Like many other fighting games of this type, the home versions are always packed with extra modes, and Fighting Climax is no exception. This port is based on the latest arcade release of Fighting Climax Ignition 2.1, so all of the gameplay Improvements and extra characters added since the initial arcade debut are included here.
All of the characters retain their personalities from the respective Manga they star in, and it’s great watching them interact with each other while fighting. It is really cool to see these Sega Characters as animated sprites, rather than polygons for the very first time.Īll of the fighting locations are based on Sega characters as well, with backgrounds designed to look like the worlds of Sonic the Hedgehog, Phantasy Star Online, and even NiGHTS into Dreams. Ultimately, depending on how the story progresses, Zetsumu will take the form of Akira Yuki and Pai Chan from Virtua Fighter or Selvaria Bles and Alicia Melchiott from Valkyrie Chronicles, who become playable after you defeat them. You choose one main fighter and another “assist” character (for jump in attacks only) and battle against other teams until you reach the final battle. This evil entity takes the form of your opponents in 9 battles as your progress through your characters individual storyline. It seems a dark presence named Zetsumu is trying to steal the dreams of the world’s inhabitants. These characters are summoned into the Sega World by “Denshin”, a character based on the Sega Dreamcast console. release (copyright works a bit differently here), but when it does happen, it’s truly a joy to behold.įighting Climax features characters from the “Dengeki Bunko” novel trade, a series of Manga published by ASCII Media Works. Now, North American fighting game fans have the chance to play as it’s finally being released outside the land of the rising sun! It’s not every day that a game featuring so many licensed characters like this gets a U.S. It received even more attention with its subsequent home release for both the PS3 and the PS Vita. It wasn’t until its recent upgrade “Ignition” that players began to take notice of what Sega and Ecole have unleashed.
In a sea of beautifully animated 2D fighting games such as Guilty Gear and BlazBlue, Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax received moderate attention in Japanese arcades.
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