(Sorry, forgot to do this yesterday.)
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Goliath Entertainment
Q4 Fall, 1992
HQs: Los Angeles, California (US/CA)
$INFINITE
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Big Box launched with games!
Goliath's new 16-bit console, the Big Box, has just launched worldwide! Super Mariachi World is the sequel to the critically-panned but financially successful Super Mariachi Sisters 3 for the PC. Puppy Pug Racing is a new "kart racing" game using their long-dormant Puppy Pug intellectual property. Both games will retail for $65 and will not be bundled with the Big Box. The console itself will cost $350.
Draconic Studios
Q1 Winter 1993
Mascots: Ako Yakami (Gensokyo)
HQs: Atlanta, Georgia (US/CA)
$7,700,000 (was $51,300,000)
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32-Bit Graphics!
32-bit Graphics have been fully researched, starting from this quarter year and all, your games can be 32-bit (unless you were given a devkit for the EDS.) 32-bit Graphics are now a reality and is supported by the ElderDragon System, pick yours up today!
(2/2 'Finishing' Step. 32-bit Graphics RESEARCHED)
The ElderDragon System Released!
The ElderDragon System has been released worldwide! The EDS supporst 32-bit graphics and has FOUR launch titles, coming from Draconic Studios and Dark Solar Studios, pick up your console today for $320, it comes with two controllers and come with a demo gamepack, allow you to play three fun Gensokyo themed games! Each having two stages long!
Specs
128 kB RAM
64 kB Video RAM
512×478 resolution
128 sprites
32768 colors
8-channel mono sound
2 sound generators with 3 octaves each
1 white noise generator
Output: Coaxial
4 controller ports
0 keyboard port
0 printer port
0 cartridge port
1 CD disc drive
Special Features
-Can play Music CDs as well as play videogames!
-Start up screen is a big clock saying what time it is, both in analog and digital format! (You can set the time whenever)
-4 Controllers! Up to 4 can play!
-First Console supporting 32-bit graphics!
-$40,000,000 (Price is $320 = -$30 during Console Unit Sales and -3$ Game Sales) +250% Console Sales
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The City of Animals announced!
The City of Animals has been announced for the EDS! The game will be a continuation of George Orwell's Animal Farm and will star Snowball's son; Pinoche. People are quite interested, this game seems to have a lot of potential. Besides this, all that we know is that it will be an Adventure/RPG game.
-$100,000 development costs
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The Gensokyo Collection Released!Draconic Studios presents...
Gensokyo Collection
Genre: Action
Topic: Game Pack, Japanese Mythology, Danmaku/Bullet Hell, High Fantasy
Audience: E11+
Price: $60
Regions: North America, Oceania, EU, Japan, UK/IE
Languages: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, German, Gaelic, Icelandic, Portugese, Serbian, Italian
Platform: ElderDragon System (EDS)
Features
-All FIVE Gensokyo Games remastered in 32-bit graphics!
-All five Gensokyo Games aren't in one disc, but five different ones!
-Better quality stereo sound!
-Leaderboards
-Options such as Change Controls, Sounds and Graphics options.
-New mechanic that was built into the games, you can SAVE a replay of one of your good runs for each game! (Can only hold one for each game)
-Hiela, Fuega, Ako Yakami, and Rei Ibuki; they're all there!
Gensokyo: Fairy Stopper
Hiela is an Ice Fairy and lives calmly in the Lake within Gensokyo. Though, an evil Fairy named Umbria who is a Fairy of Darkness wishes to enslave all the Fairies and be the master of all and then try to take over Gensokyo! Can Hiela the Ice Fairy stop Umbria from taking over Gensokyo through five tough stages of faries who are enslaved by her or actually loyal to her?
Gensokyo: Great Fairy Stopper
Hiela has lately been relaxing and freezing frogs as always, but something is wrong. The other fairies are restless and attacking random people, more than normal, anyway. Umbria is not behind this it seems but something else perhaps....this thing is controlling the Fairies as to take over Gensokyo, will Hiela stop this being and save the Fairies?!
Gensokyo: Final Fairy Stopper
After Hiela befriended Fuega (the only fire she trusts, anything else will make her cry out of fear) and defeated the Dark Angel, just like the Witch did. She found that fairies were being killed and not returning back to life, like all fairies should. It was clear that the cowardly cat, Feca, was stealing the souls of fairies as to use them in gambling matches, she and Fuega have to to try and avenge their comrades (and enemies) and stop the cat! Though, them being fairies they aren't too powerful, and thus have to resort for a certain Witch and/or Shrine Maiden to stop the cat. They are on their hunt as to find them as well as to try and thin down the numbers for them; which explains why there are little to no fairies in their paths. (In Gensokyo II, Fairies only appear in Stage 2) Hiela and Fuega will secretly follow the Witch and the Shrine Maiden as to make sure they are not interrupted by any other of Feca's minions.
Gensokyo: Flying Fallen Angels
In the magic world of Gensokyo, separated from the outside world thanks to Kurai Arashi, a youkai gifted with the manipulation of boundaries, everything was peaceful as always. The youkai were hunting for food, the humans and kappa chatting, the Oni in Hell. Though, rumours began to circulate in Gensokyo that Angels with black wings or rather with no wings at all began falling out of the sky all over Gensokyo! These Angels soon began to invade Gensokyo and began to kill off innocent humans, though it was also seen that the Fallen Angels fought amongst themselves as if arguing weather they should do such evil deeds or not. A slightly mischievous witch, Ako Yakami, has decided to go investigate this "incident." Meanwhile innocents and Angels alike are being slain and blood is being shed in Gensokyo. Kurai Arashi has to deal with the Angels upfront as to give Ako time to find out the leader of these angels to stop them.
Angel Purification System While playing the game, you will come across Fallen Angels, bigger and stronger than the fodder on the screen. If you successfully dodge its patterns and shoot exactly when prompted to, you will purify the angel and send it back up to Heaven, where you get a free bomb, life, or point bonus depending on how well you did.
Gensokyo II: Fool Gambler's Good Luck
In Gensokyo where myth and fantasy is real, sepereated from the Real World, there lives a cowardly Cat. This cat as known as Feca, Feca is a Cat whom steals people's souls to gamble in poker and mahjong matches. Lately he has been having very good luck, but there is a great match going on which he will gamble thousands of human souls in exchange for all the riches you could imagine! You have a limited amount of time and his match is with a Youkai named Iakoi, a female fox Youkai who has the power of literal Luck. This match WILL kill thousands of humans through-out Gensokyo, so it's up to Ako, and Ako's new friend Rei to stop the cat! And anyone who gets in their way!
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Fairy Wars Released!Draconic Studios presents....
Fairy Wars
Genre: Adventure
Topic: Gensokyo, Fairies, Bullet-Hell-Platformer,
Audience: E11+
Price: $50
Regions: North America, Oceania, Japan, UK/IE, EU
Languages: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, German, Gaelic, Icelandic, Portugese, Serbian, Italian
Platform: ElderDragon System (EDS)
Difficulty: 13.4
Features
-Beautiful 32-bit Graphics
-Cleaned and improved Stereo sound!
-2 Players Support!
-Experience a unique blend of a horizontal platformer/shooter game!
-Over two-hundred cosmetic items to be found in the game for Fuega and Hiela!
-Choose to play as Hiela or Feuga!
-Different and unique power-ups for each different fairy!
-Buy Fairy Armor and Fairy Weapons to change attack type, how many hits you can take, and special abilities!
-Introducing Spell Cards in Fairy Wars if things get too tough, they're hard to find though!
-Currency & Shops found on each Save File's Menu!
-Three Save Files!
-Five different worlds each with 7 levels! (35 levels total)
-Make your own level with the Level Editor! (Over twenty parts and three sizes!)
Plot: Hiela and Fuega have lately become wonderful friends and played with each other everyday! Though, Umbria, the evil Darkness Fairy plans to cause mischief again! She plans on trying to retake Gensokyo again with her powers of darkness! She will enslave all the fairies yet again! Hiela and Fuega must try and stop Umbria again! Though, this time is different. Umbria has recently took advantage of the defeated Feca, the Cowardly Cat, due to this the fairies will have to face him themselves as the cat uses his Soul Manipulation powers to control many of the fairies due to fear as he would take their souls and kill them off permanently! Can Hiela and Fuega stop Feca and Umbria?!
+60% Unit Sales
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TD&DG Game Pack and DoH Game Pack Marketed!
The Throwing Daggers & Draco's Gems Game pack as well as the Duels of Honor Game Pack have been Mini marketed world wide! Offering EIGHT great games (four in each) remastered in 32-bit graphics, people can replay Draconic Studios' best games on their new console!
-$3,000,000 Mini Marketing Campaigns
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Dark Solar Studios
Q4 Fall, 1992
HQs: Hanover, Germany (DE)
$5,700,000 (was $250,000)
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The Eden Initiative II releasedDark Solar Studios presents...
The Eden Initiative II
Topic: Exploration, Space, Shooting
Genre: Action/Adventure
Price: $50
Platform: PC
Audience: MT(16+)
Difficulty: 12-17
Regions: US/CA, UK/IE, EU, Japan
Features
- 16-bit graphics of the highest quality
- Stereo sound
- Fully-animated game, including water, trees, and backgrounds
- Room for 3 save files!
- Large, open world to explore
- Purchase four different ships, each with its own upgrade tree
- Multiple weapons and items to acquire throughout the game
- Different alien races to meet and worlds to explore
- Customizable appearance
Plot
You saved the lives of countless billions, becoming a hero the likes of which has never been celebrated before. Your name falls from countless lips, telling of your deeds. Yet they are not human lips nor human minds. Humanity, for the most part, no longer exists. Consumed in the dying flames of a war you tried to prevent, humans now comprise the smallest minority in the galaxy. However, the darkness was beaten back. Was it worth it? Was the genocide of an entire species worth the salvation of many others? This is what many ask and voices begin to turn against you. In this tale of intrigue, it is up to you to investigate the true causes of the destruction of the human race, no matter the risks.
+40% unit sales
(-$800,000 for publishing)
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Deepest Abyss releasedDark Solar Studios presents...
Deepest Abyss
Topic: Eldritch, Terror, Exploration
Genre: Horror Adventure
Price: $50
Platform: EDS
Audience: M(18+)
Difficulty: 18
Regions: US/CA, UK/IE, EU, Japan
Features
-32 bit graphics
-Stereo sound
-One save slot
-Based off of the stories of H.P. Lovecraft
-Explore a dark world never seen before
-Face nightmare creatures unique in form
-Recharge your flashlight to see in the dark. Though light can attract other things as well...
Plot
Welcome to Stoneheart Asylum, the most advanced and most effective sanitary institution to be found on this planet. You, my friend, play as one of the doctors at this fine asylum, administering medicinal items to patients and providing other forms of care and treatment. At least, that was your job. Stoneheart Asylum lies now a barren shell, abandoned decades ago after an incident that left a dozen people dead in one night. Closed for safety reasons, daring adventurers explore the shattered halls, scavenging for items of value that may have been forgotten. Some tourists even stop by to see the place. This all happens during the day. Night at Stoneheart is unlike night anywhere else.
Ever since the disappearance of three teenagers a year ago, the gates to the asylum have remained locked at night, not that any normal person would want to break in under most conditions. You, however, are not normal. Visions have been troubling you, supposed memories from decades ago that do not match with what you have been told. There is only one place left to discover which series of events is true: the asylum itself. You will venture into this decrepit place, seeking answers to questions best left un-asked. No one is allowed in any more by day, meaning you must sneak in at night, no matter your fears. You should keep these fears handy. On you venture to unearth your past, creatures and events not of this world will assail you, seeking to kill or ruin you. Can you survive to see the light of day once again? And will your past be yours once more?
+40% unit sales
(-$800,000 for publishing)
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Life of One Marketed
Worldwide mini-marketing for Life of One has started in earnest, with newspaper and magazine ads appearing in most countries. While still 16-bit in terms of graphics, the game promises to be a great send-off for the era, ushering in the new. As such, it will only be available on the PC. Rumors, however, state of plans to port the game to the EDS.
(-$3,000,000 mini marketing campaigns)
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Mercenary: Sacred Band announced
Yes, it's back and better than ever. With the advent of the 32-bit system, Mercenary can now be experienced like never before! Dark Solar promises to provide an experience to fans unmatched as of yet.
(-$100,000 development)
Video Gadgeteer
Q1 Winter, 1993
HQs: Medicine Hat, Alberta (CA/US)
$203,177,000 (was $159,177,000)
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Janet-R: Robo-Union 541 announced!
A new game for the Game Machine has been announced! It seems Janet-R will make her return, and by the title it might not be as sexist as the last game!
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Highway Robbery: Detroit 1974 announced!
A new game for the Game Machine has been announced! Highway Robbery makes its return on the streets of the auto industry's once-greatest city during the height of the rust belt!
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Pzzl 2gether announced!
A sequel to the classic Game Pocket game Pzzl has been announced for the Game Machine! Apparently it will allow up to 4 players to play head to head at once!
Video Gadgeteer
Q2 Spring, 1993
HQs: Medicine Hat, Alberta (CA/US)
$105,152,000 (was $203,177,000)
((My brother was born at this time!))
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Janet-R: Robo-Union 541 marketed!Janet-R has been advertized on TV, in magazines, in newspapers, on billboards and via other means worldwide! The total cost of the campaigns is said to be 50 million! Ads show petitions by "Robo-Union 541" to improve working conditions under the fictional MegaCorp, LLC.
($50,000,000 for 5 mega ad campaigns)
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Highway Robbery: Detroit 1974 marketed!
(Too lazy to come up with anything. Think "GTA: London 1961 and 1969", a.k.a. the Black Sheep of the 2D GTAs.
($50,000,000 for 5 mega ad campaigns)
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Pzzl 2gether marketed!
(Can't think of anything. Say the commercials are short on TV.)
($50,000,000 for 5 mega ad campaigns)
Draconic Studios
Q2 Spring 1993
Mascots: Ako Yakami (Gensokyo)
HQs: Atlanta, Georgia (US/CA)
$36,835,000 (was $70,035,000)
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Bash Fighters Mayhem & Monsters & Magicks 2 announced!
The sequel to Monsters & Magicks 2 has been announced for the ElderDragon System! The game will be like it's predecessor, an automated pen and paper game! This time, it will have more immersive and bigger pre-written plots and will expand on making your own Scenario/Adventure such as adding more simple and complex options, items, and even connecting them all into a campaign!
-$100,000 Development costs
Bash Fighters Mayhem has been announced for the ElderDragon System! The sequel to Bash Fighters will expand on its gameplay and add more characters and stages! Only one new character has been revealed, and that is Bloodclaw from the Draco's Gems series, which shall be getting an upcoming game soon, though nothing has been confirmed. It is recommended that any game companies who wish to showcase their characters in Bash Fighters Mayhem contact Draconic Studios as soon as possible.
-$100,000 Development costs
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The City of Animals Marketed!
The City of Animals has been marketed worldwide with Large Marketing Campaigns! TV Trailers, Exclusive Interviews, Demos, and full color magazine and newspaper ads showing the game's artwork, gameplay, and unique storyline! The game will be a continuation of George Orwell's Animal Farm. The main character, Pinoche, who is the son of Snowball returns to the farm where his father grew up on to try and drive Napoleon out of power. The farm has been completely industrialized and turned into a mini city, but for animals. No one dares go near the farm in fear of being attacked or kidnapped. It's up to Pinoche to eliminate Napoleon after years of animals bearing his terror.
-$30,000,000 Large Marketing campaigns (+300% Unit Sales)
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DoH Gamepack Released!Draconic Studios presents...
DoH Game Pack
Genre: Action, RPG
Topic: Game Pack, Japanese Mythology, Fighting, Fantasy, Pen & Paper
Audience: E11+ - MT(16+)
Price: $60
Regions: North America, Oceania, EU, Japan, UK/IE
Languages: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, German, Gaelic, Icelandic, Portugese, Serbian, Italian
Platform: ElderDragon System (EDS)
Features
-FOUR of Draconic Studios' games remastered in 32-bit graphics!
-Four games in one game pack! (Each is an individual disc, so four discs) Duels of Honor I, II, Fatal Fighters, and Monsters & Magicks!
-Improved and Cleaned Stereo Sound!
-Monsters & Magicks has three new plots for its re-release!
-Duels of Honor and Fatal Fighters have been given a new mode of play! Tag Team Versus ! Play and control two fighters against a computer or your friends! Up to four players can play!
-New Replay mechanics! You can save an Arcade run of Duels of Honor I, II, and Fatal Fighters to watch later! Also works for individual Versus matches! (Can store only 1 Arcade Replay and three Individual Replays)
Monsters & Magicks Plot & Features
-Great 32-bit Graphics!
-Stereo sound and a mix of 8-bit and 16-bit music!
-Nostalgic for Pen & Paper fans, they'll fit right at home! Dice rolling as always!
-Simple systems so anyone can play: Classes and Proficiency System!
-Make countless characters (Within the data allowed of course)
-Play with up to four players! 1 as a GM the other three as players!
-Two save files, so you can start fresh, you know?
-For Gamemasters, you can create your OWN adventure in a special file template, six pre-set backdrops which you can edit and play around with, over thirty items to customize the terrain!
-For Gamemasters, create custom gear (Weapons, helmet, necklaces, rings, chestplate, greaves, gauntlets, boots) as item drops and what-not! Even legendary items!
-Over three-hundred pre-made /normal gear/, 10 pre-made enchantments, and 10 pre-made Legendary Gear!
-NINE (three new plots) built in Scenarios/Adventures you can start playing with, each ranging from two to six hours! All of them follow a plotline, so have fun with the campaign! [Four Players compatibility]
-Endless hours of gameplay!
Plot/Setting: Have you ever wished you could play a Pen & Paper game in a more automated way, the computer helping you and simplifying algorithms and what-not? Well now you can! With Monsters & Magicks, it's a Fantasy-RPG P&P game right on your computer, with four players compatibility! Create your character and roleplay however you wish to roleplay!
Unique Systems: It's a pen and paper, fantasy-RPG game on your PC, it does the rolls, algorithms and what-not for you just at the press of a button!
Duels of Honor Plot
The Hell Foundation, an organization of crime concentrated in Tokyo and Hong Kong, their leader Devil wishes to unify both countries under his rule as Emperor and eventually conquer the world! Sessat, an expert Muay Thai boxer wishes to become the King of Muay Thai. He hears of the Hell Foundation and decides to attempt to stop their current plans on harvesting Chi into a more physical form to imbue into weapons, and to test his skills. Will he and his friend Rambit succeed in stopping the Hell Foundation.
Duels of Honor II Plot
The Hell Foundation, the organization of crime concentrated in China and Japan has recently announced a World Tournament for the world's best fighters to fight among themselves, the winner is to receive money, glory, and fame. There are NO rules what-so-ever but secretly, the Hell Foundation has done this to bring out the strongest fighters to kill them off or to recruit them to join them, of course they have not revealed themselves to the world, but under a different name. Will your fighter be the winner and stop the Hell Foundation or perhaps your fighter is FROM the Hell Foundation, who will win?!
Fatal Fighters Plot
In the Sengoku era of Japan, right after Nobunaga Oda's death, supernatural things have been occuring that are unexplainable by anyone. Rumours of Kappa, Youkai, Oni, and even the Demon King himself has been seen walking around the graveyards. A few of the Ninja from the Warring States period have gone off to investigate, including Kotaro Fuma and Hanzo Hattori; everyone but them two came back dead for they witnessed the Demon King himself back from the dead, as well as a man with dark angel wings. It has become clear that the Demon King must be stopped for he may control an army of Oni to conquer all of Japan, there are others, some on the far-away land of China and here in the mother land where there are fighters willing to fight off the Demon King and try to save Japan from being conquered. What will happen? Will the Demon King and this dark angel winged man conquer all of Japan? It seems that the forces of Heaven and Hell are to cross paths, there is something more going on besides the conquest of Japan.....who is this...Isaac?
-$1,500,000 Publishing costs
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TD&DG Game Pack Released!Draconic Studios presents...
TD&DG Game Pack
Genre: Action/RPG, RPG
Topic: Alternate History, Assassin, Fantasy, JRPG
Audience: T(13+) - MT(16+)
Price: $60
Regions: North America, Oceania, EU, Japan, UK/IE
Languages: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, German, Gaelic, Icelandic, Portugese, Serbian, Italian
Platform: ElderDragon System (EDS)
Features
-FOUR of Draconic Studios' great games remastered in 32-bit graphics.
-Four games in one game pack! (Each is an individual disc, so four discs) The Draco's Gems I, II: Revenge, Throwing Daggers I and II!
-Cleaned and Improved Stereo sound!
-All four games have twenty new armors and weapons to buy in them!
-All four games now have the following colors to customize your armor and weapons: Blue, Red, Yellow, White, Black, Grey, Orange, Green, Purple, Pink, Aquamarine, Crimson Red, Blood Red, Ice Blue (AKA Hiela Blue), Tan, and Magenta.
-All four games now have 1 more hour of new side quests!
Throwing Daggers Plot and Mechanics
Plot: Throwing Daggers is about an expert assassin in France, Ferdinand Vilford, whom tries to stop the 2012 Apocalypse! To do so he must follow God's will through-out the whole game, he has many weapons at his disposal to eliminate those who are to bring doomsday upon the world. The world must be cleansed of evil......
Will you stop Doomsday in the far future of 2012 and will you obey God's will or betray it?
Doomsday System: The game has a special system which triggers choices made in the game, depending on what you do accelerates the doomsday system or slows it down, at the end of the game your score will be tallied up by what you bought, how slow you brought doomsday too, and storyline completion!
Throwing Daggers II Plot and Mechanics
The year is 1785, only two years after Ferdinand Vilford (Now 28 years of age) has prevented the Apocalypse and followed God's will. God has called upon him to continue his duties one last time, this time to attempt to stop the French Revolution. Will he succeed or fail? Ferdinand must kill those whom are corrupt and those who will cause the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte must be stopped. God will give Ferdinand the power of flight through out the skies, as long as he is not seen or spotted (by non-soldiers/targets) he can fly freely through the air.
Wings of Faith System: At one point in the game (about after an hour or two of gameplay) Ferdinand will have the ability to grow huge angel wings from his back and fly through the air, allowing assassinations from the air and quick movement, there is a catch though. Under Ferdinand's health bar is a Faith Meter, you gain points of Faith by doing honorable actions and completing the main story line and side quests. Flying does not drain Faith points, but killing does, to gain points of faith you must visit a Church to redeem yourself or do Religious actions, such as (attempting) to show mercy. If you are seen by a non-soldier or target flying in the sky, you will immediately lose all your Faith points and drop.
The Draco's Gems Plot & Mechanics
In the world of Aragonia after the Dawning and the Slaying, Arkoth, the God of the Dragons created six elemental gems, which he named the Dracos Gems; One was of Fire, one of Water, one of Earth, one of the Wind, one of Ice, and one of Lightning. He created these gems as a gift to the mortals as to apologize for what happened. They were scattered all over the earth as so anyone could find them. These gems were extremely valuable, besides for cosmetics uses, the Dracos Gems could be imbued into the blade of a weapon simply by placing it atop the blade, it could be taken out just as easily (by the person who imbued it, of course). Though, Zhiena, the "Goddess" of all Evil decided to create two more Gems as to hide amongst the Dracos Gems, which were referred to as the gems of Darkness and Light. When these two were combined, the person would supposedly receive a single wish from Arkoth and Alkaroth themselves. In reality, it would summon one of Zhiena's minions as to attempt to conquer the world once more. This is the story about how one of Dragonblood, Raphael has to undergo finding these gems as to save his Great Great Great Great Grandfather. Raphael merely lived in the village of Eaglewind, a village in West Argonia. Having lived with his mother until the age of six where she died due to a terrible disease. The village took care of him as he lived alone in the house him and his mother shared, teaching him skills, giving him food and water, and even just chatting with him. Though, when Raphael turned the age of twenty, by now he was a grown man and could take care of himself, he heard a voice calling to him, far off into East Argonia. He left the village, packing himself his sword, which he learned from the guards and soldiers of the Army that passed through the village often, as they trained outside the village. Eventually, he arrived at cave, a huge cave where nothing could be seen and where rumours surrounded it on how this was one of Zhiena's shrines. Inside the cave was a Dragon, Raphael's Great Great Great Great Grandfather in fact, whom was named Roktha. Roktha talked to Raphael about his bloodline and the history of the world which of course was a lot to take in. Roktha told Raphael to search out the Darkness and Light Dracos Gems as to save his life, as Dragon Slayer poison was in his veins. Raphael agreed to undergo the quest to save his Great(x4) grandfather, and was even given proper traveling equipment (See Raphael Magnet in Marketing in one of my posts). Thus, Raphael set out as to search for the Dracos Gems, discovering his Fire Magicks and following Roktha's guidance as to where they may be along the way, as well as searching for the other Six Dracos Gems.
Dracos Gems System: The Dracos Gems System allows the player to take one of the gems acquired via the plotline or sidequests and imbue it into their weapon. It will give the weapon magic damaging properties (Fire Gem gives Fire, Ice gives Ice, etc) as well as giving the player three 'Gem Unleash Moves' (which is a big bar divided into thirds) the bar can be filled up by using the imbued weapon constantly or by going back to visit Roktha (It's annoying to go all the way back). Each Dracos Gems has a 1-bar, 2-bar, and 3-bar special. Each 1-bar is an Enchanced Magical Projectile, the strongest in the game. Each 2-bar special is a spread "shot" of projectiles or a powerful spin attack. And each 3-bar special is just a powerful burst of Draconic Magic, giving you a second of invincibility right afterwards it was used. Also used in the Draco's Gems II!The Draco's Gems II: Saviour Plot
Continuing off from the first game, Raphael has returned with the Draco's Gems of Darkness and Light, along with the six other elemental Gems. Upon giving them to his Great Great Great Great Grandfather, Roktha, a demon from the depths of Hell was summoned, the two gems indeed were fake and cost Roktha his life. Raphael attempts to fighting him off but fails and loses the battle, where he is stripped of all his gems as Taranthus flees, his plan is to give them as a gift to Zhiena as well as collect other necessary materials that will make him as powerful as a god, these materials are Dragon's Tears (which he acquired from Roktha) Phoenix Feathers, a High Elf's Heart, and a Kappa's blood. This potion with Zhiena's help will grant Taranthus powers beyond measure. Raphael only barely survived where he goes on as to track down and find Taranthus to stop him. Along the way, Raphael meets a lonely Lycan who goes by the name of Bloodclaw whom is fighting off the Raiders, a group of sick mercenaries who kill, pillage, and destroy anyone and anything in their way. Helped by Raphael and having himself seen and felt Taranthus' evil precense decides to accompany Raphael and help him on his quest. At night, when Bloodclaw went off to hunt, Raphael calmly sat by the fire where a voice spoke inside his head, Arkoth, the god of dragons told him to travel to East Argonia to meet a fire dragon by the name of Atilla as well as himself; Raphael and Bloodclaw were to complete trials to see if they could stop Taranthus, or at least survive. Will Bloodclaw and Raphael stop Taranthus it seems Raphael is to be the Saviour of all of Aragonia.
Ending
Taranthus smacked both Raphael and the lycan away as he plucked the last feather of the Phoenix before dropping it into a cauldron. A min iexplosion took place, knocking back everyone. But Taranthus returned to the cauldron and gulped the pink liquid down completely, he glowed with an otherworldy light, before kicking Bloodclaw away, and sending his leg into Raphael's face. Raphael had failed but survived, having woken up in the ruins of Eaglewind, miraculously alive among many other corpses. Bloodclaw was nowhere to be seen, his where-abouts unknown, Raphael looked up at the sky and said, "I have failed you, I have failed all of you, I am not a Saviour but I will be...an Avenger.." The game cuts away into the credits and ending theme.
-$1,500,000 Publishing Costs
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A Letter arrives at Video Gadgeteer's studios@SimYouLater
Mr. Zehn,
I would like to request to use Gadgeteer Kitten again in our upcoming sequel to Bash Fighters, Bash Fighters Mayhem. Please send THREE moves, artwork, and themes if you are willing to showcase your character in our game, we are willing to negotiate.
From,
Alexander Chaser, CEO & Head Developer of Draconic Studios
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Mascot!@SimYouLater
Video Gadgeteer has been creating titles in the Gadgeteer Kitten franchise for several years now. The recognition of the brand has grown to the point that it is now recognizable in popular culture!
(SimYouLater can now choose their first company mascot! 0/3 already chosen.)
Pixel Power magazineQ2 1993DoH Game Pack - 6.75*
TD&DG Game Pack - 6.5*
*Score decreased more than usual due to a glut of rereleases from Draconic Studios.
Video Gadgeteer
Q3 Summer, 1993
HQs: Medicine Hat, Alberta (CA/US)
$152,877,000 (was $105,152,000)
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Janet-R: Robo-Union 541 released!Video Gadgeteer presents...Janet-R: Robo-Union 541
Topic: Robots
Genre: Casual (Puzzle)
Price: $50
Platforms: Game Machine
Audience: Rated E10+
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Gaelic, Swedish, Japanese
Markets: North America, United Kingdom, Oceania, Japan, Europe
Difficulty: Varies between 2.5 (beginning) and 15 (end)
- Cutting edge isometric graphics!
- Solve puzzles to get Janet-R out of the MegaCorp offices so she can lead the Robotic Workers' Union 541 against corrupt management!
- More complex puzzles! Stages may look similar, but appearances can be deceiving!
- New electronic lock puzzles present minigames with different types of challenges from the last game!
Plot: One year after janet-R's activation, things have gone downhill at MegaCorp, LLC... Finally fed up with it, Janet_R stepped up to lead the local Robotic Worker's Union against the corrupt management!
But when they lock her in a closet on the top floor of the offices during the day the strike is to begin and deactivate the elevators, she'll have to wrack her processor to solve the security algorithms placed on every door in the building, and work her way to the ground floor to expose the MegaCorp manager's treachery!
(-$100,000 for developing and -$1,000,000 for publishing Janet-R: Robo-Union 541)
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Highway Robbery: Detroit 1974 released!Video Gadgeteer presents...Highway Robbery: Detroit 1974
Topic: Crime
Genre: Action (Open World)
Price: $50
Platforms: Game Machine
Audience: Rated AO for Adults Only
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Gaelic, Swedish, Japanese
Markets: North America, United Kingdom, Oceania, Japan, Europe
Difficulty: 12.5
- Overhead graphics to see all the action!
- A virtual world with no lasting consequences! Steal, kill and jaywalk at your leisure!
- More types of cars to steal and buy! Own up to 8 personal vehicles!
- Smarter cops! Police no longer just try to ram you off the road, but actually arrest you once you're stopped!
Plot: Detroit, Michigan. 1974. Once a proud shining beacon of the American automotive industry, the city is now a prime example of the Rust Belt. Amidst an economy plagued by the scourges of an oil crisis, cheap Japanese import cars and disco, crime-ridden Detroit has never seen worse days. In this wretched hive of scum and villainy, you are a nameless car thief trying to make a name for themselves in the city's underworld. Can you rake in the dollars and become a made man? Or will this city take you down like it has so many others?
(-$100,000 for developing and -$1,000,000 for publishing Highway Robbery: Detroit 1974)
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Pzzl 2gether marketed!Video Gadgeteer presents...Pzzl 2gether
Topic: Abstract Shapes
Genre: Casual (Puzzle)
Price: $50
Platforms: Game Machine
Audience: Rated E10+
Languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Gaelic, Swedish, Japanese
Markets: North America, United Kingdom, Oceania, Japan, Europe
Difficulty: 9
- Cutting edge 16-bit graphics!
- A Game Pocket classic comes to the home!
- Up to 4 players head-to-head!
Plot: Same as the original Pzzl, it doesn't have one. It's a puzzle game.
(-$100,000 for developing and -$1,000,000 for publishing Pzzl 2gether)
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Strangely, Video Gadgeteer does not reply to the letter from Draconic Studios...
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"Looks like we can finally call Gadgeteer Kitten out official mascot. Fitting, don't you think?" Oliver Zehn said in casual conversation with one of the artists who created the character. "So who do you think is next in line for our corporate image?"
"I'd say Janet-R, provided the team for the second game did their jobs right this time. Talk about insensitivity..."
"Anyway, I have to get going. That new HQ in Japan isn't going to inaugurate itself!" Oliver said, and started dialing a cab on his brick-sized cell phone.
"Where is it, anyway?" the artist asked.
"Land prices in Japan are through the roof. I chose a place called Komatsu in the Ishikawa Prefecture. Fairly out of the way, unfortunately."
Draconic Studios
Q3 Summer 1993
Mascots: Ako Yakami (Gensokyo)
HQs: Atlanta, Georgia (US/CA)
$43,220,000 (was $74,520,000)
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The Draco's Gems III: Avenger
The Draco's Gems III: Avenger has been announced for the EDS! The Draco's Gems III will be a bit darker than the past two games but still manage to maintain its rating as it the game does not show anything out of the ordinary
-$100,000 Development costs
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Bash Fighters Mayhem and Monsters & Magicks II marketed!
Monsters & Magicks II & Bash Fighters Mayhem have been marketed with Medium Marketing Campaigns worldwide! Bash Fighters Mayhem has revealed more of their roster and have confirmed that Gadgeteer Kitten would not appear in this game, sadly. Mayhem will expand on the original game by having more characters, stages, and modes to play! TV Commercials show Ferdinand taking one of his daggers and bearing it against Raphael as the two run into each other, slashing at each others' necks before it cuts into gameplay footage.
Monsters & Magicks II shows a commercial with Joshua casting spells from his books against a huge fire-breathing dragon, the commercial cuts into gameplay footage of the automated pen and paper game.
1. Raphael (The Draco's Gems)
2. Bloodclaw (The Draco's Gems)
3. ??? (The Draco's Gems)
4. Ferdinand Vilford (Throwing Daggers)
5. Hiela (Gensokyo)
6. Ako Yakami (Gensokyo)
7. Rei Ibuki (Gensokyo)
8. Draco (Duels of Honor)
9. Sessat (Duels of Honor)
10. Mei-ling (Duels of Honor)
11. ??? (Duels of Honor)
12. Joshua (Monsters & Magicks)
13. Isaac (Fatal Fighters)
14. Hanzo Hattori (Fatal Fighters)
15. ??? (Fatal Fighters)
Only three characters haven't been revealed and are from the Duels of Honor, Fatal Fighters, and Draco's Gems games, people suspect that the Draco's Gems may be Roktha or Taranthus, Draconic Studios has merely kept quiet about the Draco's Gems unrevealed character...
-$30,000,000 Medium Marketing campaigns (+150% Unit sales for each game)
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The City of Animals released!Draconic Studios presents....
The City of Animals
Genre: Adventure/RPG
Topic: Animal Farm, Animals, Dystopian
Audience: MT(16+)
Price: $50
Regions: North America, Oceania, Europe, Japan, UK/IE
Languages: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, German, Gaelic, Icelandic, Portugese, Serbian, Italian, Swedish
Platform: ElderDragon System
Difficulty: 12
Features
-Beautiful 32-bit graphics
-Cleaned and Improved 3-Octave Stereo Sound
-Immerse in a continuation of Animal Farm where you have to stop Napoleon's reign of terror as Snowball's son; Pinoche.
-Animal Farm and 1984 references
-A dark Adventure/RPG game.
-A day and night system! 20 minutes is twenty four hours in the game! Ten minutes day, ten minutes night!
-Using a unique Currency System: the player has to barter with shopkeepers, their prices lower and increase semi-randomly, it depends how Napoleon is treating the population. Keep in mind that many shops are owned by Napoleon and illegal shops have a chance to be caught and send the shopkeepers to execution! (You can't visit that shop for an in game week)
-Barter for food, water, and weapons!
-Learn how to walk on two legs, use a gun, and learn how to read and write!
-Infiltrate the government as one of the Fat Pigs and try to help the population out while plotting to kill Napoleon!
-A unique 'Notoriety' system!
-Open Worlded gameplay, explore the City of Animals and do whatever you want, complete your objectives when you want!
-Ten hours of plot to follow, an extra two hours worth of side quests!
-Easter Eggs!
-Simple Cutscenes!
-Animal noises! Cows, Moos, Oinks, Neighs, etc.
Continuing off from Animal Farm, Snowball was banished from the farm when Napoleon took power, he lied and cheated his way to power to achieve dictatorship over the farm. He began to talk with the humans and managed to gain power over them and monopolize the farms across England, until it all grew into one big city; the City of Animals. The City of Animals was ruled solely by Napoleon and the Fat Pigs, all of whom walk on two legs. If you are not a pig then you shall be treated as a lower being. Everyone feared nearing this area, spanning about five miles by area....you could be kidnapped or killed, be it you are animal or human. Though, on a far away farm where Snowball escaped to, he met a sow whom he became one with and bore to a son whom he named Pinoche. Sadly, Snowball's unnamed wife was taken and killed as to make goods out of her meat. Snowball raised Pinoche and told him of the terrible stories of the City of Animals, telling him to never go near the area, Pinoche grew up with dreams to eradicate Napoleon's communistic rule. When he was old enough to take care of himself, Snowball told him to go forth and complete his dreams as to kill Napoleon.
Snowball's dying last words were to go and destroy this center of communism in England and to free everyone once again. Travelling day and night, Pinoche traveled to the City of Animals, eating what he could as to keep his strength. After two weeks of travelling, he finally arrived at the City of Animals. His goal was near, him being a pig, he was immediately noticed by Napoleon and gave him food to feast on, he managed to get on good terms with Napoleon and was appointed as one of his government officials, and even learned how to walk on two legs like 'proper pigs' should do. Pinoche was near his goal, but he wouldn't make things better by immediately killing Napoleon, thus he would have to work under Napoleon's nose and help the population a bit before going in for the kill. Will he succeed?
(Spoiler Alert: He kills Napoleon and establishes a military dictatorship over the farm and begins to restore to order, giving the farms back to their proper owners and all that. He serves a good few years until the Fat Pigs bring up enough lies about him where he is forced to resign from power due to much of the population's ignorance. The City of Animals shows historical similarities to when the Military General, Pinoche, drove out the Communists in Chile and was then badmouthed about. The Fat Pigs represent the communist party, Napoleon represents Stalin, Snowball represents Trotsky, and Pinoche represents Pinoche himself.)
-$1,200,000 Publish costs
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Pop Culture Event@Durandal
Popularity is rising for the Mercenary series, fans have started making fanmade clothes and cosplay outfits of Quintilius Arros, though they are begging for official merchandise. Does Dark Solar Studios wish to release special merchandise for their fans?
-You can make a line official cosplay for the Mercenary series making alternate looks for Quintilius Arros as special costumes.
-You can make an official clothing line and add in something special.
-Other?
Ortus
HQ: USA
$415,0000 (was 190,0000)
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Ortus leaves the vandalism on his office alone, and untouched, even for years.
"Well, that design suits our office, and we're too lazy to clean it up ^^" ~ Fate through an internet chat
Video Gadgeteer
Q4 Fall, 1993
HQs: Medicine Hat, Alberta (CA/US); Komatsu, Ishikawa (JP)
$248,639,500 (was $152,877,000)
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Game Machine CD?
CD prices have been steadily going down as the decade progresses. Video Gadgeteer, already losing market to the Big Box and Elder Dragon System, may be looking to rejuvenate the Game Machine with a CD add-on. They have recently placed ads looking for experts in optical media and have hired some gaming industry prodigies "to create larger games". They might be worried about the impact of additional customer expense and the pitfalls of having the device developed by a third-party who they would have to sign a contract with, thus the ads. As for larger games, CDs have more storage space than many programmers know what to do with. A successful game on a CD system will need quality AND quantity.
Draconic Studios Q4 Winter 1993 Mascots: Ako Yakami (Gensokyo) HQs: Atlanta, Georgia (US/CA) $71,550,000 (was $87,150,000) --- Throwing Daggers III announced
Throwing Daggers III has been announced for the EDS and the PC! Sadly, Ferdinand Vilford no longer appears in Throwing Daggers (or does he?) and in his place is his son; Edmund Vilford, who will take his place.
-$100,000 --- The Draco's Gems III: Avenger marketed!
The third installment in the Draco's Gems series, Avenger has been marketed worldwide with Medium Marketing campaigns. Full color magazine and newspaper ads show the game's artwork and gameplay, exclusive interviews with the CEO himself, and a TV commercial, depicting Raphael writing in a diary in the ruins of his old home as a demonic army passes by his house, saying that the time has come to strike at Taranthus and rid him from the world, the commercial then cuts into gameplay, portraying its real time combat, like the previous games.
-$15,000,000 Medium Marketing campaigns (+150% Unit sales) --- Bash Fighters Mayhem Released!
The last three characters have been revealed: Kotaro Fuma from Fatal Fighters, Taranthus from the Draco's Gems, and Kaito from Duels of Honor!
Features -Beautiful 32-bit Graphics -Cleaned and Improved stereo sound -Great 16-bit and 8-bit soundtrack! -Animated Characters, Sprites, and Backgrounds -12 different stages to choose from! Two for each franchise (except for Joshua) and one native to the game! -15 different characters to play as! Raphael, Ferdinand Vilford, Ako Yakami, Hiela, Sessat, Draco, Joshua, Bloodclaw, Taranthus, Rei Ibuki, Mei-ling, Kaito, Isaac, Hanzo Hattori, and Kotaro Fuma! -Bash Attacks! Charge them up (up to a length of 3 seconds) as to knock the opponent off the stage or screen! They deal pretty good damage! (Side Bash, Up Bash, and Down Bash) -Up to four players can play at the same time! -Unique fighting game where up to four can play! Successful hits deal damage which heighten your percentage! The higher your percentage the more you get knocked back, you can die due to falling off the stage or getting knocked off the screen! -Four different game modes to play: Classic, Versus, Survival, Suicide, and Practice. -Items! Two Handed Sword, Homing Amulet, Frozen Frog, Super Power-Up Orb (the next Special Attack you do, it does a bit more damage and lets you withstand one hit with super armor.), Attack Orb (Random elemental projectile), Back Shield, Laser Gun, Rock, Shuriken, Rock Body, Bomb, Sticky Bomb and Banana Peel! -Grabs: Each character gets two (side and up) (save for Sessat)
Plot
There is no plot! Just pick your favorite character and play! Up to four can play, human and computer players! Endless hours of gameplay, a crossover fighting game where an ice fairy all the way to a Spanish ninja deck it out and fight!
1. Raphael (The Draco's Gems) Neutral Special Move - Fire Gem Unleash: A burst of fire/explosion around Raphael, close range, good damage and knockback Side Special Move - Fireball: Raphael sends a fireball at the opponent, does decent damage. Up/Recovery Special Move - Fantasy Jetpack: Aims his sword downwards and launches a huge blast of fire to launch him into the air; decent recovery.
2. Ferdinand Vilford (Throwing Daggers) Neutral Special Move - Throwing Daggers: Can be charged up; can charge up to six, quick charging rate. Throws daggers at enemies, not much damage dealt but good for damage racking and exerting pressure. Side Special Move - Blowdart Gun: Sends poisonous darts at an opponent, deals a tiny bit of damage for five seconds (3% damage per second) Up/Recovery Special Move - God's Wings: Grows angel like wings upon his back temporarily for three seconds, can be shot/hit down. Amazing recovery. While in recovery, you can input the Recovery move again and you'll drop, a dagger drawn as you fastly plummet to the ground, if it hits an opponent, does amazing knockback and damage.
3. Joshua (Monsters & Magicks) Neutral Special Move - Elemento: Can be charged up, the longer it's charged up, the bigger and more powerful the sphere of the element is. Element can be chosen by quickly inputting (while charging); up (wind), down (earth), left (fire), right (water). Side Special Move - Light Spear: Joshua summons a spear of Light into his hand and throws it at his opponent, decent knockback and damage, fast throwing rate, slow preparing rate (2 seconds) Up/Recovery Special Move - Gust of Wind: Controls the winds beneath his feet to bring him upwards, does no damage. Good recovery.
4. Hiela (Gensokyo) Neutral Special Move - Ice Techniques: Has two variations; input neutral or down. Neutral variation is a big ice spike, long range, decent speed, decent damage, down variation she spins around rapidly to lower the temperature around her body to freeze anyone within her range. Side Special Move - Titanic's Bane: Hiela summons and "charges" an iceberg which grows bigger over time (up to 3 seconds), she can then throw it (the more time charged, less range but much more damage) deals amazing damage, little to very little range. Up/Recovery Special Move - Fairy Wings: She has wings, she can fly upwards, amazing recovery rate, does not deal damage.
5. Ako Yakami (Gensokyo) Neutral Special Move - Witch's Laser: Can be charged (six seconds total) and then unleashed at the opponent, range is from half the stage to the whole stage itself, laser is as big as her character sprite. Amazing damage and knockback. Side Special Move - Starry Night: Sends out multiple colored stars depending which way she's facing, decent damage, little knockback. Up/Recovery Special Move - Broom Dash: Rockets towards the inputted direction on her broom, good recovery rate, decent damage.
6. Sessat (Duels of Honor) Neutral Special Move - Muay Thai Grab: A special grab, must be in very close range, hard to pull off but if done correctly can't be dodge, grabs the opponent and deals three hits (kneeing) of damage before the third one sends them flying, decent damage, good knockback. Side Special Move Fire Shot: Sends a quick shot of fire at the opponent, terrible knockback, alright damage, good for damage racking. Up/Recovery Special Move - Sky High Tiger Knee: Sends Sessat upwards in a diagonal angle, good damaging and knockback move, terrible recovery. (Imagine Ike's Aether but a bit worse)
7. Draco (Duels of Honor) Neutral Special Move - Winged Barcelona Attack: Backflips into the air and "flies" over towards the opponent, dodging over any incoming projectiles, if done while having little to no contact with opponent, just a claw slash, if done in sprite-to-sprite contact with the opponent, Draco will grab the opponent, grab him/her by the waist and then use the momentum to backflip in the air and send the opponent headfirst before jumping back. Invincibility frames if grab connects, otherwise vulnerable. (This game's Rest, imagine Rest but KO-ing at 40-50%) Side Special Move - Rolling Diamond Flash: Rolls left/right depending on inputted/facing direction. Goes across half the stage, deals damage every roll (4 times) and finishes up with a claw slash at the opponent's chest area. Decent damage, decent knockback. Up/Recovery Special Move - Scarlet Horror: Backflips into the air in an elegant and acrobatic motion, body straight. Does amazing damage, decent recovery.
8. Bloodclaw (The Draco's Gems) Neutral Special Move - Wolf Form: Allows Bloodclaw to turn into his Lycan/Wolf form, increases speed, damage, and knockback, but can be damaged much easier, if taken 30% or more damage, he automatically turns back and can't use his form for ten seconds. Also changes Bloodclaw's Side and Recovery Special Attacks. Can change back and forth at will. (Takes 2 seconds, invincible but vulnerable for a split second afterwards) Side Special Move - Dark Chains: Sends his chains at the opponent covered in a dark aura, medium range, if it hits it leeches a bit of the opponent's life for two seconds. Decent damage, life leech (10%), binding/paralyze, very little knock back. Side Special Move (Lycan Form) - Pounce: Can be charged up, Bloodclaw gets on all fours and bears his teeth before launching himself at the opponent. (Think of Pikachu's Side Special) Up/Recovery Special Move - Chain Grapple: Throws his chains at the edge of the stage to pull himself up, below average recovery, deals decent damage if it hits, a bit of knockback. Up/Recovery Special Move (Lycan Form) - Upward Pounce: Pounces upwards, decent damage, recovery, and knockback.
9. Taranthus (The Draco's Gems) Neutral Special Move - Zhiena's Gift: Taranthus raises both of his swords into the sky and is given a gift from Zhiena of Taranthus' choosing. Speed, Damage, Knockback, and Defense. (Think of Shulk's Monado Arts, though none of the buffs debuffs another 'stat' and lasts for twenty seconds.) Side Special Move - Scorpion Stab: Taranthus sends his tail at a nearby opponent (if in range of course) and stabs him/her dealing decent damage, a bit of knockback, and badly poisoning them for four seconds. (5% damage per second) Up/Recovery Special Move - Demonic Launch: Sends himself upwards into the air in a sort of jump, decent recovery, decent damage and knockback. Good damage and knockback upon landing, small shockwave upon landing.
10. Rei Ibuki (Gensokyo) Neutral Special Move - Homing Tags: Can be charged up to four; are sent homing to the nearest opponent, deal a bit below-average explosion damage, must be blocked, can not be dodged/outran. Side Special Move - Yin-Yang Orb: Summons a huge Yin-Yang orb and sends it at the opponent, bounces around for a while before falling off the stage or disappearing. Decent damage and knockback. Up/Recovery Special Move - Ascension Kick: Rei does a powerful backflip kick to send herself into the air, decent damage, recovery, and knockback.
11. Mei-ling (Duels of Honor) Neutral Special Move - Chi Shot: Sends a "shot" of chi at the opponent, slow, deals good damage, no knockback, immediate flinch if hits. Side Special Move - Thunder Kicking Technique: In a blur of speed, she sends multiple powerful kicks to the opponent before finishing with one powerful kick. Decent damage and damage racking, good knockback. Up/Recovering Special Move - Crane Kick: Sends a vertical kick diagonally upwards, below average recovery, decent damage and knockback.
12. Kaito (Duels of Honor) Neutral Special Move - Focus Energy: Kaito concentrates his Chakras and Chis, when managing to time the incoming circle to the center of his sprite, he will gain a small attack bonus for the rest of the battle. Vulnerable while doing so. (Think of Wii Fit Trainer's Deep Breathing) Side Special Move - Offensive Palm Technique: Kaito sends a powerful palm attack to the opponent. Decent damage, good knockback. Recovery Special Move - Acrobatics: Does an elegant backflip like Draco before doing a small dash forward. Decent recovery, little damage, little knockback.
13. Isaac (Fatal Fighters) Neutral Special Move - Holy Cross: Isaac raises his cross in the air. Deals light damage around Isaac and has a chance to daze/blind nearby enemies. Decent damage, no knockback, immediate flinching. Side Special Move - Devil Piercer: Isaac charges up his and holy energy in his sword, bearing ready to his side before sending a powerful stab at the opponent. Good damage and knockback, can break/pierce shields. (Think of Marth's Shield breaker) Up/Recovery Move - Angel Wings: Isaac uses his angelic wings to fly, like Ferdinand's recovery. While in midair, using the Recovery Special again, he will divebomb with his Silver Sword pointed towards the ground, very fast, tiny range, immense damage and knockback.
14. Hanzo Hattori (Fatal Fighters) Neutral Special Move - Shadow Shuriken: Hanzo sends a big shuriken depending on where he's facing/inputted direction. Deals dark dark damage and goes through the opponent. Decent damage, very little knockback. Side Special Move - Chain Sickle Throw: Hanzo throws his chain sickle at the opponent and catches him with the blade, before bring the opponent towards him and sending a deadly slash at them. Little knockback, immense damage, vulnerable while doing this. Medium range. Up/Recovery Special Move - Ninja Phase: Disappears in a blur of speed and appears where you inputted direction. Good recovery, no damage.
15. Kotaro Fuma (Fatal Fighters) Neutral Special Move - Demon Hand Roll: Launches his demonic hands forwards before rolling around the screen (you can input where you go, like Sonic's specials) for a while. Decent damage both while rolling and sending his hand forward, decent knockback. Very controllable, needs to be charged up for a second only before use. Demonic hands are medium range when sent forward at the beginning of the move. Side Special Move - Fatal Claws: Both claws are sent in a frenzy around Kotaro, deals amazing damage and racks up quite a bit too, little knockback. Recovery/Up Special Move - Rolling Claw Launch, sends his demonic arms out to grapple onto the ledge before sending himself flying into the air. Must grapple on to something. Decent recovery, good damage and okay knockback.
(By the way, look in the Artwork Spoiler and the claws in Kotaro's faceclaim can extend to a long range in-game)
Video Gadgeteer
Q1 Winter, 1994
HQs: Medicine Hat, Alberta (CA/US); Komatsu, Ishikawa (JP)
$198,639,500 (was $248,639,500)
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Game Machine CD marketed!
A new CD add-on for the game machine has been marketed worldwide! The campaign is huge and everyone knows about it! (No ideas as to what actually happens, sorry...)
(-$50,000,000 for 5 Mega ad campaigns)