Posts from ‘Fighters’ Category
Dust: An Elysian Tail
By: Derek Yu
On: August 17th, 2012
Dean Dodrill’s beautiful brawler Dust: An Elysian Tail was released this week on Xbox Live Arcade. In development for four years, Dust was the winner of the 2009 Dream.Build.Play competition. Impressively, Dean (a professional animator) is responsible for almost all of the animation and programming for the game. The soundtrack was created by Hyperduck SoundWorks, who also did the OST for Iji.
Preview: Fighting is Magic
By: Derek Yu
On: July 25th, 2012
My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic is a fighting fan game that’s currently under development. Created using 2d Fighter Maker 2002, MLP:FIM will eventually feature 17 ponies from the popular animated show. Each character has its own unique movelist that includes launchers and special magic attacks. The developers have said the game, which uses four buttons, most closely resembles Marvel vs. Capcom in design.
No release date for the game has been set, nor is any demo currently available. However, you can watch a two-hour stream after the cut (taken from this year’s Evolution fighting game tournament):
Card Sagas Wars: Lenneth vs. Valkyrie
By: Derek Yu
On: October 11th, 2011
Here’s a newish trailer that shows off two new characters from the highly-anticipated MUGEN fighting game Card Sagas Wars. The two characters are Lenneth from Enix’s PS1 RPG Valkyrie Profile, and Valkyrie from Valkyrie no Bouken, a Japan-only Famicom game by Namco.
Super Smash Land
By: Derek Yu
On: September 15th, 2011
Super Smash Land is a cute Game Boy demake of the popular Super Smash Bros. series of games. It features six characters (Mario, Kirby, Link, Pikachu, and two unlockable characters), three game modes (Arcade, Endless, and Versus), and up to four human or CPU players. The control scheme has been simplified to one jump button and one action button.
Skullgirls Preview: Peacock
By: Derek Yu
On: June 6th, 2011
In a new series of videos, artist Alex Ahad and programmer Mike “Mike Z” Zaimont describe a previously unrevealed character from Skullgirls, their upcoming 2d fighting game:
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
By: Derek Yu
On: April 12th, 2011
The gory 2d slash ‘em up Vampire Smile was recently released on XBLA by James Silva and Ska Studios. It’s the sequel to The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, which came out a year ago.
Streets of Rage Remake
By: Derek Yu
On: April 5th, 2011
After 8 years of development, Bomber Games has released version 5, the final version, of their Streets of Rage Remake. An incredible tribute to the Streets of Rage/Bare Knuckle series of beat ‘em ups, SORR features 19 playable characters, 64 enemies, 103 stages, and 76 remixed, remastered music tracks – all based on the three original Sega Genesis games and their Game Gear conversions. On top of that, it sports an impressive number of editors, modes, options, and other improvements.
(Source: Türbo Bröther, via TIGForums)
Dong Dong Never Die
By: Derek Yu
On: March 9th, 2011
Dong Dong Never Die is a 2009 Chinese fan game that has digitized sprites and parodies popular fighting game series like Street Fighter and King of Fighters. According to one of the developers, it took 3 years of work to make and uses 10,000 photos! And it shows, actually – the features include 36 animated backdrops and 24 unique playable characters, each with a full complement of normal moves, specials, and supers.
DDND is not particularly balanced or complex or anything, but I had a good time playing through the Story Mode, which takes you on a quest to find and defeat the mysterious “Biochemistry Man”. The supreme goofiness is obviously the star of the game, but it also handles better than most fan-made fighters out there. A lot of (potentially misplaced) love went into this one! I especially like the long ending sequence that shows off the actors behind-the-scenes.
You can download DDND here, from Game Front. Also, apparently the developers of DDND were working on a PC/PSP HD remake of Streets of Rage and reveal this if you win the extremely cheesy 1-on-7 battle after the credits. If you can’t be bothered to win yourself, here’s a video of it and the “hidden” ending.
Thanks to vani77a for sharing this on the forums.
Teasers: Friday Night Fights
By: Derek Yu
On: November 5th, 2010
Hey, let’s take a look at some indie fighters that are coming down the pipeline!
First up is a new alpha release video of Wolfire Games’ bunny beat ‘em up, Overgrowth. The team reached a big milestone recently and began working on the game’s combat engine. To celebrate, they’re throwing a Beard Drive to get fans to subscribe to their YouTube channel.
Blip Festival 2009, Part I
By: Brandon McCartin (BMcC)
On: December 19th, 2009
Hey, so, I stole borrowed Anthony from Bytejacker‘s laptop to, like, blog about Blip. But I’m really just succumbing to peer pressure. I mean, what am I supposed to say?
OH HEY GUYS THERE ARE A BUNCH OF INDIES HERE
IT’S SO AWESOME
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