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developed and published by

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, released on their Konami Cobra arcade board. It is Konami's second attempt in the 3D fighting game market, after their '' Lightning Legend: Daigo no Daibouken'' in 1996.

Gameplay

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'', ''Fighting Bujutsu'' utilizes a control scheme consisting of a control stick and three buttons: Punch, Kick, and Guard. A Beginner Mode maps combo techniques to individual buttons.

Development and release

''Fighting Bujutsu'' was unveiled as one of the first games powered by the Konami Cobra System Hardware (the other being ''Racing Jam'') in a 10-minute videotape shown at the 1997 ASI arcade show. At this point it had no working title, and was referred to only by the codename "PF 573". It was shown again at that year's JAMMA show, by which time it was named ''Fighting Wu-Shu''.''Fighting Bujutsu''
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'', there was "some question of how (or if) to present 'Fighting Wu-Shu''to the U.S. market." The game made its U.S. debut, now under the title ''Fighting Bujutsu'', at the AMOA Expo in Atlanta in October 1997. It appeared in the UK at the January 1998

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in London. On January 21, 1998, an official soundtrack of ''Fighting Bujutsus

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was published by Konami and distributed by King Records exclusively in Japan as .

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Fighting Bujutsu'' on their November 15, 1997 issue as being the eighth most-successful dedicated arcade game of the month.

References

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