Community

WWF No Mercy and the other AKI Wrestling Games have maintained a large fan base even to this day. These fans come in all kinds, some seeking to relive nostalgic memories of old. There are also some who having played the game ever since it's release, built up message boards and connected with other players around the world, forming lifetime bonds. And there are those who, having not been born when it came out, heard about the game and decided to check it out. The dedicated fans of No Mercy have created a vibrant collection of YouTube channels, message boards, social media pages and groups, and even modifications to the game that expand it beyond it's original roster, arenas and functionality, and even modernizing the visual presentation.

## History

Some of the earliest pioneers of the **No Mercy Community** were kkorn34713, jabronikenshin, Nomad\_Z\_2000 and others, who created extensive guides and FAQs for GameFAQs that live to this day, parts of which have been used extensively for the references of this very wiki.

## Modding

Over the years some very gifted and devoted fans have taken it apon themselves to create modifications to the game, and an entire community has risen up around these mods. Historically, this modding community was found at the now defunct sites and forums of The No Mercy Zone, WldFb's Hacking Archive, and JamStubb's Archive. Currently, Old Skool Reunion has been the spiritual sucessor to these communities and even many of the early pioneers of No Mercy Modding can still be found there, and as well a sizable No Mercy community can be found at NeoSeeker Forum. Various other resources about modding and the community in general can be found in the menus of this wiki, specifically under resources and external links.

### History

According to snesmaster40, "With the release of WWF Wrestlemania 2000, message board communities started experimenting with shifting the values of the game code with the popular cheat device Gameshark. This allowed for people to essentially splice and trim animations to create all new moves into the game and also create new match types. Cages could be made higher or even given roofs, colors could be changed around to create new arenas and hidden content could even be found left behind in the source code. The hacking would be taken much further with WWF No Mercy where archives like Jam Stubbs would not only offer the values for near every part of the game but also show off some impressive codes to try out. New moves are still being created on a daily basis by hackers."

He continues, "When the Rice Video plug in was released with a texture dump and replacement feature included, it sparked a large interest in creating new high resolution versions of N64 classics, and no other game illustrates these possibilities better than No Mercy. Through this, fans have been able to not only include complete new rosters of authentic looking stars from wrestling and even comic books, but also make them in detailed high resolution giving the game a complete new look. Very recently, many modders have opted to regress the style of texture modding, by practicing what is known as "AKI-Modding", which attempts to implement new rosters into the game while still retaining the look and feel of the game's original graphics."

"Many of the mods and hacks assembled have been lost to the open public, mostly due to download links either expiring or being lost in the shutdown of megaupload. Though potentially hundreds of mods have been lost, the hacking data (for the most part) has been left unscathed. Though the game was released over two decades ago, it still manages to attract a small, but mostly dedicated fan-base of players who still enjoy the strategic game mechanics and presentation. Completed texture and roster over-hauls have spanned from recent roster updates to classic line-ups."

## Bibliography

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1. https://sites.google.com/site/wwfnomercywiki/ - snesmaster40

## External Links

https://gexhex.forumotion.com/ - Tutorials and resources related to modding

https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032842/http://wwfnomercymodding.blogspot.com/2011/06/learn-how-to-mod-wwf-no-mercy-yourself.html - Modding Tutorial by Rajil from 2011. The links to his particular mod are broken

http://oldskoolreunion.com/forum/ - Old Skool Reunion

https://www.youtube.com/@NoMercyFederation1 - No Mercy Federation

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwlELh55w\_xmyFO8k5qvcCw - WWF No Mercy on Youtube

https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/WWF%20No%20Mercy - WWF No Mercy on Twitch