Sega Dreamcast 3D Fighter Library Article?

[Blu]

Hey Everyone,

We have a 2D Fighter Library article for Sega Dreamcast, yet we don't have a 3D counterpart. The 2D Article mentions that it'd be an eventual installment. Should we get one going?

Off the top of my head, I can recall the following US releases.

Dead or Alive 2
Soul Calibur
Virtua Fighter 3TB
Virtua-On: Oratorio Tangram
Project Justice
Tech Romancer
Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein

Some maybes that we could come to a consensus on. Do we consider these games as honorable mentions or the in-betweens?

Power Stone - Is this a true 3D fighter? Yes it's still a fighting game but I think it's blending a lot of elements of Arena fighters with the item mechanics. I think it's on the definitive list.

Power Stone 2 - Same as its predecessor.

Heavy Metal: Geomatrix - Plays like a Spawn: In the Demon's Hand, but with more emphasis on ranged attacks. It's certainly not the best game out of Capcom's lineup for the Dreamcast, but it has a unique soundtrack and is based off of the Heavy Metal universe.

Spawn: In the Demon's Hand - Great fun both competitive and cooperative. I think it's a fighting game in some regards, but feels more like a dynamite cop in terms of how it handles its combat rather than a traditional 3D fighter.

Psychic Force 2012 - Still on X & Y planes, but lots of more freedom of movement compared to traditional 2D fighters.

Mortal Kombat Gold - 3D models and changes of camera angles during matches, but you're still on a 2D plane for matches. Perhaps I'm mistaken and some clarification would be helpful.

Ultimate Fighting Championship - Has the traditional health/stamina bars. I don't have much experience with the game as compared to a few others.

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing & Ready to Rumble Boxing: Round 2 I think are worth mentioning too. Solid offerings from Midway in both games, with a lot of varied modes of play.

I'm completely uncertain of the Japan and Europe exclusives, but if I had to hazard a guess I could only come up with:
Fighting Vipers 2

I think we could scrounge up an article though if we had enough interest with the games.

If there's a standout game(s) that you'd like to contribute a blurb about, shoot me a PM and we can start working on a tentative Google Doc that we can all edit and contribute to.

[TSTR]

Mortal Kombat Gold is another. But I think that's about it.

[BogusMeatFactory]

Here are a few, debate whether they are true 3D fighters are not, but Ready 2 Rumble Boxing and Ultimate Fighting Championship.

[Reprise]

I'm completely uncertain of the Japan exclusives, but if I had to hazard a guess I could only come up with:
Fighting Vipers 2

That came out in Europe too.

[marurun]

Psychic Force shouldn't be an in-between. It isn't fully traditional in that it has some interesting and varied mechanics, but it belongs on the proper list at least as much as Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram.

Also, a bunch of random wrestling games.

[racketboy]

This would be a great piece if you guys want to collaborate on it
Thanks for the start!

[Blu]

I'm completely uncertain of the Japan exclusives, but if I had to hazard a guess I could only come up with:
Fighting Vipers 2

That came out in Europe too.

Thanks Reprise! Are there other EU exclusives for fighting games that the US didn't get? Like Headhunter that the US had to import.

BMF & TSTR, I'll update the OP.

Thanks Racketboy! We'll keep working on it!

[skate323k137]

I feel like UFC deserves a spot. It's a great (and technical) game, the timing and counters are very much like that of any 3d fighter. The button layout is a lot like the tekken games.

Power stone is (as you said) definitive. It just wouldn't be right to leave it out IMO. The first feels a lot more like a fighter than the 2nd, mainly due to level size and being only 2 players.

FWIW, Soul Calibur and DOA2 were my favorite "real" 3d fighters on the system.