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)

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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)

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http://www.geocities.com/cyberboy_2007/Supers/xsf_bison_super.gif (M.Bison)

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