{"id":115593,"date":"2020-07-18T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-18T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/07\/soapbox_its_time_for_wwe_no_mercy_to_make_a_comeback_on_nintendo_switch"},"modified":"2020-07-18T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T13:00:00","slug":"soapbox-its-time-for-wwe-no-mercy-to-make-a-comeback-on-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/18\/soapbox-its-time-for-wwe-no-mercy-to-make-a-comeback-on-nintendo-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Soapbox: It’s Time For WWE No Mercy To Make A Comeback On Nintendo Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In case you haven\u2019t been keeping tabs on the WWE video game scene, it\u2019s currently in a state of complete anarchy. Ever since THQ went bust and 2K Games took over the licence in 2013, the games have been gathering a steady flow of criticism, which has been rapidly gaining in pace as each instalment is released.<\/p>\n

The situation has been particularly grim for Nintendo fans. When 2K took over it completely ignored the Wii and Wii U and only released one game, WWE 2K18, on the Switch. The problem was, this Switch version was more broken than Matt Hardy (don\u2019t worry non-fans, that\u2019s his gimmick: I\u2019m not libelling him) and was absolutely riddled with bugs and slowdown. Rather than fix it, 2K quietly shirked away again and chose not to bring 2K19 or 2K20 to the Switch.<\/p>\n

Even fans of other consoles have been discovering what that feels like now. Last year 2K ditched developer Yuke\u2019s \u2013 who had been lead developer on the series ever since it started two decades ago \u2013 and decided to make WWE 2K20 on its own, before quickly realising it was rubbish at making wrestling games without any help. As such, there will be no WWE 2K21 at all on any system: instead 2K is pausing to reflect on what it\u2019s doing wrong, and is letting its NBA Playgrounds studio Saber Interactive release a cartoonish arcade-style brawler called WWE 2K Battlegrounds instead (hey, at least that one\u2019s coming to Switch).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear that the WWE 2K series is in some sort of existential limbo as 2K tries to figure out how to revive a series now that it\u2019s punted the team that knew it inside-out. I think I might have the solution, and while it\u2019s something of a bold one I think deep down anyone who\u2019s been playing wrestling games for a long time will know it\u2019s the correct one.<\/p>\n

Kill it. Retire it. And bring back No Mercy.<\/p>\n