Line #7 VideoGame/BattleMonsters


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2	[[caption-width-right:308:Round 1.....BATTLE!]]
3	A 1995 UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn exclusive somewhat-platform based FightingGame developed by Scarab (their second attempt at the genre after ''VideoGame/SurvivalArts''), released in Japan by Naxat Soft and in the U.S. by Creator/{{Acclaim}}.
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5	It falls into the category of the considerably large line-up of fighters that are considered ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' 'rip-offs'; however, this game only seems to take inspiration from ''Mortal Kombat'' aesthetic (dark tones, digitized sprites and a minor amount of blood), but little-to-nothing Gameplay-wise. Ironically enough, this game actually plays more like ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' than ''Mortal Kombat'' games; it doesn't even have {{F\|inishingMove}}atalities.
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7	The selection of characters is very odd, ranging from a headless knight to a ghost to a two-midgets-duo. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The game was called Battle Monsters, so that was to be expected]].
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9	Received a [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual sequel]] in 1996's VideoGame/KillingZone for Platform/PlayStation.
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11	!!This game provides examples of:
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13	* ArtificialHuman: La Pa, a human-sized doll with a [[DanceBattler ballet-based fighting style]].
14	* BaldMystic: Kap Ka, a magician who has no need for hat nor hair.
15	* BadassNormal: Within a cast that involves a ghost, a cyclops-like beasts, a pair of twins, a human-sized ballerina doll, a skeleton warrior with WildHair, a HeadlessHorseman, a gorgon, a FrankensteinsMonster, a [[BeastMan Bird-man]] and a wizard, Shion is a regular human who gets quite a milage out of his swordsman skills, being the one character without any projectile attacks.
16	%% * BarbarianHero: Makaryudo.
17	* BeAllMySinsRemembered: Albiole, with his ending quote:
18	--> ''Cursed specter though I be, I shiver in the joy of victory.''
19	* BeastMan: Skythe is a half-man, half-bird fellow.
20	* CaptainErsatz: Makaryudo. Frequently indicated as a [[Franchise/MortalKombat Shao Kahn]] knock-off due to the helmet.
21	* {{Cephalothorax}}: Drethdok is a borderline case, with his one-eyed face making up at least half of the spiky body.
22	* CrystalBall: Kap Ka [[ImprobableWeaponUser fights with these]].
23	* DemBones: Fangore, the Mohawk-donning skeleton swordsman.
24	* DetachmentCombat: Fangore's crouching forward "punch" and kick normals involve him shooting his head and leg out respectively before coming back to him.
25	%% * DumbMuscle: Fangore. "Me win, me surpreme!"
26	* ElementalPowers: The Big 4 are essentially personifications of water, fire, wind and earth.
27	%% * EstablishingCharacterMoment: '''Anyone's''' endings. The characters are not given dialogue or, hell, even '''backstories''' otherwise.
28	%% * EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: Fangore, Albiole to an extent.
29	%% * EvilLaugh: Naga.
30	* EyepatchOfPower: As evidenced by his Bio portrait, Shion dons one.
31	* ExtremeOmnivore: Drethdok's throw involves him getting quite a few chunky bites out of his opponent, regardless of whenever the victim would be [[ImAHumanitarian a human]], a skeleton or even a barely corporeal entity.
32	* FastballSpecial: Chilli & Pepper have a special move that involves one of the twins tossing another at the opponent.
33	* FeatherBoaConstrictor: Naga holds a snake like this, and in fact uses one as a weapon.
34	%% * FollowTheLeader: ''Battle Monsters'' is regularly accused of falling into this trope.
35	* FrankensteinsMonster: Deathmask is based on this mold, with a little bit of [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] thrown in.
36	* GorgeousGorgon: Naga is not too bad looking for a Snaky-haired lady.
37	* HammeredIntoTheGround: Deathmask has a special move that allows him to do this to his opponents, which he'd then pull them out and launch them up.
38	* HealingFactor: Drethdok is cappable of regenerating his health when both the punch and kick buttons are held.
39	%% * HeWhoFightsMonsters: Shion, Makaryudo
40	* InevitableTournament: The backstory of the game itself is that every character in the roster is fighting for a place in the 'Dark Kingdom'.
41	* {{Kiai}}: Shion, during some of his attacks where he belts out something akin to 'NANANANANANA...NAWWWWW!'
42	* LosingYourHead: Headless Harn is a curious take on a HeadlessHorseman, literally using his own detached head as a weapon that he holds by a ponytail. He re-attaches his own head for his ending cinematic.
43	* MagicCarpet: Kap Ka has a special move that involves him floating on a magic carpet, from which he'd be able to deliver [[DivingKick a descending drop kick.]]
44	* MesACrowd: Kap Ka's super move involves him summoning a crowd of miniature MagicCarpet riding clones of himself.
45	%% * MightyGlacier: Deathmask
46	%% * MirrorMatch: Is technically the sub-boss.
47	%% * PaletteSwap: The Big 4 themselves.
48	* PrimalChestPound: Drethdok's taunt animation involves this.
49	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Albiole, a wraith cappable of casting lightning in his attacks.
50	* RingOut: Headless Harn's stage - the Hungry Cave - consists of a platform surrounded by pits that house the Venus Flytrap-like things that devour any unfortunate fighter that would fall in. This provides the game's only StageFatality.
51	%% * RuleOfCool: The innovative stage designs, atmosphere and character design are sometimes deemed to fall into this trope.
52	* ScreamingWarrior: Makaryudo emits a Tarzan-like scream in his victory pose.
53	* SingleMindedTwins: Chilli & Pepper, being a pair of Caveman twins that together form a "single" "character".
54	* SinisterScimitar: Fangore's weapon of choice. Also welded by the more heroic Shion.
55	* ShapeShifter: Harn inexplicably turns into Drethdok in one of his special moves. Naga can also shapeshift into a hydra-like double snake in her super move.
56	%% * SlasherSmile: [[http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/saturn/a/bmhea.htm Harn's ending.]]
57	* ShieldBash: Fangore can do this as one of his basic moves.
58	* SlideAttack: Chilli & Pepper has a variation that has one of the twins do a sliding kick while another does a jumping kick at the same time.
59	* SnakePeople: Naga is a downplayed example as her humanoid form doesn't have a snake lower half (except for her running animation).... but then she has a super move that has her shapeshift into a literal two-headed/tailed snake.
60	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Half of the roster have had their names changed in the non-Japanese exports of the game.
61	** Drethdok = Strawbelly Jam
62	** Fangore = Ki-Ba
63	** Headless Harn = Heart Heat Harn
64	** Kap Ka = Kaf Ka
65	** La Pa = La Fa
66	** Skythe = Kuja
67	%% * StupidEvil: Fangore
68	* TeensAreMonsters: La Fa, as she is apparently 17 and in her ending, takes immense joy in hearing the 'cries of the vanquished'.
69	%% * TokenHuman: Shion, Makaryudo
70	* UseYourHead: Fangore can use his head as a buzzsaw as a normal move, and can turn it into a spinning flame as a special move. And that's to say nothing of Harn literally using his own head as a weapon.
71	%% * UnfazedEveryman: Shion, Makaryudo
72	%% * VisibleInvisibility: Jinnee of the Big 4.
73	%% * WalkingShirtlessScene: - Harn, Skythe, Makaryudo
74	* WolverineClaws: Makaryudo's weapon of choice, mixed with a buckle that also holds a Bow underneath.

Context VideoGame / BattleMonsters