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Street Fighter EX2 Plus
is a 2D head-to-head fighting game with 3D graphics co-produced by Capcom and Arika and originally released in 1998 as a coin-operated arcade game for the Sony ZN-2 hardware. It is the sequel to the original ''Street Fighter EX'', and the second spin-off game of the ''Street Fighter'' series. An updated version of the game titled ''Street Fighter EX2 Plus'' was released in 1999 in arcades as well and subsequently ported to the PlayStation the same year. Its sequel, '' Street Fighter EX3'', was released in 2000. Gameplay The original version of ''Street Fighter EX2'' retains all of the features from the previous game, ''Street Fighter EX Plus'', including original features such as "Guard Breaks" (unique moves which cannot be blocked by an opponent) and "Super Canceling" (the ability to cancel a Super Combo into another Super Combo). The primary new feature in the game are "Excel Combos", ("excel" being an abbreviation for "extra cancel"). Much like the "Custom Combos" featured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arika
is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. It was formed in 1995 by former Capcom employees. It was originally known as ARMtech K.K, but was later named Arika. The name of the company is the reverse of the name of the company's founder, Akira Nishitani, who along with Akira Yasuda, created '' Street Fighter II''. Arika's first game was '' Street Fighter EX''. It was successful and was followed up with two updates (''Street Fighter EX +'' and ''EX + α''), and its two sequels '' Street Fighter EX2'' and '' Street Fighter EX3''. In 2018, they released a spiritual successor to both ''Street Fighter EX'' and '' Fighting Layer'' (published by Namco), titled '' Fighting EX Layer''. From 2019 to 2021, Arika collaborated with Nintendo to create the battle royale games '' Tetris 99'', '' Super Mario Bros. 35'', and with Bandai Namco for '' Pac-Man 99''. Arika is also known for the '' Tetris: The Grand Master'' series, the '' Dr. Mario'' series, starting with '' Dr. Mario Onlin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin-off (media)
A spinoff or spin-off is any narrative work derived from an already existing work that focuses on different aspects from the original work. History One of the earliest spin-offs of the modern media era, if not the first, happened in 1941 when the supporting character Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve from the old time radio comedy show '' Fibber McGee and Molly'' became the star of his own program '' The Great Gildersleeve'' (1941–1957). Description A spin-off (also spelled spinoff) is derived from already existing works that focus on more details and different aspects from the original work (e.g. particular topics, characters or events), and includes books, radio programs, television programs, films, video games, or any narrative work in any medium. In genre fiction, the term parallels its usage in television; it is usually meant to indicate a substantial change in narrative viewpoint and activity from that (previous) storyline based on the activities of the series' principal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Layer
is a 3D computer graphics, 3D Arcade video game, arcade versus fighting game, fighting game developed by Arika and published by Namco, built on the Namco System 12 arcade hardware. The game was released in December 1998; it has never been ported to any home consoles. ''Fighting Layer'' is built upon the ''Street Fighter EX'' series, which was also developed by Arika. A spiritual sequel, ''Fighting EX Layer'', was released in 2018. Gameplay The gameplay system is similar to that of the ''Street Fighter EX'' series, such as canceling supers into other supers, and universal guard-break attacks. Unlike in the ''Street Fighter EX'' series, fighters can now dash forward or backward by tapping the directions twice and fighters can now also side step with a specific button combination. This game also introduces two new mechanics. One where players can perform safe falls to keep from hitting the ground and the other making their fighter dodge and charge up their super gauge to its maximu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
