History VideoGame / FightingMasters

* WhipItGood:
** D I O is capable of using his arms and legs as whips.
** Also Mastodon, who attacks with his trunk.

''Fighting Masters'' is an obscure FightingGame developed for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis / Mega Drive by Almanic Corp, and published on August 17th 1992 by TRECO, on the wake of other more successful games such as ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'', or ''VideoGame/FatalFury''.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Subverted. The statistics of the characters depict them as gigantic sixty-something-feet gladiators, but sadly, the contrast with the generic backgrounds make them look normal-sized.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: All characters have in their arsenal at least one move such as a grapple, a throw, a suplex, a powerbomb, a piledriver, etc. Apparently this is the main core of gameplay, given how normal attacks do barely noticeable damage, whereas grapple moves do massive amounts of damage.
* YourSizeMayVary: Once again, the characters look human-sized despite the statistics depicting them as colossal sixty-something-feet giants.

* ActionGirl: Morin, the local [[ChainmailBikini bikini-clad]] AmazonianBeauty who fights with DualTonfas.

%%* DualTonfas: Morin's .

* DualTonfas: Morin's WeaponOfChoice.

* EasierThanEasy / HarderThanHard: Extra difficulty levels can be unlocked via a cheat code.

* SNKBoss: Valgasu. His lifebar is slightly longer than anyone else's (Even Xenon), he has long range with his normals and moves very fast, making it very probable that he grabs you; his grapple moves deal unforgivable amounts of damage and, if you're unlucky enough, he'll grab you again without giving you any chance of escaping, effectively emptying your lifebar in a matter of seconds. Compared to him, [[DifficultySpike The previous battles feel pretty easy.]] Fortunately, he suffers the same [[AIRoulette AI issue]] as the other characters, making him relatively easy to defeat if you know how to deal with him.

* TeleportersAndTransporters: Apparently the competitors are transported to the arenas via one of these. But we only see the light depositing them.

This is subverted in the Japanese version, where the story is a bit more complete: The galaxy is in danger, because [[EvilOverlord a powerful warlord]] and resident BigBad, named [[ALoadOfBull Lord Valgasu]], is bent on conquering the entire galaxy, and has brainwashed the strongest champion of eleven races; your character is the last "[[PerfectlyCromulentWord deinwashed]]" warrior who [[ForGreatJustice fights for justice]], and has to snap the other competitors out of their trance, to finally challenge Lord Valgasu in a final bout.

* ALoadOfBull: The FinalBoss, Lord Valgasu, is a minotaur-like creature, and likes to ram at you.

--> --'''OpeningNarration of the US version.'''

* ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway: At least, the ''Galaxy Far Far Away'' part. It's clear thar the game takes place far away from Earth, but the time is not so clear.

** Uppercut, a boxer, has an uppercut as one of his most powerful attacks.
** And we also have Mastodon (Renamed in the Mega Drive version as Elepha), who is a humanoid mastodon (Actually an elephant, but close enough).
** Same goes for Rotundo (Medusa in the Mega Drive version), who is a humanoid jellyfish ([[GratuitousSpanish "Medusa" is spanish for "jellyfish"]]).
** And Equus, who is a [[MixAndMatchCritters humanoid horse]], [[GeniusBonus An Equine]].

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Xenon.

** And Equus, who is a humanoid horse ([[GeniusBonus An Equine]]).

You can see reviews of the game [[http://retrovania-vgjunk.blogspot.com/2012/12/fighting-masters-genesis-megadrive.html here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP7jl1__KJY here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okkOhX1bB-k here]], just expect a lot of yelling for the latter.

* JungleJapes: Arena 1 resembles a tropical forest, with a lake and mountains in the background.

* MonsterArena: Arena 3, although it seems to be completely empty, except for the opponents.

* {{Acrofatic}}: Rotundo is fairly chubby.

* [[CoolHorse Cool Humanoid Horse]]: Equus.

* TheNumberOfTheBeast: Valgasu's statistics show that he weighs 6660 pounds. Granted, he's a [[SNKBoss freaking beast]].

''Fighting Masters'' is an obscure FightingGame developed for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis / Mega Drive by Almanic Corp, and published on August 17th 1992 by TRECO, on the wake of other more successful games such as StreetFighterII, MortalKombat1, or VideoGame/FatalFury.

* ActionGirl: Morin.

* SNKBoss: Valgasu. His lifebar is slightly longer than anyone else's (Even Xenon), he has long range with his normals and moves very fast, making it very probable that he grabs you; his grapple moves deal unforgiveable amounts of damage and, if you're unlucky enough, he'll grab you again without giving you any chance of escaping, effectively emptying your lifebar in a matter of seconds. Compared to him, [[DifficultySpike The previous battles feel pretty easy.]] Fortunately, he suffers the same [[AIRoulette AI issue]] as the other characters, making him relatively easy to defeat if you know how to deal with him.

* WhipItGood: D I O is capable of using his arms and legs as whips.
** Also Mastodon, who attacks with his snout.

* SNKBoss: Valgasu. His lifebar is slightly longer than anyone else's (Even Xenon), he has long range with his normals and moves very fast, making it very probable that he grabs you; his grapple moves deal unforgiveable amounts of damage and, if you're unlucky enough, he'll grab you again without giving you any chance of escaping emptying your lifebar in a matter of seconds. Compared to him, [[DifficultySpike The previous battles feel pretty easy.]] Fortunately, he suffers the same [[AIRoulette AI issue]] as the other characters, making him relatively easy to defeat if you know how to deal with him.

* HumanAliens / TokenHuman: Played straight and subverted, respectively. Dirk and Morin are the only human-like characters. Whether they're from Earth or they're just human-like aliens is never made clear.

* XMeetsY: The game can be described as the SaturdayMorningCartoon version of a [[GladiatorGames gladiator game]].

-> ''[[StarKilling A giant red sun will go Nova within hours...]]''\\
''[[JustBeforeTheEnd 12 Star systems inhabited by sentient beings will be destroyed.]]''\\
''[[TheOmnipotent An omnipotent race, known only as the Primaries]], declare their power to save one civilization from extinction.''\\
''To win the right to survive, each race must choose a champion strong enough to compete in [[GladiatorGames a tournament to the death.]]''\\
''[[ThereCanBeOnlyOne Only one warrior can emerge triumphant...]]''

''Fighting Masters'' is an obscure FightingGame developed for the SegaGenesis / Mega Drive by Almanic Corp, and published on August 17th 1992 by TRECO, on the wake of other more successful games such as StreetFighterII, MortalKombat1, or VideoGame/FatalFury.