Line #30 VideoGame/FightingLayer


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4	->''"Are you right? Are you ready? GO!"''
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6	''Fighting Layer'' was developed in 1998 by game company Creator/{{Arika}} and published by both Arika and [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] as an attempt to create a similar game to Arika and Capcom's modest-success, ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'', without having it tie in with the game's ExcusePlot or the Creator/{{Capcom}}-owned characters. The game includes Allen Snider and Blair Dame, both characters from the first ''EX'' game. Debuting with this series:
7	* Tetsuo Kato, SpiritedCompetitor and AntiHero
8	* George Jensent, police officer
9	* Hong Gillson, Tae Kwon Do specialist
10	* Lan Yinghua, [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent high school student]]
11	* Janis Luciani, weapon-toting assassin
12	* Exodus, [[GarbageWrestler hardcore]] {{heel}} pro-wrestler
13	* Shang Fenghuang, thief and self-taught fighter
14	* Jig Jid Bartol, Mongolian sumo wrestler
15	* Sessyu Tsukikage, {{ninja}}
16	* Cappricio, tribal WitchDoctor
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18	Along with them are three [[SecretCharacter unlockable bosses]]:
19	* Joe Fendi, boxer and ex-prize fighter
20	* Clemence Keliber, legendary power wrestler
21	* Preston Ajax, [[ShellShockedVeteran shell shocked]] {{cyborg}}
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23	As well as unplayable characters:
24	* Knight, a giant sentient suit of armor
25	* Tiger, Shark and Hawk, a giant [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin tiger, shark and hawk respectively]]
26	* Vold Ignitio, the BigBad
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28	The game played similar to ''Street Fighter EX'' but with the addition of multiple ways of getting to the FinalBoss (the stage progression is mapped out with multiple routes converging at several areas).
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30	The game was only released in Japanese arcades and none of the characters (besides Allen and Blair) were ever featured in another Arika or Namco property. It's rare for someone (even in Japan) to know about the game, let alone have played it. So yeah, it's [[SarcasmMode a little bit obscure]].
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32	It has a SpiritualSuccessor called ''VideoGame/FightingEXLayer'', only with the characters Arika created for ''Street Fighter EX'' ([[GuestFighter and]] [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry Bogard]]). However, on a good note, some of the game's music are in there if selected in that game's option setting on "Extra" in FEXL.
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35	!! This game provides examples of:
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37	* AnnouncerChatter: The announcer is pretty much [[LargeHam a mesquite smoked ham]] who screams every time a super is done.
38	* AnimalAthleteLoophole: Tiger, Shark, and Hawk, natch.
39	* {{Expy}}: Hong Gillson is a blatant rip off of [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Hwoarang]]. Let's see, a youthful but arrogant Korean Taekwondo Fighter with dyed reddish hair and a headband? His name seems to be based on Korean folk hero Hong Gildong.
40	* IslandBase: South Island.
41	* LimpAndLivid: Vold goes into this during the second round.
42	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Exodus bears a striking resemblance to {{Wrestling/Goldust}}.
43	* SharedUniverse: With ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX''.
44	* SNKBoss
45	** Vold, especially in the second round in which any attack that doesn't catch him off guard results in him swapping positions with you and countering you with your own move.
46	** The True Lance Knight that you get to fight at the end of the game if you did exceptionally well. He's the Knight you fought as a midboss on steroids. Before you can even fight him you have to clear a [[PressXToNotDie Quick Time Event]]. If you fail you get to start the fight with reduced health. He does a good amount of chip damage with his lance on block, and a whole lot of damage if he hits you. He's also nigh invulnerable. The only attacks that do any substantial damage to him are throws, but you only get an opportunity to throw him if you stun him, which requires you to hit him with repeated attacks, and aside from the rare throw chance, he does not flinch from ''any'' attack. And best of all, you only get one try to beat him.
47	* {{Transplant}}: Allen and Blair, who were in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' previously. Since Arika owns the characters rather than Capcom, they never returned to the ''EX'' series after this game (though both reappearing in the sequel ''Fighting EX Layer'' means they managed to outlast the EX characters who never transitioned to the main ''Street Fighter'' series).
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