D-Xhird

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D-Xhird
Developer(s) Takara
Publisher(s) Takara
Platform(s) Sega Saturn
Release date 1997 (Japan)
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Media CD-ROM

D-Xhird is a 3D fighting game developed by Takara, the company responsible for the Battle Arena Toshinden series which D-Xhird appears inspired from. Players choose one of ten different fighters, each with different moves and attacks, and battles the remaining fighters either in a caged arena or an arena with no walls. Its alternate title was known as DDD.

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[edit] Game play

Players choose their fighter and fight through the cast in the common fighting game fashion. Players are able to strafe using the Saturn shoulder buttons as well as performing attacks with the strafe command such as grabs and special moves. Depending on the opponent, the arena will either consist of a ring or a cage. Players (and opponents as well) have the ability to avoid falling into the ring by pressing the jump button just as they are about to fall. Players and enemies alike can also use the walls of a caged arena to deal extra damage on an opponent by knocking them against the cage's walls.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Contestants

  • Boy

Age: 18

Nationality: English

Occupation: None - Drifter

Weapon: Cannon blade - a sword with an energy gun attached to its hilt

Arena: Ring, Tableland

The protagonist of the story, Boy is seeking revenge against both the murder of his mother and his lover. He knows that the murderers were working for a cult that is dedicated to seeking Boy out, but he's not sure why. What he doesn't know is that an ancient and powerful evil spirit dwells inside him known only as The Shadow.

  • Seiya

Age: 18

Nationality: American

Occupation: Hired hunter

Weapon: Flamberge

Arena: Caged, House top

Seiya is a young hunter and rival to Boy who has been hired to eliminate Boy and, consequentally, the evil force that dwells inside him.

  • Lucifer

Age: appears 25

Occupation: Executioner

Weapon: Scythe

Arena: Ring, Cemetery

  • Sanjuroh

Age: 38

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Professional Fencer

Weapon: Kotetsu sword

Arena: Ring, Forest

  • Sabrina

Age: 26

Nationality: American

Occupation: Secret agent

Weapon: Stun baton

Arena: Caged, Sea

  • Merow

Age: 31

Nationality: French

Occupation: Professional Swordsman

Weapon: Saber

Arena: Caged, Castle

  • Karen

Age: 18

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Student

Weapons: Chakram x2

Arena: Ring, Court

  • Kohjin

Age: 60

Nationality: Chinese

Occupation: Healer

Weapon: Tessen

Arena: Caged, Curtain

He participates in the battle, primarily to exorcise fellow member Karen of a spiritual force that has over taken her.

  • Soatome

Age: 28

Nationality: Japanese

Occupation: Assassin

Weapons: Kodachi x2

Arena: Caged, Madness

Though an assassin who works in the same department as Sabrina, Soatome is also skilled in various black magic and wishes to be the leader of an underground spiritual society. He is commonly seen under the employ of Venus.

  • Schneider

Age: 32

Nationality: German

Occupation: Investigator

Weapon: Cannon staff - A staff with a firearm built into its frame

Arena: Caged, Ring

[edit] Bosses and Hidden Characters

Age: appears 26

Occupation: Goddess

Weapon: Trident

Arena: Ring, Ruins

Occupation: God

Weapon: Razor gauntlet x2

Arena: Ring, Illusion

  • Shadow Boy

(same stats as Boy)

Arena: Ring, Rain

The evil force in Boy finally awoken.

Age: 23

Nationality: None - Adventurer

Weapon: Katana 'Byakko-no-Tachi' (White Tiger Fang)

Arena: Ring, Babel

Eiji, once again, is out looking for new opponents to battle when he happens to stumble upon Boy.