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Fighting game A fighting game, also known as a versus fighting game, is a video game genre, genre of video game that involves combat between two or more players. Fighting game combat often features mechanics such as Blocking (martial arts), blocking, grappli ...
s are characterized by close combat between two fighters or groups of fighters of comparable strength, often broken into rounds or stocks. If multiple players are involved, players generally fight against each other. Note: Games are listed in a "common English title/alternate title - developer" format, where applicable.


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Fighting games that use 2D sprites. Games tend to emphasize the height of attacks (high, medium, or low), and jumping. *''
Aggressors of Dark Kombat ''Aggressors of Dark Kombat'', known in Japan as or ''GanGan'', is a 1994 fighting arcade game developed by Alpha Denshi Corp. (ADK) and published by SNK. It was also released on SNK's Neo Geo AES and Neo Geo CD home consoles, and in later d ...
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Tecmo , was a Japanese video game corporation founded in 1967. It had its headquarters in Kudankita, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Its subsidiary, Tecmo Inc, was located in Torrance, California. Tecmo was formerly known as Tehkan. Tecmo is known for the ''Captain ...
*'' Akatsuki EN-Eins'' series - Subtle Style **''Akatsuki Shisei Ichigō'' **''Akatsuki Blitzkampf'' **''Akatsuki Blitzkampf Ausf. Achse'' **''EN-Eins Perfektewelt'' **''EN-Eins Perfektewelt Anastasis'' *'' Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match'' / Examu *'' Arcana Heart'' series -
Examu Examu, formerly known as Yuki Enterprise, was a Japanese video game company founded in 2000. It mostly produced fighting games for arcades and home consoles. It is known for owning Team Arcana, the developer of the original intellectual property ...
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Arcana Heart 2 is a 2D arcade fighting game series developed by Team Arcana (originally co-owned with its former parent company Examu). The first edition was released to arcades (mostly in Japan, but a few in other countries) in late 2007. The games feature ...
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Arcana Heart 3 is a 2011 2D arcade fighting game developed by Team Arcana (the first three updates co-developed with Examu (formerly Yuki Enterprise)) and published by Arc System Works. It is the third entry in the ''Arcana Heart'' series, following the events ...
'' **''Arcana Heart 3: Love MAX!!!!!'' **''Arcana Heart 3 Love Max: Six Stars!!!!!!'' **''Arcana Heart 3 Love Max: Six Stars!!!!!! XTEND'' *''
Art of Fighting is a fighting video game trilogy that were released for the Neo Geo platform in the early 1990s. It was the second fighting game franchise created by SNK, following the ''Fatal Fury'' series and is set in the same fictional universe as a pr ...
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SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
**''Art of Fighting'' **''Art of Fighting 2'' **''Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior'' *''
Astra Superstars is a 1998 2D versus fighting arcade game illustrated and designed by SANTACLAUS, developed and published by Sunsoft, and distributed by Tecmo in Japan on June 6, 1998. It is Sunsoft's fourth fighting game after the 1994 Super Famicom ''Hebere ...
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Sunsoft , stylized as SUNSOFT, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Sunsoft is the video games division of Japanese electronics manufacturer Sun Corporation. Its U.S. subsidiary operated under the name Sun Corporation of America, though, a ...
*''Asura'' series - Fuuki **'' Asura Blade: Sword of Dynasty'' **'' Asura Buster: Eternal Warriors '' *''
Asuka 120% is a Japanese bishōjo fighting game series developed by Fill-in-Cafe and published by FamilySoft. It is set in a school where members of school clubs fight each other in a fighting tournament. Originally released on the FM Towns home personal ...
series'' **''Asuka 120% Burning Festival'' - Fill-in-Cafe **''Asuka 120% Excellent Burning Festival'' - Fill-in-Cafe / FamilySoft **''Asuka 120% Maxima Burning Festival'' - Fill-in-Cafe **''Asuka 120% Special Burning Festival'' - FamilySoft **''Asuka 120% Limited Burning Festival'' -
Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...
**''Asuka 120% Final Burning Festival'' - FamilySoft / SUCCESS **''Asuka 120% Return Burning Festival'' - FamilySoft *''
Avengers in Galactic Storm is a 1995 fighting arcade game developed and published by Data East. It features a single or two-player story mode or multiplayer head-to-head mode, and was the first modern fighting game to feature assistant characters commonly referred to by ...
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Data East , also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game, pinball and electronic engineering company. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, and released 150 video game titles. Its main headquarters were located in Suginami, Tokyo. The A ...
*''Aazohm Krypht'' - Logitron *''Bangkok Knights'' - System 3 *''
Battle Blaze is a 1992 medieval fighting game released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System by Sammy Studios. Players use swords, morningstars, knives, and other weapons to beat up their opponents. The player can either play in a colosseum or on ...
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7th Level 7th Level was a video game development company based in Dallas, Texas and founded in 1993. Notable game titles by the company include: the three Monty Python games (with the aid of Python member Eric Idle); '' G-Nome'' (1997), a '' MechWarrior'' ...
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Battle K-Road is a one-on-one fighting arcade game developed by Psikyo in 1993 and released as well as published under Jaleco's partnership in Japan for the arcades in 1994. Gameplay The game focuses mostly on reality fighting rather than fictional fight ...
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Psikyo Psikyo was a Japanese video game developer and publisher known for its shoot 'em ups and undressing mahjong games. It was founded in 1992 by former Video System staff who worked on the ''Aero Fighters'' series. Psikyo was mainly an arcade game de ...
*''Battle Master: Kyuukyoku no Senshitachi'' - System Vision *''
Battle Monsters is a versus fighting game developed by feelplus, Scarab for the Sega Saturn. It was originally published by Naxat Soft in Japan and later published in North America and Europe by Acclaim Entertainment. Similar to Atari Games, Atari's Pit-Fighte ...
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Naxat Soft Kaga Create Co., Ltd. was a Japan-based video game developing and publishing division of Kaga Electronics. The company initially released games for the PC Engine (known as the TurboGrafx-16 in North America). It later released titles for a wide ...
*''BattleCry'' - Home Data *''
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Palace Software Palace Software was a British video game publisher and Video game developer, developer during the 1980s based in London, England. It was notable for the ''Barbarian'' and ''Cauldron'' series of games for 8-bit home computer platforms, in particu ...
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Palace Software Palace Software was a British video game publisher and Video game developer, developer during the 1980s based in London, England. It was notable for the ''Barbarian'' and ''Cauldron'' series of games for 8-bit home computer platforms, in particu ...
*''Best of Best'' - SunA *''Bible Fight'' - This is Pop *''
Big Bang Beat ''Big Bang Beat - 1st Impression -'' is a dōjin fighting game made by NRF based on the eroge ' by AliceSoft (sometimes Alice Soft) was established in 1989, as an eroge developer and publisher for the computer market, first for the PC-88 and ...
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Bikini Karate Babes ''Bikini Karate Babes'' is a 2002 2D fighting video game that uses digitized graphics, developed by Creative Edge Studios. It features an all-female cast of 19 fighters, all clad in bikinis and played by real actresses. The game was developed as ...
'' - Creative Edge Studios *'' Black Belt'' - Earthware Computer Services *''
Black Hole Assault is a fighting video game developed by Micronet co., Ltd. for the Sega Mega-CD in 1992. The game is the sequel to Micronet's Heavy Nova, though focusing entirely on Fighting Game elements. Story It has been forty years since Humans fought the A ...
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Blandia is a weapons-based versus fighting game developed and released into video arcades by Allumer in 1992. It is the sequel to Allumer's ''Gladiator''. Along with Strata's ''Time Killers'', ''Blandia'' is one of the earliest weapon-based fighting ga ...
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Allumer , was a video game production company, established in February 1978 and headquartered in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. The company suspended business in October 5, 1999. In February 2023, Japanese video game publisher Hamster Corporation acquired the righ ...
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BlazBlue ''BlazBlue'' is a fighting video game series developed and published in Japan by Arc System Works, and later localized in North America by Aksys Games and in Europe by Zen United. An anime adaptation aired in Autumn 2013. The series has sold 1. ...
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Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
**'' BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger'' **''BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Portable'' **'' BlazBlue: Continuum Shift'' **''BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II'' **'' BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale'' **''BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend'' **'' BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma'' **'' BlayzBloo: Clone Phantasma'' **''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend'' **'' BlazBlue: Central Fiction'' **'' BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle'' *'' Blood Warrior / Ooedo Fight'' -
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BloodStorm ''BloodStorm'' is a 1994 arcade fighting game published by Strata and developed by Incredible Technologies. It is considered a quasi-sequel to '' Time Killers''. ''BloodStorm'' was dubbed as a possible "'' Mortal Kombat''-killer" in an attempt ...
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Incredible Technologies Incredible Technologies (IT) (formerly Free Radical Software (FRS)) is an American designer and manufacturer of coin-operated video games and Class III casino games, based in Vernon Hills, Illinois. The company's most widely used product is the ...
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Body Blows ''Body Blows'' is a 1993 fighting game, developed and published by Team17 for Amiga. A version for MS-DOS followed the same year. The game has been compared to ''Street Fighter II''. It was followed by '' Body Blows Galactic'' and '' Ultimate Bod ...
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Body Blows ''Body Blows'' is a 1993 fighting game, developed and published by Team17 for Amiga. A version for MS-DOS followed the same year. The game has been compared to ''Street Fighter II''. It was followed by '' Body Blows Galactic'' and '' Ultimate Bod ...
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Team17 Team17 Group plc is a British video game developer and publisher based in Wakefield, England. The venture was created in December 1990 through the merger of British publisher 17-Bit Software and Swedish developer Team 7. At the time, the two co ...
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Body Blows Galactic ''Body Blows Galactic'' is a fighting game developed and published by Team17 in 1993 for the Amiga computers. It is a sequel to 1992's ''Body Blows''. Opponents and background graphics from both games were later merged into the compilation releas ...
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Team17 Team17 Group plc is a British video game developer and publisher based in Wakefield, England. The venture was created in December 1990 through the merger of British publisher 17-Bit Software and Swedish developer Team 7. At the time, the two co ...
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Team17 Team17 Group plc is a British video game developer and publisher based in Wakefield, England. The venture was created in December 1990 through the merger of British publisher 17-Bit Software and Swedish developer Team 7. At the time, the two co ...
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Denton Designs Denton Designs was a British video game developer based in Liverpool. The company was founded in 1984 and initially specialised in developing software for the ZX Spectrum home computer. Amongst the founders were developers who had worked on the ...
*'' Breakers/Breakers Revenge'' - Visco *'' Brutal: Paws of Fury'' series **'' Brutal: Paws of Fury'' -
GameTek GameTek was an American video game publisher based in North Miami Beach, Florida known for publishing video game adaptations of game shows in the late 1980s and early 1990s. GameTek was a trade name for IJE, the owner of electronic publishing rig ...
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GameTek GameTek was an American video game publisher based in North Miami Beach, Florida known for publishing video game adaptations of game shows in the late 1980s and early 1990s. GameTek was a trade name for IJE, the owner of electronic publishing rig ...
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Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and promoted the d ...
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Burning Rival is a 1993 fighting arcade game developed by Sega AM2 and published by Sega. It was released exclusively in Japan in July 1993. It was also the first fighting game developed by Sega AM2. ''Virtua Fighter'' and ''Shenmue'' creator Yu Suzuki i ...
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Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
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Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Capital Punishment'' - ClickBOOM *''Capoeira Fighter'' series - Spiritonin **''Capoeira Fighter'' **''Capoeira Fighter 2'' **''Capoeira Fighter 3'' *'' Catfight'' - Atlantean Interactive Games *'' Chinese Hero'' - Taiyo System *'' Chaos Code'' – FK Digital pty ltd. *'' Cho Aniki: Bakuretsu Ranto Hen'' - NCS *''
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English Software The English Software Company, later shortened to English Software, was a Manchester, UK-based video game developer and publisher that operated from 1982 until 1987. Starting with its first release, the horizontally scrolling shooter ''Airstrike ...
*''Choy Lee Fut: Kung-Fu Warrior'' - Positive (company) * ''ClayFighter'' series - Interplay **''
ClayFighter ''ClayFighter'' is a fighting/beat 'em up series of video games. The series is noted for having character sprites rendered from clay-animated figures, and for having humorous parodies of other fighting games such as ''Street Fighter'' and ''M ...
'' **'' ClayFighter: Tournament Edition'' **'' ClayFighter 2 / ClayFighter 2: Judgement Clay / C2: Judgement Clay'' **''
ClayFighter 63⅓ ''ClayFighter 63⅓'' is a 1997 fighting game developed and published by Interplay Productions for the Nintendo 64. It is the third installment of the ''ClayFighter'' series. The title is a parody of the "64" suffix common with the Nintendo 64's ...
'' **'' ClayFighter: Sculptor's Cut'' *''Crimson Alive'' - Keropyon **''Crimson Alive: Genesis of The Heretic'' - Keropyon **''Crimson Alive: Burst Again'' - Keropyon **''Crimson Alive: Extreme Encounter'' - Keropyon *''Cross Theater'' - ABC Maru *'' Cosmic Carnage'' -
Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
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Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Daemon Bride'' series - Examu **''Daemon Bride'' - Examu **''Daemon Bride: Additional Gain'' - Examu *''
Dangerous Streets ''Dangerous Streets'' is a fighting game developed by Micromania and released by Flair Software for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, and MS-DOS MS-DOS ( ; acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating syste ...
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Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**'' Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors'' **'' Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge'' **''
Darkstalkers 3 ''Vampire Savior'', also known as ''Darkstalkers 3'', is a fighting game developed and published by Capcom for arcades in 1997. It is the third game in the '' Darkstalkers'' series. The story centers around a demonic nobleman from Makai named J ...
'' **'' Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge'' **'' Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampire'' *''
Dino Rex is a Fighting game, fighting Arcade game, arcade video game developed and originally released by Taito in Japan in November 1992. Set during the 25th century BC on a Prehistory, prehistoric South America, players assume the role of a warrior com ...
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Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, toys, arcade cabinets and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, vending machines and jukeboxes into Japan. It b ...
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Divekick ''Divekick'' is a 2D competitive fighting game originally developed by One True Game Studios, an independent collective of competitive gamers. A demo of the game was showcased at several competitive events, and after a positive reaction, the grou ...
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Iron Galaxy Iron Galaxy Studios, LLC is an American video game developer studio founded on August 14, 2008, and based in Chicago, Illinois, with a second studio in Orlando, Florida that was opened in 2012 and a third studio in Austin, Texas. Iron Galaxy ...
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Empire Interactive Empire Interactive was a British video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher based in London. Founded in 1987 by Ian Higgins and Simon Jeffrey, it was acquired by Silverstar Holdings in 2006 and went out of business in 2009. His ...
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Dimps is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka, Japan, with an additional office in Tokyo. It is best known for developing games in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Street Fighter'' franchises. The company was founded on Marc ...
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Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game video game development, developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in t ...
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Dragon Master ''Dragon Master'' is a 1994 2D fighting arcade game developed and published by South Korean company UNiCO Electronics. It was released during the fighting game trend in the early 1990s that started with Capcom's ''Street Fighter II''. ''Dragon M ...
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Dragoon Might is a 2D competitive fighting game produced by Konami and released as a coin-operated video game in August 1995. Gameplay ''Dragoon Might'' features two distinct game modes. A single match mode in which the player must defeat their opponents in ...
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Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
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Coktel Vision Coktel Vision (also known as Coktel and Coktel Studio) was a French video game developer and publisher based in Paris. It was best known for its educational and adventure games. History Coktel Vision was founded in 1984 by Roland Oskian, ...
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Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
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Eternal Champions ''Eternal Champions'' is a 1993 fighting game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was one of the few fighting games of its time developed from the ground up as a home console title, rather than being released in arcades fi ...
'' **'' Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side'' *''
Eternal Fighter Zero , known as Tasofro for short, is a Japanese ''dojin'' game developer. They are best known for their collaborations with Team Shanghai Alice ( ZUN), which include seven official games in the '' Touhou Project'' series. Productions Games Musi ...
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Tasogare Frontier , known as Tasofro for short, is a Japanese ''dojin'' game developer. They are best known for their collaborations with Team Shanghai Alice ( ZUN), which include seven official games in the '' Touhou Project'' series. Productions Games Music ...
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Psikyo Psikyo was a Japanese video game developer and publisher known for its shoot 'em ups and undressing mahjong games. It was founded in 1992 by former Video System staff who worked on the ''Aero Fighters'' series. Psikyo was mainly an arcade game de ...
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SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
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Fatal Fury 2 ''Fatal Fury 2'', known as in Japan, is a 1992 fighting video game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms, and later ported to several other home systems. It is the sequel to '' Fatal Fury: King of Fighters'' (1991) and the ...
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Fatal Fury Special ''Fatal Fury Special'', known as in Japan, is a 1993 fighting game developed and published by SNK and originally released for the Neo Geo (console), Neo Geo arcade and home platforms. It is an updated version of 1992's ''Fatal Fury 2'', introduc ...
'' **'' Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory'' **''
Real Bout Fatal Fury ''Real Bout Fatal Fury'' is a 1995 fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo (console), Neo-Geo arcade and home platforms. It is the fifth installment in the ''Fatal Fury (series), Fatal Fury'' series, following ''Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Fi ...
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Real Bout Fatal Fury Special ''Real Bout Fatal Fury Special'' is a 1997 fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo platform. It is the sixth installment in the ''Fatal Fury'' series and the second game in the ''Real Bout'' sub-series, following the original '' Real Bou ...
'' **'' Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers'' **'' Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special: Dominated Mind'' **'' Fatal Fury: 1st Contact'' **'' Garou: Mark of the Wolves'' *''
Fighter's History is a series of fighting games that were produced by Data East during the 1990s. The original ''Fighter's History'' was first released for the arcades in 1993 and ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. Two different seque ...
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Data East , also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game, pinball and electronic engineering company. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, and released 150 video game titles. Its main headquarters were located in Suginami, Tokyo. The A ...
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Fighter's History is a series of fighting games that were produced by Data East during the 1990s. The original ''Fighter's History'' was first released for the arcades in 1993 and ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. Two different seque ...
'' **'' Fighter's History Dynamite'' **'' Fighter's History: Mizoguchi Kiki Ippatsu!!'' *''Fightin' Spirit'' - Lightshock Software *''
Fighting Masters is a 1991 fighting video game developed by Almanic Corporation, in conjunction with Aicom and ALU, and published for the Sega Genesis in Japan and later in North America by Treco. In the game, players assume the role of a hero to fight against ...
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Treco Treco, also credited as Treco Corporation Limited, American Treco and Treco, USA, was a game developer and publisher located in Torrance, California. Treco produced games for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive from 1990 to 1993. Treco was a subsidiary of S ...
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Toei Animation () is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including ''Sally the Witch,'' ''GeGeGe no Kitarō,'' ''Mazinger Z'', ''Galaxy Express 999'', ''Cutie Honey'', ''Dr. Slump'', ' ...
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Fist of the North Star is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' for 245 issues published from 1983 to 1988 and initially collected in 27 ' ...
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Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*'' Fight Fever / Wang Jung Wang'' - Viccom *'' Flash Hiders'' series - Right Stuff **''Flash Hiders'' **''Battle Tycoon: Flash Hiders SFX'' *''FOOTSIES'' series - HiFight **''FOOTSIES'' **''FOOTSIES: Rollback Edition'' *'' Fu'un'' series -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
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Savage Reign ''Savage Reign'' is 1995 weapon-based versus fighting game released by SNK for their Neo Geo (console), Neo Geo arcade and home platform. It was ported to the Neo Geo CD, as well as for the PlayStation 2 along with its sequel ''Kizuna Encounter'' ...
'' **'' Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle'' *'' Fuuka Taisen'' - Rei no Mono *''
Galactic Warriors is a 1985 fighting arcade video game developed and published by Konami. It is Konami's second fighting game released after their 1985 arcade-hit '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu''. It is also the first fighting game with multiple playable characters with dif ...
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Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
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Sunsoft , stylized as SUNSOFT, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Sunsoft is the video games division of Japanese electronics manufacturer Sun Corporation. Its U.S. subsidiary operated under the name Sun Corporation of America, though, a ...
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Domark Square Enix Limited (formerly Domark Limited and Eidos Interactive Limited) is a British subsidiary of the Japanese video game company Square Enix, acting as their European publishing arm. The company formerly owned ''Tomb Raider'', which was in ...
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Glove on Fight is a doujin boxing video game released at the Comic Revolution 31 convention in May 2002 by Watanabe Seisakujo (now French-Bread). The name of the game is a take on "'' Groove on Fight''", which is a sequel of the '' Power Instinct'' series, tho ...
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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 ...
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Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
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Guilty Gear is a series of fighting games by Arc System Works, created and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. The first game was published in 1998, and has spawned several sequels. It has also adapted to other media such as manga and drama CD. ''Gu ...
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Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
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Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
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Gremlin Graphics Gremlin Graphics Software Limited, later Gremlin Interactive Limited and ultimately Infogrames Studios Limited was a British software house based in Sheffield, working mostly in the home computer market. Like many software houses established in ...
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Hiryu no Ken ''Hiryū'' ( ja, 飛龍), meaning "Flying Dragon" may refer to: * Japanese aircraft carrier ''Hiryū'' * Mitsubishi Ki-67 ''Hiryū'', Japanese Army bomber *Strider Hiryu, a ninja-like video game character * Flying Dragon, a video game series known ...
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Culture Brain is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on October 5, 1980. In 2016, it was renamed Culture Brain Excel. History Culture Brain was founded in 1980 as Nihon Game Corporation. In 1981, a subsidiary to handle the sales operations ...
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Tomy is a Japanese entertainment company that makes children's toys and merchandise. It was created from a merger on March 1st 2006 of two companies: Tomy (founded in 1924 as Tomiyama, changing the name to Tomy in 1963) and long-time rival Ta ...
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Holosseum is a 1992 fighting arcade game developed and published by Sega. The name is a portmanteau of holography and colosseum, due to it being a fighting game created exclusively for Sega's hi-tech hologram theater cabinet, and is the second and last ...
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Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
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Tiertex Tiertex Design Studios Limited was a British software development company and former video game developer based in Macclesfield, England; it was founded in 1986, focusing on porting games to home computers and handheld platforms. As a video ga ...
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Twilight Frontier , known as Tasofro for short, is a Japanese ''dojin'' game developer. They are best known for their collaborations with Team Shanghai Alice (ZUN), which include seven official games in the '' Touhou Project'' series. Productions Games Music C ...
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Team Shanghai Alice , formerly known as ZUN Soft, is a Japanese ''dōjin'' game developer. Since 1995, the sole member of the group, Jun'ya "ZUN" Ōta, has independently developed and self-published the '' Touhou Project'', a bullet hell shoot 'em up series, as w ...
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Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
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International Karate ''International Karate'' is a fighting game developed and published by System 3 for the ZX Spectrum in 1985 and ported to various home computers over the following years. In the United States it was published by Epyx in 1986 as ''World Karate ...
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. It was originally serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from 1987 to 2004, and was transferred to the monthly ''seinen'' manga ...
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Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
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Joy Mech Fight , sometimes called ''Joy Mecha Fight'', is a fighting game developed and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer, released only in Japan on May 21, 1993. The game was released during the generation shift between the Famicom and the newer ...
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Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
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Ganbarion Ganbarion (ガンバリオン ''Ganbarion'') is a Japanese video game company founded on August 13, 1999. Their function is the planning/development of home video game software. Two of Ganbarion's major clients are Bandai Namco Entertainment an ...
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Jump Super Stars ''Jump Super Stars'' is a 2D crossover fighting game for the Nintendo DS, based on ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' characters. It was developed by Ganbarion and published by Nintendo. The game was released on August 8, 2005, in Japan and accompanied th ...
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Jump Ultimate Stars Jumping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory. Jump or Jumping also may refer to: Places * Jump, Kentucky or Jump S ...
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Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California. A subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, the company was founded on February 8, 1991, under the name Silicon & Synapse, Inc. by three graduat ...
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Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, toys, arcade cabinets and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, vending machines and jukeboxes into Japan. It b ...
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Karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...
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Karate Champ ''Karate Champ'', known in Japan as , is a 1984 arcade fighting game developed by Technōs Japan (which would later developing 1995 Neo Geo titles '' Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer'' with SNK) and released by Data East. A variety of moves can be per ...
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Technos Japan Corporation Technos may refer to: * Technos (watches), a watch brand established 1900 in Switzerland * Technōs Japan, a defunct Japanese video game developer, 1981–1996 * Techno Twins The Techno Twins (later known simply as The Technos) were a British ...
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Superior Software Superior Software Ltd (also known as Superior Interactive) is a video game publisher. It was one of the main publishers for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers in the 1980s and early 1990s. It currently releases games for Microsoft Windo ...
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Karateka (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...
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Jordan Mechner Jordan Mechner (born June 4, 1964) is an American video game designer, author, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He is best known for designing and programming the Broderbund Apple II games ''Karateka'' and '' Prince of Persia'' in the 1980s, the la ...
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Kasumi Ninja ''Kasumi Ninja'' is a fighting game, developed by Hand Made Software and published by Atari Corporation. Initially it was for the Atari Jaguar in North America and Europe on December 21, 1994, and was later released in Japan by Messe Sanoh in Jul ...
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Zeppelin A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin () who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin's notions were first formulated in 1874Eckener 1938, pp ...
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Killer Instinct ''Killer Instinct'' is a series of fighting video games originally created by Rare and published by Midway, Nintendo, and Microsoft Studios. The original ''Killer Instinct'' was released for arcades in 1994; the game was then released for t ...
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Killer Instinct 2 ''Killer Instinct 2'' is a fighting video game developed by Rare and manufactured by Midway for arcades in 1996 as a sequel to ''Killer Instinct'' (1994). A modified version of ''Killer Instinct 2'' was published for the Nintendo 64 as '' Kille ...
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Killer Instinct Gold ''Killer Instinct Gold'' is a 1996 fighting video game based on the arcade game '' Killer Instinct 2''. The game was developed by Rare and released by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. As in other series entries, p ...
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The King of Fighters ''The King of Fighters'' (''KOF'') is a series of fighting games by SNK that began with the release of '' The King of Fighters '94'' in 1994. The series was developed originally for SNK's Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware. This served as the main p ...
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SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
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The King of Fighters '94 ''The King of Fighters '94'' (''KOF 94'') is a fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo (system), Neo Geo-based arcade game, arcade system in 1994, as the first in ''The King of Fighters'' series. The game was also released for the Neo Geo ...
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The King of Fighters '95 ''(KOF '95)'' is a fighting game produced by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 1995. It is the sequel to '' The King of Fighters '94'' and the second game in '' The King of Fighters'' series. It is also the first game in the ser ...
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The King of Fighters '96 ''(KOF '96)'' is a fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 1996. It is the third game in ''The King of Fighters'' series, following ''The King of Fighters '95''. Like its predecessor, the game was ported to the N ...
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The King of Fighters '97 ''(KOF '97)'' is a fighting game produced by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home console in 1997. It is the fourth game in ''The King of Fighters'' series. It was ported to the Neo-Geo CD, as well as the PlayStation and the Sega Saturn in Japan ...
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The King of Fighters '98 ''The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest'', known in Japan as ''The King of Fighters '98: Dream Match Never Ends (KOF '98)'', is a fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 1998. It is the fifth game in ''The Kin ...
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The King of Fighters '99 ''The King of Fighters '99: Millennium Battle'' (''KOF '99'') is a 1999 fighting game developed and published by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 1999. It is the sixth installment in ''The King of Fighters'' series, introducing a ...
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The King of Fighters 2000 ''(KOF 2000, or KOF '00)'' is a fighting video game that was produced by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 2000. It is the seventh installment in ''The King of Fighters'' series for the Neo Geo and the final game in the series SNK ...
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The King of Fighters 2001 ''(KOF 2001, or KOF '01)'' is a fighting game produced by Eolith for the Neo Geo. It is the eighth game in ''The King of Fighters'' series, the third and final part of the "NESTS Chronicles" story arc, and the first game produced following the c ...
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The King of Fighters 2002 ''(KOF 2002, or KOF '02)'' is a fighting game produced by Eolith and Playmore for the Neo Geo in 2002. It is the ninth game in ''The King of Fighters'' series and the second one to be produced by Eolith and developed by Playmore (formerly Brez ...
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The King of Fighters 2003 ''(KOF 2003, or KOF '03)'', also known by fans as is a fighting game produced by SNK Playmore for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms in 2003. It is the tenth game in ''The King of Fighters'' series and the last one released for the Neo Geo, ...
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The King of Fighters XI ''(KOF XI)'' is a 2D fighting game produced by SNK Playmore. It is the eleventh installment in ''The King of Fighters'' series following '' The King of Fighters 2003''. It was originally released as a coin-operated arcade game for the Atomiswa ...
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English Software The English Software Company, later shortened to English Software, was a Manchester, UK-based video game developer and publisher that operated from 1982 until 1987. Starting with its first release, the horizontally scrolling shooter ''Airstrike ...
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Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game video game development, developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in t ...
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Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game video game development, developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in t ...
*''The Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan, The Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan / Jackie Chan in Fists of Fire: Jackie Chan Densetsu'' -
Kaneko , stylized as KANEJapanese
Fill-in-Cafe *''Maria-sama ga Miteru, Maribato!'' - DK Soft *''Martial Masters'' - IGS *''Martial Champion'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
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Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**''X-Men: Children of the Atom (arcade game), X-Men: Children of the Atom'' **''Marvel Super Heroes (arcade game), Marvel Super Heroes'' *''Marvel vs. Capcom (series), Marvel vs. Capcom'' series -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**''X-Men vs. Street Fighter'' **''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter'' **''Marvel vs. Capcom'' **''Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes'' *''Master Axe: The Genesis of MysterX'' - Axe to Grind *''Master Ninja, Master Ninja: Shadow Warrior of Death'' - Paragon Software *''Matsumura Kunihiro Den: Saikyō no Rekishi o Nurikaero!'' - Shouei *''Melty Blood'' series - Type-Moon /
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 ...
/ Ecole Software **''Melty Blood: Type Lumina'' *''Metal & Lace: Battle of the Robo Babes'' - Forest *''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' series **''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' (Sega Genesis) **''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' (Sega Game Gear) **''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie'' (Sega Game Gear) **''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition'' *''Mighty Warriors'' - Electronic Devices/Electtronica Video-Games SRL *''Million Arthur: Arcana Blood'' -
Examu Examu, formerly known as Yuki Enterprise, was a Japanese video game company founded in 2000. It mostly produced fighting games for arcades and home consoles. It is known for owning Team Arcana, the developer of the original intellectual property ...
/Team Arcana *''Million Knights Vermilion'' - NRF Software *''Monster''
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*''Mortal Kombat (series), Mortal Kombat'' series - Midway Games, Midway **''Mortal Kombat (1992 video game), Mortal Kombat'' **''Mortal Kombat II'' **''Mortal Kombat 3'' **''Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3'' **''Mortal Kombat Trilogy'' *''M.U.G.E.N'' *''Neo Geo Battle Coliseum'' - SNK Playmore, SNK *''New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Duel'' - Natsume Co., Ltd, Natsume *''Ninja (1986 video game), Ninja / Ninja Mission'' - Entertainment USA / Mastertronic *''Ninja Hamster'' - CRL Group PLC, CRL *''Ninja Master's Haou Ninpou-ko, Ninja Master's'' - ADK *''Nitro Royale: Heroines Duel'' - Nitroplus *''No Exit'' - Titus / Tomahawk *''Ōgon Musōkyoku'' - 07th Expansion *''One Must Fall: 2097'' - Epic Games *''Ragnagard, Ragnagard/Shin-Oh-Ken'' - Saurus (company), Saurus / System Vision *''Osu!! Karate Bu'' -
Culture Brain is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on October 5, 1980. In 2016, it was renamed Culture Brain Excel. History Culture Brain was founded in 1980 as Nihon Game Corporation. In 1981, a subsidiary to handle the sales operations ...
*''Queen of Heart'' - Watanabe Seisakujo *''Best of the Best: Championship Karate, Panza Kick Boxing / Best of the Best: Championship Karate'' - Loriciels *''Persona 4 Arena'' -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
/Atlus **''Persona 4 Arena Ultimax'' -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
/Atlus *''Phantom Breaker'' - Mages (company) **''Phantom Breaker, Phantom Breaker: Extra'' - Mages (company) **''Phantom Breaker: Omnia'' - Mages (company) *Photo Dojo -
Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
*''Pit-Fighter, Pit-Fighter: The Ultimate Competition'' - Atari Games *''Power Instinct, Power Instinct/Goketsuji Ichizoku'' series - Atlus **''Power Instinct'' **''Power Instinct 2'' **''Gogetsuji Legends'' **''Groove on Fight'' **''Matrimelee'' **''Shin Goketsuji Ichizoku: Bonnou no Kaihou'' **''Gōketsuji Ichizoku Matsuri Senzo Kuyou'' *''Power Moves'' - Kaneko (video game company), Kaneko *''Pray For Death'' - Virgin Interactive *''Primal Rage'' series - Atari Games *''Project Cerberus'' – Hobibox / Milestone (Japanese developer), Milestone *''RABBIT (arcade game), RABBIT'' - Aorn /
Electronic Arts Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry and promoted the d ...
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Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Rage of the Dragons'' - Evoga / Noise Factory *''Ranma ½'' series **''Ranma ½: Chōnai Gekitōhen'' - NCS **''Ranma ½: Datou, Ganso Musabetsu Kakutou-ryuu!'' - NCS **''Ranma ½: Hard Battle'' - Atelier Double **''Ranma ½: Chougi Rambuhen'' - Rumic Soft **''Ranma ½: Battle Renaissance'' - Rumic Soft *''Rise of the Robots'' series - Mirage Media **''Rise 2: Resurrection'' - Mirage Media *''Rock, Paper, Scissors: Extreme Deathmatch'' - This is Pop *''The Rumble Fish'' series -
Dimps is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka, Japan, with an additional office in Tokyo. It is best known for developing games in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Street Fighter'' franchises. The company was founded on Marc ...
**''The Rumble Fish'' **''The Rumble Fish 2'' *''Sango Fighter'' series - Panda Entertainment **''Sango Fighter'' **''Sango Fighter 2'' *''Sai Combat'' - Mirrorsoft *''Sailor Moon video games, Sailor Moon'' series - Angel (video game company), Angel *''Samurai Deeper Kyo'' -
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*''Samurai Shodown (series), Samurai Shodown / Samurai Spirits'' series - SNK Playmore, SNK *''Samurai Trilogy'' -
Gremlin Graphics Gremlin Graphics Software Limited, later Gremlin Interactive Limited and ultimately Infogrames Studios Limited was a British software house based in Sheffield, working mostly in the home computer market. Like many software houses established in ...
*''Savage Warriors'' - Mindscape (company), Mindscape *''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' -
Twilight Frontier , known as Tasofro for short, is a Japanese ''dojin'' game developer. They are best known for their collaborations with Team Shanghai Alice (ZUN), which include seven official games in the '' Touhou Project'' series. Productions Games Music C ...
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Team Shanghai Alice , formerly known as ZUN Soft, is a Japanese ''dōjin'' game developer. Since 1995, the sole member of the group, Jun'ya "ZUN" Ōta, has independently developed and self-published the '' Touhou Project'', a bullet hell shoot 'em up series, as w ...
*''Schmeiser Robo'' – Hot B Co. Ltd. *''Seifuku Densetsu Pretty Fighter'' - Genki (company), Genki / Sol *''Sengoku Basara, Sengoku Basara X'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
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Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Shadow Fighter (video game), Shadow Fighter'' -
Gremlin Graphics Gremlin Graphics Software Limited, later Gremlin Interactive Limited and ultimately Infogrames Studios Limited was a British software house based in Sheffield, working mostly in the home computer market. Like many software houses established in ...
*''Shadow: War of Succession'' - Tribeca Digital Studios *''Shanghai Karate'' - Players Software, Players *''Shaq-Fu'' - Delphine Software International, Delphine *''Koihime Musō, Shin Koihime Musō: Otome Taisen Sangokushi Engi'' - BaseSon *''Shogun Warriors (arcade game), Shogun Warriors / Fujiyama Buster'' -
Kaneko , stylized as KANEJapanese
Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game video game development, developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in t ...
*''SNK Gals' Fighters'' - SNK Playmore, SNK *''SNK vs. Capcom (series), SNK vs. Capcom'' series -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
/ SNK Playmore, SNK *''SnapDragon, SnapDragon / Karate Chop'' - Bubble Bus *''Sokko Seitokai: Sonic Council'' -
Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game video game development, developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in t ...
*''Spectral vs. Generation'' - Idea Factory / IGS *''Spitting Image (video game), Spitting Image'' -
Domark Square Enix Limited (formerly Domark Limited and Eidos Interactive Limited) is a British subsidiary of the Japanese video game company Square Enix, acting as their European publishing arm. The company formerly owned ''Tomb Raider'', which was in ...
*''Street Combat'' - NCS *Street Fighter (series), ''Street Fighter'' series -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**''Street Fighter (video game), Street Fighter'' **''Street Fighter II: The World Warrior'' **''Street Fighter II: Champion Edition'' **''Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting'' **''Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers'' **''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' **''Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition'' **''Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix'' **''Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers'' **''Street Fighter Alpha, Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams'' **''Street Fighter Alpha 2'' **''Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 2 Gold'' **''Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha'' **''Street Fighter Alpha 3'' **''Street Fighter Alpha Anthology'' **''Street Fighter III'' **''Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact'' **''Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike'' **''Street Fighter: The Movie (arcade game), Street Fighter: The Movie'' - Incredible Technologies, IT /
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Street Smart (video game), Street Smart'' -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
*''Strip Fighter'' series - Games Express *''Sumo Wrestlers'' - Home Entertainment Suppliers, HES *''Super Black Belt Karate'' - Computer Applications *''Super Cosplay War Ultra'' - Team FK *''Super Fighter'' - C&E *''Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix / Pocket Fighter'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Superior Soldiers, Superior Soldiers / Perfect Soldiers'' - Irem *''Survival Arts'' - Sega Sammy Holdings, Sammy *''Swashbuckler (computer game), Swashbuckler'' - Paul Stephenson (developer), Paul Stephenson *''Sword Slayer, Sword Slayer / Spartacus the Swordslayer'' - Players Software, Players *''Taekwon-Do (video game), Taekwon-Do'' - Human Entertainment *''Tao Taido'' - Video System *''Tattoo Assassins'' -
Data East , also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game, pinball and electronic engineering company. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, and released 150 video game titles. Its main headquarters were located in Suginami, Tokyo. The A ...
*''Tatsunoko Fight'' - Takara *''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Thai Boxing'' - Anco Software *''The Outfoxies'' - Namco *''Thea Realm Fighters'' - High Voltage Software *''Them's Fightin' Herds'' - Mane6 *''Time Killers'' -
Incredible Technologies Incredible Technologies (IT) (formerly Free Radical Software (FRS)) is an American designer and manufacturer of coin-operated video games and Class III casino games, based in Vernon Hills, Illinois. The company's most widely used product is the ...
*''Timeslaughter'' - Bloodlust Software *''Tongue of the Fatman, Tongue of the Fatman / Mondu's Fight Palace / Slaughter Sport / Fatman'' - Activision *''Tuff E Nuff, Tuff E Nuff / Dead Dance'' - Jaleco *''Twinkle Queen'' - Milestone (Japanese developer), Milestone *''Brian Jack's Uchi Mata, Uchi Mata / Brian Jack's Uchi Mata'' - Martech *''Ultra Vortek'' - Atari *''Under Night In-Birth'' - Type-Moon /
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 ...
/ Ecole Software *''Untouchable (video game), Untouchable'' - Creative Edge Studios *''Urban Champion'' -
Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
*''Vanguard Princess'' - Sugeno **''Vanguard Princess Prime'' - Sugeno *''Variable Geo'' series - TGL (video game company), TGL / Giga (brand), Giga *''Violence Fight'' series **''Violence Fight'' -
Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, toys, arcade cabinets and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, vending machines and jukeboxes into Japan. It b ...
**''Solitary Fighter, Solitary Fighter / Violence Fight II'' -
Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, toys, arcade cabinets and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, vending machines and jukeboxes into Japan. It b ...
*''Virtua Fighter (series), Virtua Fighter'' series **''Virtua Fighter Animation'' - Aspect Co., Aspect **''Virtua Fighter 2'' - Sega-AM2 *''Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer'' - Technos *''VR Troopers (video game), VR Troopers'' - Syrox Developments *''Waku Waku 7'' -
Sunsoft , stylized as SUNSOFT, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Sunsoft is the video games division of Japanese electronics manufacturer Sun Corporation. Its U.S. subsidiary operated under the name Sun Corporation of America, though, a ...
*''Warriors of Elysia'' - Creative Edge Studios *''The Way of the Exploding Fist'' series **''The Way of the Exploding Fist, The Way of the Exploding Fist / Kung-Fu: The Way of the Exploding Fist'' - Beam Software **''The Way of the Exploding Fist#Gameplay, Fist II: The Legend Continues / Fist: The Legend Continues / Exploding Fist II: The Legend Continues'' - Beam Software **''The Way of the Exploding Fist#Gameplay, Fist+ / Exploding Fist +'' - Beam Software *''The Way of the Tiger (video game), Way of the Tiger'' -
Gremlin Graphics Gremlin Graphics Software Limited, later Gremlin Interactive Limited and ultimately Infogrames Studios Limited was a British software house based in Sheffield, working mostly in the home computer market. Like many software houses established in ...
*''Way of the Warrior (video game), Way of the Warrior'' - Naughty Dog *''Weaponlord'' - Visual Concepts *''Windy X Windam'' – Success (company), Success / Ninja Studio *''World Heroes'' series - ADK / SNK Playmore, SNK *''Xuan Dou Zhi Wang, Xuan Dou Zhi Wang / King of Combat'' - Jade Studio and Tencent Games *''Yatagarasu Attack on Cataclysm'' - Yatagarasu Dev Team *''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' series **''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
/ Imagine Entertainment, Imagine **''Yie Ar Kung-Fu II, Yie Ar Kung-Fu II: The Emperor Yie-Gah'' - Imagine Entertainment, Imagine /
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Yu Yu Hakusho Final'' - Namcot *''List of Zatch Bell! video games, Zatch Bell! Electric Arena / Konjiki no Gash Bell! Yuujou no Zakeru'' -
Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game video game development, developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in t ...


2.5D

2.5D fighting games are displayed in full 3D graphics, but the gameplay is based on traditional 2D style games. *''All Star Fighters'' - Essential Games *''
Avengers in Galactic Storm is a 1995 fighting arcade game developed and published by Data East. It features a single or two-player story mode or multiplayer head-to-head mode, and was the first modern fighting game to feature assistant characters commonly referred to by ...
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Data East , also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game, pinball and electronic engineering company. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, and released 150 video game titles. Its main headquarters were located in Suginami, Tokyo. The A ...
*''Battle Fantasia'' -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Battle Stadium D.O.N.'' - Namco Bandai Games / Eighting / Q Entertainment *''Blade Arcus from Shining'' -
Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
*''Blade Strangers'' - Studio Saizensen / Nicalis *''Canimals Fighters'' - Voozclub Co. Ltd / Playplus *''Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion'' *''Digimon Rumble Arena'' series - Namco Bandai Games **''Digimon Rumble Arena'' **''Digimon Rumble Arena 2'' *''Dragon Ball FighterZ'' -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Dragon Blast'' - Dragon Tea *''Dream Mix TV World Fighters'' - Hudson Soft *''Fantasy Strike'' - Sirlin Games *''Untitled Fatal Fury game'' -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
*''Fight of Gods'' - Digital Crafter *''Fighter Uncaged Series'' **''Fighters Uncaged'' - Ubisoft **''Fighter Within'' - Ubisoft *''Fighting EX Layer'' - Arika *''Fullmetal Alchemist: Dream Carnival'' -
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
/ Eighting *''Genei Tougi'' series - Racdym **''Critical Blow'' *''Guilty Gear'' series -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
**''Guilty Gear Xrd'' **''Guilty Gear Strive'' *''Hinokakera'' - Reddish Region *''Injustice'' series - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / NetherRealm Studios **''Injustice: Gods Among Us'' **''Injustice 2'' *''Killer Instinct (2013 video game), Killer Instinct (2013)'' - Double Helix Games / Iron Galaxy Studios *''
The King of Fighters ''The King of Fighters'' (''KOF'') is a series of fighting games by SNK that began with the release of '' The King of Fighters '94'' in 1994. The series was developed originally for SNK's Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware. This served as the main p ...
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SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
**''The King of Fighters XIV'' **''The King of Fighters XV'' *''Kirby Fighters 2'' -
Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
/ HAL Laboratory / Vanpool *''Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Go! Go! Mamono Fight!!'' - Eighting *Marvel vs. Capcom (series) -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**''Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds'' ***''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3'' **''Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite'' *''Mashbox'' - Microsoft Studios *''Mortal Kombat (series), Mortal Kombat'' series **''Mortal Kombat (2011 video game), Mortal Kombat'' - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / NetherRealm Studios **''Mortal Kombat X'' - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / NetherRealm Studios **''Mortal Kombat 11'' - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / NetherRealm Studios *''Moshi Fighters'' - Mind Candy (company), Mind Candy / Activision / Sumo Digital *''MultiVersus'' - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Player First Games *''Mythic Blades'' - Vermillion Entertainment *''Naruto: Ultimate Ninja'' series - Namco Bandai Games *' - AOne Games *''One Piece: Gear Spirit'' -
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*''PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale'' *''Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid'' - Animoca Brands *''Rakugakids'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Rise of the Robots'' series - Mirage Media **''Rise 2: Resurrection'' - Mirage Media *''Rising Thunder (video game), Rising Thunder'' - Radiant Entertainment *''Samurai Shodown (2019 video game), Samurai Shodown'' (2019) -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
*''Slap Happy Rhythm Busters'' - Polygon Magic *''Street Fighter'' series -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**''Street Fighter IV (2008)'' ***''Super Street Fighter IV (2010)'' ***''Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition'' ***''Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition'' ***''Ultra Street Fighter IV'' **''Street Fighter V'' ***''Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition'' ***''Street Fighter V: Champion Edition'' **''Street Fighter 6'' **''Street Fighter X Tekken'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Super Smash Bros.'' series -
Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
/ HAL Laboratory / Sora Ltd., Sora / Namco Bandai Games **''Super Smash Bros. (video game), Super Smash Bros.'' **''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' **''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' **Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U'' **''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' *''Tamagotchi Battle'' - Bandai Namco Games /
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up'' - Ubisoft / Game Arts *''Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Ultraman Nexus (video game), Ultraman Nexus'' -
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*''Punch Planet'' - Sector-K Games


3D

3D computer graphics, 3D fighting games add three-dimensional movement. These often emphasize sidestepping. *''.hack//Versus'' - Cyber Connect 2 *''Arms (video game), ARMS'' -
Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
*''Ballz'' - Accolade (company), Accolade *''Battle Arena Toshinden'' series - Tamsoft *''Battle Tryst'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Bio F.R.E.A.K.S.'' - Saffire (company), Saffire *''Bloody Roar, Bloody Roar / Beastorizer'' series - Hudson Soft, Hudson / Eighting / Raizing *''Buriki One'' - SNK Playmore, SNK *''Capcom Fighting All-Stars'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Cardinal Syn'' - Kronos Digital Entertainment, Kronos *''Castlevania Judgment'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
/Eighting *''Celebrity Deathmatch (video game), Celebrity Deathmatch'' - Big Ape *''Criticom'' - Kronos Digital Entertainment, Kronos *Custom Robo series - Noise (Marigul), Noise *''Dark Edge'' -
Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
*''Dark Rift'' - Kronos Digital Entertainment, Kronos *''Dead or Alive (franchise), Dead or Alive'' series - Team Ninja **''Dead or Alive (video game), Dead or Alive'' **''Dead or Alive 2'' **''Dead or Alive 3'' **''Dead or Alive Ultimate'' **''Dead or Alive 4'' **''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' **''Dead or Alive 5'' **''Dead or Alive 6'' *''Deadly Arts (video game), Deadly Arts'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Def Jam Vendetta, Def Jam'' series - Aki Corporation, Aki / EA Canada / EA Chicago *''Destrega'' - Koei *''Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (series)'' -
Dimps is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka, Japan, with an additional office in Tokyo. It is best known for developing games in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Street Fighter'' franchises. The company was founded on Marc ...
*''Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi'' series - Spike (company), Spike *''Dragon Ball: Raging Blast'' - Spike (company), Spike *''Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2'' - Spike (company), Spike *''Dragon Ball Xenoverse'' - Bandai Namco *''Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2'' - Bandai Namco *''Dual Heroes'' - Hudson Soft *''Ehrgeiz'' - DreamFactory, Dream Factory *''Evil Zone'' - Yuke's *''Fate/tiger colosseum'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
/ Cavia (company), Cavia / Type-Moon *''Fate/unlimited codes'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
/ Cavia (company), Cavia / Eighting / Type-Moon *''Fight for Life (game), Fight for Life'' - Atari *''Fighters Megamix'' - Sega-AM2 *''Fighter's Destiny'' series - Imagineer (video game company), Imagineer / Genki (company), Genki *''Fighter's Impact'' series -
Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, toys, arcade cabinets and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, vending machines and jukeboxes into Japan. It b ...
**''Fighter's Impact'' **''Fighter's Impact A'' *''Fighting Bujutsu'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
**''Fighting Bujutsu, Fighting Bujutsu 2nd!'' *''Fighting Layer'' - Arika *''Fighting Vipers'' - Sega-AM2 **''Fighting Vipers 2'' - Sega-AM2 *''Final Fight Revenge'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''FIST (1996 video game), FIST'' - Genki (company), Genki *''FX Fighter'' series - Argonaut Games **''FX Fighter'' **''FX Fighter Turbo'' *''Genei Tougi'' series - Racdym **''Genei Tougi: Shadow Struggle'' *''Girl Fight'' - Kung Fu Factory *''Groove Adventure Rave: Fighting Live'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*'' Heaven's Gate'' - Racdym *''
Hiryu no Ken ''Hiryū'' ( ja, 飛龍), meaning "Flying Dragon" may refer to: * Japanese aircraft carrier ''Hiryū'' * Mitsubishi Ki-67 ''Hiryū'', Japanese Army bomber *Strider Hiryu, a ninja-like video game character * Flying Dragon, a video game series known ...
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Culture Brain is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on October 5, 1980. In 2016, it was renamed Culture Brain Excel. History Culture Brain was founded in 1980 as Nihon Game Corporation. In 1981, a subsidiary to handle the sales operations ...
**''Flying Dragon'' -
Culture Brain is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on October 5, 1980. In 2016, it was renamed Culture Brain Excel. History Culture Brain was founded in 1980 as Nihon Game Corporation. In 1981, a subsidiary to handle the sales operations ...
*''Iron and Blood'' - Take-Two Interactive *''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle'' - Bandai Namco/CyberConnect2 *''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven'' - Bandai Namco/CyberConnect2 *''Kabuki Warriors'' - Genki (company) / Lightweight *''Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal'' - Dream Publishing *''Kensei: Sacred Fist'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Killing Zone'' -
Naxat Soft Kaga Create Co., Ltd. was a Japan-based video game developing and publishing division of Kaga Electronics. The company initially released games for the PC Engine (known as the TurboGrafx-16 in North America). It later released titles for a wide ...
*''Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix'' series - Syn Sophia, AKI Corporation /
Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game video game development, developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in t ...
*''KOF: Maximum Impact'' series - SNK Playmore *''Kung Fu Chaos'' - Just Add Monsters / Microsoft Game Studios *''Legend of the Dragon (video game), Legend of the Dragon'' - The Game Factory *''Mace: The Dark Age'' - Midway Games, Midway *''Magical Battle Arena'' - Fly-System / AreaZERO *' - Twelve Interactive *''Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth'' - Ubisoft *''Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects'' - Nihilistic Software, Nihilistic / EA Canada / Team Fusion *''Mortal Kombat (series), Mortal Kombat'' series - Midway Games, Midway **''Mortal Kombat 4'' **''Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance'' **''Mortal Kombat: Deception'' **''Mortal Kombat: Armageddon'' **''Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe'' *''Naruto: Clash of Ninja (series)'' - Eighting / Takara Tomy *''Naruto: Ninja Destiny'' series (Nintendo DS) *''Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm'' - Namco Bandai Games **''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2'' **''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations'' **''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3'' **''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution'' **''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4'' *''One Must Fall: Battlegrounds'' *''List of One Piece games, One Piece'' series -
Ganbarion Ganbarion (ガンバリオン ''Ganbarion'') is a Japanese video game company founded on August 13, 1999. Their function is the planning/development of home video game software. Two of Ganbarion's major clients are Bandai Namco Entertainment an ...
*''One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows'' - Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco *''Pokkén Tournament'' - Bandai Namco Entertainment *''Power Stone'' series -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**''Power Stone (video game), Power Stone'' **''Power Stone 2'' *''Poy Poy'' series -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
**''Poy Poy'' **''Poy Poy 2'' *''Psychic Force'' series - Taito Corporation, Taito **''Psychic Force'' **''Psychic Force 2012'' *''Rival Schools'' series -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**''Rival Schools: United By Fate'' **''Project Justice'' *''Robo Pit'' - Kokopeli Digital Studios, Kokopeli *''Rumble Roses'' series - Yuke's /
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Shaolin (video game), Shaolin'' - THQ *''Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi: Gekitō! Ragnarok Hachikengō'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Sonic Battle'' -
Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
/Sonic Team *''Sonic The Fighters'' - Sega-AM2 *''Soulcalibur'' series - Namco/Bandai Namco **''Soul Edge'' **''Soulcalibur (video game), Soulcalibur'' **''Soulcalibur II'' **''Soulcalibur III'' **''Soulcalibur IV'' **''Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny'' **''Soulcalibur V'' **''Soulcalibur: Lost Swords'' **''Soulcalibur VI'' *''Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi'' - LucasArts *''Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels'' - LucasArts *''Stake: Fortune Fighters'' - Gameness Art Software Inc., Gameness *''Street Fighter EX'' series - Arika/
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**''Street Fighter EX'' **''Street Fighter EX Plus'' **''Street Fighter EX Plus α'' **''Street Fighter EX2'' **''Street Fighter EX2 Plus'' **''Street Fighter EX3'' *''Star Gladiator'' series -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Super Dragon Ball Z'' - Namco Bandai Games *''Tao Feng: Fist of the Lotus'' - Studio Gigante *''Tech Romancer'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Tekken'' series - Namco **''Tekken (video game), Tekken'' **''Tekken 2'' **''Tekken 3'' **''Tekken Tag Tournament'' **''Tekken 4'' **''Tekken Advance'' **''Tekken 5'' **''Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection'' **''Tekken 6'' **''Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion'' **''Tekken Tag Tournament 2'' **''Tekken 3D: Prime Edition'' **''Tekken Revolution'' **''Tekken 7'' **''Tekken 7: Fated Retribution'' **''Tekken 8'' *''Tenth Degree'' - Atari *''Theatre Of Pain'' - Mirage Media *''The Fight: Lights Out'' - Sony Computer Entertainment, SCE *''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (video game), The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' - Midway Games, Midway *''Thrill Kill'' - Paradox Development *''Time Warriors (video game), Time Warriors'' - Silmarils *''Tobal'' series - Dream Factory (game developer), Dream Factory *''Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers'' - VIS Entertainment *''Tournament of Legends'' - High Voltage Software *''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' - Takara *''Vs. (video game), Vs.'' - THQ *''Virtua Fighter (series), Virtua Fighter'' series - Sega-AM2 / Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio **''Virtua Fighter (video game), Virtua Fighter'' **''Virtua Fighter 2'' **''Virtua Fighter 3'' **''Virtua Fighter 4'' **''Virtua Fighter 5'' *''Virtual On'' series - Sega AM3 **''Virtual On: Cyber Troopers'' **''Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram'' *''War Gods (video game), War Gods'' - Midway Games, Midway *''Warpath: Jurassic Park'' - Black Ops Entertainment / DreamWorks Interactive *''Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style'' - Paradox Development *''X: Unmei no Sentaku'' -
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*''List of X-Men computer and video games, X-Men'' fighting games - Paradox Development / Activision **''X-Men: Mutant Academy'' **''X-Men: Mutant Academy 2'' **''X-Men: Next Dimension'' *''Xena: Warrior Princess: The Talisman of Fate'' - Saffire (company), Saffire *''Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament'' - Digital Fiction *''Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles / Konjiki no Gash Bell! Yuujou no Tag Battle 2'' - Eighting *''Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury / Konjiki no Gash Bell! Gekitou! Saikyou no Mamonotachi'' - Mechanic Arms *''Zeno Clash'' - ACE Team *''Zero Divide'' series - ZOOM Inc. **''Zero Divide'' **''Zero Divide 2: The Secret Wish'' **''Zero Divide: The Final Conflict''


Weapon-based

Adding melee weapons to a fighting game often makes attack range more of a factor, as opponents may wield swords,knife,katana or other kind of weapons of drastically different sizes.


2D

*''Barbarian (Palace Software), Barbarian'' -
Palace Software Palace Software was a British video game publisher and Video game developer, developer during the 1980s based in London, England. It was notable for the ''Barbarian'' and ''Cauldron'' series of games for 8-bit home computer platforms, in particu ...
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Battle Blaze is a 1992 medieval fighting game released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System by Sammy Studios. Players use swords, morningstars, knives, and other weapons to beat up their opponents. The player can either play in a colosseum or on ...
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American Sammy American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...
*''Blade Arcus from Shining'' -
Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
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Blandia is a weapons-based versus fighting game developed and released into video arcades by Allumer in 1992. It is the sequel to Allumer's ''Gladiator''. Along with Strata's ''Time Killers'', ''Blandia'' is one of the earliest weapon-based fighting ga ...
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Allumer , was a video game production company, established in February 1978 and headquartered in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan. The company suspended business in October 5, 1999. In February 2023, Japanese video game publisher Hamster Corporation acquired the righ ...
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BlazBlue ''BlazBlue'' is a fighting video game series developed and published in Japan by Arc System Works, and later localized in North America by Aksys Games and in Europe by Zen United. An anime adaptation aired in Autumn 2013. The series has sold 1. ...
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Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
**'' BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle'' *''Chaos Breaker / Dark Awake'' - Eolith (company), Eolith /
Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, toys, arcade cabinets and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, vending machines and jukeboxes into Japan. It b ...
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Dragoon Might is a 2D competitive fighting game produced by Konami and released as a coin-operated video game in August 1995. Gameplay ''Dragoon Might'' features two distinct game modes. A single match mode in which the player must defeat their opponents in ...
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Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Dual Blades'' - Vivid Image *Fu'un series -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
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Savage Reign ''Savage Reign'' is 1995 weapon-based versus fighting game released by SNK for their Neo Geo (console), Neo Geo arcade and home platform. It was ported to the Neo Geo CD, as well as for the PlayStation 2 along with its sequel ''Kizuna Encounter'' ...
'' **''Kizuna Encounter'' *''Gladiator'' -
Domark Square Enix Limited (formerly Domark Limited and Eidos Interactive Limited) is a British subsidiary of the Japanese video game company Square Enix, acting as their European publishing arm. The company formerly owned ''Tomb Raider'', which was in ...
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Guilty Gear is a series of fighting games by Arc System Works, created and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. The first game was published in 1998, and has spawned several sequels. It has also adapted to other media such as manga and drama CD. ''Gu ...
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Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
**''Guilty Gear (video game), Guilty Gear: The Missing Link'' **''Guilty Gear X'' **''Guilty Gear X2'' **''Guilty Gear Isuka'' - Sammy Corporation, Sammy **''Guilty Gear Dust Strikers'' *''Keiji (manga), Hana no Keiji: Kumo no Kanata ni'' - Yojigen *''Highlander (video game), Highlander'' - Ocean Software, Ocean *''Knight Games'' -
English Software The English Software Company, later shortened to English Software, was a Manchester, UK-based video game developer and publisher that operated from 1982 until 1987. Starting with its first release, the horizontally scrolling shooter ''Airstrike ...
*''Knuckle Heads'' - Namco *''Samurai Deeper Kyo'' -
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*'' The Killing Blade'' - IGS *''The Last Blade'' series -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
**''The Last Blade'' **''The Last Blade 2'' *''Martial Champion'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Melty Blood'' - Type-Moon/French Bread (game developer), French Bread **''Melty Blood: Type Lumina'' - French Bread (game developer), French Bread *''Ninja Master's -Haoh-Ninpo-Cho-'' - Alpha Denshi *''Persona 4 Arena'' - Atlus/
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
**''Persona 4 Arena Ultimax'' *''Red Earth (video game), Red Earth/War-Zard'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Revengers of Vengeance'' - Extreme Entertainment Group *''Sai Combat'' - Mirrorsoft *''Samurai Shodown (series), Samurai Shodown/Samurai Spirits'' series -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
*''Sarayin Esrari'' - Akemre *Outlaws Of The Lost Dynasty, Suiko Embu series **''Outlaws Of The Lost Dynasty, Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty / Suiko Enbu/Dark Legend'' -
Data East , also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game, pinball and electronic engineering company. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, and released 150 video game titles. Its main headquarters were located in Suginami, Tokyo. The A ...
**''Outlaws Of The Lost Dynasty, Suiko Enbu-Fuun Saiki'' -
Data East , also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game, pinball and electronic engineering company. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, and released 150 video game titles. Its main headquarters were located in Suginami, Tokyo. The A ...
*''Shadow Fight'' series **''Shadow Fight'' - Nekki **''Shadow Fight 2'' - Banzai.Games *''Sword Slayer / Spartacus the Swordslayer'' - Players Software, Players *''Time Killers'' - Strata *Touhou Project series **''Immaterial and Missing Power, Touhou Project 7.5 - Immaterial and Missing Power'' **''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody, Touhou Project 10.5 - Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' **''Touhou Hisōtensoku, Touhou Project 12.3 - Touhou Hisōtensoku'' **''Hopeless Masquerade, Touhou Project 13.5 - Hopeless Masquerade'' **''Urban Legend in Limbo, Touhou Project 14.5 - Urban Legend in Limbo'' **''Antinomy of Common Flowers, Touhou Project 15.5 - Antinomy of Common Flowers'' *''Under Night In-Birth'' - French Bread (game developer), French Bread/Ecole Software *''WeaponLord'' - Namco


2.5D

*''Battle Fantasia'' -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Granblue Fantasy Versus'' -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Guilty Gear'' series -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
**''Guilty Gear Xrd'' **''Guilty Gear -Strive-'' *''Mortal Kombat (series), Mortal Kombat'' series **''Mortal Kombat (2011 video game), Mortal Kombat'' - NetherRealm Studios **''Mortal Kombat X'' - NetherRealm Studios **''Mortal Kombat 11'' - NetherRealm Studios *''Samurai Shodown (2019 video game), Samurai Shodown'' (2019) -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
*''Shadow Fight'' series **''Shadow Fight 3'' - Banzai.Games **''Shadow Fight Arena'' - Banzai.Games


3D

*''Battle Arena Toshinden'' series - Tamsoft *''List of Bleach video games, Bleach (video game series)'' *''Bushido Blade'' series - Square-Enix / Lightweight **''Bushido Blade (video game), Bushido Blade'' **''Bushido Blade 2'' *''Cardinal Syn'' - Kronos Digital Entertainment, Kronos *''Criticom'' - Kronos Digital Entertainment / Vic Tokai *''Dark Rift'' - Kronos Digital Entertainment / Vic Tokai *''Deadliest Warrior: The Game'' - Pipeworks Software *''Dynasty Warriors (video game), Dynasty Warriors'' - Koei *''Hellish Quart'' - Kubold *''Kengo: Master of Bushido, Kengo'' - Genki (company), Genki *''Last Bronx'' - Sega AM3 *''Mace: The Dark Age'' - Midway Games, Midway *''Mortal Kombat (series), Mortal Kombat'' series **''Mortal Kombat 4'' - Midway Games, Midway **''Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance'' - Midway Games, Midway **''Mortal Kombat: Deception'' - Midway Games, Midway **''Mortal Kombat: Armageddon'' - Midway Games, Midway *''Samurai Shodown'' series **''Samurai Shodown 64'' -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
**''Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage''
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
**''Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage'' -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
**''Samurai Shodown: Sen'' - SNK Playmore *''Sarayin Esrari'' - Akemre *''Soul (series), Soul'' series - Namco *''Star Gladiator'' series **''Star Gladiator'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**''Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi'' - LucasArts *''Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels'' - LucasArts


Tag team-based

Fighting games that feature Tag-team, tag teams as the ''core'' gameplay element. Teams of players may each control a different character, or a single player may control multiple characters but play one at a time. Other fighters feature tag-teaming as an alternate game mode.


2D

*''Blade Arcus from Shining'' -
Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
*'' BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle'' -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''The Eye of Typhoon, The Eye of Typhoon / Kyoku Cho Gou Ken'' - Viccom *'' Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle'' -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
*''Marvel vs. Capcom (series), Marvel vs. Capcom'' series -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''NeoGeo Battle Coliseum'' - SNK Playmore *''Umineko: Golden Fantasia'' - 07th Expansion *''
The King of Fighters ''The King of Fighters'' (''KOF'') is a series of fighting games by SNK that began with the release of '' The King of Fighters '94'' in 1994. The series was developed originally for SNK's Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware. This served as the main p ...
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SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
/SNK Playmore **''
The King of Fighters 2003 ''(KOF 2003, or KOF '03)'', also known by fans as is a fighting game produced by SNK Playmore for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms in 2003. It is the tenth game in ''The King of Fighters'' series and the last one released for the Neo Geo, ...
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The King of Fighters XI ''(KOF XI)'' is a 2D fighting game produced by SNK Playmore. It is the eleventh installment in ''The King of Fighters'' series following '' The King of Fighters 2003''. It was originally released as a coin-operated arcade game for the Atomiswa ...
'' *''Power Instinct'' series - Atlus **''Gogetsuji Legends / Power Instinct Legends'' **''Groove on Fight'' *''Rage of the Dragons'' - Evoga / Noise Factory *''Skullgirls'' - Reverge Labs/Lab Zero Games/Hidden Variable Studios/Future Club *''SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium'' *'' The Killing Blade'' - International Games System *''Twinkle Queen'' - Milestone (Japanese developer), Milestone *''List of Zatch Bell! video games, Konjiki no Gash Bell! Yuujou no Zakeru Dream Tag Tournament'' -
Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game video game development, developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in t ...


2.5D

*''Capcom Versus series'' **''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
/Eighting **''Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds'' / ''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3'' - Capcom/Eighting **''Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite'' - Capcom *''Dragon Ball FighterZ'' -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Mortal Kombat (2011 game), Mortal Kombat'' - NetherRealm Studios *''Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid'' - Animoca Brands *''SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy'' -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
/ Abstraction Games *''Street Fighter X Tekken'' - Capcom


3D

*''Dead or Alive (franchise), Dead or Alive series'' -
Tecmo , was a Japanese video game corporation founded in 1967. It had its headquarters in Kudankita, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Its subsidiary, Tecmo Inc, was located in Torrance, California. Tecmo was formerly known as Tehkan. Tecmo is known for the ''Captain ...
**''Dead or Alive 2'' **''Dead or Alive 3'' **''Dead or Alive Ultimate'' **''Dead or Alive 4'' **''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' **''Dead or Alive 5'' **''Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate'' **''Dead or Alive 5 Last Round'' *''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R'' - Bandai Namco/CyberConnect2 *''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven'' - Bandai Namco/CyberConnect2 *''Jump Force'' - Spike Chunsoft *''Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth'' - Ubisoft *''Naruto: Clash of Ninja (series)#Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen 3, Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen 3'' - Eighting / Takara Tomy *''Naruto: Clash of Ninja (series)#Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen 4, Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen 4'' - Eighting / Takara Tomy *''Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2'' - Eighting / D3 Publisher / Takara Tomy *''Clash of Ninja Revolution 3, Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3'' - Eighting / D3 Publisher / Takara Tomy *''Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! Special'' - Eighting / Takara Tomy *''One Piece: Burning Blood'' *''One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows'' - Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco *''Street Fighter EX3'' - Arika/
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Tekken Tag Tournament'' series - Namco **''Tekken Tag Tournament'' **''Tekken Tag Tournament 2''


Platform fighters

While traditional 2D/3D fighting game mechanics are more or less descendants of ''Street Fighter II'', platform fighters tend to blend fighting with elements taken from platform games. A typical match is arranged as a battle royal. Compared to traditional fighting games, attack inputs are simpler and emphasis is put on dynamic maneuvering in the arena, using the level design to get an advantage. Another major gameplay element involves using items, which may randomly Spawning (gaming), spawn anywhere in the arena. Other terms which were used to refer to this sub-genre included "Smash Clones", "Party Brawler", "Party Fighter", and "Arena Fighter" (that is also being used to define another style of 3D fighting game).


2D

*''Armor Mayhem'' - Louissi *''Blue Mischief'' - Team WING *''Brawlhalla'' - Blue Mammoth Games *''Guilty Gear Dust Strikers'' -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Jump Stars'' series -
Ganbarion Ganbarion (ガンバリオン ''Ganbarion'') is a Japanese video game company founded on August 13, 1999. Their function is the planning/development of home video game software. Two of Ganbarion's major clients are Bandai Namco Entertainment an ...
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Jump Super Stars ''Jump Super Stars'' is a 2D crossover fighting game for the Nintendo DS, based on ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' characters. It was developed by Ganbarion and published by Nintendo. The game was released on August 8, 2005, in Japan and accompanied th ...
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Jump Ultimate Stars Jumping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory. Jump or Jumping also may refer to: Places * Jump, Kentucky or Jump S ...
'' *''Kanon and AIR Smash'' - micro dream studio++ *''Lethal League'' - Team Reptile *''Paperbound'' - Dissident Logic *''Rivals of Aether'' - Dan Fornace *''Roof Rage'' - Early Melon *''Shovel Knight#Downloadable content, Shovel Knight Showdown'' - Yacht Club Games *''Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown'' - Prolific *''Sugoi Hebereke'' -
Sunsoft , stylized as SUNSOFT, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Sunsoft is the video games division of Japanese electronics manufacturer Sun Corporation. Its U.S. subsidiary operated under the name Sun Corporation of America, though, a ...
*''The Outfoxies'' - Namco *''Them's Fightin' Herds'' - Maximum Games


2.5D

*''Antistatic'' - Blue Hexagons *''Armajet'' - Super Bit Machine *''Brawlout'' - Angry Mob Games *''Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion'' - Papaya Studio *''DreamMix TV World Fighters'' - Bitstep *''Icons: Combat Arena'' - Wavedash Games *''Kirby Fighters 2'' -
Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
/ HAL Laboratory / Vanpool *''Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Go! Go! Mamono Fight!!'' - Eighting *''Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends'' - Vicious Cycle Software *''Lethal League Blaze'' - Team Reptile *''MultiVersus'' - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Player First Games *''Neon Genesis Evangelion: Battle Orchestra'' - Headlock *''Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl'' - Ludosity / Fair Play Labs *''One Piece: Gear Spirit'' -
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*''Onimusha Blade Warriors'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale'' - SuperBot Entertainment *''Rumble Arena'' - Rekall Games *''Rushdown Revolt'' - Vortex Games *''Slap City'' - Ludosity *''Super Smash Bros.'' series -
Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
/ HAL Laboratory / Sora Ltd., Sora / Bandai Namco Studios **''Super Smash Bros. (video game), Super Smash Bros.'' **''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' **''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' **''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U'' **''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' *''Tales of VS.'' - Matrix Software *''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up'' - Game Arts *''Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...


3D

*''Arms (video game), ARMS'' -
Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
*''Barbarian (Titus), Barbarian'' - Saffire (company), Saffire *''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (video game)'' - Midway Games *''Groove Adventure Rave: Fighting Live'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven'' - Bandai Namco/CyberConnect2 *''Keriotosse!'' - Taya *''Kung Fu Chaos'' - Just Add Monsters / Microsoft Game Studios *''Pocket Kanon & Air'' - Studio SiestA *''Power Stone'' series -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**''Power Stone (video game), Power Stone'' **''Power Stone 2'' *''Poy Poy'' series -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
**''Poy Poy'' **''Poy Poy 2'' *''Rakugaki Showtime'' - Treasure (company), Treasure *''Shrek SuperSlam'' - Activision *''Sonic Battle'' -
Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
/Sonic Team *''Stake: Fortune Fighters'' - Gameness Art Software Inc. *''Suzumiya Haruhi no Chourantou'' - Souvenir Circ. *''Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekitou'' - Souvenir Circ. *''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers'' - VIS Entertainment


Arena fighting games

Arena Fighters usually focuses on more free-controlling 3D movement and camera that follows the character, unlike other traditional 3D fighting games like the ''Tekken'' series that still maintain the side view and side-scrolling orientation to the attacks, also usually put emphasis on offense over defense. Games are often based on popular anime series or other IPs.


3D

*''Arms (video game), ARMS'' -
Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
*''Castlevania Judgment'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles'' - CyberConnect2 *''Dissidia: Final Fantasy'' *''Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy'' *''Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (series)'' - Spike (company), Spike *''Dragon Ball: Raging Blast'' - Spike (company), Spike *''Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2'' - Spike (company), Spike *''Dragon Ball Xenoverse'' - Bandai Namco *''Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2'' - Bandai Namco *''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (video game)'' - Midway Games *''Groove Adventure Rave: Fighting Live'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Godzilla video games'' - Toho / Atari *''Kill la Kill the Game: IF'' - A+ Games/
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''King of the Monsters (video game), King of the Monsters'' series - SNK Playmore, SNK *''Kung Fu Chaos'' - Just Add Monsters/Microsoft Game Studios *''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven'' - Bandai Namco/CyberConnect2 *''J-Stars Victory VS'' - Spike Chunsoft *''Jump Force'' - Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco *''Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth'' - Ubisoft *''Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm'' *''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2'' *''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations'' *''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3'' *''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution'' *''One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows'' - Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco *''Override 2: Super Mech League'' *''Power Stone'' series -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**''Power Stone (video game), Power Stone'' **''Power Stone 2'' *''Pokkén Tournament'' - Bandai Namco Entertainment *''Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers'' -
Dimps is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka, Japan, with an additional office in Tokyo. It is best known for developing games in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Street Fighter'' franchises. The company was founded on Marc ...
*''Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul'' -
Dimps is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka, Japan, with an additional office in Tokyo. It is best known for developing games in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Street Fighter'' franchises. The company was founded on Marc ...
*''Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi: Gekitō! Ragnarok Hachikengō'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Shrek SuperSlam'' - Activision *''Sonic Battle'' -
Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
/Sonic Team *''Spawn: In the Demon's Hand'' *''Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Lightsaber Duels'' - Lucasfilm Games *''Super Dragon Ball Z'' -
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*''Virtual On'' series - Sega AM3 **''Virtual On: Cyber Troopers'' **''Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram'' *''War of the Monsters'' - Incognito Entertainment / Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony *''Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament'' - Digital Fiction *''Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles / Konjiki no Gash Bell! Yuujou no Tag Battle 2'' - Eighting *''Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury / Konjiki no Gash Bell! Gekitou! Saikyou no Mamonotachi'' - Mechanic Arms


4-way simultaneous fighting

Games in which four players face off at once. Other games may feature 4-way fighting as alternate game modes, but here it's more central to the way the game is usually played.


2D

*''Bleach'' Nintendo DS games **''Bleach: The Blade of Fate'' **''Bleach: Dark Souls'' *''
Guilty Gear is a series of fighting games by Arc System Works, created and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. The first game was published in 1998, and has spawned several sequels. It has also adapted to other media such as manga and drama CD. ''Gu ...
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Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
**''Guilty Gear Isuka'' - Sammy Corporation, Sammy **''Guilty Gear: Dust Strikers'' *''Jump Stars'' series -
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Jump Super Stars ''Jump Super Stars'' is a 2D crossover fighting game for the Nintendo DS, based on ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' characters. It was developed by Ganbarion and published by Nintendo. The game was released on August 8, 2005, in Japan and accompanied th ...
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'' *''Lethal League'' - Team Reptile *''Naruto Shippūden: Ninjutsu Zenkai! Cha-Crash!!'' * ''Yū Yū Hakusho Makyō Tōitsusen''


2.5D

*''Battle Stadium D.O.N'' - Eighting *''Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion'' - Crave Entertainment, Crave *''DreamMix TV World Fighters'' - Hudson Soft *''Kirby Fighters 2'' -
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/ HAL Laboratory / Vanpool *''Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Go! Go! Mamono Fight!!'' - 8ing *''Lethal League Blaze'' - Team Reptile *''MultiVersus'' - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Player First Games *''Neon Genesis Evangelion: Battle Orchestra'' - Headlock *''Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl'' - Ludosity / Fair Play Labs *''One Piece: Gear Spirit'' -
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*''PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale'' - Sony Computer Entertainment *''Sonic Battle'' -
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/ Sonic Team *''Street Fighter X Tekken'' - Capcom *''Super Smash Bros.'' series -
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/ HAL Laboratory / Sora Ltd., Sora / Bandai Namco Studios **''Super Smash Bros. (video game), Super Smash Bros.'' **''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' **''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' **''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U'' **''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' *''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up'' - Ubisoft/Game Arts *''Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble'' -
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3D

*''Arms (video game), ARMS'' -
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*''Destrega'' - Koei *''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (video game), The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' - Midway Games *''Groove Adventure Rave: Fighting Live'' -
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*''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven'' - Bandai Namco/CyberConnect2 *''Naruto: Clash of Ninja (series)'' - Eighting / Tomy, Takara Tomy **''Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2'' **''Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution'' **''Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2'' **''Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 3'' **''Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4'' **''Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3'' **''Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX'' **''Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 2'' **''Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 3'' **''Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! Special'' *''Power Stone 2'' -
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*''Shrek SuperSlam'' - Activision *''Sonic Battle'' - Sonic Team/
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*''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee'' -
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*''Thrill Kill'' - Virgin Interactive *''Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style'' - Activision


Sports (combat) subgenres

Sports-based combat (also known as sport-fighters or combat sports games) are games that fall firmly within both the Combat and Sports game genres. Such games are usually based on boxing, mixed martial arts, and wrestling, and each sport seen as their own separate subgenres. Often the combat is far more realistic than combat in fighting games (though the amount of realism can vary greatly), and many feature real-world athletes and franchises and they also very distinct from fighting games.


Boxing

Boxing games go back farther than any other kind of fighting game, starting with
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's ''Heavyweight Champ'' in 1976, the game often called the first video game to feature hand-to-hand fighting. Fighters wear boxing gloves and fight in boxing ring, rings, and fighters can range from actual Fight Night Round 3, professional boxers to Power Punch II, aliens to Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2, Michael Jackson. *''10... Knock Out!'' - Amersoft *''3D Boxing'' - Amsoft *''3D World Boxing Champion'' - Simulmondo *''4-D Boxing'' - Distinctive Software *''4D Sports Boxing'' - Mindscape (company), Mindscape *''ABC Wide World of Sports Boxing'' - Cinemaware *''Animal Boxing'' - Destineer *''Arms (video game), ARMS'' -
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*''Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing, Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing / Star Rank Boxing'' - Gamestar / Activision *''Best Bout Boxing'' - Jaleco *''Boxing (1980 video game), Boxing'' - Activision *''Boxing (1981 video game), Boxing'' - Mattel Electronics *''Boxing Angel'' *''Boxing Fever'' *''Boxing Legends of the Ring'' - Sculptured Software *''Black & Bruised'' - Majesco Entertainment *''By Fair Means or Foul, By Fair Means or Foul / Pro Boxing Simulator'' -
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/ Alligata / Codemasters *''Canimals Boxing Championship'' - Voozclub Co. Ltd / Playplus *''Def Jam: Icon'' - EA Chicago/
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*''Devastating Blow'' - Beyond Belief Software, Beyond Belief *''Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing, Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield's Boxing'' -
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*''FaceBreaker'' - EA Canada *''Final Blow'' -
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/ The Sales Curve, STORM (The Sales Curve) *''Fight Night (1985 video game), Fight Night (1985)'' - Accolade (company), Accolade / U.S. Gold *''Fight Night (video game series), Fight Night'' series **''Fight Night 2004'' - EA Sports **''Fight Night Round 2'' - EA Sports **''Fight Night: Round 3'' - EA Chicago **''Fight Night Round 4'' - EA Canada **''Fight Night Champion'' - EA Canada *''Foes of Ali'' - Gray Matter Studios *''Frank Bruno's Boxing'' - Elite Systems, Elite *''George Foreman's KO Boxing'' - Beam Software *''Greatest Heavyweights of the Ring'' -
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*''Hajime no Ippo: Road to Glory'' *''Heavyweight Champ'' series **''Heavyweight Champ'' (1976) **''Heavyweight Champ'' (1987) *''Knockout'' - Alligata *''Knockout Kings'' series - EA Sports **''Knockout Kings 99'' **''Knockout Kings'' **''Knockout Kings 2000'' **''Knockout Kings 2001'' **''Knockout Kings 2002'' **''Knockout Kings 2003'' *''Legend of Success Joe'' - Wave Corp. /
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*''Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing'' - Park Place *''Neutral Corner, Neutral Corner / USA Boxing'' - KAB Software *''Online Boxing'' series **''Online Boxing 2D(2001)'' - onlineboxing.net **''Online Boxing 3D(2009)'' - 3dboxing.com *''Poli Diaz'' - OperaSoft *''Power Punch II'' - ASC Games, ASC *''Pro Boxing (video game), Pro Boxing'' - Artworx *''Punch-Out!!'' series -
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**''Punch-Out!!'' **''Super Punch-Out!! (arcade game), Super Punch-Out!!'' **''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'' **''Super Punch-Out!! (SNES version), Super Punch-Out!!'' (SNES) **''Punch-Out!! (Wii)'' *''Don King Presents: Prizefighter, Prize Fighter'' *''Ready 2 Rumble'' series **''Ready 2 Rumble Boxing'' - Midway Games, Midway **''Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2'' - Midway Games, Midway / Point of View (developer) **''Ready 2 Rumble Revolution'' - AKI Corporation / Atari *''Real Steel (video game), Real Steel'' - Yuke's *''Riddick Bowe Boxing'' - Malibu Interactive *''Ring King'' -
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*''Ringside (video game), Ringside'' - EAS Software, EAS / Mentrox / Goldline (video game company), Goldline *''Rocky'' series **''Creed: Rise to Glory'' - Survios **''Rocky Super Action Boxing'' - Coleco **''Rocky (1987 video game), Rocky'' -
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**''Rocky (2002 video game), Rocky (6th gen consoles)'' - Ubisoft **''Rocky Legends'' - Ubisoft **''Rocky Balboa (video game), Rocky Balboa'' - Ubisoft **''Rocky / Rocco'' - Dinamic / Gremlin *''Sierra Championship Boxing'' - Sierra On-Line *''Star Rank Boxing II'' - Gamestar / Activision *''Street Cred Boxing'' - Players Software, Players *''TKO (video game), TKO'' - Accolade (company), Accolade *''Teleroboxer'' - Nintendo R&D3 *''The Big KO'' - Tynesoft *''The Champ (video game), The Champ'' - Linel *''The Final Round (1988)'' -
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*''Title Fight'' -
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*''Fighting Spirit (manga), Victorious Boxers'' series **''Victorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory'' - New Corporation **''Victorious Boxers 2: Fighting Spirit'' - New Corporation **''Victorious Boxers: Revolution'' - AQ Interactive / GrandPrix *''Wade Hixton's Counter Punch'' - Inferno Games *''Wii Sports#Main games, Wii Sports: Wii Boxing'' -
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Boxing management

Boxing games where combat is not directly human-controlled in the ring. Instead, a boxer is trained via a resource management game scheme, and bouts are directed via instructions given prior to each round. *''Boxing Manager'' - Cult
Online Boxing Manager
- OBM *''Ringside Seat'' - Strategic Simulations, Inc., SSI *''TKO Professional Boxing'' - Lance Haffner Games *''The Boxer (game)'' - Cult *''World Championship Boxing Manager'' - Goliath Games / Krisalis Software *''World Championship Boxing Manager Online'' - WCBM Online


Mixed martial arts

While most versus fighting games could be considered mixed martial arts games, listed here are games that are based on actual MMA franchises or tournaments. *''Astral Bout, Astral Bout / Sougou Kakutougi Astral Bout'' - King Records (Japan), King Records *''Astral Bout 2, Astral Bout 2 / Sougou Kakutougi Astral Bout 2 The Total Fighters'' - King Records (Japan), King Records *''Astral Bout 3, Astral Bout 3 / Fighting Network Rings: Astral Bout 3 / Sougou Kakutougi Astral Bout 3'' - King Records (Japan), King Records *''Buriki One'' -
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*''Def Jam: Fight for NY'' - Aki Corporation, Aki / EA Canada *''EA Sports MMA'' - EA Sports *''EA Sports UFC'' - EA Sports *''EA Sports UFC 2'' - EA Sports *''EA Sports UFC 3'' - EA Sports *''EA Sports UFC 4'' - EA Sports *Fighting Network RINGS: PS one 1997 *Grappler Baki Baki Sadai no Tournament / Fighting Fury PS2 2000 *Garouden Breakblow PS2 2005 *Garouden Breakblow Fist or Twist PS2 2007 *K-1 PREMIUM 2004 Dynamite PS2 2004 *K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite PS2 2005
MMA Tycoon
- Browser 2009 *PRIDE FC: Fighting Championships PS2 2003 *PrideGP Grand Prix 2003 *''TDT-Online'' - Tactical Defense Training, TDT
TheFlyingKnee
- Browser/Animated 2011 *The Ishu Kakutougi/World Fighting PS2 2003 *The Wild Rings Xbox 2003 *''Ultimate Fighting Championship (video game), Ultimate Fighting Championship'' - Anchor Inc. *''Ultimate Fighting Championship: Sudden Impact, UFC: Sudden Impact'' - Opus (video game company), Opus *''UFC: Tapout'' - Dream Factory (game developer), Dream Factory *''UFC: Throwdown'' - Opus *''UFC 2009 Undisputed'' - Yuke's *''UFC Undisputed 2010'' - Yuke's *''UFC Undisputed 3'' - Yuke's *''UFC Personal Trainer (video game)'' - Yuke's *''Saikyō: Takada Nobuhiko'' Super Famicom 1995 *''Supremacy MMA'' - Kung Fu Factory


Kickboxing

*K-1 World GP *K-1 World GP 2006 *K-1 Premium 2005 Dynamite!! *K-1 World GP 2005 *K-1 World Max 2005 *K-1 Premium 2004 Dynamite!! *K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 *K-1 World Grand Prix: The Beast Attack! *K-1 World Grand Prix *K-1 Pocket Grand Prix 2 *K-1 Pocket Grand Prix *K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 *K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Kaimakuden *K-1 Oujya ni Narou! *K-1 Grand Prix *K-1 Revenge *Legend of K-1 Grand Prix '96 *K-1 The Arena Fighters *Fighting Illusion K-1 Grand Prix Sho *Legend of K-1 The Best Collection


Wrestling

Wrestling games are either based on or have elements of wrestling, such as professional wrestling, grappling, and/or the wrestling ring itself. *''Super Pro Wrestling'' - INTV Corporation *''3 Count Bout, 3 Count Bout / Fire Suplex'' - SNK Playmore, SNK *''All Japan Pro-Wrestling: Soul of Champion'' - Human Entertainment *''All Star Pro-Wrestling'' series - Square (video game company), Square / Square Enix *''American Tag-Team Wrestling, American Tag Team Wrestling / Tag Team Wrestling'' -
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*''Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home, Backyard Wrestling'' series - Paradox Development **''Backyard Wrestling: Don't Try This at Home'' **''Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes the Neighborhood'' **''Backyard Wrestling 2K8'' *''Tag Team Wrestling, The Big Pro Wrestling! / Tag Team Wrestling'' - Technos Japan Corporation, Technos / Quicksilver Software *''Blazing Tornado'' - Human Entertainment *''Pro Wrestling (Master System video game), Body Slam / Dump Matsumoto'' -
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/ Firebird Software, Firebird ** Pro Wrestling (Master System video game), ''Pro Wrestling'' (Sega Master System) -
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*''Championship Wrestling (video game)'' - Epyx *''Def Jam Vendetta'' - Aki Corporation, Aki / EA Canada *''Fire Pro Wrestling'' series **''Fire Pro Wrestling Combination Tag'' - Human Entertainment **''Fire Pro Wrestling 2nd Bout'' - Human Entertainment **''Super Fire Pro Wrestling'' - Human Entertainment **''Thunder Pro Wrestling Biographies, Thunder Pro Wrestling Biographies / Fire Pro Wrestling Gaiden'' - Human Entertainment **''Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Legend Bout'' - Human Entertainment **''Super Fire Pro Wrestling 2'' - Human Entertainment **''Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Final Bout'' - Human Entertainment **''Super Fire Pro Wrestling 3 Easy Type'' - Human Entertainment **''Fire Pro Women: All Star Dream Slam, Fire Pro Women: All Star Dream Slam / Fire Pro Joshi: All Star Dream Slam'' - Human Entertainment **''Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special'' - Human Entertainment **''Wrestling Universe: Fire Pro Women: Dome Super Female Big Battle: All Japan Women VS J.W.P.'' - Human Entertainment **''Super Fire Pro Wrestling: Queen's Special'' - Human Entertainment **''Fire Pro Another Story: Blazing Tornado'' - Human Entertainment **''Super Fire Pro Wrestling X'' - Human Entertainment **''Fire Pro Wrestling: Iron Slam '96'' - Human Entertainment **''Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium'' - Human Entertainment **''Fire Pro Wrestling S: 6 Men Scramble'' - Human Entertainment **''Fire Pro Wrestling G'' - Human Entertainment **''Fire Pro Wrestling for WonderSwan'' - Spike (company), Spike **''Fire Pro Wrestling i'' - Spike (company), Spike **''Fire Pro Wrestling D'' - Spike (company), Spike **''Fire Pro Wrestling (GBA), Fire Pro Wrestling'' - Spike (company), Spike **''Fire Pro Wrestling J'' - Spike (company), Spike **''Fire Pro Wrestling 2'' - Spike (company), Spike **''Fire Pro Wrestling Z'' - Spike (company), Spike **''Fire Pro Wrestling Returns'' - Spike (company), Spike **''Fire Pro Wrestling World'' - Spike (company), Spike *''Gekitou Burning Pro Wrestling'' - Blue Planet Software, BPS *''HAL Wrestling, HAL Wrestling / Pro Wrestling'' - Human Entertainment *''HammerLock Wrestling'' - Jaleco *''Funaki Masakatsu no Hybrid Wrestler: Tōgi Denshō'' - Technos *''Intergalactic Cage Match, Intergalactic Cage Match / Cage Match'' - Mastertronic / Entertainment USA *''King of Colosseum (Green) NOAH x Zero-One Disc'' - Spike (company), Spike *''King of Colosseum II'' - Spike (company), Spike *''Galactic Wrestling: Featuring Ultimate Muscle, Galactic Wrestling / Kinnikuman Generations'' -
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*''Legends of Wrestling'' series *''M.U.S.C.L.E. (video game), MUSCLE / Tag Team Match M.U.S.C.L.E. / Kinnikuman Muscle Tag Match'' -
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*''Mat Mania Challenge'' - Technos / Atari *''Natsume Championship Wrestling'' - Natsume (company), Natsume *''New Japan x All Japan x Pancrase Disc'' - Spike (company), Spike *''Popeye 3: WrestleCrazy, Popeye 3'' - Alternative Software, Alternative *''Power Move Pro Wrestling'' - Future Amusement *''Power Pro Wrestling: Max Voltage, Power Pro Wrestling: Max Voltage / Jikkyou Power Pro Wrestling '96: Max Voltage'' -
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*''Pro Wrestling (NES video game), Pro Wrestling (NES)'' -
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*''Pure Wrestle Queens, Pure Wrestle Queens / JWP Joshi Pro Wrestling: Pure Wrestle Queens'' - Jaleco *''Cutie Suzuki no Ringside Angel'' - Asmik Ace, Asmik *''Rock'n Wrestle, Rock'n Wrestle / Bop'n Wrestle'' - Beam Software *''Rumble Roses'' series -
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/ Yuke's *''Saturday Night Slam Masters'' series **''Saturday Night Slam Masters, Saturday Night Slam Masters / Muscle Bomber: The Body Explosion'' -
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**''Muscle Bomber Duo: Ultimate Team Battle, Muscle Bomber Duo: Ultimate Team Battle / Muscle Bomber Duo: Heat Up Warriors'' -
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**''Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II, Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II / Super Muscle Bomber: The International Blowout'' -
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*''Sgt Slaughter's Mat Wars'' - Mindscape (company), Mindscape *Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Tokon Hono series - Yuke's **''Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Tokon Hono: Brave Spirits'' **''Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling Tokon Hono 2: The Next Generation'' *''The Simpsons Wrestling'' - Big Ape Productions *''Stardust Suplex'' - Varie *''Super Star Pro Wrestling'' - Nihon Bussan *''Take Down (1988 video game), Take Down'' - Gamestar *''Tecmo World Wrestling'' -
Tecmo , was a Japanese video game corporation founded in 1967. It had its headquarters in Kudankita, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Its subsidiary, Tecmo Inc, was located in Torrance, California. Tecmo was formerly known as Tehkan. Tecmo is known for the ''Captain ...
*''Title Match Pro Wrestling'' - Absolute Entertainment *''TNA Impact! (video game), TNA Impact!'' - Midway Studios - Los Angeles, Midway *''TNA Impact!: Cross The Line (video game), TNA Impact!: Cross The Line'' - Midway Studios - Los Angeles, Midway *''Wrestling'' - KAB Software *''Wrestle Kingdom (video game), Wrestle Kingdom'' - Yuke's *''Wrestle Kingdom 2'' - Yuke's *''Wrestle War (video game), Wrestle War'' - Sega *''Wrestling Superstars'' - Codemasters Wrestling video games based on WWE, WWE/WWF properties. *Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) series **''ECW Anarchy Rulz (video game), ECW Anarchy Rulz'' - Acclaim Entertainment, Acclaim **''ECW Hardcore Revolution'' - Acclaim Entertainment, Acclaim *WWE SmackDown! (video game series), SmackDown! series - THQ / Yuke's **''WWF SmackDown! (video game), WWF SmackDown!'' **''WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role'' **''WWF SmackDown! Just Bring It'' **''WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth'' **''WWE SmackDown! Here Comes The Pain'' **''WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW'' **''WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006'' **''WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007'' **''WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008'' **''WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009'' **''WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010'' **''WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2011'' *World Championship Wrestling (WCW) series **''WCW Backstage Assault'' **''WCW Mayhem (video game), WCW Mayhem'' **''WCW Nitro (video game), WCW Nitro'' **''WCW/nWo Revenge'' **''WCW/nWo Thunder'' **''WCW SuperBrawl Wrestling'' **''WCW: The Main Event'' **''WCW vs. nWo: World Tour'' **''WCW vs. the World'' **''WCW Wrestling'' *WrestleMania series **''WWF WrestleMania (1989 video game), WWF WrestleMania'' - Acclaim Entertainment, Acclaim **''WWF WrestleMania Challenge'' - LJN **''WWF WrestleMania (1991 video game), WWF WrestleMania (Microcomputer)'' - Ocean Software, Ocean **''WWF Super WrestleMania'' - LJN **''WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge'' - LJN **''WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game'' - Midway Games, Midway **''WWF Road to WrestleMania'' - Natsume (company), Natsume **''WWE Road to WrestleMania X8'' - Natsume (company), Natsume **''WWF WrestleMania 2000 (video game), WWF WrestleMania 2000'' - Syn Sophia, AKI **''WWE WrestleMania X8 (video game), WWE WrestleMania X8'' - Yuke's **''WWE WrestleMania XIX (video game), WWE WrestleMania XIX'' - Yuke's **''WWE WrestleMania 21 (video game), WWE WrestleMania 21'' - Studio Gigante **''WWE Legends of WrestleMania'' - Yuke's * WWE, WWF/WWE series **''MicroLeague Wrestling'' - MicroLeague **''WWE '12'' - Yuke's **''WWE 13'' - Yuke's **''WWE 2K14'' - Yuke's **''WWE 2K15'' - Yuke's **''WWE 2K16'' - Yuke's **''WWE 2K17'' - Yuke's **''WWE 2K18'' - Yuke's **''WWE 2K19'' - Yuke's **''WWE 2K20'' - Yuke's **''WWE All-Stars'' - THQ **''WWF Superstars'' - Technos **''WWF WrestleFest'' - Technos **''WWF Superstars (Game Boy)'' - LJN **''WWF Superstars 2'' - LJN **''WWF European Rampage Tour'' - Ocean Software, Ocean **''WWF Royal Rumble'' - LJN **''WWF Raw (1994 video game), WWF RAW'' - LJN **''WWF King of the Ring (video game), WWF King of the Ring'' - LJN **''WWF Rage in the Cage'' - Acclaim Entertainment, Acclaim **''WWF In Your House (video game), WWF In Your House'' - Acclaim Entertainment, Acclaim **''WWF War Zone'' - Acclaim Entertainment, Acclaim **''WWF Attitude'' - Acclaim Entertainment, Acclaim **''WWF No Mercy (video game), WWF No Mercy'' - Syn Sophia, AKI **''WWF Royal Rumble (2000 video game), WWF Royal Rumble (Dreamcast)'' - Yuke's **''WWE RAW (video game), WWE RAW'' - Anchor Inc., Anchor **''WWE RAW 2'' - Anchor Inc., Anchor **''WWE Survivor Series'' - Natsume (company), Natsume **''WWE Day of Reckoning'' - Yuke's **''WWE Day of Reckoning 2'' - Yuke's


Ball/Disc sports

Games involving flying objects that can include balls and discs, where the players can only interact with each other through the object, and may or may not include goalposts. *''Lethal League'' series - Team Reptile **''Lethal League'' **''Lethal League Blaze'' *''Windjammers (video game), Windjammers'' series -
Data East , also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game, pinball and electronic engineering company. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, and released 150 video game titles. Its main headquarters were located in Suginami, Tokyo. The A ...
/ Dotemu **''Windjammers (video game), Windjammers'' -
Data East , also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game, pinball and electronic engineering company. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, and released 150 video game titles. Its main headquarters were located in Suginami, Tokyo. The A ...
**''Windjammers 2'' - Dotemu


By theme


Anime-based fighting games

Games based on popular anime series and 3D variants often feature Cel shading, cell shading. "Anime fighters" also usually have very fast-paced action and put emphasis on offense over defense. Another common feature is that they typically have fighting systems built around doing long combos of dozens of attacks. But overall they appear in a variety of fighting game sub-genres.


2D

*'' Akatsuki EN-Eins'' series - Subtle Style *'' Arcana Heart'' series -
Examu Examu, formerly known as Yuki Enterprise, was a Japanese video game company founded in 2000. It mostly produced fighting games for arcades and home consoles. It is known for owning Team Arcana, the developer of the original intellectual property ...
/Team Arcana *''
BlazBlue ''BlazBlue'' is a fighting video game series developed and published in Japan by Arc System Works, and later localized in North America by Aksys Games and in Europe by Zen United. An anime adaptation aired in Autumn 2013. The series has sold 1. ...
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Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
**'' BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle'' *'' Chaos Code'' - FK Digital *''Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden - TOSE/Bandai **''Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 2 **''Dragon Ball Z: Super Butōden 3 **''Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butōden'' **''Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butoden'' - Bandai Namco/Game Republic **''Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butōden'' - Bandai Namco/Arc System Works *''Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors (series), Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors'' series -
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*''Fist of the North Star (2005 video game), Fist of the North Star: The Twin Blue Stars of Judgment'' -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Guilty Gear'' series -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
**''Guilty Gear (video game), Guilty Gear: The Missing Link'' **''Guilty Gear X'' **''Guilty Gear X2'' **''Guilty Gear Isuka'' - Sammy Corporation, Sammy **''Guilty Gear Dust Strikers'' *''Jump Stars'' series -
Ganbarion Ganbarion (ガンバリオン ''Ganbarion'') is a Japanese video game company founded on August 13, 1999. Their function is the planning/development of home video game software. Two of Ganbarion's major clients are Bandai Namco Entertainment an ...
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Jump Super Stars ''Jump Super Stars'' is a 2D crossover fighting game for the Nintendo DS, based on ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' characters. It was developed by Ganbarion and published by Nintendo. The game was released on August 8, 2005, in Japan and accompanied th ...
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Jump Ultimate Stars Jumping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory. Jump or Jumping also may refer to: Places * Jump, Kentucky or Jump S ...
'' *''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (video game), JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for The Future'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Melty Blood'' series - Type-Moon/French Bread (game developer), French Bread **''Melty Blood: Type Lumina'' *''Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel -
Examu Examu, formerly known as Yuki Enterprise, was a Japanese video game company founded in 2000. It mostly produced fighting games for arcades and home consoles. It is known for owning Team Arcana, the developer of the original intellectual property ...
/Team Arcana *''Persona 4 Arena'' - Atlus/
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
**''Persona 4 Arena Ultimax'' - Atlus/
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Phantom Breaker'' - Mages (company) *''Skullgirls'' - Reverge Labs/Lab Zero Games/Hidden Variable Studios/Future Club *''Tatsunoko Fight'' - Takara *''Under Night In-Birth'' - French Bread (game developer), French Bread


2.5D

*''Battle Stadium D.O.N.'' - Namco Bandai Games/Eighting/Q Entertainment *''DNF Duel'' - Neople/
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
/Eighting *''Dragon Ball FighterZ'' -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Dream Mix TV World Fighters'' - Hudson Soft *''Granblue Fantasy Versus'' - Cygames/
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Guilty Gear'' series -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
**''Guilty Gear Xrd'' **''Guilty Gear -Strive-'' *''From TV Animation - One Piece: Grand Battle!, One Piece: Grand Battle!'' -
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*''One Piece: Gear Spirit'' -
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
/Eighting


3D

*''Dead or Alive (franchise)'' - Koei Tecmo *''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles'' - CyberConnect2 *''Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout'' - TOSE/Bandai *''Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (series)'' -
Dimps is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka, Japan, with an additional office in Tokyo. It is best known for developing games in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Street Fighter'' franchises. The company was founded on Marc ...
*''Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (series)'' - Spike (company), Spike *''Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit'' -
Dimps is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka, Japan, with an additional office in Tokyo. It is best known for developing games in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Street Fighter'' franchises. The company was founded on Marc ...
*''Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World'' -
Dimps is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka, Japan, with an additional office in Tokyo. It is best known for developing games in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Street Fighter'' franchises. The company was founded on Marc ...
*''Dragon Ball: Raging Blast'' - Spike (company), Spike *''Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2'' - Spike (company), Spike *''Dragon Ball Xenoverse'' - Bandai Namco *''Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2'' - Bandai Namco *''Fate/unlimited codes'' - Type-Moon/Eighting/
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Groove Adventure Rave: Fighting Live'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Legends of the Dark King, Hokuto no Ken: Raoh Gaiden - Ten no Haoh'' - Interchannel/
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle'' - Bandai Namco/CyberConnect2 *''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven'' - Bandai Namco/CyberConnect2 *''J-Stars Victory VS'' - Bandai Namco *''Jump Force'' - Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco *''Kill la Kill the Game: IF'' - A+ Games/
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Naruto: Clash of Ninja (series)'' - Eighting / Tomy, Takara Tomy **''Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2'' **''Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution'' **''Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2'' **''Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 3'' **''Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4'' **''Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3'' **''Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja for Wii U'' **''Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX'' **''Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 2'' **''Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 3'' **''Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! Special'' *''Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm'' **''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2'' **''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations'' **''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3'' **''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution'' *''One Piece: Burning Blood'' - Bandai Namco *''One Piece: Grand Adventure'' - Bandai Namco *''One Piece: Grand Battle'' -
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*''One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows'' - Spike Chunsoft/Bandai Namco *''Saint Seiya: Soldiers' Soul'' -
Dimps is a Japanese video game developer based in Osaka, Japan, with an additional office in Tokyo. It is best known for developing games in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', ''Dragon Ball'' and ''Street Fighter'' franchises. The company was founded on Marc ...
*''Shijō Saikyō no Deshi Kenichi: Gekitō! Ragnarok Hachikengō'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Super Dragon Ball Z'' -
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*''Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament'' - Digital Fiction *''Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles / Konjiki no Gash Bell! Yuujou no Tag Battle 2'' - Eighting *''Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury / Konjiki no Gash Bell! Gekitou! Saikyou no Mamonotachi'' - Mechanic Arms


Crossover

Fighting games featuring characters from more than one franchise. Typically, these consist of characters across multiple game and/or comic franchises. Others are initially singular franchises featuring guest characters, often via DLC. *'' Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match'' -
Examu Examu, formerly known as Yuki Enterprise, was a Japanese video game company founded in 2000. It mostly produced fighting games for arcades and home consoles. It is known for owning Team Arcana, the developer of the original intellectual property ...
*''Battle Stadium D.O.N.'' - Namco Bandai Games / Eighting / Q Entertainment *''Blade Strangers'' - Nicalis *'' BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle'' -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Bounty Battle'' - Dark Screen Games *''Brawlhalla'' - Blue Mammoth Games *''Brawlout'' - Angry Mob Games *''Capcom VS.'' series -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
**'' Capcom Fighting Evolution'' **''Marvel vs. Capcom (series), Marvel vs. Capcom'' series **SNK vs. Capcom **''Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix'' **''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'' *''Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion'' / ''Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL'' - Papaya Studio *''Dead or Alive (franchise), Dead or Alive series'' -
Tecmo , was a Japanese video game corporation founded in 1967. It had its headquarters in Kudankita, Chiyoda, Tokyo. Its subsidiary, Tecmo Inc, was located in Torrance, California. Tecmo was formerly known as Tehkan. Tecmo is known for the ''Captain ...
**''Dead or Alive 4'' **''Dead or Alive: Dimensions'' **''Dead or Alive 5'' **''Dead or Alive 6'' *''Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax'' -
Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
*''DreamMix TV World Fighters'' - Bitstep *''Fight of Gods'' - Digital Crafter *''Fighters Megamix'' -
Sega is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational video game and entertainment company headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its international branches, Sega of America and Sega Europe, are headquartered in Irvine, California and London, r ...
/ Tiger Electronics *''Fighting EX Layer'' / ''Fighting EX Layer: Another Dash'' - Arika *''Injustice'' series - NetherRealm Studios **''Injustice: Gods Among Us'' **''Injustice 2'' *''J-Stars Victory VS'' - Spike Chunsoft *''Jump Force'' - Spike Chunsoft *''
Jump Super Stars ''Jump Super Stars'' is a 2D crossover fighting game for the Nintendo DS, based on ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' characters. It was developed by Ganbarion and published by Nintendo. The game was released on August 8, 2005, in Japan and accompanied th ...
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Ganbarion Ganbarion (ガンバリオン ''Ganbarion'') is a Japanese video game company founded on August 13, 1999. Their function is the planning/development of home video game software. Two of Ganbarion's major clients are Bandai Namco Entertainment an ...
*''Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects'' - Nihilistic Software, Nihilistic / EA Canada / Team Fusion *''Mashbox'' *''Mortal Kombat'' series - Midway Games / Avalanche Software / Eurocom / Just Games Interactive / Midway Studios Los Angeles / Other Ocean Interactive / Point of View, Inc. / NetherRealm Studios **''Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe'' **''Mortal Kombat (2011 video game), Mortal Kombat'' **''Mortal Kombat X'' **''Mortal Kombat 11'' *''MultiVersus'' - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment / Player First Games *''NeoGeo Battle Coliseum'' - SNK Playmore *''Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl'' - Ludosity / Fair Play Labs *''Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel'' -
Examu Examu, formerly known as Yuki Enterprise, was a Japanese video game company founded in 2000. It mostly produced fighting games for arcades and home consoles. It is known for owning Team Arcana, the developer of the original intellectual property ...
*''Phantom Breaker'' / ''Phantom Breaker: Extra'' / ''Phantom Breaker: Omnia'' - Mages (company), Mages *''PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale'' - SuperBot Entertainment *''Samurai Shodown (2019 video game), Samurai Shodown'' -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
*''SNK Gals' Fighters'' - Aicom, Yumekobo *''SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy'' -
SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
/ Abstraction Games *SNK vs. Capcom (series), ''SNK vs. Capcom'' series -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
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SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
*''Soulcalibur'' series - Project Soul / Bandai Namco Studios **''Soulcalibur II'' **''Soulcalibur Legends'' **''Soulcalibur IV'' / ''Soulcalibur II HD Online'' **''Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny'' **''Soulcalibur V'' **''Soulcalibur VI'' *''Street Fighter X Tekken'' -
Capcom is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher, publisher. It has created a number of List of best-selling video game franchises, multi-million-selling game franchises, with its most commercially successful being ''Resident Evil' ...
*''Sunday vs Magazine: Shūketsu! Chōjō Daikessen'' -
Konami , is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
*''Super Smash Bros.'' series -
Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It develops video games and video game consoles. Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
/ HAL Laboratory / Sora Ltd., Sora / Bandai Namco Studios **''Super Smash Bros. (video game), Super Smash Bros.'' **''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' **''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' **''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U'' **''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' *''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up'' (Wii version) - Game Arts *''Tekken 7'' - Bandai Namco Studios *''
The King of Fighters ''The King of Fighters'' (''KOF'') is a series of fighting games by SNK that began with the release of '' The King of Fighters '94'' in 1994. The series was developed originally for SNK's Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware. This served as the main p ...
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SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...
/ Eolith (company), Eolith / BrezzaSoft / Noise Factory **''
The King of Fighters '94 ''The King of Fighters '94'' (''KOF 94'') is a fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo (system), Neo Geo-based arcade game, arcade system in 1994, as the first in ''The King of Fighters'' series. The game was also released for the Neo Geo ...
/ The King of Fighters '94 Re-Bout'' **''
The King of Fighters '95 ''(KOF '95)'' is a fighting game produced by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 1995. It is the sequel to '' The King of Fighters '94'' and the second game in '' The King of Fighters'' series. It is also the first game in the ser ...
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The King of Fighters '96 ''(KOF '96)'' is a fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 1996. It is the third game in ''The King of Fighters'' series, following ''The King of Fighters '95''. Like its predecessor, the game was ported to the N ...
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The King of Fighters '97 ''(KOF '97)'' is a fighting game produced by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home console in 1997. It is the fourth game in ''The King of Fighters'' series. It was ported to the Neo-Geo CD, as well as the PlayStation and the Sega Saturn in Japan ...
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The King of Fighters '98 ''The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest'', known in Japan as ''The King of Fighters '98: Dream Match Never Ends (KOF '98)'', is a fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 1998. It is the fifth game in ''The Kin ...
/ The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match'' **''King of Fighters R-1'' **''
The King of Fighters '99 ''The King of Fighters '99: Millennium Battle'' (''KOF '99'') is a 1999 fighting game developed and published by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 1999. It is the sixth installment in ''The King of Fighters'' series, introducing a ...
'' **''King of Fighters R-2'' **''
The King of Fighters 2000 ''(KOF 2000, or KOF '00)'' is a fighting video game that was produced by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 2000. It is the seventh installment in ''The King of Fighters'' series for the Neo Geo and the final game in the series SNK ...
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The King of Fighters 2001 ''(KOF 2001, or KOF '01)'' is a fighting game produced by Eolith for the Neo Geo. It is the eighth game in ''The King of Fighters'' series, the third and final part of the "NESTS Chronicles" story arc, and the first game produced following the c ...
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The King of Fighters 2002 ''(KOF 2002, or KOF '02)'' is a fighting game produced by Eolith and Playmore for the Neo Geo in 2002. It is the ninth game in ''The King of Fighters'' series and the second one to be produced by Eolith and developed by Playmore (formerly Brez ...
/ The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match'' **''
The King of Fighters 2003 ''(KOF 2003, or KOF '03)'', also known by fans as is a fighting game produced by SNK Playmore for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms in 2003. It is the tenth game in ''The King of Fighters'' series and the last one released for the Neo Geo, ...
'' **''The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact'' **'' The King of Fighters Neowave'' **''
The King of Fighters XI ''(KOF XI)'' is a 2D fighting game produced by SNK Playmore. It is the eleventh installment in ''The King of Fighters'' series following '' The King of Fighters 2003''. It was originally released as a coin-operated arcade game for the Atomiswa ...
'' **''The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact 2 / The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact Regulation-A'' **''The King of Fighters XII'' **''The King of Fighters XIII'' **''The King of Fighters XIV'' **''The King of Fighters XV'' *''Twinkle Queen'' - Milestone (Japanese developer), Milestone *''Under Night In-Birth'' - French Bread (game developer), French Bread / Ecole Software


Eroge

Fighting eroge (erotic games). Fighting games with pornographic elements. *''Battle Raper (series), Battle Raper'' series - Illusion (company), Illusion **''Battle Raper'' **''Battle Raper 2'' *''Strip Fighter'' series - Studio S **''Strip Fighter II'' - Games Express **''Strip Fighter IV'' - Studio S **''Super Strip Fighter IV'' - Studio S **''Ultra Strip Fighter IV Omeco Edition'' - Studio S **''Strip Fighter 5'' - Studio S **''Strip Fighter 5 Abnormal Edition'' - Studio S **''Strip Fighter IV Rainbow'' - Studio S **''Strip Fighter 3 Naked Street King'' - Studio S **''Strip Fighter 5 Chimpocon Edition'' - Studio S *''Variable Geo'' - Technical Group Laboratory, TGL / Giga (brand), Giga


Mech

Fighters with a mecha or robot theme. *Armored Warriors series -
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**''Armored Warriors'' **'' Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness'' -
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*''Gundam: Battle Assault (Series)'' *''
Joy Mech Fight , sometimes called ''Joy Mecha Fight'', is a fighting game developed and published by Nintendo for the Family Computer, released only in Japan on May 21, 1993. The game was released during the generation shift between the Famicom and the newer ...
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*''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition'' -
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*''Neon Genesis Evangelion: Battle Orchestra'' - Headlock (company), Headlock *''One Must Fall: 2097'' - Epic Games *''Power Quest (game), Power Quest'' -
Sunsoft , stylized as SUNSOFT, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Sunsoft is the video games division of Japanese electronics manufacturer Sun Corporation. Its U.S. subsidiary operated under the name Sun Corporation of America, though, a ...
*''Real Steel (video game), Real Steel'' - Yuke's *''Rise of the Robots'' - Mirage Media / Time Warner Interactive **''Rise 2: Resurrection'' - Mirage Media / Acclaim Entertainment *''Rising Thunder (video game), Rising Thunder'' - Radiant Entertainment *''Robopit'' - Kokopeli Digital Studios / Altron *''Shin Kidō Senki Gundam Wing: Endless Duel'' - Natsume Co. Ltd. /
Bandai is a Japanese multinational toy manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Taitō, Tokyo. Its international branches, Bandai Namco Toys & Collectables America and Bandai UK, are respectively headquartered in Irvine, California and Richmond ...
*''Super Robot Spirits'' -
Banpresto (formerly Coreland Technology Inc.) was a Japanese video game video game development, developer and video game publisher, publisher headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It had a branch in Hong Kong named Banpresto H.K., which was headquartered in t ...
*''Tech Romancer'' -
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*''Teleroboxer'' - Nintendo R&D3 *''WarTech: Senko No Ronde'' - G.rev *''Virtual On'' series -
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Monster/Kaiju

These games feature monsters as playable characters, usually set in destructible city environments. *''Godzilla video games'' - Toho / Atari *''King of the Monsters (video game), King of the Monsters'' series - SNK Playmore, SNK *''War of the Monsters'' - Incognito Entertainment / Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony


RPG

Fighting games with RPG elements, like character building or variable storylines. *Dissidia Series **''Dissidia: Final Fantasy'' **''Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy'' **''Dissidia Final Fantasy NT'' *''DNF Duel'' *''Draglade'' *''Dragon Ball Xenoverse'' - Bandai Namco *''Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2'' - Bandai Namco *''Flying Dragon'' *''Granblue Fantasy Versus'' -
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth'' - Ubisoft *''Persona 4 Arena'' - Atlus/
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*''Persona 4 Arena Ultimax'' - Atlus/
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
*Legaia series **''Legend of Legaia'' **''Legaia 2: Duel Saga'' *''Red Earth (video game), Red Earth'' -
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*''Revengers of Vengeance'' *''Shadow Fight'' series - Nekki *''Tenkaichi Bushi Keru Nagūru'' *Tobal series **''Tobal No.1'' **''Tobal 2'' *''Virtua Quest'' *''Shaolin'' - THQ *''The King of Fighters All Star'' - Netmarble /
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Super deformed

Super deformed refers to a popular type of Japanese caricature where the subject is made to have exaggerated toddler-like features, such as an oversized head and short chubby limbs. Their movements and expressions while super deformed also tend to be exaggerated. *''Battle Arena Toshinden'' series – Tamsoft **''Battle Arena Nitoshinden'' *''Exteel'' – NCsoft (only when "SD Mode" is selected) *''Fate/tiger colosseum'' –
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/ Cavia (company), Cavia / Type-Moon *''Hiryū no Ken, Flying Dragon'' series –
Culture Brain is a Japanese video game developer and publisher founded on October 5, 1980. In 2016, it was renamed Culture Brain Excel. History Culture Brain was founded in 1980 as Nihon Game Corporation. In 1981, a subsidiary to handle the sales operations ...
**''SD Hiryū no Ken'' **''SD Hiryū no Ken Gaiden'' **''SD Hiryū no Ken SD Hiryū no Ken Gaiden 2'' **''Flying Dragon'' (only when "SD Mode" is selected) **''SD Hiryū no Ken Densetsu'' **''SD Hiryū no Ken EX'' *''Glove On Fight'' – Watanabe Seisakujo *''
Guilty Gear is a series of fighting games by Arc System Works, created and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. The first game was published in 1998, and has spawned several sequels. It has also adapted to other media such as manga and drama CD. ''Gu ...
'' series –
Arc System Works , commonly referred to as ArcSys, is a Japanese video game developer and publisher located in Yokohama. Founded by Minoru Kidooka in 1988, the company is known for arcade 2D fighting game franchises, including ''Guilty Gear'' and ''BlazBlue'', a ...
**''Guilty Gear Petit'' **''Guilty Gear Petit 2'' *''King of Fighters (series), King of Fighters'' series – SNK Playmore, SNK **''King of Fighters R-1'' **''King of Fighters R-2'' *''Marvel Super Hero Squad (video game), Marvel Super Hero Squad'' – THQ *''SNK Gals' Fighters'' – Yumekobo *''SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium'' – SNK Playmore, SNK *''Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix / Pocket Fighter'' –
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*''Virtua Fighter'' series – Sega-AM2 **''Virtua Fighter Kids''


See also

*List of beat 'em ups *M.U.G.E.N.


References


External links

*wikt:Appendix:Fighting game terms, Wiktionary - Appendix:Fighting game terms {{Video game lists by genre Fighting games, * Video game lists by genre, Fighting games