theme entrance songs from WWF Attitude (PS1) from my TV in my room and play with my wrestling toys. Good ol days man .
Hands down my favorite wrestling video game. I didn't get No mercy and the WCW AKI games til way later, so this is the game I measure all other wrestling games against.
The pick up and play aspect of these games are something I wished continued. I played so much with my cousins who didn't even like wrestling but thought the game was fun.
Last time I played this game was a few years ago with some friends and we caused the game to crash by doing two diving attacks to Kane with Stone Cold and the Undertaker at the same time. We constantly reference it by saying "remember when our awesomeness broke the game".
I probably put 500 hours into this game back in 1999 and 2000. I don't think I'd ever loved an N64 game as much (at least until WWF No Mercy came out). I remember dunking on all the PS1 fanboys at the time. "I got Star Wars Rogue Squadron, Zelda OoT, Zelda MM and WWF WrestleMania 2000! What do you got?!" They would probably answer "Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy VII - IX, Resident Evil 1-3, Spyro 1-3 and Tekken 1-3!" I would nervously say "I still got the best Star Wars and wrestling games!"
In hindsight, those AKI wrestling games really saved the N64's butt because when it came to fighting games, PS1 was the undisputed king. N64 games came slow and far between and costed way more than PS1 games. So quality wise, they HAD to be better than PS1 games. If it wasn't for the AKI games, N64 would have ended up like the Sega Saturn - mostly forgotten.
Shortly after this came out, the very first Smackdown game released on PS1 and the PS1 fanboys started trying to claim that they finally had the better wrestling game... nope... still nope... the best PS1 ever got was WCW vs the World and that's like the worst of the AKI games (still fun though).
I can't agree entirely, I was very happy to have SmackDown! and SmackDown! 2, even if the AKI games are just as good or better, but having a PS1 was great. Resident Evil, Twisted Metal, Crash Bandicoot, Syphon Filter, it was great!
My favorite part about this game was triple h’s entrance music, it was the original version of “my time” before they added lyrics... gettin goosebumps just thinkin bout it 🤘🏻🤘🏻
3:39 “THQ yesterday confirmed that it has signed on the *acclaimed* wrestling development teams AKI Corporation and Asmik Ace Entertainment to develop its Nintendo 64 WWF debut.”
Haaaa, I SEE WHAT THEY DID THERE 😂😭😇😏
As a PS1 kid growing up, I never felt like I was missing out on much not owning an N64. That was until the day my monthly EGM subscription arrived in the mail that included a preview for WM2000, exclusively for the console I did not own. I flipped to the page with the preview for WM2000 and there it was, beckoning to me, a glorious screenshot of Austin making his entrance to the ring with his TITANTRON VIDEO PLAYING FRONT AND CENTER BEHIND HIM as he did his signature walk to the ring.
I was immediately green with envy over my friends who owned an N64. That one screenshot was the single coolest damn thing I had ever seen. Not even Attitude for the ps1 had Titantron videos playing during entrances, you know, the system that was perfectly capable of implementing such a feature.
I still have my copy of the game. I’ll never get rid of it! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
This will always be my number one wrestling game. I had my own universe mode that went on for like six years, but I never thought about writing it all down. Would have been cool to look back on. I had a used copy and the previous owner had all the characters unlocked, and had ‘Prime Time’ Elix Skipper created. Still on my copy to this day! Another cool little thing to is if you go to edit mode and take Kanes mask off, he’s all burnt. Always thought that it was a cool Easter egg. Also if you do some editing for him, you can get a super accurate look without his mask and bald head. Finding DDPs face and moves in the edit mode was fantastic stuff to. Such a huge passion for this game, thank you for covering it.
Also, pumped about The Simpsons wrestling.
"Its not about the looks, its about the heart thats pumping the blood."
What a quote, nice work fam.
One of the best wrestling games for sure. Another great retrospective. As always.
Thanks! I wasn't sure if this one was going to really get over, so thank you.
When I got my current copy of this game a few years ago to replace my big brother's og one that got lost, I was shocked to find that the previous owner had increased x-pac's height and weight to the max settings!
Great video man this brought back some memories! subbed
I liked the fuller entrances on WrestleMania 2000.
Also, we love to watch “Boom Boom” Jim Ross (shoutout to nL gaming)
Me and my friends let day of reckoning 2 play for them themes. I even would just listen to the themes when I was bored
Good choice.
Dude I watched this with a tear in my eye. The memories I've had with these AKI games where truly the best times ever in my childhood and you just brought them all up brother👍My dad bought me this game in a flea market after I convinced him that I would be better son hahaha I owe that man everything cause he worked his ass off for me to have these memories available. Another great one my dude!
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Wow I can't believe I'm not the only one that cared about the opening doors in the summer slam stage
I’m soo excited to be falling asleep watching this!!! Then listening to it again on the ride to work tomorrow!
Oh hell yea. Thanks dude.
I can still remember the day I got this game vividly.
@616,
I really do wish, that Aki made (at least) one more wCw game in 1999.. Before they left for the WWF in 1999.
Fuck yeah!! I was a No Mercy kid, but never hated throwing on 2000. These keep getting better and better. Thanks Ian. Keep kicking ass.
Thanks man, I appreciate it!
I got this game at a flea market back in 2013 or 14 where I also got my Nintendo 64 which was $30 what a steal and got other games like Super Smash Bros, Super Mario 64, and WCW Mayhem but with WWF Wrestlemania 2000 I never gave it a chance until 2019 I decided to play it and I fell in love with the game I played as a created Goldberg against Triple H in a steel cage and that match lasted almost an hour since I was having a blast playing the game, and the controls were incredible, then I watched your WCW video game retrospective which was awesome and when I saw WCW VS NWO World Tour and Revenge I had to get them and got them both for $15 again what a steal and then got WWF No Mercy although I wish I got the version that was patched but it's still an amazing game just like all the wrestling games AKI made they never made one bad wrestling game
Wrestlemania 2000 also has the Road Warriors face paints, but just mirrored. I learned this from BeBetterGamer's CAW vids, I think. There's some Goldust taunts in there, too. All these people basically just left WWF around the time of this game.
Also British Bulldog's face, thighs and boots from revenge are in the game as well, i wonder if he was meant to be on the game at some point but eventually they run of time to properly add him.
@@DBoy38 I'm not sure. I don't think he made the jump back to WWE yet, but it certainly is a welcome edition. I wish they carried it over to No Mercy, since he was in a a cuffed jeans an gray hoodie phase for some odd reason. The guy with some of the most beautiful trunks and tights. I wonder if it had to do with the leg injury and stepping on that trap door in "The WCW."
@@DarkEliteEric He returned to the WWF the month prior to release of this game. Also Bulldog wrestling in jeans was apparently to have him fitting with WWF's new Attitude.
@@DBoy38 Shoot- I didn't remember that. He did have tights when he first came back, right? I think I saw him attacking the Rock in tights in his tron) Makes sense for AKI to port those over from Revenge (or just not remove them, not sure exactly how that process worked, but I would love a documentary with all the devs while they're still kickin)Didn't know that about him fitting in. I don't it for backstage or some brawls, his old look wasn't broke, made no sense to try to fix it.
I love your videos so much, man. I can (and do) binge watch these all day. This game was my childhood. I haven't watched it yet but I already know its gonna be amazing. Thank you so much for doing what you do. Oh yeah, HIM is the greatest band of all time! Love you dude!
This and No Mercy brings back so many memories as a kid. I always thought No Mercy was better then the Smackdown games. I'll never forget a ladder match on no mercy I had with my friend that went on for over an hour but we enjoyed every second of it.
Thank you brother! My favorite Wrestling game of all time.
Thanks for watching!
I was the spoiled kid who had N64 and ps1 but im glad we played all the AKI games. Still got en
WM2000 was one of those life changing games for me. I liked Revenge and World Tour, but as a WWF guy I played Attitude more often than not. Once Wrestlemania hit, I never played Attitude again haha.
I actually did notice the warmer color tone to the game, I didn’t ever know how to describe it but it did look different than anything before or since. I didn’t mind it, for some reason it made it feel more Indy haha.
As it stands, WM2000 is a great game that led to an even greater one in No Mercy. No idea when the last time I played this was, but this video was a great throwback.
I bought this game along with my N64 in 1999 as a freshman in college.
How I didn't flunk out is a miracle because I LIVED in this game.
I know nowadays if you want a CAW you just go to Community Creations and download it.
But there was something special about downloading the directions for making a CAW and building him piece by piece.
Never owned Revenge as a kid, only rented it but absolutely loved it. Owned World Tour which was great but felt really dated and just wasn't the same in 2000. Then my friend brought over his copy of Wrestlemania 2000 and for whatever reason we didn't play it. I remember thinking it'll probably just be like Attitude again and dismissed it. Wasn't till like 15 years later I saw footage of No Mercy and my jaw dropped. I had no idea WWF AKI games existed. All the wasted years.
You nailed this review man. I still have my N64 and a CRT That I play wrestlemania 2000 on to this day. It's just as fun as whenever I was a kid Just a whole lot more nostalgic these days. Thanks for the video.
Been waiting for this one! Great memories from Wrestlemania 2000 making my own PPV’s and asking my mom how to spell things
Thank you for giving justice to wrestlemania 2000. I always play it when I want to play as Dude Love.
That was a really great video. Thanks for reminding me about a childhood treasure. Subbed! 👌
As much as I prefer Yuke’s as I grew up with them, I have to show my respect to AKI as well. When I played the AKI games for the first time back in 2018, I was surprised as to how depth these games were for not only N64 standards but overall. These games felt like the product you watched at the time and the fact that these games were able to fit in a N64 cartridge blows my mind to this day. And me being a WWE/WWF fan, when I played WWF WrestleMania 2000 and No Mercy for the first time, I didn’t care I was like 20 years late, I enjoyed my time with them. The engine was fantastic! And me loving the attitude era after all the research I did, made me love them even more. This goes to show that these games hold up to this day. Thank you for this awesome video, Ian.👍
Thanks for the in depth comment, brudda. And yea, even if you come to it late, it's still fantastic. These games still feel good.
You sound just like me…a WCW & a PS1 kid….I remember seeing Wrestlemania 2000 before Smackdown for PS1 got released, in Video Stores wishing I had a N64 to play it…such nostalgia. Great video.
Loved this game. It was probably my favorite of this era.
It's a good one, no doubt.
Awwwwwwwww yesssss. No mercy was goated, but this game is also goated and not a lot of people give it it's due.
Great video man! WM2000 is still my favorite wrestling game.
I am subbing because of the Superman stuff in the background. He's been my favorite since I can remember and I'm almost forty. The AKI Engine is the greatest wrestling engine ever. I have all these games and even the imports.
Oh dude, watch my ‘Superman For Everyone’ series. You’ll love it.
another great video Ian! I will never forget when this game was coming out and watching the entrance videos online at my high school and marking out on how good the game looked. Me & my cousin spend hours playing this game, esepcially with the create a wrestler feature. i totally agree this game doesnt get the recognition over Revenge & No Mercy. Despite some lacking features i still love this game plus this game doesn't erase game data unlike no mercy (had a copy prior to the revision) Fun times with this game growing up
Funny story about this game, Copies were sold out everywhere and I had to wait weeks before I could find a copy...After calling a Walmart in a town about an hour away I forced my dad to drive me down there because the lady on the phone said they got plenty of copies of Wrestlemania 2000 that day. Well to my complete and utter dismay when I arrived I came to find out this lady's lack of experience in the electronics department as it was THE FUCKING GBC VERSION. So so disappointed and my dad was pissed. Luckily about 3 weeks later I secured my copy and me and my cousin had a blast for months, those long entrances were sorely missed from No Mercy.
You make such great content dude, keep up the good work.
Omg! Your comments about the entrance music 😂😂 Guilty 🙋♂️
Great review!
Damn, once again you come through with the nostalgia and fill my head with all kinds of great memories. Thank you so much for the work you put into these videos.
Edit: I wonder if there is any correlation with AKI working with WWF and the fall of WCW.
Arguably my fave N64 wrestling game. I remember this at many sleepovers at my cousins house. I spammed use of Stone Cold a lot. Or would create a superstar and put the DX jersey on him in different colors. So much nostalgia. I absolutely enjoyed this retrospective.
Great Video!
Big fan of the use of HIM in the outro video!
I loved this game. Sank sooooooooo many hours into it.
Also, props for your Superman wall, it's fantastic!
Thanks man!
This was great man been really enjoying the content keep it up got WM2000 on Christmas day and no mercy the following year 🤘🏽💙
Man I'm glad you made this video, and said the things you did about this game! I can't even count how many hours I played this game, the create a PPV mode was my favorite!! I completely recommend this game especially if you're a wrestling fan of this era or any other for that matter👏
Very entertaining video. Was able to smoke and chill. It brought back a lot of memories.
I was that kid that had wrestlemania 2k on GBC.
Great video. Only wish u would have started talking about no mercy when you done talking about WM2K. I know this video ain’t about that but that’s my only complaint. You brought back too many memories lol. Subbed.
No Mercy will get its own episode. WM 2000 is often overlooked, and stuffing No Mercy into the same episode would once again be dropping it in NM’s shadow. Can’t do it! Lol
To quote Jurassic Park - “he finally did it, the crazy son of a bitch he did it”
This was both me and my brother's favorite wrestling game on the N64 when we were teens, it was so good I still have it to this day and I don't plan on giving this one up ✊
Dude yeeeesssss. See, you get it.
A nice entertainment to look forward 2 before I go to bed . Good job bro !!!!!
Thanks brudda. Hope you enjoy it!
I played this endlessly.
The ultimate muscle games also used the aki engine. Would love to see you play them one day if given the chance.
I've watched your SmackDOWN! retrospective a few times now over the past couple years since seeing it the first time..well i stumbled across the wcw/nwo revenge one and was about to watch it but clicked No Mercy accidentally and was about to just ride with it..that is - until i was instructed to watch this first as a required viewing..so when you said that I literally did as you said like a teacher and their lesson plan lol
During the Monday Night Wars, I was a WWF guy, even though I watched both. I remember telling my friends how rad the WCW games were while we were playing WWF War Zone and was like "Man, if we could get a WWF game that plated like the WCW ones, it'd be awesome!" and then WM2000 came out and was exactly that, so sometimes dreams come true I guess.
Unrelated, my brother and I used to joke about how cool an old west GTA style game would be and called it "Grand Theft Horse"... then RDR came out years later , and come to find out when I met a dude that worked at Rockstar, that's what they jokingly called the game during development. I need to start wishing for a million dollars more instead of games.
Grand Theft Horse is a joke in my circle as well, gotta love it.
I only made a few minutes in. Not really A wrestling fan. But I like your videos overall. Appreciate the quality and the passion. Much love brother
Still remember getting this for the holidays and it became our favorite wrestling game on n64. I remember stone cold stunning the rock and the rock rolling all over the floor like a fish.