Fighting Vipers 2
| Fighting Vipers 2 (FV2) | |
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| Developers |
Am2 |
| Publishers |
Sega |
| Systems |
Sega Model 3 (1998) |
| Dreamcast (2001) | |
| Online Play |
Rollback netcode |
| Flycast, Fightcade | |
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Fighting Vipers 2 (ファイティングバイパーズ2) is the sequel to Fighting Vipers, originally released for the updated Sega Model 3 Step 2.0 arcade board in 1998. It was ported to the Sega Dreamcast in 2001, the version primarily played on Flycast via Fightcade 2. The Dreamcast version of the game was not released in North America.
This is a 3d fighting gaming that takes the blueprints of its sister series, Virtua Fighter, and cranks up the extremity to cartoonish levels. Armor and bodies fly around at blistering speeds with the right move. Cages (the concept of walls, really) make their debut in the 3d fighting game space and other related techniques in the first FV. This sequel updates its gameplay with some major balancing of the base roster (albeit still not the most balanced in the world), expanding movesets of the cast from the previous entry while adding two new characters, Charlie & Emi, who both have stance switching mechanics similar to some Virtua Fighter characters at the time. Mahler, a bite-sized version of the final boss, becomes part of the base roster without requiring a code or unlock.
Character art & designs were done by Japanese artist "Imai toonz" of Dead Leaves fame. Not to be confused with animator Hiroyuki Imaishi with the penname “Imaitoonz” who worked on the Dead Leaves anime adaptation.
Story
2 years after the events of the first Fighting Vipers, Armstone City is still ruled in a dictatorship under its mayor, Big Mahler (B.M.) Resentful after the last Nutcracker tournament, B.M. orders a “Viper Hunt.” Many Vipers were thrown in jail, others have escaped and went into hiding. Some even going as far as getting rid of their armor. There are a those who would not give in to the mayor’s oppression and continue to fight. These last remaining Vipers are the main characters of Fighting Vipers 2.
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