Fighting Vipers 2

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Fighting Vipers 2

System(s): Sega Model 3 Step 2.0, Sega Dreamcast

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega AM2,

CRI

Distributor: Deith Leisure (UK)^[1]

Peripherals supported:

Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Jump Pack, Dreamcast Modem, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box

Genre: Fighting

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1998-03^[2]	¥?	?
US	1998-08	$?	?
UK	1998-08^[1]	£?	?

JP	2001-01-18	¥5,8005,800	HDR-0133
JP (Dorikore)	2002-05-23	¥2,8002,800	HDR-0133-1
EU	2001		MK-51154-50
AU	2001	$89.9589.95^[3]

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Fighting Vipers 2 (ファイティングバイパーズ2) is the sequel to Fighting Vipers, originally released for Sega Model 3 Step 2.0 arcade hardware in 1998 before being ported to the Sega Dreamcast in 2001. The Dreamcast version of the game was not released in North America.

Gameplay

Fighting Vipers 2 is an update over the original game, featuring all the original cast plus two new characters; Charlie and Emi. Mahler is also selectable from the start.

New to Fighting Vipers 2 is a "route" system, avoiding previous trends where players would fight opponents in the same order every time. Opponents on the "upper" route are typically stronger, effectively creating multiple difficulty settings without the need for an arcade operator to tweak internal settings. Also added is a ranking system which rewards players for using complex and interesting moves, and penalises those which just use simple attacks.

The move from the original game's Model 2 architecture allows for more complex background scenery, which characters can knock into when being slammed out of the arena walls.

History

Development

Work on Fighting Vipers 2 began in early 1997, after the completion of the Sega Saturn game, Fighters Megamix^[4]. Members of the team travelled to Alcatraz Island, taking photos of the abandoned prison complex for inspiration^[4].

The project took roughly ten months to complete^[5], with three months of that work involving playtesting^[6]. Initially the project used the Step 1.0 variant of Model 3 technology, however development migrated to Step 2.0 when it became available^[5]. Like its predecessor (and unlike Virtua Fighter) very little motion capture was used due to the exaggerated moves of the characters, the technology only coming into use for the introduction sequences and victory poses^[6]. This means the majority of the animations were created by hand by AM2.

Character designs were created by Japanese artist "Imaitoons" rather by an in-house Sega developer. Emi's teddy bear robot suit is one of his notable creations^[6].

The T-Rex skeleton in Tokio's stage uses about 4,000 polygons^[5], despite it being purely for decoration (and as a piece of scenery to throw characters into at the end of matches).

Production credits

Arcade version

Director: Hiroshi Kataoka
Game Coordinator: Daichi Katagiri
Chief Programmer: Hideya Shibazaki
Chief Designer: Youji Kato
Sound Director: Hidenori Shoji
Programmers: Susumu Morii, Syuji Takahashi, Arata Hanashima, Shinji Ohshima, Masataka Daigo, Masatoshi Shibata
Motion Designers: Daichi Katagiri, Shunan Sukawa, Kasyo Oda, Masahiro Onoguchi, Taro Uozumi
Character Desginers: Kentarow Nishimura, Kaoru Nagahama, Makio Kida
Original Character Designer: imaitoons
Stage Designers: Yasuo Kawagoshi, Masaaki Somaki, Hideyuki Takita
Visual Effect Designer: Shin Kataoka
Special Thanks to: Kaori Yamamoto, Munekazu Makino, Hideki Miyake, VirtuaFighter3 Team
Publicity: Jun Kasahara
Assistant Companies: Anchor Inc., Attractive Action Club, Beams, Half HP Studio, Sega Digital Studio
Presented by: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Dreamcast version

FightingVipers2 Staff

Director: Hiroshi Kataoka
Game Coordinator: Daichi Katagiri
Chief Programmer: Hideya Shibazaki
Chief Designer: Youji Kato
Sound Director: Hidenori Shoji
Programmers: Susumu Morii, Syuji Takahashi, Arata Hanashima, Shinji Ohshima, Masataka Daigo, Masatoshi Shibata
Motion Designers: Daichi Katagiri, Shunan Sukawa, Kasyo Oda, Masahiro Onoguchi, Taro Uozumi
Character Desginers: Kentarow Nishimura, Kaoru Nagahama, Makio Kida
Original Character Designer: imaitoons
Stage Designers: Yasuo Kawagoshi, Masaaki Somaki, Hideyuki Takita
Visual Effect Designer: Shin Kataoka
Special Thanks to: Kaori Yamamoto, Munekazu Makino, Hideki Miyake, VirtuaFighter3 Team
Publicity: Jun Kasahara
Assistant Companies: Anchor Inc., Attractive Action Club, Half HP Studio, Sega Digital Studio

Dreamcast version

Director: Masanao Kita
Chief Programmer: Toshio Arai
Chief Designer: Ryuichi Noguchi
Sound Designer: Takafumi Nishimura
Programmers: Takatuna Sawada, Jun Odaira
Designers: Takahiro Sakuma, Takashi Watanabe, Tohru Honda, Masahiro Fujimori, Tsuyoki Iijima, Shunji Miyake
In Cooperation with: Scarab
Presented by: Sega
Original Game: © Sega Corporation, 1998

© Sega Corporation/CRI, 2001

Magazine articles

Main article: Fighting Vipers 2/Magazine articles.

Artwork

Physical scans

Model 3 version

Arcade, JP

Arcade, World

Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 Konzol (HU)

45

^[13]

Bonus (YU)

NTSC

63

^[14]

Consoles Max (FR)

PAL

65

^[15]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

82

^[7]

DC-UK (UK)

PAL

70

^[16]

Digitiser (UK)

40

^[17]

Dreamcast Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

87

^[8]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

65

^[18]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

87

^[9]

Dreamplanet (ES)

PAL

73

^[19]

Edge (UK)

NTSC-J

50

^[10]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[20]

Gamers' Republic (US)

NTSC-J

58

^[21]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

72

^[3]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

74

^[22]

Neo Plus (PL)

60

^[23]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-J

50

^[24]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

60

^[25]

Playbox (FR)

PAL

56

^[11]

PSX Extreme (PL)

NTSC-J

67

^[26]

Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES)

PAL

70

^[27]

Strana Igr (RU)

73

^[28]

	65
Based on 22 reviews

Fighting Vipers 2

Dreamcast, EU
Cover
Disc

Dreamcast, EU (White)

Disc

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual Inlay

Dreamcast, JP (Dorikore)

Technical information

In the Dreamcast version, Honey's character model is rendered with about 6300 polygons.

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:CVG UK 200.pdf, page 76
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↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:SSM UK 34.pdf, page 52
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 File:SSM UK 34.pdf, page 53
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 File:SSM UK 34.pdf, page 54
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:ConsolesPlus FR 109.pdf, page 86 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ConsolesPlus FR 109.pdf_p86" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:DCM JP 20010119.pdf, page 22 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:DCM JP 20010119.pdf_p22" defined multiple times with different content
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↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 File:Edge UK 095.pdf, page 86 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Edge UK 095.pdf_p86" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 File:Playbox FR 03.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Playbox FR 03.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:VideoGames DE 2001-03.pdf, page 16
↑ 576 Konzol, "Február 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 26
↑ Bonus, "3/2001" (YU; 2001-04-25), page 44
↑ Consoles Max, "Février 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 88
↑ DC-UK, "March 2001" (UK; 2001-02-15), page 48
↑ Digitiser (UK) (2001-03-06)
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 20" (UK; 2001-03-22), page 60
↑ Dreamplanet, "Marzo 2001" (ES; 2001-02-15), page 44
↑ Famitsu, "2001-01-26" (JP; 2001-01-12), page 32
↑ Gamers' Republic, "March 2001" (US; 2001-xx-xx), page 82
↑ MAN!AC, "03/2001" (DE; 2001-02-07), page 66
↑ Neo Plus, "Kwiecień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 46
↑ Next Generation, "May 2001" (US; 2001-04-17), page 86
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "March 2001" (UK; 2001-02-08), page 72
↑ PSX Extreme, "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 37
↑ Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Marzo 2001" (ES; 2001-xx-xx), page 38
↑ Strana Igr, "Fevral 2001 2/2" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 56

Fighting Vipers 2

Books: Fighting Vipers 2 Skillz (1998) | Fighting Vipers 2 Official Guide (1998)
Music: Fighting Vipers 2 The Sound Album (1998)

Prototypes: 2000-10-08 | 12-12 | 12-25

Games in the Fighting Vipers Series
	Fighting Vipers (1995) \| Fighting Vipers 2 (1998)
	Fighting Vipers (1996) \| Fighters Megamix (1996)
	Fighting Vipers 2 (2001)
	Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 19: Fighting Vipers (2005)
	Fighting Vipers (2012)
Fighting Vipers related media
	Fighting Vipers Original Soundtrack (1996) \| Fighting Vipers Sega Saturn Original Soundtrack (1996) \| Fighting Vipers 2 The Sound Album (1998)
	Fighting Vipers Technical Manual (1996) \| Fighting Vipers: Crimson Angel (1996) \| Fighting Vipers Sega Saturn Manual 2: Biting the Vipers (1996) \| Fighting Vipers: My Sweet Honey (1996) \| (1997) Fighting Vipers Perfect Guide (1997) \| Fighters Mega Books Mix Ultimate Guide (1997) \| Fighting Vipers 2 Official Guide (1998)
	Sega Official Video Library Vol. 1: Fighting Vipers (199x)

[:File:CVG_UK_200.pdf_p76-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File:CVG UK 200.pdf, page 76

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[:File:SSM_UK_34.pdf_p53-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 File:SSM UK 34.pdf, page 53

[:File:SSM_UK_34.pdf_p54-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 File:SSM UK 34.pdf, page 54

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[:File:VideoGames_DE_2001-03.pdf_p16-12] File:VideoGames DE 2001-03.pdf, page 16

[13] 576 Konzol, "Február 2001" (HU; 2001-xx-xx), page 26

[:File:Bonus_12_SCG.pdf_p44-14] Bonus, "3/2001" (YU; 2001-04-25), page 44

[:File:ConsolesMax_FR_19.pdf_p88-15] Consoles Max, "Février 2001" (FR; 2001-0x-xx), page 88

[:File:DCUK_UK_20.pdf_p48-16] DC-UK, "March 2001" (UK; 2001-02-15), page 48

[digitiser2001-03-06-17] Digitiser (UK) (2001-03-06)

[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_20.pdf_p60-18] Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 20" (UK; 2001-03-22), page 60

[:File:Dreamplanet_ES_14.pdf_p44-19] Dreamplanet, "Marzo 2001" (ES; 2001-02-15), page 44

[20] Famitsu, "2001-01-26" (JP; 2001-01-12), page 32

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_34.pdf_p82-21] Gamers' Republic, "March 2001" (US; 2001-xx-xx), page 82

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2001-03.pdf_p66-22] MAN!AC, "03/2001" (DE; 2001-02-07), page 66

[23] Neo Plus, "Kwiecień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:NextGeneration_US_77.pdf_p86-24] Next Generation, "May 2001" (US; 2001-04-17), page 86

[:File:ODM_UK_17.pdf_p72-25] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "March 2001" (UK; 2001-02-08), page 72

[26] PSX Extreme, "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 37

[:File:ROD_ES_15.pdf_p38-27] Revista Oficial Dreamcast, "Marzo 2001" (ES; 2001-xx-xx), page 38

[28] Strana Igr, "Fevral 2001 2/2" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 56

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Fighting Vipers 2

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

History

Development

Production credits

Arcade version

Dreamcast version

Magazine articles

Artwork

Physical scans

Model 3 version

Dreamcast version

Technical information

External links

References