History VideoGame / SurvivalArts

'''''Survival Arts''''' is an arcade-exclusive[[note]]It was about to get [[UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} SNES]] and [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Genesis]] ports but were canceled.[[/note]] 2D FightingGame developed by Scarab (who would take another knack at the genre with ''VideoGame/BattleMonsters''), released in 1993 by Sammy. While it uses digitized graphics and blood and gore[[note]]instead of expected [[FinishingMove Fatalities]] however, the game has some of the moves obliterate the opponent on critical health, a bit like Brutalities in modern ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatX Mortal]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 Kombat]]'' games.[[/note]] is present, it would be a misnomer to call it a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' ripoff, as the gameplay is more modeled towards the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' mold, complete with the 6-button layout.

!!This game provides examples of:

* AlienBlood: Kane bleeds green.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Kane - being an alien - has gray skin.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Dantel. Gunner thinks so, according to the latter's bio.

* BoomHeadshot: It is possible to induce this.

* ColonelKilgore: Mongo's is basically this, as his bio states.

* DivingKick: Hanna has one, it's a bit odd to land.
* EightiesHair: Dantel is rocking this, proudly.
* EyeBeams: Dantel has this as a special move, and he fire the beams either straight or in two non-standard paths.
* FamilyMan: As his ending cut-scene shows, Kane fathers two kids.
* FiringInTheAirALot: Mongo's victory pose involves this.

* {{Heel}}: Santana is described to be a villainous wrestler in his attract screen bio.
** HeelFaceTurn: In his ending, he decides to take off his mask and become a face, or, in his words:
---> ''"Yes, from now on I will be a good fighter!"''

* IllKillYou: Mongo says the last two words of this during his machine gun attack. He also utters YOU DIE during his flame thrower attack.

* ImAHumanitarian: The FinalBoss Dantel, who is said to be eating the flesh of powerful people [[ImmortalityImmorality for immortality]].
* KatanasAreJustBetter: A Katana is the second strongest weapon that can be obtained during the fight (second only to the pistol). Tasha comes armed with a katana of her own.

* KnockbackEvasion: The game has an early example of throw teching in the genre. When a fighter gets thrown, one falls while spinning, and when the command for throws is inputed, the spin gets frozen. If you'd time it right to point feetfirst to the ground, the character would be able to get a smooth landing without taking any damage.
* MaskedLuchador: Santana - aptly enough a heel wrestler - is stylized after these.

* {{Shoryuken}}: Tasha has an anti-air special styled after this, and the only special move like that in the entire game. That also happens to be her ''only'' special move, which makes up for it being quite powerful.
** Yes, this also means the game's {{Shotoclone}} Viper lacks one.
* {{Shotoclone}}: Viper mostly fits this build with his martial artist background, a projectile attack, and his interesting spins on the HurricaneKick. Oddly enough he lacks an {{Shoryuken}}, having an [[DashAttack Elbow Dash]], RapidFireFisticuffs and an aerial [[DivingKick Diving Punch]] instead.

* SwissArmyWeapon: Mongo's gun is cappable of being used as [[MoreDakka a machine gun]], and has also an under-slung [[ShockAndAwe taser]] and a [[KillItWithFire flame thrower]], and that's not even half of his special movelist.

* TurnInYourBadge: [[spoiler: Gunner describes himself as unable to carry on his duties as a Police Officer after killing his partner. It is a bit ambiguous on whenever the partner in question happens to be someone in the character's backstory, or was Dantel the former cop.]]

* WallCrawl: Hiryu is capable of doing this.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: Spandex pants and shoulder bands are all Kane ever wears, [[DoesNotLikeShoes not even shoes]]. Santana is only barely more conservatively dressed.

* BareYourMidriff: Despite also wearing a body stocking, Tasha's design involves this.

* {{Shoryuken}}: Tashia has an anti-air special styled after this, and the only special move like that in the entire game. That also happens to be her ''only'' special move, which makes up for it being quite powerful.

* {{Heel}}: Santana is one.
** HeelFaceTurn: The above does this on his ending.

* RapidFireFisticuffs: [[{{Shotoclone}} Viper]] and Kane have this as one of their special moves, while Mongo and [[FinalBoss Dantel]] have rapid fire stabs.

* SNKBoss: As goofy as his design is, Dantel is certainly no joke. He sports quite a roster of life-shredding attacks, including a [[RapidFireFisticuffs Rapid Fire Sword Stabs]], a Bowling Ball Morph, [[KillItWithFire a fire breath]], EyeBeams, [[MindOverMatter telekinetic throws]], and he cannot get knocked down.

'''''Survival Arts''''' is an arcade-exclusive[[note]]It was about to get [[UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} SNES]] and [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Genesis]] ports but were canceled.[[/note]] 2D FightingGame developed by Scarab (who would take another knack at the genre with ''VideoGame/BattleMonsters''), released in 1993 by Sammy. While it uses digitized graphics and blood and gore[[note]]instead of expected [[FinishingMove Fatalities]] however, the game has some of the moves obilerate the opponent on critical health, a bit like Brutalities in modern ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatX Mortal]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 Kombat]]'' games.[[/note]] is present, it would be a misnomer to call it a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' ripoff as the gameplay is more modeled towards the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' mold, complete with the 6-button layout.

One notable feature is cribbed from a BeatEmUp genre: the ability to get weapons from stages and use them, replacing the standing fierce punches.

* BareYourMidriff: Despite also wearing a bodystocking, Tasha's design involves this.

* BlindedByTheLight: One of many mongo's special moves involves him making the screen flash.

* DesolationShot: Mongo's stage is a ruined, schorched city that wouldn't look out of place in ''Franchise/TheTerminator''.

* FamilyMan: As his ending cutscene shows, Kane fathers two kids.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: A Katana is the second strongest weapon that can be obtained during the fight (second only to the pistol). Tasha comes armed with a Katana of her own.

* MoreDakka: Mongo is cappable of firing a straight stream of bullets out of gun as a special move. The FinalBoss Dantel is cappable of doing the same with [[HandBlast his fingers]].

* ShockAndAwe: Hanna has this weird vibrating special move taht generates electric shocks. There's also Mongo's taser.

* SwissArmyWeapon: Mongo's gun is cappable of being used as [[MoreDakka a machine gun]], and has also an underslung [[ShockAndAwe taser]] and a [[KillItWithFire flame thrower]], and that's not even half of his special movelist.

* TurnInYourBadge: [[spoiler: Gunner describes himself as unable to carry on his duties as a Police Officer after killing his partner. It is a bit ambigious on whenver the partner in question happens to be someone in the character's backstory, or was Dantel the former cop.]]

* UnusableEnemyEquipment: Downplayed. Gunner can't pick up pistols (not like he needs to considering he has a gun of his own), and neither Tasha nor Mongo can pick up any weapons at all (not like they need to with their own Katana and SwissArmyWeapon respectively).
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: [[spoiler: Hanna's ending has shades of this, "realizing that she was left alone. No one coudl bring back her family and she was to spend her remaining days alone, lost deep in thought."]]

* WallCrawl: Hiryu is cappable of doing this.

'''''Survival Arts''''' is an arcade-exclusive[[note]]It was about to get [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoSystem SNES]] and [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Genesis]] ports but were canceled.[[/note]] 2D FightingGame developed by Scarab (who would take another knack at the genre with ''VideoGame/BattleMonsters''), released in 1993 by Sammy. While it uses digitized graphics and blood and gore[[note]]instead of expected [[FinishingMove Fatalities]] however, the game has some of the moves obilerate the opponent on critical health, a bit like Brutalities in modern ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatX Mortal]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 Kombat]]'' games.[[/note]] is present, it would be a misnomer to call it a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' ripoff as the gameplay is more modeled towards the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' mold, complete with the 6-button layout.