History VideoGame / FightingVipers

As of 2012, now [[NoFourthWall you]] too can experience this gem on your UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and/or UsefulNotes/XBox360 with Sega's [=Model2=] Collection series of arcade games on UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade for only $5. And finally, Honey gets un-dummied in this game's cartoony and goofier version of itself starring [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog everyone's favorite blue hedgehog]] in the [=Model2=] Collection's re-release of ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters''.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Than its sister series, ''Virtua Fighter''. The action is rougher and more brutal, and the fighters here can suffer some rather deadly fates. If they get KO'd with an uppercut, they can land on the edge of the wall and break their spine on it, and breaking the walls in certain stages will send them plummeting to their doom, with a loud thud being heard at the victory screen.

* {{Bishonen}}: Tokio. Some official wallpapers even depict him shirtless in a sexy pose.
* BonusBoss: Kuhn in the second game.

* BoobsOfSteel: With the exception of Emi, all of the girls have a large bust and very tough in their own right.

* {{Expy}}: Bahn is essentially [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jotaro Kujo.]]

* DummiedOut: [[http://archive.li/6SZ4j Sonic, Tails and Takashi Iizuka.]]

* JailBait: Honey is very cute, very buxom and wears a {{Stripperiffic}} outfit underneath her armor. She's also only 16. Averted in the sequel where she's 18.

As of 2012, now [[NoFourthWall you]] too can experience this gem on your UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and/or UsefulNotes/XBox360 with Sega's [=Model2=] Collection series of arcade games on UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade for only $5. And finally, Honey gets un-dummied in this game's cartoony and goofier version of itself staring [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog everyone's favorite blue hedgehog]] in the [=Model2=] Collection's re-release of ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters''.

* GuestFighter: Advertising/{{PEPSIMAN}}!! Only in the original Japanese Sega Saturn release, sadly.

* ProductPlacement: Advertising/{{Pepsiman}} and Picky's Pepsi skateboard in the first game.

* AssKicksYou: Many of Honey's moves use her posterior as a weapon.
** Sanman has two or three as well.

* {{Expy}}: Bahn is essentially [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Jotaro Kujo.]]

'''''Fighting Vipers''''' is a 3D FightingGame series created by Creator/{{Sega}}'s [=AM2=] development team (of ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' fame) in [[TheNineties 1995]]. A sequel was released in 2001, and in the interim between the two games the [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover casts of both FV and VF appeared in the Sega Saturn-only]] ''VideoGame/FightersMegamix''. Gameplay is similar to its sister series, albeit faster, more forgiving in the control department, and has the addition of armor-breaking moves that soften up opponents and create weak points. Unlike the ''Virtua Fighter'' series, the arenas are walled, but the walls can be busted down if opponents are slammed against them enough times using the armor-break moves.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Sega of America removed a wallpaper from the home port of the game featuring Honey stripped down to her undergarments (basically, what you see when you break all her armor).

* MythologyGag: Honey the Cat actually appears in the opening FMV for the Saturn version, but with a different color scheme. She appears alongside [[VideoGame/SonicTheFighters Tails' Rocket]].

* ChainedByFashion: Raxel's armor makes heavy use of chains for whatever reason.

* BonusBoss: Kuhn in the second game.

* DeathOrGloryAttack: The Super KO in ''Fighting Vipers 2''. Doing it requires you to have no armor but land it and you will win two points instantly, which will end the entire match in a standard ThreeRoundDeathmatch.