Power Stone

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Intro

Power Stone is a 1999 fully 3D arena fighting game series, initially released on the Sega NAOMI hardware and later ported to the Dreamcast. In February 2006, Capcom ported it to the PSP with a few enhancements as Power Stone Collection (Power Stone Portable in Japan). The original Power Stone now included the four new characters introduced in Power Stone 2. It has recently been announced that this version has become available for the PlayStation Network. An anime show based on it aired in 1999. Promotional illustration for the first two original games was handled by Bengus of Street Fighter fame.

[edit] Characters

Edward Falcon (Fokker in Japan)
Rouge
Wang-Tang
Ryoma
Ayame
Gunrock
Jack
Galuda
Kraken (Secret Character) - Kraken is a pirate from a ship in Skull Haven. He weighs 198 pounds, measures 6'11 and has a buccaneer fighting style. When in Power Change, he is known as Ghost Pirate. His name is a reference to the kraken, along with his nickname, King Octopus.

Valgas (Secret Character) - He is from Avalon Island. He weighs 264 pounds, measures 7'10 and has a wrestling fighting style. He is a very powerful character and quite fast. His name may be an homage to Vulgus, Capcom's first video game.

Final Valgas is also playable after unlocking him (Home or Portable Versions Only).

[edit] Gameplay

Gameplay involves selecting a character and then proceeding to battle the other characters, one at a time, in various locales. The fighting is three dimensional and includes the ability to use special attacks as well as pick up and fight with such objects as tables, chairs, rocks and bombs. During battle, "Power Stones", resembling gems of different colors, appear in the arena. If a character collects three Power Stones, he/she transforms into a more powerful version of him/herself. The character will then be able to use one of two super special attacks. One is generally a massive long-range power attack and the other is a grab or close-range move. The powered-up mode only lasts until the power bar is fully drained, during which the special attack can be executed (which completely depletes the power bar) or launch some form of projectile (which only uses a small portion of power). Each match continues until the life bar of one of the two characters fighting is depleted.

[edit] Notes

It is interesting to note that there is a weapon to be obtained from Stone Man in Mega Man 5 called Power Stone. Whether or not Capcom named the game after this weapon is unknown.