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Kaiser Knuckle

Kaiser Knuckle
Japanese arcade flyer of Kaiser Knuckle.
Japanese arcade flyer of Kaiser Knuckle.
Developer(s) Taito
Publisher(s) Taito
Designer(s) Takeshi Kobori (project leader)
Hiroshi Aoki (main programmer)
Nobuteru Yuki (image illustrator)
Composer(s) Yasuhisa Watanabe
Platform(s) Arcade
Release July 1994
Genre(s) Fighting game
Mode(s) Up to 2 players simultaneously
Arcade system Taito F3 System hardware

Kaiser Knuckle (カイザーナックル?), which is known outside of Japan as Global Champion, is a 1994 fighting game released for the arcades by Taito. Kaiser Knuckle was released during the fighting game trend of the 1990s that began with Capcom's Street Fighter II.

Kaiser Knuckle follows the same fighting game conventions established by Street Fighter II, in which the player's character fights against his or her opponent in a best two-out-of-three match round format from within a single player tournament mode, either with the computer or against another human player in versus mode. The player has a character roster of nine initially selectable fighters to choose from and three unplayable computer-controlled bosses, each with their own unique fighting style and special techniques. The control layout is set to the six-button standard (a la most Capcom fighting games), but it can be switched to a five-button layout via dip settings. One unique feature is that Kaiser Knuckle was the first and only fighting game that has five strengths of basic attacks.

Another unique feature is that it introduced the power zones, which can be utilized via a successful hit of a special move when a player's "Crush Meter" is full. The power zones (either fire or electric) can also affect a certain special move that a character has. Backgrounds can be destructible when players get hit to charge up, and when those meters are full, the next special move that a player connects with his/her opponent will destroy the background's properties at will (other parts of stages, such as floors and walls are also destructible).

There are nine playable characters, and three unplayable bosses.

Global Champion is a modified international version of Kaiser Knuckle, the Japanese version. Global Champion has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen, the "super moves" were cut, and the portraits of Kazuya, Liza and Lihua were re-drawn. After players choose their characters and their first opponents, they will then be able to see an intro sequence that shows the prologue of their chosen character's own personal story. The title screen is also different as well, but strangely, the letter "K" from both words in the Kaiser Knuckle logo can still be seen in some of Global Champion's backgrounds.


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