Line #7 VideoGame/KenseiSacredFist


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3	A FightingGame developed by Creator/{{Konami}} Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published in 1998 exclusively for the Platform/PlayStation.
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5	At first glance, the combat system seems to be reminiscent of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}''[='=]s, but it differs in that the overall pacing is much slower and less arcade-like, requiring a more methodical, strategic approach. ButtonMashing won't get you nearly as far here as it will in many comparable fighters. The game sports a large, colorful variety of characters with several unique methods of attack seldom seen in standard fighting games at the time (including MMA-style ground n' pound techniques, directional chain grapples like those found in straight pro-wrestling games, and the ability to keep fighting while prone), along with highly detailed graphics and character models that are some of the better ones seen on the original [=PlayStation=] hardware.
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7	The game is worth tracking down for serious fighting game fans.
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10	!!This Game Provides Examples Of:
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12	* AWinnerIsYou: Prepare for ''massive'' disappointment if you attempt to play this game for its story. There's no cutscenes, no rival battles, no story progression of ''any'' sort, and when you clear arcade mode with one character in hopes of obtaining their ending? All you get credits over a montage of everybody getting their asses kicked. ''Thank You For Playing!''
13	* AIBreaker: The computer is programmed to always attack as it's rising from a knockdown, which is remarkably easy to exploit since "always" directly translates to "predictable."
14	* AllThereInTheManual: Sort of like the original ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'', there is a plot, but nothing in the game really hints at it.
15	* BadassInANiceSuit: Arthur.
16	* ButNotTooForeign: A few characters not hailing from Japan are still half-Japanese.
17	* {{Expy}}: Practically every character has a hidden complementary fighter to unlock who uses a similar style.
18	* GenkiGirl: Saya.
19	* {{Gonk}}: Zhou, who's quite possibly the least intimidating [[TheDragon Dragon]] in fighting game history.
20	* GroinAttack: Several characters use them, but Cindy is the most noteworty for her really, ''really'' [[OrgasmicCombat getting into]] the act of destroying her opponent's crotch.
21	* JokeCharacter: Jelly and Billy, a pair of well-dressed fellows who happen to have the heads of a parrot and penguin, respectively.
22	* {{Ninja}}: Hyoma and his sister Kazane, who styles herself as a {{miko}}, but is actually a kunoichi.
23	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Douglas is a dead ringer for actor and martial artist Creator/StevenSeagal, right down to the loudly-patterned suits.
24	* {{Shotoclone}}: Yugo. He looks like what would happen if [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]] and [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Kazuya Mishima]] somehow had a kid.
25	* SpinningPileDriver: David has one sorta. He can smack someone over the head to turn them around and give them 4 flipping German Supplexes in a row. He finally uses all that momentum to leap up into a flying piledriver (though there's no spinning in the air). This brutal attack will wipe out almost all of an opponent's health and in the demo theatre, poor Ann is the victim of this special combo.
26	* StoutStrength: Zhou is a squat, chunky guy with poor range and speed but can hit pretty hard.

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