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Fighting Games
Richard Lim
John Naidu
David Ngo
James Turner
Defining a Traditional Fighting Game
One-on-one combat Life/energy gauges and a timer are present Restricted to a small battleground Characters perform special moves through the input of
specific commands
Capcom Vs. SNK 2
Notable Fighting Games
Street Fighter
Mortal Kombat
King Of Fighters
Soul series
Guilty Gear
Street Fighter
Created by Capcom Most famous fighting
game of all-time Started the fighting
game craze of the 90s Spawned numerous
spin-offs like comics, toys, movies, cartoons, and an RPG
Mortal Kombat
Created by Midway One of the most
controversial fighting games
Features various finishing moves to humiliate your opponent
Caused many bizarre rumors due to secrets hidden within the game
King Of Fighters
Created by SNK One of the first crossover
fighting games Uses team-based
gameplay Utilizes sagas to provide
fans with an ongoing storyline
Soul Edge/Blade/Calibur
Created by Namco One of the most
popular modern fighting games
Focuses on weapon-based combat in the 16th century
Guilty Gear
Created by Sammy Major inspiration
from anime Features a Story
Mode with spoken dialogue and brief explanations for each battle
Literary Connections
Quest Protagonist Foil Antagonist Comic Relief Anti-Hero Stock Character
Quest
Every character in a fighting game has goal they are trying to achieve
Common quests are world domination, possession of an item, or a finding a worthy opponent
Protagonist
Each fighting game has a character who would be considered the central star
Tend to be balanced in statistics
Ryu (Street Fighter) Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury) Kasumi (Dead Or Alive)
Foil
Characters with opposing traits are very common among fighting games
Strong/Fast, Light/Darkness, and Fire/Ice
Ryu & Ken (Street Fighter)
Scorpion & Sub-Zero(Mortal Kombat)
Kyo Kusanagi & Iori Yagami(King of Fighters)
Antagonist
The protagonist usually has a nemesis that they must face in combat
Antagonists in fighting games tend to be more powerful than the hero
Geese Howard (Fatal Fury)
Ryu (Street Fighter)
Ryu & Akuma (Street Fighter) Shao Kahn (Mortal Kombat)
Comic Relief
Certain fighting games have characters included for humor or parody
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Ryo Sakazaki & Robert Garcia (Art Of Fighting) Dan Hibiki (Street Fighter)
Anti-Hero
Many fighting game protagonists have questionable characteristics or morals
Sol Badguy (Guilty Gear) Kazuya Mishima(Tekken)
Stock Character
STOCKSTOCK
CHARACTERCHARACTER
Bruce LeeBruce LeeFei Long (Street Fighter)
Maxi (Soul Calibur) Forest Law (Tekken)
Marshall Law (Tekken)
Jann Lee (Dead Or Alive)
Kim Dragon (World Heroes)
Reii (Kakuto Chojin)
Kang (Rage Of The Dragons)
Big, Dumb, and UglyBig, Dumb, and Ugly
The Shape of a Story
Historical Connections - World Heroes
RasputinCaptain Kidd
Joan Of Arc/Janne d’Arc J. Carn/Genghis Khan
Connotations to Slavery General Black VS white
““The Black Boxer”The Black Boxer”
Mythological Connections
Religious ConnectionsReligious Connections
GillGill
AkumaAkumaDhalsimDhalsim
Cultural Cultural ConnectionsConnections
E. HondaE. Honda
Eddie Gordo Eddie Gordo
(Brazilian Caporiera)(Brazilian Caporiera)
(Japanese Sumo (Japanese Sumo Wrestler)Wrestler)
Chief ThunderChief Thunder(Native American (Native American
warrior)warrior)
Zangief (Russian Zangief (Russian Wrestler)Wrestler)
Sagat (Muay Sagat (Muay Thai Kickboxer)Thai Kickboxer)
Venom Venom (Possessed (Possessed
alien alien symbiote)symbiote)
(Japanese Ninja)(Japanese Ninja)EijiEiji
Media Influences Pop Culture -Def Jam -Shaq-fu -Comics (Marvel, DC, Darkhorse) -Fight Night Wutang- Shaolin Style Movies
Female Roles
Show as: Attractive Busty, Big Breasted, or ShapelyThin, Anorexic, Size 0Provocative or Scantily Clothed Very Cold
Taki
Sakura
Karin
Ivy
PsylockeMai Chun-Li
Samus Aran
Zelda
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Sheik
Androgynous Androgynous CharactersCharacters
BridgBridgetet
Androgynous-Being neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine, as in dress, appearance, or behavior.
King
LancelotLancelot
PoisonPoison
JusticeJustice
Anthropomorphism
ViolenceFANTASY VS. REALISTIC
Bright lights *Blood
Flashes *Gore
Stars *Guts
Birds *Dismemberment
Silly Noises *Decapitation
ScorpioScorpionn
RyuRyu
FANTASY VIOLENCE
REALISTIC VIOLENCE
“What a big sword you have”~Phallic Symbols~
AstarothAstaroth
KilikKilik
NightmareNightmare
~Changes and ~Changes and Censorship~Censorship~
Li Long’s weapon, the Li Long’s weapon, the nunchakus, were changed to a nunchakus, were changed to a tri-stick in some countries due to tri-stick in some countries due to laws that didn’t allow nunchakus laws that didn’t allow nunchakus to be depicted in the media.to be depicted in the media.
Arthur is a special version of Arthur is a special version of a samurai character that had a samurai character that had been used in countries that been used in countries that had laws against samurai. had laws against samurai.
*Balrog (US)*Balrog (US)
*M. Bison *M. Bison (Japan)(Japan)
*Vega (US)*Vega (US)
*Balrog (Japan)*Balrog (Japan)
*M. Bison *M. Bison (US)(US)
*Vega (Japan)*Vega (Japan)
Cross Genre
Game play: The fighting element in games are not limited to fighting games alone, but encompass all genres. Hockey and Football games (sports), Mario Kart (racing), Tomb Raider (action adventure), Xenogears (RPGs) and Halo (FPSs). Grand Theft Auto has elements of all these genres.
Characters: Cameos and appearances are made in fighting games from other genres as well like Link (Legend of Zelda) and Spawn (Spawn comics)
Link
Spawn
Bibliographyhttp://nintendoforever.free.fr/_autres/Series/Metroid/DossierDiddu/Samus/ending_fusion_e2.jpg(Samus/Metroid)
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:Z1hjFL0vTz8J:img22.photobucket.com/albums/v66/Precita/Samus%2520Aran/Samus_red.gif (Samus/Metroid)
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:ViFpn4Xc8V4J:gamecubex.net/img/metroidprime/samus.jpg (Samus/Metroid)
http://hyrulerealm.guardianarchives.com/Official/LttP2/Zelda.jpg (Zelda)
http://hyrulerealm.guardianarchives.com/Official/OoT/Sheik.jpg (Sheik)
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=androgynous (Androgynous)
http://www.angelfire.com/games4/shingotink/Gallery/CvsS/capcom/king.jpg (King)
http://glid.9online.fr/img/artwork/sc2/2.jpg (Link)
http://c-uncut.com/media/sc2-spawn.jpg (Spawn)
http://c-uncut.com/media/sc2-nightmare2.jpg (Nightmare)
http://c-uncut.com/media/sc2-astaroth.jpg (Astaroth)
http://c-uncut.com/media/sc2-kilik.jpg (Kilik)
http://www.hkfilm.net/lilong.jpg (Lilong)
http://www.geocities.com/cyberboy_2007/Supers/xsf_bison_super.gif (M.Bison)
http://www.defunctgames.com/pic/balrog.jpg (Balrog)
http://gioco.net/lof/Vega1.jpg (Vega)
http://www.dailygame.net/Articles/media/screens/soulcal2xb/soulcal2xb9.jpg (Spawn V. Nightmare)
http://www.geocities.com/arcadevideogamecentral/mar-why.jpg (Capt. Commando super)
http://www.geocities.com/arcadevideogamecentral/mar-wol.jpg (Wolverine Berserker X)