Red Earth / Warzard

[Discoalucard]

hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/warzard/warzard.htm

This is the sorta long-lost Capcom fighting that recently became playable after the CPS3 was finally emulated. I hated it at first, due to the limited character selection, but if you think of it more of a boss-rush beat-em-up than a traditional 2D fighter, then it's really cool.

Some characters have appeared in later fighting games like SvC Chaos, Pocket Fighter and Capcom Fighting Evolution. And yet, each time, they skip over Tao, one of the best characters. (Actually, Leo and Mukuro are good too, but I think Tessa kinda sucks.)

[Pitchfork]

"Recking" havoc?

[Smithee]

Eew

I hate this game

Its so hard and really frustrating.

Maybe I'll give it another chance...

[Ganelon]

Yeah, it's pretty monotonous really and takes way too long to get a good character leveled up. I think I warned folks years earlier but now that CPS3 is emulated, they can see for themselves...

[ReyVGM]

If you want, here are all the Red Earth endings:
www.vgmuseum.com/end/arcade/a/red.htm

Weird grendal didn't mention that, during the credits, you can "play" with that small weird capcom character that appears on all the games. I forget his name.

[Discoalucard]

That little...I dunno...Section Z thing? I know what you're talking about, it's usually featured along with the Yashichi or whatever it's called as a bonus item?

[Ryu the Grappler]

Its called Mobi-chan and its actually a Super Deformed version of the Mobilsuits from Side Arms (yay for All About Capcom).
www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=1688

When I first saw Red Earth in magazines years ago I was under the impression it was a Final Fight-type beat-em-up instead of a traditional Capcom fighting game, considering the lack of playable characters compared to other fighting games.

And that's how more or less you should approach the game instead of a traditional tournament-style game. Although I never really got into the game due to some of the enemy cheapness and the somewhat unconventional basic attacks (the fierce punches and kicks are way too slow for my taste).

I'm guessing the only reason why Mai-Ling is the only Red Earth character is because she's probably most conventional of the four characters. When you have a man-lion swordsman, a witch, and a ninja, not to mention bosses like a giant dinosaur, a Chinese martial artist doesn't seem to stick out that much. Its a shame to, because she's my favorite character in the game.

I still wish they would've done a proper port on the Dreamcast or PS2 (no, putting four characters in Capcom Fighting Evolution does not count) that allowed to play the bosses in versus mode.

[Allie]

I don't think it's as bad as most people do, especially compared to its contemporaries (Metamoqester and Monster Maulers). It's a bit more polished than those other two, and if you don't go into it expecting a tournament game, it's certainly playable enough.