is a 2D competitive
fighting game
A fighting game, also known as a versus fighting game, is a genre of video game that involves combat between two or more players. Fighting game combat often features mechanics such as blocking, grappling, counter-attacking, and chaining atta ...
produced by
Konami
, is a Japanese multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machines, slot machines, and arcade cabinets. Konami has casi ...
and released as a
coin-operated video game in August
1995
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.
Gameplay
''Dragoon Might'' features two distinct game modes. A single match mode in which the player must defeat their opponents in round-based matches, and a team match mode similar to ''
The King of Fighters
''The King of Fighters'' (''KOF'') is a series of fighting games by SNK that began with the release of '' The King of Fighters '94'' in 1994. The series was developed originally for SNK's Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware. This served as the main ...
'' series in which two teams of three members must battle each other until the members of one team are all defeated.
Like most fighting games, special moves are performed by inputting a specific series of directional commands and/or buttons. The game features a unique type of special moves known as "Bomber Moves" (aka "Super Attacks" in the US version), which can deliver greater damage than standard special moves in exchange of some of the player's vitality. These moves act like those from most
beat 'em up
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games and are performed by pressing all three punch buttons. There are also "Super Bomber" moves (also called "Final Attacks" in the US version) which can only performed while the player's vitality gauge is flashing. The player can also jump unto trees or cranes to avoid attacks by pressing all three kick buttons. The player can attack an opponent who is lying on the ground, as well as do an emergency escape roll when his/her character is knocked to the ground.
Characters
''Dragoon Might'' features a total of twelve selectable warriors, as well as a non-playable final boss during the game's single-player mode. The story centers around a mythical relic known as the Dragon Medallion that will grant its collector one wish. The Medallion has been broken into thirteen fragments that has subsequently come into the possession of each main character, including the final boss, who must fight each other for their fragments until one of them collects all thirteen of them. Once the player defeats all eleven rival opponents, he/she must defeat the final boss in order to unite the Dragon Medallion and see his/her character's good wish granted.
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:The lead hero. A
katana
A is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. Developed later than the ''tachi'', it was used by samurai in feudal Japan and worn with the edge fa ...
-wielding warrior. In his ending, he spends his time playing pachinko after collecting the Medallion, but ends up destroying the machine when he continues losing all the time.
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:The lead heroine. A
shrine maiden descended from a
tengu
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. She seeks to collect the Medallion in order to maintain world peace. She fights using a
hand-held fan.
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:A
ninja
A or was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of a ninja included reconnaissance, espionage, infiltration, deception, ambush, bodyguarding and their fighting skills in martial arts, including ninjutsu.Kawakami, pp ...
who serves the
Sanada clan
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. He is the only playable character who fights barehanded.
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. He is the only playable character who fights barehanded.
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:A masked ninja who is also a serial killer. He wields a claw on one hand and a crescent-shaped blade on the other.
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:A stern-looking underground professional wrestler with a title "Reggie the Black Hole" who wishes to be on the front stage with his younger brother. He wields a
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:A tonfa-wielding female warrior who seeks to save her ill mother. In her ending, her mother is saved.
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:A sinful monk who seeks material wealth. He fights using his
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:A smug spear-wielding warrior.
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:The comical leader of a tribe of monkeys living in Monkey Mountain. He wields two large blades which are equipped under his sandals.
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:A large warrior in dark purple and red armor who wields a bladed
wielding knight.
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:The final adversary in the single-player mode. A computer-only character. An evil sorcerer who seeks to rule the world.