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"Power Stone" refers to the following:

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[[caption-width-right:350: Looks like Wang Tang is getting a different set of Power Stones charged up...]]

''Power Stone'' is a MascotFighter video game series created by {{Capcom}}. Beginning with the first game in 1999, ''Power Stone'' received only one sequel, ''Power Stone 2'', the following year. The two games were released for the arcade and ported to the SegaDreamcast, and later to the PlayStationPortable. It also received a [[Anime/PowerStone 26-episode anime adaptation]].

Gameplay in the ''Power Stone'' series is unconventional, at least compared to the [[StreetFighter many]] [[CapcomVsWhatever other]] [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} fighting]] [[RivalSchools games]] by {{Capcom}} itself. For starters, fights take place in 3-D arenas. Items appear throughout the levels, such as weapons and the titular power-ups-slash-[[MacGuffin MacGuffins]] power stones. When a fighter collects three of these, he or she transforms into a powered form for a limited time.

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!!This series contains examples of:

* AdaptationDyeJob: Rouge's top was re-colored from blue in the games to white in the anime.
* TheAnimeOfTheGame: A 26-episode series was aired in 1999.
* BellyDancer: As if dressing like and being said to be a belly dancer weren't sexy enough, Rouge uses [[DanceBattler a fighting style that is]] ''[[DanceBattler based]]'' [[DanceBattler on her belly dancing]].
* CapcomVsWhatever: One of only two Capcom franchises to have never appeared in a CapcomVsWhatever proper (the other being the ''BreathOfFire'' series). Made even more bizarre that this is the sole ''fighting game series'' by Capcom that has never appeared in a CapcomVsWhatever involving their own intellectual property.
** Falcon does get a few cameos, though; he appears in a stage for CapcomVsSNK2MarkOfTheMillennium, and in UltimateMarvelVSCapcom3 he is a collectible card.
** Falcon, Rouge, Wang Tang, Ryoma and Ayame also appeared in the first two ''CardFightersClash''.
* CaptainErsatz: Wang Tang is a fairly blatant {{homage}} to a certain {{shonen}} [[DragonBallZ anime hero]].
* ChefOfIron: Wangtang and Gourmand.
* ConfusionFu: [[CrazyAwesome Jack]].
* DanceBattler: Rouge.
* DeathCryEcho
* DubNameChange: His name is "Fokker" in Japanese and "Falcon" in English. [[UnfortunateImplications Guess why]].
** It's averted in the anime, but they gave him an excuse: Fokker is his family name. His real name is Edward.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Julia from ''[=PS2=]'' is a brightly-colored variant
* ExcusePlot[=/=]LeftHanging: The second game has a plot that's AllThereInTheManual about how each character is looking into their own personal quest/mystery. ''None'' of them are ever alluded to in the actual game, let alone resolved.
* FireBreathingDiner: One of Rouge's Power Drive attacks.
** And Gourmand is a Fire Breathing ''[[InvertedTrope chef]]''. Go figure.
* [[FiveManBand Four Man Band]]
** TheHero: Falcon
** TheLancer / TheBigGuy: Ryoma
** {{The Chick}}s: Rouge and Ayame
* FreeFloorFighting
* GangUpOnTheHuman: Power Stone 2's adventure mode. Interestingly, other modes involving multiple coms do NOT engage in this behavior, suggesting the devs put it in adventure mode on purpose.
* GoshHornet: The beehive item.
* HighAltitudeBattle
* HumongousMecha: The Pharaoh Walker boss in the second game.
* InterestingSituationDuel
* IstanbulNotConstantinople: Not only old place names, but ''misspelled'' names as well ("Londo", "Mahdad"). Either that or it's just a twisted case of BlandNameProduct.
* ItemCrafting: In Power Stone 2, combining weapons and items unlocks new ones. Some require in-game [[GuideDangIt guides]] and/or sheer luck.
* JokeCharacter: In Power Stone 2, it is possible to play as Mel the shopkeeper. Why you would want to, however...
** Because [[MagikarpPower her super mode is AWESOME]].
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Galuda
* MacrossMissileMassacre: One of Falcon's transformed-state attacks fits this to a tee.
* MascotFighter
* MonsterClown: Jack, [[AllThereInTheManual apparently]].
* MsFanservice: Rouge, in case you hadn't figured that out already.
* NationalStereotypes: Almost every single character in this game is a walking, talking, fighting stereotype. Not even justified, it makes early 90's StreetFighter games look culturally sensitive.
* {{Ninja}}: Ayame
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Kraken the cyborg pirate.
** And Accel the shapeshifting robot cowboy.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A knife-wielding maniac named 'Jack' who likes to rip things? Nah, me neither...
* PowerMakeover
* {{Retraux}}: The intro.
* RocksFallEveryoneDies: In Power Stone 2, if the players take too long to kill each other, meteors rain down and reduces everyone's health to 1 and sudden death starts. Taking too long to kill each other in sudden death will have even ''more meteors'' rain down and finish everyone off, ending in a draw.
* {{Samurai}}: Ryoma.
* ScrewTheRulesIHavePlot: You need three power stones to transform. Not in the anime, apparently.
* ShamuFu: The Frozen Tuna weapon.
* ShoutOut: Some of the transformations look awfully familiar, like [[DragonBallZ Wang-Tang's]], [[RoninWarriors Ryoma's]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Galuda's]], and [[FantasticFour Gunrock's]].
** The [[VideoGame/MegaMan Mega Buster]] is a craftable and usable weapon in the second game.
** Capcom's first arcade title is called ''Vulgus''. The final boss of ''Power Stone'' is called Valgas, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS and the two names are identical in Japanese]]. Hmm...
* SNKBoss: '''''Valgas.''''' Aside from the fact that beating him may require several tries with difficulty set to 1 (with a maximum of ''[[BeyondTheImpossible eight]]''), what makes him so cheap is that not only his grab can make you lose ''two'' Power Stones at once, but said stones also tend to ''bounce out of your reach '''and''' right next to him'', with him usually entering his SuperMode while you're still getting back up. The fact his OneWingedAngel is actually ''[[ClippedWingAngel weaker]]'' than him [[AnticlimaxBoss (with obvious results:]] "Final Valgas" can be easily beaten ''at the first try'') shouldn't surprise anyone.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: If you thought Rouge's default BellyDancer outfit was cute, [[UpToEleven wait until you see her transformed.]]
* SwordBeam: Powered-up Ryoma has several variants of this.
* TransformationSequence
* TransformationTrinket: The power stones.
* WingedHumanoid: Mel's powered-up form is one of these.
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** The [[MegaMan Mega Buster]] is a craftable and usable weapon in the second game.

* RocksFallEverybodyDies: In Power Stone 2, if the players take too long to kill each other, meteors rain down and reduces everyone's health to 1 and sudden death starts. Taking too long to kill each other in sudden death will have even ''more meteors'' rain down and finish everyone off, ending in a draw.
* TransformationSequence
* TransformationTrinket: The power stones.

*** Falcon, Rouge, Wang Tang, Ryoma and Ayame also appeared in the first two ''CardFightersClash''.

''Power Stone'' is a video game series created by {{Capcom}}. Beginning with the first game in 1999, ''Power Stone'' received only one sequel, ''Power Stone 2'', the following year. The two games were released for the arcade and ported to the SegaDreamcast, and later to the PlayStationPortable. It also received a [[Anime/PowerStone 26-episode anime adaptation]].

** The series finally got some recognition in UltimateMarvelVSCapcom3, Falco appears as a small cameo in Hawkeye's ending.

CharacterSheet is in the works.

* CaptainErsatz: Wang Tang is a fairly blatant {{homage}} to a certain {{shonen}} [[DragonBallZ anime hero]], [[RanmaOneHalf Or two]].

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Falcons father is named Pride. 'Falcon' is a surname, meaning the full name is "Pride Falcon".

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[[caption-width-right:350: Looks like Wang Tang is getting a different set of [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean Power Stones]] charged up...]]

* ShoutOut: Some of the transformations look awfully familiar, like [[DragonBallZ Wang-Tang's]], [[RoninWarriors Ryoma's]], [[StreetFighterII Galuda's]], and [[FantasticFour Gunrock's]].

Gameplay in the ''Power Stone'' series is unconventional, at least compared to the [[StreetFighter many]] [[CapcomVsWhatever other]] [[{{Darkstalkers}} fighting]] [[RivalSchools games]] by {{Capcom}} itself. For starters, fights take place in 3-D arenas. Items appear throughout the levels, such as weapons and the titular power-ups-slash-[[MacGuffin MacGuffins]] power stones. When a fighter collects three of these, he or she transforms into a powered form for a limited time.

** Capcom's first arcade title is called ''Vulgus''. The final boss of ''Power Stone'' is called Valgas. Hmm...

* TheAnimeOfTheGame: A 26-episode series was aired in 1999. As with most cases of this, YourMileageMayVary.

* CaptainErsatz: Wang Tang is a fairly blatant {{homage}} to a certain {{shounen}} [[DragonBallZ anime hero]].
** [[RanmaOneHalf Or two]].
*** [[{{Xenogears}} Or three]].