History in Games:
1995 - Fighting Vipers
1996 - Fighters Megamix
1996 - Sonic the Fighters
2001 - Fighting Vipers 2
Overview:
This new series of Sega fighters was developed as a way of appealing more towards western gamers with its primary distinction from Virtua Fighter being the use of breakable armour and a more freeform approach to fighting. The game shared the same engine and a similar battle system to Virtua Fighter 2 and whilst the arcade edition failed to gain much traction the home version was a notable release for the Saturn. The project was naturally extended next into the development of Fighters Megamix due to the similarities with the VF series, the new game brought the casts of both series together along with bonus fighters and also was intended to introduce players to some of the mechanics that would go on to form the basis of Virtua Fighter 3. This entry sold well but never received a follow up. Another title spawned from Vipers was Sonic the Fighters after a programmer on the game modded Sonic and Tails into the title and this inspired Sega to commission a full game based on the idea. The game was notable for being the first time Sonic was modelled in 3D. It was six years later from the original before a sequel arrived, this new game received solid reviews and was a typical sequel but sales were too sluggish for the franchise to live on.
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