Fighting Vipers

Fighting Vipers is a fighting game published by Sega and developed by Sega AM2 for the Arcades followed by a Sega Saturn port later on.

The game was re-released on the PlayStation 2 via a compilation on the console called Sega Ages.

It was later digitally ported on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 via PlayStation Network and Xbox Live respectively in 2012 as part of the Sega Model 2 Collection.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Unlike Virtua Fighter, another 3D fighting game by Sega, the gameplay in this game is a lot more fast-paced and a lot more intuitive.
 * 2) The game has a very unique gameplay mechanic which gives each character an armor, because you can destroy a certain portion of the opponent's armor, and you can even remove it, making the character faster, though more vulnerable to damage.
 * 3) Thanks to the Sega Model 2 engine, the graphics in the arcade version are visually stunning and hold up pretty well to this day. The Playstation Network and Xbox Live rereleases are also very good due to being faithful to the arcade version. Though inferior, the Sega Saturn version still looks pretty good.
 * 4) The character roster is pretty cool and has a good quantity of fan-favorites like Bahn, the mascot of the game who heavily resembles Jotaro Kujo from mh:besttvshows:Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Candy (also known as Honey in Japan), the sex symbol of the game, and a guest character known as Pepsiman, who was the mascot of Pepsi at the time.
 * 5) The music is catchy and fits the tone and atmosphere of the game quite well.
 * 6) The mechanic where you can K.O. your opponent through the wall is very satisfying.
 * 7) The Sega Saturn version has some additional content like Training, Playback, and Vs. Battle, as well as some Japan-exclusive features like Candy's School and Hawaiian costumes, and Pepsiman as a playable character.
 * 8) The pictures of the characters' endings are very nice to look at, and they can even be seen in Gallery, if you ever want to see them again without going through Arcade Mode.
 * 9) The fanservice is very entertaining, too, especially Honey and Grace when you destroy their armor completely, thus revealing their skimpier outfits, and Honey's Japan-exclusive costumes.
 * 10) The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 ports include online multiplayer, and Ranked Mode, for those who wanna play the game with others around the world.
 * 11) Tons of unlockable content, such as destroying Honey's skirt after winning 100 matches in a row.
 * 12) There are modes that change how the game plays, like Normal Mode, which plays just like the arcade version, Arrange Mode, which balances the game to suit the Sega Saturn version, and Hyper Mode, which lets you remove your armor so much easier, and can go hyper for one round per match.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Though a good quantity of characters, the roster is relatively small.
 * 2) The Saturn-exclusive content are absent from Sega Ages, and the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 rereleases.
 * 3) Some of the content is censored in the West, like the endings of Honey and Grace, while the Japanese version is still in tact.
 * 4) Limited amount of alternate colors, as each character has a default color and only one alternate palette.
 * 5) Removing your armor can be pretty difficult, because you have to enter a complicated button combination to do so. Thankfully, in Hyper Mode, you can do it a lot easier.

Trivia

 * 1) Some of the characters from this game have made cameos in other games. For example, Honey appeared in Sonic Fighter as an anthropomorphic cat, and Bahn appeared as an assist character in Project X Zone 2.

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