Ultra Pro Wrestling Looks Like Modern Version of WWF No Mercy

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Plenty of wrestling fans miss the fun, arcade-style mayhem of old grappling sims like WWF No Mercy, and a new game called Ultra Pro Wrestling looks to recreate that style in a modern package. The drama, athleticism, and hijinks of professional wrestling have been captured in several video games over the past few decades, from the grounded realism of WWE 2K22 to the colorful RPG format of the upcoming WrestleQuest.

However, many consider 2000’s WWF No Mercy to be one of the best wrestling games of all time. Released at the height of WWE’s iconic “Attitude Era,” WWF No Mercy become one of the defining exclusives of the Nintendo 64 thanks to its tight grappling gameplay that became the standard for all wrestling titles to follow. Even as the more sim-like approach of the WWE 2K series became the norm for wrestling games, fans still look back at the similar controls and larger-than-life art style of WWF No Mercy, so much that signs referencing the game have been sighted at actual wrestling shows like AEW Dynamite.

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Now, an indie-funded wrestling title is aiming to bring back the blistering arcade action of classic games like WWF No Mercy. A trailer for Hyperfocus Games’ Ultra Pro Wrestling was released online earlier today, showing off a colorful roster of fictional grapplers as they faced off in a variety of arenas inspired by real companies like New Japan Wrestling, Ring of Honor, and even UFC. A Kickstarter campaign is currently being held to help Hyperfocus develop this lively wrestling simulator, though a release date still hasn’t been confirmed as of this writing.

Ultra Pro Wrestling isn’t the only modern wrestling game looking to bring the genre back to its