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Post by parrothead on Jul 30, 2007 21:49:16 GMT -5
While I was checking on some Wikipedia articles I watch, someone said that Urban Champion was the first 2D fighter Nintendo ever developed, not Joy Mech Fight. However, Joy Mech Fight was more like Nintendo's first modern 2D fighter, because it plays a lot more like other modern 2D fighters, such as Capcom's and SNK's, while Urban Champion isn't much of a modern 2D fighter, and it plays more like the Game & Watch hand held called Boxing (a.k.a. Punch-Out!!), except with extra stuff in it, like people dropping flower pots from the windows, falling into manholes, and policemen arresting either you or your opponent when the time runs out. G&W Boxing/Punch-Out!! was released July 31st, 1984, while Urban Champion was released on November 14, 1984. Joy Mech Fight was released on May 21st, 1993.
Isn't Urban Champion a modern 2D fighter?
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Post by Smashchu on Jul 30, 2007 23:23:41 GMT -5
Do you fight people in Urban Champion?
Is it 2D verses 3D?
The yes, Urban Champion is the first 2D fighter Nintendo made. As far as I know theere is no other genres for fighting games beyong 2D and 3D. There might as games like Urban Chamion, Smash Bros. Naruto: Ultimate Ninja and Onimusa: Blade Wario are no anything like Street Fighters. Modern is not a genre, so you really can't call Joy Mecha Fighter any different in terms of classification as Urban Champion.
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Post by parrothead on Jul 31, 2007 2:32:34 GMT -5
Joy Mech Fight plays more like most Capcom and SNK fighting games than Urban Champion, because you can move further left and right while using more moves than the Urban Champion fighters, which they use moves similar to the ones you use in the Punch-Out!! series. Urban Champion is a classic 2D fighter, while Joy Mech Fight is a modern 2D fighter. Classic 2D fighters are small and simple, while modern 2D fighters are larger and sometimes not as simple as classic 2D fighters.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Jul 31, 2007 3:00:53 GMT -5
This article on HG101 is a nice little insight into all of the pre-Street Fighter II fighting games. It shows how the genre developed up until that pivotal moment. After SFII? Well, the market flooded for a few years with very similar fighting games didn't it? But if it was released after, and inspired by SFII is generally considered to be a "modern fighting game". There is no way Urban Champion could be considered a modern fighter anyway though. It bears absolutely none of the hallmarks of a modern fighting game, such as jumping, multiple moves and button combinations, and a health bar. It is just a classic fighting game. And yes, it is inspired by Boxing 
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