History VideoGame / GlobalChampion

''Global Champion'', [[MarketBasedTitle known as]] ''Kaiser Knuckle'' in Japan, is a 1994 FightingGame by Creator/{{Taito}}. It was released during the fighting game trend of the 1990s that began with Creator/{{Capcom}}'s ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. Despite the arcade game showing highly-detailed and unique content, it didn't catch enough attention to become successful and [[NoExportForYou never got a home version]].[[labelnote:*]](Or at least that was the case until 2022, when it (specifically the [[UpdatedRerelease Dan-Ku-Ga version)]] was included on the Taito Egret II mini console.)[[/labelnote]]

* UpdatedRerelease: ''Dan-Ku-Ga'', which would have turned much of the two-button basic attacks into "one button and a direction" moves, would have given the characters a third color set along with modified movesets, nerfed the General's AI and made the first two boss characters Gonzales and Azteca playable. However, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen it was discontinued before release]]. The prototype was dumped onto the internet as a ROM however.

''Global Champion'', [[MarketBasedTitle known as]] ''Kaiser Knuckle'' in Japan, is a 1994 FightingGame by Creator/{{Taito}}. It was released during the fighting game trend of the 1990s that began with Creator/{{Capcom}}'s ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. Despite the arcade game showing highly-detailed and unique content, it didn't catch enough attention to become successful and [[NoExportForYou never got a home version]].[[labelnote:*]](Or at least that was the case until 2022, when it (specifically the [[UpdatedRerelease Dan Ku-ga version)]] was included on the Taito Egret II mini console.)[[/labelnote]]

''Global Champion'', [[MarketBasedTitle known as]] ''Kaiser Knuckle'' in Japan, is a 1994 FightingGame by Creator/{{Taito}}. It was released during the fighting game trend of the 1990s that began with Creator/{{Capcom}}'s ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''. Despite the arcade game showing highly-detailed and unique content, it didn't catch enough attention to become successful and [[NoExportForYou never got a home version]].

* DifficultyByRegion: While a PerfectPlayAI in the Japanese version, the General's difficulty was {{nerf}}ed significantly in the NTSC and PAL versions to make him easier to beat.

* UpdatedRerelease: ''Dan-Ku-Ga'', which would have turned much of the two-button basic attacks into "one button and a direction" moves, would have given the characters a third color set along with modified movesets, and made the first two boss characters Gonzales and Azteca playable. However, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen it was discontinued before release]]. The prototype was dumped onto the internet as a ROM however.

* {{Stripperific}}: Liza and Lihua's outfits. One's a {{Fur Bikini}} while the other as shown by the above art gives Lihua's thighs a nice view.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Gekkou, Liza, Boggy, and [[RollingAttack Azteca]].

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Variant. There are six buttons involving a three-punch, three-kick basis. If you press two punch or kick buttons, you'll find extra basic attacks. But, there's one thing that plays straight to this trope: If you go to the dip switches, you can set the number of buttons from 6 to 5, causing the weak attack buttons to become block buttons.

* PlayingWithFire[=/=]ShockAndAwe: Most stages feature "power zones" where your character can enhance one of his or her special moves with a certain element.

* [[UpdatedRerelease Updated Unrelease]]: ''Dan-Ku-Ga'', which would have turned much of the two-button basic attacks into "one button and a direction" moves, would have given the characters a third color set along with modified movesets, and made the first two boss characters Gonzales and Azteca playable. However, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen it was discontinued before release]]. The prototype was dumped onto the internet as a ROM however.

* SNKBoss: The General, not known to be beaten officially until '''''2009'''''. He hangs outside the range of most attacks while having enough speed and reach to hit you before you can react, has an all-directional fireball attack, will go absolutely ballistic if you try to defend to the point of using a fireball to put you into blockstun before slide-kicking you before you can recover, and can use TeleportSpam to dodge any attack he desires. He can even teleport into a grab or teleport ''behind the player'' and hit them before they're allowed to react. Every single possible advantage he can have, right down to PerfectPlayAI, he has.

* SNKBoss: The General, not known to be beaten officially until '''''2009'''''. He hangs outside the range of most attacks while having enough speed and reach to hit you before you can react, has an all-directional fireball attack, will go absolutely ballistic if you try to defend, and can use TeleportSpam to dodge any attack he desires. He can even teleport into a grab or teleport ''behind the player'' and hit them before they're allowed to react. Every single possible advantage he can have, right down to PerfectPlayAI, he has.

-->''"I am a perfect soldier!"''\\
-- '''[[SNKBoss General]]'''

These days, it's known for its [[SNKBoss legendarily hard]] FinalBoss. Has no connection to the weapon named Kaiser Knuckle from ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''.

These days, it's known for its [[SNKBoss legendarily hard]] FinalBoss. Has no connection to the weapon named Kaiser Knuckle from ChronoTrigger.

These days, it's known for its [[SNKBoss legendarily hard]] FinalBoss.

''Global Champion'', sometimes known as Kaiser Knuckle, is a 1994 FightingGame by {{Taito}}. It was released during the fighting game trend of the 1990s that began with {{Capcom}}'s VideoGame/StreetFighterII. Despite the arcade game showing highly-detailed and unique content, it didn't catch enough attention to become successful and [[NoExportForYou never got a home version]].

These days, it's known for it's legendarily hard FinalBoss.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Variant. There are six buttons involving a three-punch three-kick basis. But if you press two punch or kick buttons, you'll find extra basic attacks. But, there's one thing that plays straight to this trope: If you go to the dip switches, you can set the number of buttons from 6 to 5, causing the weak attack buttons to become block buttons.
** In Dan-Ku-Ga, most basic attacks performed with two buttons are now performed with a joystick direction plus ''one'' button.

* MarketBasedTitle: Known as Kaiser Knuckle in the Japanese version.
* PlayingWithFire and ShockAndAwe: Most stages feature "power zones" where your character can enhance one of his or her special moves with a certain element.
** Gekkou's desperation move also plays with fire while Boggy's shocks.

* ShowsDamage: The backgrounds do this, thanks to a successful hit of a special move whilst having a full power gauge.[[note]]In Japan, that gauge is also labeled "Crush" instead of "Power".[[/note]]
* [[UpdatedRerelease Updated Unrelease]]: Dan-Ku-Ga, which would have turned much of the two-button basic attacks into "one button and a direction" moves, would have given the characters a third color set along with modified movesets, and made the first two boss characters Gonzales and Azteca playable. However, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen it was discontinued before release]]. The prototype was dumped onto the Internet as a ROM however.

-->''"I am a perfect soldier!''\\