ClayFighter
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ClayFighter cover art (North American version)
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| Developer(s) |
Visual Concepts Ringler Studios (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis version) Danger Productions (animation) |
| Publisher(s) | Interplay Entertainment |
| Series | ClayFighter |
| Platform(s) | SNES, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Virtual Console |
| Release |
SNES
Tournament Edition
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| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 75.0% (2 reviews) |
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| Publication | Score |
| EGM |
   (Genesis)
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ClayFighter is a fighting game released for the Super Nintendo in November 1993 and later ported to Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in June 1994 which is a parody of Street Fighter. In 2009, it was re-released on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console.
Most of the game features a circus theme focused more on humor than serious gameplay. It features claymation-style graphics that were created by photographing and digitizing actual clay models.
The game was one of the two "clay" themed game franchises made by Interplay, the second being a platformer released for the SNES titled Claymates.
ClayFighter's design was originally made to compete with fighting games such as Mortal Kombat, but without the heavy violence and gore that was becoming controversial. Interplay pushed the game saying "Parents who object to blood-and-guts games now have an alternative title that gives kids the kind of intense action they want to see in fighting games" to draw sales.
A meteor made entirely out of clay crash-lands on the grounds of a humble American circus. The goo from the interstellar object contaminates all of the circus' attractions, transforming them into bizarre caricatures of their former selves, with new superpowers.
The game features eight playable characters and one boss character:
Bad Mr. Frosty - A snowman with a bad attitude. His special attacks include throwing snowballs, spitting sharp balls of ice, sliding along the ground and kicking his opponent, and turning into a snow boulder and rolling into his opponent. His arena in 1-player mode is an icy lake in front of an ice block castle with penguin spectators. His taunt consists of his standing with arms akimbo or gesturing while stating, "I'm bad, I'm cool, I'm no-one's fool."
Blob - A blob of clay. A self-proclaimed master of "goojitsu," his specialty is "" into objects to attack his opponent, with his specialty being transforming into a buzzsaw and cutting his opponent in half. He is said to be highly intelligent, despite being made up of the slimy dregs of the mutagenic meteor. His arena is a pool of green slime.
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