The first incarnation of the Zoid Vs series, released in Japan in 2002. The game was noted for its ragdoll-like movement when Zoids were hit back or killed. In this game, the Battle Mode is limited to only one set, meaning that no matter what character the player chooses, the battles are all the same. That said, the Battle Mode features characters and Zoids from Chaotic Century, New Century, and the Zoids VS story lines.
It's time for the Rave-olution! Battle it out as Haru Glory, Elie, Musica, and many other characters from the exciting new animated series. Wield powerful weapons and harness the skill of the Tension Gauge as you unleash explosive attack combos and incredible special moves to defeat your enemies.
Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper is a compressed version of the original game and lacks several stages and music tracks from the previous arcade and console versions, although all the characters are present. In addition, Eagle, Maki, and Yun, all of whom were characters from Capcom vs. SNK 2 were added to the game. Only a few character voices were included in this version due to storage limitations, which the developers worked around by having characters share voice samples, modified with real-time pitch shifting, such as using a higher pitched version of Ken's voice for Sakura's attack calls.
Jurassic Park: Dinosaur Battles is a 3D fighting game in which you play Harrison Manly, a scientist who takes control of dinosaurs using a device called the Dinovoc.
Fighter Maker 2 (FM2) for the PS2 was another entry in the Designer Series from Agetec Inc. It was released in November 2002. It is similar to the original, but with more advancements in character design, movement, and attacks. As with the first, the game was met with lukewarm reviews, mainly due to its cumbersome interface and the lack of bells and whistles that were featured in most fighting games at the time.
Bikini Karate Babes combines the basics of a fighting game with realistic real-life video. Players can choose from various (all-female) fighters, with several secret characters incorporated. Play modes include your average 'arcade' mode, but modes like 'spectacle' (watch the CPU do all the work), 'practice' (senselessly beating a passive opponent) and 'marathon' are also included. As a bonus, the game features some 'Sweet Stuff', which acts like a jukebox/gallery sort of section, in which themes and movies can be replayed.
Evolution was an updated version of Virtua Fighter 4. The game introduced two new characters and adjusted every other character as well. The two new characters were the Judoka-assassin, Goh Hinogami and the Muay Thai boxer Brad Burns. With the addition of Brad Burns, Vanessa Lewis's alternate Muay Thai style from Virtua Fighter 4 was removed and replaced with a Vale Tudo "Offensive" style; making her a solely Vale Tudo brawler.
All of the stages were adjusted. For example, Lei-Fei's stage in Virtua Fighter 4 previously took place during sunset, in Evolution it takes place during the morning.
Eternal Fighter Zero is a 2D doujin fighter developed by Tasofro, better known for developing Immaterial and Missing Power and Touhou Hisoutensoku. The colourful cast of characters are originally from the visual novels Moon, One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e, Kanon, and Air. Many of the characters’ attacks reference other fighting games such as Guilty Gear, King of Fighters, Last Blade, and many more.
EFZ version 2.x. Released by Twilight Frontier on August 2002, during Comic Market 62.
This version added 3 new characters from AIR (Mizusu, Kano, and Minagi), and added UNKNOWN as a hidden playable character, bringing the total number of playable characters to 16. Kanna from AIR was used as the true final boss.
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Ougon no Kaze is an Action game, developed and published by Capcom, which was released in Japan in 2002.
The game is based on the fifth story arc of Hirohiko Araki's manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Vento Aureo.
Le Bizzarre Avventure di GioGio: Vento Aureo 's graphics are similar to other cel-shaded games, like Jet Set Radio. The developer Capcom has utilized a game engine called "Artistoon" in order to create a graphical style similar to Araki's art style in the manga.
Something strange is happening in Bubble Town. Robots are going berserk because of Solex, the stuff that gives all robots their power. You must find each of the broken robots before the evil Dr. K and hits bad 'bots do, especially the scary and powerful Kolossal!
Your fighting skills will be put to the ultimate test, as you challenge other pilots for the right to be called the best. As Burning Gundam, you're a martial arts specialist in search of your brother. Then as Heero Yuy in Gundam Wing, attempt to destroy Trieze Khushrenada. Finally, use Gunam RX-78 to wage war against the Principality of Zeon.
* Exciting modes of play include: Street Mode, Two
* Exciting Versus Modes, Two fast-action Time modes, and Survival Mode!
* Follow Three Different Storylines!
* Amazing Hand-Drawn 2D Graphics.
* Intuitive, Smooth Controls!
* The Most Varied Selection of Mobile Suits Yet! 30 of the most popular mobile suits from Mobile Suit Gundam, G Gundam, and Gundam Wing!
SoulCalibur II is the third installment in the Soul series and continues the tradition of his predecessors with improved graphics, new characters and new levels. A majority of the action takes place in Weapon Master mode where you have to choose a character and travel a set map to fight the many other warriors through different levels and challenges. Console ports were released, including guest characters from other franchises.
A four-player fighting game developed by Saffire for the Xbox, PS2, and GameCube. Its gameplay drew comparisons to Power Stone, though not many favorable ones.
In a town ruled by an evil religious cult, the battle to decide the strongest dragon begins! Each Contestant is a champion who contends with the power of mighty dragons: Black Dragon, Red Dragon, Blue Dragon, and White Dragon. Go head to head in a tag-team partnership to test your attack and defense in the heat of battle.
Battle Raper has gained notoriety for its simulation of rape. This aspect was removed from the follow-up game Battle Raper II: The Game in 2005.
Battle Raper is a hand-to-hand combat 3D fighting game. The gameplay system features power-ups that can be picked up in the arena. The female characters can lose their clothes as they take damage and special moves include sexually explicit grapple attacks. Besides the single- and multiplayer modes, including Story mode, Battle Raper features the Extra mode for the additional unlockable content. It allows the player to see unlockable artworks and animations, as well as features an option to allow to freely molest any of the four female characters (Mai Kisaragi, Suzume Hachisuka, Fa Taolee, Chihaya Kagami: the only male character is Zenon).
K-1 Pocket Grand Prix is a kickboxing game, published by Konami, which was released in Japan in 2002.
K-1 Pocket Grand Prix is a fighting game developed by Daft Co. and published by Konami Corporation for Game Boy Advance.
K-1 Pocket Grand Prix is a kickboxing game that uses the K-1 brand and real fighters.
Players can choose from one of fourteen different fighters. Players can kick, punch, and use special moves.
MUGEN is a 2D fighting game engine developed by Elecbyte. Content is created by the community, and thousands of fighters, both original and from popular fiction, have been created.
From TV Animation One Piece: Grand Battle! 2 is a Japan-exclusive fighting game for the PlayStation developed by Ganbarion and published by Bandai in 2002. It is the second game in the One Piece: Grand Battle! series and the seventh game to be based on the One Piece Manga and Anime. Similar to the first game, this game uses the song "We Are!" from the One Piece Anime.