granted, I've only seen screenshots, but is this not a fighting game in the classic one on one beat-the-other-guy-until-his-health-bar-is-depleted sense?
It even looks like combos and super meters are part of the play.

Yes, but it also has elements of Zelda and other games. You can move freely around in 360 degrees. You can pick up items and use them. Can't do that in Street Fighter.

So what would you prefer, "3D Arena Fighting?" That's what Powerstone gets labeled as, and as far as I can tell from screenshots, this looks similar.

I would prefer that very much. Thank you for pointing out the similarities

If the game plops you down in an arena with one other person/AI and the way you win is by defeating that one other person/AI by attacking them until their lifebar goes down it's a freaking fighter. If they can move on three axis during this then it's a freaking 3D fighter. I don't see how picking up objects or the ability to turn your back on the enemy change this, they just make it a 3D fighter with some changes.

That sounds an awful lot like Quake Arena, but with only one AI person. So is Quake Arena a 3d fighter? NO

Castlevania has always had a health bar, why would they change it for this?

I remember a Ratchet and Clank game having levels like this, you were dropped into an arena and had to fight waves of robots and one final bot for cash. Did that make it a fighter? NO

Tekken (a 3D fighter) only allows you to move left and right, towards or away an opponent. The up and down buttons are used to jump and crouch. In this game,you can traverse the whole landscape at anytime, not just a straight path to and from your opponent. You also interact with the environment, instead of it just being something developed to add scenery to the game (hence the picking up items)

It has fighter elements, but it has more of an action game feel to it.

1)Quake arena doesn't have life bars, it's in first person, and it's focus is not 1 on 1- that's why it's not a fighter.

2)Yeah and I'm sure Castlevania has always had 2 life bars with a timer in the middle from the beginning.

3)It's called a boss battle, asshat.

4)You just described Power Stone... a 3d fighting game.

Shaq-Fu...

1. Konami themselves are labeling this game a 3D fighting game. What you're doing here is like if I picked up a copy of NFL Street in gamestop and lectured them for calling it a Sports game. "It's not a sports game, it's an action arcade battler."

2. You're defending shit. Period. Take a look at all these characters ORIGINAL designs... now look at the travesties they've become.

3. Power Stone is a FUCKING FIGHTING GAME. To quote the dreamcast package, first line, of Power Stone 2...

"The world's most revolutionary fighting game does it again!"

"Power Stone 2 is the future of Fighting Games!" - Gamefan.

It's a 3D fighter.


PS: I'd really hate to be in your position right now. Everyone seems to hate your guts.

I'm with Sheppy here. Your arguments about this not being a 3D figher are plain silly. It is what it is, whether you like the genre title or not.

And the other one pulled out her taser.

I can't imagine a bro dumb enough to tase He-Man.

Did you not read my post? Not 3D fighter

Street Fighter IV= 3D fighter

Castlevania Judgment= 3D action

Ravi Drums=Paula Abdul

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4TN5umzSnFU

At 0:36 you can see him in the background

hey Shaq-Fu...


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The Hell with your post! thats a 3D fighting game and you, neither a nazi will tell us how the hell we call it!

How about IGA? The man who MADE the damn game? Does his opinion count or is he a wapanese freedom hater?
He even said at Konami's press conference that it is a "3D versus action game." Hmmmmm, 3D versus ACTION game.

I think the guy who names himself after a fighting game that was the singularly biggest fail in gaming history has no credability to categorize fighting games.

Seriously quit being such a fucking bitch.

3D versus action game sounds alot like fighter to me.

Maybe because fighter is a sub genre of Action? hmmmmmm. Close but not quite Shatter

And John, I think somebody who takes a generic name is a fat, pompous, American douchebag.

Assumptions are Fun!

Jesus, your comments are about as bad as the game your name represents. Give it up already.

Shaq Fu was the greatest 3D fighter of all time

I am a pompous American, but I've been going to the gym and you already have the king douchebag crown, so it looks like you are about half right.

deaftly, Shaq fu was not a 3d fighting game. It was a 3D versus action game. BIG difference. Oh, wait...

wait... is MK Armageddon a fighter then? or is it a 3d action arena... 360 degrees of movement, item pick ups, health bar, timer. but i think from here on out ill lump it in w/ prince of persia because you get knocked off platforms it must be a platformer. and as for the creator saying its a 3d versus action game, could it be a BAD TRANSLATION? and btw ign sucks for info.

also shaq-fu owned.

my bad mis read IGA as IGN lawl nevermind that part

Its funny cuz Shaq-fu was a nickname shaq gave himself when he was a short-lived member of the (even shorter-lived) goofy ass hip hop troupe Fu-Shnickens.

The game, if there was one, came substantially later. So telling ShagFu that he can't judge a game based on his name makes no sense, tmacairjordan87.

By the way. HORRIBLE NAME. Pick ONE basketball player. Turd.

castlvania extreme vollyball

Probably because she ruined his life multiple times over. Lol

I think Takeshi Obata is flippin' awesome, too.

Takeshi Obama?!! ZING

Or "Castlevania no Go" works, too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi_Obata

Uh, yeah it is

No, it's not. You can only move back or foward. The graphics are rendered in 3d, but the game is a 2d fighter.

Ever think that may be splitting hairs a bit?

Says the guy who's having an aneurysm over people calling this pile a "3D Fighter."

... Says the man who whines about Judgement being called a fighting game...

says the man who won't let random hobos read his livejournal

Shaq-Fu, you're a sorry excuse for a troll if I've ever seen one. Since your registration such a short while ago - and especially during this week alone - you have consistently displayed a lack of appreciation for logic, intelligence, or reason. It seems as though you chose your screenname to reflect the quality of your posts, but really, Shaq-Fu is probably too prestigious for you.

YOU CALLIN MAH BRAWL A 2D FIGHTAH??!!!


SILENCE! I KILL YOU!

God damn this Shaq Fu guy is stupid.

"My opinion is king! Let's disregard thousands of developer comments over the years except for the one that backs MY opinion!"