Capcom Fighting Evolution
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| Developer(s) | Capcom Production Studio 2 |
| Publisher(s) | Capcom |
| Designer(s) | Neo_G |
| Release date(s) | October, 2004 (Arcade) November 16, 2004 (PS2) December 2, 2004 (PS2) February 12, 2005 (PS2) June 14, 2005 (Xbox) June 16, 2005 (Xbox) June 24, 2005 (Xbox) |
| Genre(s) | Versus fighting |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players simultaneously |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Input | 8-way Joystick, 6 Buttons |
| Arcade cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade system(s) | Namco System 246 |
| Arcade display | Raster (Horizontal) |
Capcom Fighting Evolution, known as Capcom Fighting Jam (Japanese: カプコン ファイティング ジャム) outside of North America is a fighting game from Capcom. It includes an assortment of characters from various Capcom fighting games: Street Fighter II, Street Fighter III, Street Fighter Alpha, Darkstalkers, Red Earth, and the cancelled Capcom Fighting All-Stars. The fights are 2 on 2 (tag style), and each character uses his or her super meter bar from the game that they are originally from.
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[edit] Street Fighter II characters
- Guile
- M. Bison (Vega in Japan)
- Ryu
- Zangief
- Shin Akuma (Shin Gouki in Japan)
[edit] Street Fighter III characters
[edit] Street Fighter Alpha characters
[edit] Darkstalkers characters
[edit] Red Earth characters
(Hauzer and Hydron debut in this game as playable characters. In Red Earth they were only bosses.)
[edit] Other characters
- Ingrid (from the cancelled Capcom Fighting All-Stars.)
[edit] Reception
The game generally wasn't well received due to the fact that all of the characters except Ingrid were literally copy-and-pasted from their respective games except with drastically cut-down animation frames (the "SFII" characters actually came from Capcom vs. SNK 2). Comparisons were instantly drawn to the similar Capcom VS series games and the gameplay of this newest fighter seemed to lacked the finesse of those earlier games. Many series favorites such as Ken Masters, Cammy White, Sagat, Dan Hibiki, etc., were also relegated to the backgrounds of the stages instead of being playable characters which did little to aid the game's popularity. The character line-up was also somewhat misrepresentative of certain games (Chun-Li being included as an SFIII character (rather than SFII) at the expense of a character who would define SFIII better).The game enjoyed a brief period of competitive play in Japan, but was soon dropped from most major tournaments.
[edit] Trivia
- Many Capcom characters make cameo appearances in the background of the stages of this game. However, the most notable and obscure cameos are the ones seen in the character endings. For example, Ryu's ending features him about to do battle with Jon Talbain from the Darkstalker series and Dante from the Devil May Cry series appears in Jedah's ending. Also, for the first time since Final Fight 2, Carlos is seen in Alex's ending rooting for Haggar along with Jessica.
- All the ending sequences were drawn by artists from UDON comics, who have a working relationship with Capcom that still exists today.
[edit] See also
