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released at the Comic Revolution 31 convention in May 2002 by Watanabe Seisakujo (now

French-Bread is a Japanese video game developer founded in 1995 as . Originally a dōjin circle, French Bread became well known for their work in 2D fighting games, particularly the ''Melty Blood'' series. In recent years, they worked on other licensed-based ...

). The name of the game is a take on "'' Groove on Fight''", which is a sequel of the '' Power Instinct'' series, though other than that the two games have very little in common. The game was developed to test routines that the programmer would use in ''

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Characters

The game features characters from various sources, including

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, dating sims, other doujin, and a company mascot. When the game is played for the first time, only five characters are available. Three more will be unlocked when the player progresses through the game (which are the three last opponents in the game), making a total of eight playable characters. Initial characters: * Ayu Tsukimiya (from Kanon) * Ciel (from

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) * Dejiko (from

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) * Ecoco (company mascot of

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) * Seika Mori (from

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) Unlockable characters: * Satsuki Yumizuka (from

) * Akiko Minase (from Kanon) * Ayaka Kurusugawa (from

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) There were two Flash videos by the character designer of this game and

Ragnarok Battle Offline ''Ragnarok Battle Offline'' is a beat 'em up game for Microsoft Windows created by dojin soft developer French-Bread. The soundtrack is composed by Raito of Lisa-Rec. It is a homage and a spoof of the massively multiplayer online role-playing ...

, of . They were called "Glove on Fight" and "Glove on Fight 2".

Sequel

A sequel to Glove on Fight called was released on August 16, 2008.

References

External links

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Insert Credit's review of Glove on FightNTSC-uk looks at Glove on Fight and other Doujin games
2002 video games Doujin video games Crossover fighting games Japan-exclusive video games Video games developed in Japan Windows games Windows-only games {{boxing-videogame-stub