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Power Stone is a fully 3D arena fighting game series made by Capcom. Power Stone was initially released on the Sega NAOMI hardware (*) and later ported to the Dreamcast. Capcom announced in February 2006 that it will port the entire series to the PSP with a few enhancements with a Q4 2006 release. The original Powerstone will include the four new characters introduced in Powerstone 2 for example.
The original Power Stone featured 10 colourful characters:
- Fokker (Falcon)
- Rouge
- WangTang
- Ryoma
- Ayame
- GunRock
- Jack
- Galuda
- Kraken (Must be unlocked)
- Valgas (Must be unlocked)
Play involves selecting a character and then proceeding to battle the other characters, one at a time, in various locales. The fighting was truly three dimensional and included the ability to able to pick up and fight with things like tables, chairs, rocks, bombs and other objects. During battle, "Power Stones", resembling gems of different colours, would appear in the arena. If a character collected three Power Stones, they would transform into a more powerful version of themselves. They would then be able to use one of two special attacks. One was generally a massive power attack and the other was a grab or throw type move. The powered-up mode would last for only a short time, during which you could execute the special attack or launch some form of projectile. Each match continues until the life bar of one of the two characters fighting is depleted.
A sequel was created in 2000 called Power Stone 2, which featured most of the original cast as well as several new characters:
- Accel
- Gourmand
- Julia
- Pete
- Mel
- Pride
The sequel featured the same 3-D combat but allowed four players to play simultaneously, in a change from the original two. There were new maps which featured multiple levels within the map. The sequel also featured an entirely new arsenal of weapons including a gatling gun, swords, magic wands, megaphones and umbrellas.
Voice Cast
- Apollis - William Colgate
- Ayame - Stephanie Morgenstern
- Kraken - George Buza
- Rouge - Ryoko Nagata(Japanese)Stacey DePass(English)
- Ryoma - Ian James Corlett
A Power Stone television show based on the video game also aired in Japan, some of Europe, and Canada on YTV, and is available in the United States on DVD.
Trivia
- The Capcom logo music from the game was also used in Marvel vs. Capcom 2.
- The locations that you fight at in the game are based on real places in the world.
- Londo: London
- Mahdad: Baghdad
- Oedo: Edo(Old name for Tokyo)
- Manches: Manchester
- Mutsu: Mutsu
- Various characters, including Falcon/Fokker and Rouge appear in the backgrounds in the 2D fighting-game Capcom vs. SNK 2
See also
1999 arcade games | 1999 computer and video games | Arcade games | Dreamcast games | Versus fighting games | Capcom games
"Power Stone"