Fighting Champions III is a 2D fighting game developed and published by ACS. It is the sequel to Fighting Champions II and the third part of the Fighting Champions series. Released in 1995 for Arcades (ACS Supra³² System) and Sega Saturn as an exclusive title. The game later recieved an update in 1996 in the form of Fighting Champions III Revenge, which added new characters and stages. Released for Arcade (ACS Supra³² System), and PlayStation as an exclusive title. Many years after the original game's release, a brand new update named Fighting Champions III Revenge SUPER was released for Arcades (exA-Arcadia) as am exclusive title in 2024, which added a balanced version of the final boss Yami, as well as as rebalancing some characters. Gameplay remains the same from the first game, with a few new gameplay mechanics. New features include the Power meter, a special meter that fills up upon each successful attack. Filling up the Power meter to its maximum level would trigger “Power Mode” automatically, which buffs the player's attack power significantly, at the cost of the meter itself draining gradually upon activation. Besides giving players an attack power boost, Power Mode allows players to perform a “Super Power” attack, a powerful special move that deals a huge amount of damage. Each character has one Super Power attack, with the Revenge update adding a second one for each character. The Revenge update introduces “Guard Revenge”, which allows players to retaliate from a blocked attack from the opponent with an attack of their own. Guard Revenge can be performed by pressing either L+M (for a push block) or M+H (for a strong blowback attack) upon blocking an attack, and consumes half of the Power meter. When Power Mode is active, Guard Revenge costs no meter. Each game of Fighting Champions III is conposed of 10 stages. 8 fights against the regular fighters, 1 fight against a “rival”, and the final battle with Yami. The game marks the return of “bonus stages” which were last seen in Fighting Champions II, but were then ommited in its Maximum update. The secret scrolls of Shinken-ryu tell of a forbidden method to unlock a fighter’s hidden spirit and grant them incredible power, albeit at the cost of their sanity. The method, known as “Yami” (闇; “darkness"), involves channelling one’s spiritual energy, or “ki” in a way that the equilibrium of yin and yang within the fighter’s spirit will be broken, allowing the dark, monstrous energy of the former to overtake the latter's natural and pure strength. Yami grants the user power above any human being, but when this power is abused, the dark energy would fully consume the fighter’s spirit, turning him or her into an unstoppable monster who only lives to fight and kill. Due to the dangers of abusing its power, for many years, the Yami method has been hidden amongst practicioners of the Shinken-ryu style. Not even the closest family members are told about it, and it was thought that the Yami method has been all but forgotten. During the climax of the second tournament, Ryuga once again reaches the final round of the tournament where he would face his brother Kabuto for the second time. The two fought a hard battle, exchanging blows one after another, and pulling off all of their absolute techniques. The battle ended with with both Ryuga and Kabuto within an inch of each other’s lives, with only one last finishing blow seperating them from victory. However, just as Ryuga was about to unleash the final blow, Kabuto, in a last-ditch effort, taps on the power of Yami, and in one fell swoop, proceeded to turn the tables and brutally beat down Ryuga, only stopping once his brother was unconscious, if not dead. Overwhelmed by Kabuto’s newfound power, Ryuga was forced to succumb to his injuries. Taking his loss against Kabuto in stride, Ryuga strived to train harder and harder in order to finally defeat the power of Yami without succumbing to the dark power himself. Around that time, a third World of Fighting tournament is announced, with a doubled prize pool from the previous tournament to attract more fighters from all around the world. However, to win the prize money is not Ryuga's goal. Instead, he joins the tournament in order to settle the score with his brother one last time.
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