Beating All NA N64 Games - WWF Wrestlemania 2000 (22 of 296) PART 2
6RANKING: A+
The 3rd in a line of 4 wrestling games by AKI. A lot of people say these are the best wrestling games ever made, I'd agree. It's got a very easy to use grappling system. Tap "A" for weak quick grapples, hold "A" for strong grapples. Once you grab ahold of the opponent, then you can press: up+A; A; down+A; up+B; B; down+B to do different wrestling moves. Easy, anyone can pick up and play this, no need to memorize Mortal Kombat style moves.
To beat the game you must got through 48 weeks (more or less 48 matches) to get to Wrestlemania and do those matches.
In this game the AI is hard, even on easy mode. They counter you a lot if your attitude meter (formally know as spirit meter) is lower than theirs. Make sure you taunt and gain attitude just before you fight when the match begins. To really get a feel for deep mechanics, you have to play on the normal or hard. There is sort of a rock, paper, scissor mechanic here: strikes beat grapples, grapples beat blocks, blocks beat strikes. You have to learn the block and dodge; pressed at the right time you can counter the enemy. Dodge counters grapples, blocks counter strikes. And there is the taunt, it increases your attitude meter (attacking the opponent does this too), if your attitude is higher, you are more likely to be able to counter him and he will be less likely to counter you. You will also be able to kick out of holds and pins faster the higher it is. But don't keep beating your opponent, if you continue to beat on him while his attitude is in the low blue, it will recharge to half full. So pin 'em in the blue. Once the attitude meter is red and flashing, taunt to get special, it's the best move you have.
I highly recommend this one, of the 4 wrestling games, the customize character mode is the real stand out feature. Though this one takes longer to beat, having to go through a years worth of matches compounded by hard AI.
PUBLISHER: THQ
DEVELOPER: AKI Corp.
Release Date: October 31, 1999