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Ehrgeiz
, fully titled ''Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring'', is a 3D fighting video game developed by DreamFactory and published by Namco in 1998 for the arcade platform. It was first ported to the PlayStation and published by Square Co. in 1998, then to Japan's PlayStation Network by Square Enix in 2008. The game includes characters from ''Final Fantasy VII''. Cloud Strife and Tifa Lockhart are playable in the arcade and the PlayStation versions; in addition, Sephiroth, Yuffie Kisaragi, Vincent Valentine, and Zack Fair were added to the PlayStation version's roster. Gameplay Battle system ''Ehrgeiz'' differs from most 3D fighting games by drawing heavily from the concepts of wrestling games and Dream Factory's own ''Tobal'' series, which allows for full 360-degree movement and does not require fighters to be facing one another at all times. This restricts the camera to a more or less fixed position, zooming in and out with the action, but not tracking around the arena as would be comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloud Strife
is a fictional character and the main protagonist of Square's (now Square Enix's) 1997 role-playing video game ''Final Fantasy VII'', its high-definition remake, and several of its sequels and spinoffs. In ''Final Fantasy VII'', Cloud is a mercenary claiming to be formerly of SOLDIER, a group of elite supersoldiers employed by the Shinra Electric Power Company, a megacorporation responsible for draining the life from the planet. Cloud joins the resistance group AVALANCHE in the fight against Shinra, and driven by a feud with his former superior, the primary antagonist Sephiroth, Cloud learns to accept his troubled past and adapts to his role as a leader. Cloud reappears as the protagonist in the 2005 computer-animated sequel film, '' Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'', in which he fights a new threat composed of a trio attacking his allies while also dealing with his own terminal illness, "Geostigma". He acts in a supporting role in other ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tifa Lockhart
is a character (arts), character who debuted in Square (video game company), Square's (now Square Enix) 1997 role-playing video game ''Final Fantasy VII''. She was created as a foil to her teammate Aerith Gainsborough by members of the development team including director Yoshinori Kitase and writers Kazushige Nojima and Tetsuya Nomura; Nomura additionally contributed her visual design. She has since appeared as a playable fighter in ''Ehrgeiz'' and the ''Dissidia Final Fantasy'' series and made cameo appearances in several other titles, such as ''Kingdom Hearts II'' and ''Itadaki Street''. Beginning in 2005, she has featured in sequels and spinoffs as part of the ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'' series, including the Computer-generated imagery, computer-animated film ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Advent Children'' and the ''Final Fantasy VII Remake'' project. Tifa is the childhood friend of Cloud Strife, the protagonist of ''Final Fantasy VII''. She is owner of the 7th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuffie Kisaragi
is a video game character from Square Enix's ''Final Fantasy'' series. Designed by Tetsuya Nomura, she was first introduced in the 1997 role-playing video game ''Final Fantasy VII'' as a young female ninja princess and thief. She can become one of the game's player characters after finishing a special sidequest. Yuffie reappears in the ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'' series, expanding her background and showing her after the events of the original game. Yuffie has further been featured in other Square Enix games, most notably the ''Kingdom Hearts'' crossover series, voiced by Yumi Kakazu in the Japanese versions of the games. In the English versions, Christy Carlson Romano provides her voice for ''Kingdom Hearts'' and '' Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'', and Mae Whitman is Yuffie's voice for ''Kingdom Hearts II'', '' Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII'' and '' Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind''; she is voiced by Suzie Yeung in ''Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade''. The chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DreamFactory
is a Japanese video game developer founded in 1995, based out of Tokyo. They are best known for developing Fighting game, fighting and beat 'em up games, such as the ''Tobal No. 1'' fighting game series and the high-profile PlayStation 2 launch title ''The Bouncer (video game), The Bouncer'', both developed under Square (video game company), Square Co. The company's chairman, Seiichi Ishii, is an industry veteran who served as an early designer and director for two fighting game franchises: ''Virtua Fighter (series), Virtua Fighter'' (published by Sega) and ''Tekken (series), Tekken'' (published by Namco). Products Video games Arcade *''Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring'' (1998) *Kenju (2005) PlayStation *''Tobal No. 1'' (1996) *''Tobal 2'' (1997) *''Ehrgeiz: God Bless the Ring'' (1998) PlayStation 2 *''The Bouncer (video game), The Bouncer'' (2000) *''Crimson Tears'' (2004) *''Yoshitsuneki'' (2005) *''Fighting Beauty Wulong'' (2006) *''Appleseed EX'' (2007) Xbox *''Ultimate Figh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zack Fair
is a fictional character in the ''Final Fantasy'' role-playing video game series by Square Enix (originally Square), first introduced as a non-player character in ''Final Fantasy VII'' (1997). Zack later appears in the ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'' works '' Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII'', '' Last Order: Final Fantasy VII'', '' Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'' and, most prominently, '' Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII'', a prequel to the original game of which he is the main character, and which expands greatly on his backstory. Although Zack is already dead at the start of ''Final Fantasy VII'', is rarely mentioned and only appears late into the story via flashbacks, he is a crucial part of the game's story, as Cloud Strife, the main character, unknowingly confused parts of his own past with Zack's following traumatic events involving the two and Sephiroth; while Cloud originally believes himself to be a member of the paramilitary organization SOLDIER, the military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Valentine
is a player character in Square's (now Square Enix) 1997 role-playing video game ''Final Fantasy VII''. Designed by Tetsuya Nomura, he also appears in various titles from the ''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII'', a metaseries set in the ''Final Fantasy VII'' continuity. Specifically, he is the protagonist in the 2006 third-person shooter '' Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII'' and its mobile phone tie-in '' Dirge of Cerberus: Lost Episode''. Vincent is voiced in Japanese by Shōgo Suzuki and in English by Steven Blum. In the backstory to ''Final Fantasy VII'', Vincent is a Turk who is assigned to guard the scientist Lucrecia Crescent, with whom he falls in love. After a series of scientific experiments involving the cells of the extraterrestrial lifeform Jenova, Crescent gives birth to the game's antagonist, Sephiroth. Soon thereafter, Vincent himself became a test subject to experiments performed by Lucrecia's fellow research boss, Professor Hojo, resulting in genetic mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sephiroth (Final Fantasy)
is a Character (arts), fictional character in the ''Final Fantasy'' series, and the main antagonist of ''Final Fantasy VII'' developed by Square (video game company), Square (now Square Enix). Character designer Tetsuya Nomura conceived and designed Sephiroth as an antagonist to—and direct physical opposite of—the game's main character, Cloud Strife. The character was voiced by voice actor Toshiyuki Morikawa in Japanese. In English, Sephiroth has been voiced by Lance Bass in ''Kingdom Hearts (video game), Kingdom Hearts'' (2002), and by George Newbern in both ''Kingdom Hearts II'' (2005) and the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Compilation of ''Final Fantasy VII'' metaseries (2004-present). For the ''Final Fantasy VII Remake'' project, Newbern was succeeded in the role by Tyler Hoechlin, coincidentally another actor who previously portrayed the character Superman. Hoechlin also reprises the role in the remastered ''Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion'' (2022), r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seiichi Ishii
Seiichi Ishii (石井 精一 ''Ishii Seiichi'', born 18 August 1967) is a Japanese game designer. He is best known for the development of fighting games. Ishii was born in Ichinomiya, Aichi, Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He was a designer on groundbreaking Sega titles ''Virtua Racing'' and ''Virtua Fighter (video game), Virtua Fighter''. Ishii was also a designer and director for the first ''Tekken (video game), Tekken'' game in 1994 and ''Tekken 2'' in 1995. He established his own company, DreamFactory, DreamFactory Co., Ltd. in November 1995, through Sega, Sega Enterprises Ltd. and Namco, Namco Ltd., expanding his fighting game pedigree to create titles such as ''Tobal No. 1'', ''Ehrgeiz'', and ''The Bouncer (video game), The Bouncer''. Games developed External links * 1967 births Living people Japanese video game designers People from Aichi Prefecture {{videogame-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetsuya Nomura
is a Japanese video game artist, designer and director working for Square Enix (formerly Square). He designed characters for the ''Final Fantasy'' series, debuting with ''Final Fantasy VI'' and continuing with various later installments. Additionally, Nomura has led the development of the '' Kingdom Hearts'' series since its inception in 2002 and was the director of the 2005 film '' Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children''. Early life Nomura's father influenced his interest in art and games early on, creating little drawings and unique Sugoroku board games for him. Nomura started drawing at the age of three years and developed his own Sugoroku games during his elementary school years. As a child, he spent much of his free time playing baseball, swimming, fishing and building fortresses. When he was in middle school, his father told him that an era of computers would come and bought him his own computer. Nomura played ''Legends of Star Arthur: Planet Mephius'' on it and start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takayuki Nakamura
is a Japanese video game music composer and musician, who has contributed to ''Virtua Fighter'', ''Tobal 2'', ''Ehrgeiz'', the ''Lumines (pronounced as "Loo-min-ess") is a puzzle video game series developed by Q Entertainment. The core objective of the games is to survive by rotating and aligning 2×2 blocks varying between two colors to form 2×2 squares of a single color whic ...'' series, and '' Rodea the Sky Soldier''. He is the director of Brainstorm Co. Ltd., along with being the publisher of video game music albums including "LUMINES remixes winter" and "L.II remixes". Works References External linksOfficial websiteOfficial blogSiliconera interview with Takayuki Nakamura 1967 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Final Fantasy VII
is a 1997 role-playing video game developed by Square for the PlayStation console. It is the seventh main installment in the ''Final Fantasy'' series. Published in Japan by Square, it was released in other regions by Sony Computer Entertainment and is the first in the main series with a PAL release. The game's story follows Cloud Strife, a mercenary who joins an eco-terrorist organization to stop a world-controlling megacorporation from using the planet's life essence as an energy source. Events send Cloud and his allies in pursuit of Sephiroth, a former member of the corporation who seeks to destroy the planet. During the journey, Cloud builds close friendships with his party members, including Aerith Gainsborough, who holds the secret to saving their world. Development began in 1994, originally for the Super Famicom. After delays and technical difficulties from experimenting on several real-time rendering platforms, Square moved production to pre-rendered video, necessi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PlayStation Network
PlayStation Network (PSN) is a digital media entertainment service provided by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Launched in November 2006, PSN was originally conceived for the PlayStation video game consoles, but soon extended to encompass smartphones, tablets, Blu-ray players and high-definition televisions. This service is the account for PlayStation consoles, accounts can store games and other content. As of April 2016, over 110 million users have been documented, with 106 million of them active monthly as of the end of March 2022. PlayStation Network's services are dedicated to an online marketplace (PlayStation Store), a premium subscription service for enhanced gaming and social features (PlayStation Plus), music streaming (PlayStation Music, based on Spotify) and formerly a cloud gaming service (PlayStation Now; folded into PlayStation Plus Premium in June 2022). The service is available in 73 territories. History Launched in the year 2000, Sony's second home console, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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