Joel the Cat'z No Mercy Lesser Known Controls

One of the coolest things about No Mercy is how simple the basic controls are (making it easy for newcomers to learn how to play), yet how fancy you can maneuver and do stuff once you know the controls. You may know some or most of these commands, but for those of you who never figured out how to put someone backwards on the corner, or how to borrow a teammates finisher, this is for you.

Section 1: Cornerpost Craziness

Slam Your Opponents Head into the Corner (also the Outside Guardrail):
Diagonally Towards Corner

Set Up Opponent for Back Grapple in Corner:
Weak Irish Whip Opponent into Corner, then press

Tree of Woe:
Weak Irish Whip Opponent into Corner, then

Tree of Mirth:
Does Not Exist!

Second Rope Moves:
Press Diagonally Towards Corner and hit .

Top Rope Dive Cancel:
Press

Section 2: Sunshine Happy Apron

Wrestler on Apron, Opponent in Ring:

Springboard Moves Into the Ring (Standing or Laying Opponent):
Forward
Try and hit the Crab Elbow! I dare you! You probably have to TKO your opponent first!

Special Grapple from Apron (hard to hit!):
Strong grab with , press (center stick)

Wrestler in Ring, Opponent on Apron:

Slam Opponents Head into Cornerpost:
Grab with , towards Cornerpost

Wrestler on Apron, Opponent Outside:

Diving Attack from Apron:
Press away from apron

Running Diving Attack from Apron:
Direction you want to run

Wrestler in Ring, Wants to Get to Apron:

You can run and get on the apron in one continuous motion- just hit while running. In Wrestlemania 2000, you'd get a fun sliding under the bottom rope animation.

Section 3: Get Some Air (it's free, after all)

Dives:

Standing Dive:
Press against the ropes, and hit

Running Dive 1:
Hit to run, then press and hold around mid-ring.

Running Dive 2:
Hit to run, then press and hold forward around mid-ring.

Over the Ringpost Dive (useful for hitting the Flying Space Tiger):

Press towards the corner, hit to run, then press and hold forward or hold as early as you'd like or need to to hit the move.

Cool Thing: The only way to get any variation the tag team on-the-shoulders maneuver is to experiment with dives outside the ring. You can do some sick stuff this way!

Running Dive Taunt:
Yeargh!! If anyone can figure out how to do this, e-mail me and let me know!

Section 4: Grand Theft Wrestle- Stealing Moves

All move thefts can be done only while you're on special, although I could swear that I've stolen a ground move while not on special. Stealing moves adds to the fun of a heated feud, and can help in submission matches if you have few moves to make your opponent tap with.

Taunt Theft:
Face desired opponent, Rotate 360 degrees clockwise, finish twirling on taunt you want to steal.

Grapple Thievery:

Steal Opponent's Front Special:
Strong Grapple with , hit

Steal Teammate's Front Special:
Strong Grapple with , hit

Steal Opponent's Back Special:
Strong Back Grapple with , hit

Steal Teammate's Back Special:
Strong Back Grapple with , hit

Steal Opponent's Front Corner Special:
Strong Grapple in Corner with , hit

Steal Teammate's Front Corner Special:
Strong Grapple in Corner with , hit

Steal Opponent's Back Corner Special:
Strong Back Grapple in Corner with , hit

Steal Teammate's Back Corner Special:
Strong Back Grapple in Corner with , hit

Apron Special moves are probably stealable from opponent or teammate. I didn't get to test due to the move difficulty.

Getting Them While They're Down:

Steal Opponent's Ground Special (or normal move if they don't have one):
Hit on the front or back of opponents arms or legs while on Special.

Section 5: Gim McMatches

Cage Matches:

Leapfrog / Dropdown (sends opponent into cage if close enough to ropes):
Press while opponent comes at you running.
Is it possible to control whether you leapfrog or dropdown? E-mail me.

Slam Opponents Head into Cage:
Grapple with , press towards desired (closest?) cage wall

Dive Off Cage Wall with Elbow:
Press away from cage

Get Over the Top:
Press rapidly.

Cage Climb Cancel:
Press while on cage.

Diving Attempt to Stop Climbing Opponent:
Towards Opponent

Ladder Matches:

Grab Briefcase / Belt:
Tap rapidly at the top of the ladder.

Spear Opponent while Dangling From Belt:
Not bloodly likely! Enjoy the same animation of Jeff Hardy falling with the suitcase/belt in hand, whether you're Essa Rios or Viscera. But... um, you can have the ladder kicked out from under you and win the match! So, yeah, you probably knew that. I'm just trying to be positive!

Royal Rumble / Battle Royal

Let CPU take control:
Press for two seconds, release. Try again if it fails, and to regain control of your wrestler, press the same buttons.

For Survival Mode Hints, Check the Survival Guide!

Section 6: "Just Keep Me There, I Rather Like It"

The "Job" Button

Press downwards to keep yourself in any move that can be broken by a teammate. Stay in a submission hold, a pin, a stall suplex, a stall piledriver, a Stinkface, or whatever as long as it takes for your opponent to get bored, for you to lose, or for you break something. You can also use the Job button to stay on the mat (even sitting up or down) indefinitely, or to stay with your arms caught in the ropes or in the tree of woe.

This is a lot more useful than it seems! There's the fun factor of selling a particularly sick spot; there's the confusion in your opponents eyes after you decide to let X-Pac Bronco Bust you for a whole minute, and there's the usefulness of losing matches in Championship mode so you can get different paths. So go ahead, give your opponent a "job"!

C-Section: Closing

Hope this was useful. If you want to know how to do something complex, that's not in here, send me an e-mail at joelthecat@hotmail.com (my e-mail has changed!! joelthecat@your-house.com no longer works!). I will attempt to update accordingly. Have fun playing!

All text is copyright Charles Cruz, 2001. Please do NOT steal or use on another site without my permission. The latest version of this text can always be found at http://joelthecat.cjb.net/.

Special thanks to:

Me, for the hours poured into No Mercy and the series of games preceding it.

Jamiroquai and the Baz Luhrmann "Something For Everybody" CD, for providing the appropriate music and mood.

Jesse, for working with me in my matches to make them play out more like on TV. Job button rules!

and THQ, for making a kick ass (but EVIL!) game.