Line #4 Trivia/FightingEXLayer


1	* CompanyCrossReferences: Shirase is also the name of a rather infamous super-speed ''VideoGame/TetrisTheGrandMaster 3'' mode. The ''TGM'' series is also developed by Creator/{{Arika}}.
2	* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: To both the ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' series and to ''VideoGame/FightingLayer'', itself a successor of sorts to the first ''EX'' game that featured Allen and Blair among its lineup.
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4	%% Do we have any official confirmation on Terry's VA being Satoshi Hashimoto as opposed to Takashi Kondo? If so, The Original Darrin applies here.
5	* TheOtherDarrin:
6	** Hokuto/Shirase and her Bloody Hokuto form are now voiced by Yuka Igarashi, rather than Creator/YuriAmano. [[spoiler:With the later reveal that "Hokuto" is actually the modern-day Nanase, with Sanane essentially being her BodyDouble, one could say Creator/MegumiOgata's role was likewise Darrin'd.]]
7	** Due to the death of Creator/KanetoShiozawa in 2000, Kairi is now voiced by Yoshitaka Kure.
8	** Naoki Sagawa provides the voice of Garuda instead of Osamu Hosoi.
9	** Hosoi's other role in the ''EX'' series (and ''Fighting Layer''), Allen Snider, has been recast to Daisuke Yokota.
10	** Like Allen, Blair's previous VA in ''[=EX1=]'' and ''Fighting Layer'', Hikari Tachibana, has been replaced in favor of Rui Tanabe.
11	** Jack goes from Creator/BanjoGinga to Yoshimitsu Shimoyama.
12	** Similar to Kairi, Shadowgeist's voice is provided by Tobby Uehara, as his original VA Creator/IemasaKayumi passed away in 2014.
13	** Hayate is voiced by Creator/TakumaTerashima. The Hayate in ''[=EX2=]'' was Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa. Technically a subversion, as the two are considered separate characters, with one being the descendant of the other.
14	* RoleReprise: Whereas the majority of the ''EX'' [[Characters/StreetFighterEX cast]] [[TheOtherDarrin have new voices in this game]], there are four characters to date who retain their original [=VAs=] from that series: Skullomania (Issei Futamata), Darun Mister (Creator/TakashiNagasako), Doctrine Dark (Creator/WataruTakagi), and Nanase/[[SignificantAnagram Sanane]] (Creator/MegumiOgata). [[spoiler:That last example would later turn out to be a RedHerring, as Sanane is an IdenticalStranger of Nanase's hailing from their clan's branch family who just so happens to [[UncannyFamilyResemblance share Nanase's appearance]] (and voice), and even had Nanase's memories implanted in her. The real Nanase is this game's Hokuto.]]
15	* SequelGap: Though it is more of [[CreatorDrivenSuccessor a successor]] to either title featuring most of the [[OriginalGeneration original faces]] than an outright sequel, ''Fighting EX Layer''[='s=] release comes a little over 18 years after ''VideoGame/{{Street Fighter EX}}3'' and about 19-and-a-half years after ''VideoGame/FightingLayer''.
16	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
17	** ''Fighting EX Layer'' was originally supposed to feature battles taking place on a 3D plane, just like in ''Fighting Layer'', but was changed later in development to TwoAndAHalfD.
18	** ''Fighting Sample'' was pitched as a [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS]] followup to ''VideoGame/FightingLayer''.
19	* WorkingTitle: The game was known as ''Mysterious Fighting Game'' for a while until Arika decided on the new title.

Context Trivia / FightingEXLayer