Power Instinct
Encyclopedia
is a fighting game
series created by Atlus
started in 1993. The Power Instinct or Gouketsuji Ichizoku series (often abbreviated as PI or GI for short) is renowned for its more humorous take on fighting games, its music and its often-weird characters.
One of the innovations unique to the series was the introduction of the transformation feature. Several of the characters can change their appearance and fighting style by simply executing certain moves (usually a throwing move), though this has not been featured in every entry in the series. Other features include the ability to perform a double jump and attacking while dashing.
This game was ported to Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and included some new play modes: Vs. Battle, Practice Mode, Time Attack and a "Life Attack" that consists of defeating as many opponents as possible with just one life bar (similar to the Survival Modes seen in other fighting games).
The Mega Drive version had a Battle Royal mode where 1 or 2 players can select a team, with an option to hide the characters being chosen and they would not be revealed until during gameplay. Additionally, it featured an option that allowed the strength of each special attack of every playable character to be adjusted to the player's liking.
The English console ports of this game had several omitted features, such as Karaoke Mode with the lyrics for the songs "Tatanka no Uta" and "Otoko no Karatemichi", character biographies that popped up in between demos, the intro demo to the game and the scene of Oume where she speaks to the player before she fights them (which changes if she's fighting Otane).
Another difference between the American Super Nintendo and Japanese Super Famicom versions are the endings; the Super Nintendo version replaces them with a Congratulations screen with the character portraits used in the pre-fight screen, while in the latter the endings are still present, though slightly different from those in the original arcade version, drawn in a style similar to the endings found in Power Instinct 2.
All the stages are wider than they look. When the objects in the corners are broken, the stage itself is expanded upon, making a bigger playing field.
The player will fight against all the characters and, every four matches, will have the chance to play one of two bonus stage
s. One of them consists of knocking away Kurokos who run into the screen, and the other involves breaking jars tossed from around the screen in certain orders.
When all the characters have been defeated, the player will go on to face Oume, the current clan leader, and once she is defeated, the ending for that character is shown.
The fighter is then chosen to become the leader of the Goketsuji clan.
Anyone who is a descendant of the Goketsuji clan may enter.
Their present leader, Oume Goketsuji, has defended her reign for over 60 years.
To all entrants, an attendant named Kuroko is assigned to take care of all their needs.
Once again, the present leader, 78 year old Oume, will attempt to defend her title.
However, this time around, Oume's younger sister Otane, who ran away from home years ago, has also entered the tournament as well and she seeks to defeat Oume so that she can gain control over the Goketsuji clan.
Only the strong will survive this fight!
. Although she has a very rough lifestyle and a love for heavy metal music, Angela Belti is very passionate and tends to fall in love easily (she once followed a man she loved all the way to Japan. He is currently missing). She is very tall, and very strong, even stronger than most men and as revealed in her ending, quite a bon vivant woman.
Annie Hamilton - Born in the country of England, Annie Hamilton is a calm and compassionate woman born within a rich family. She is at times overbearing and bossy, due to her spoiled
upbringing. However she loves animals, and currently has six dogs, four cats, three horses and a turtle named Kensington.
Keith Wayne - Hailing from United States of America, Keith Wayne is a young man who is self-centered and conceited. He was once a misunderstood youth who at one time ran with a gang. But the strong, unrivaled love of his father was what made him leave. His one and only best friend was the leader of the gang (he still hangs out with that friend once in a while). Keith is a playboy who likes flirting with women, which is one of the reasons that he enters the Goketsuji tournaments, though his huge ego is what often ends up driving them away. But at one of the tournaments, he found Annie Hamilton, the love of his life and since then, he has been determined to prove that he's the right guy for her.
Otane Goketsuji - Due to her unconquerable spirit, has become superhuman. She is both mysterious and secretive so you may never know what she's up to. Otane had a sad childhood where she was constantly berated and abused by her older sister, Oume and due to her relative weakness to fight back, her own mother, Oshima, did not pay much attention to her. Her older sister seemed to hate her with a passion... one day, at the age of 6 while strolling in the forest, Oume had suddenly attacked Otane and buried her alive. Fortunately for Otane, an old farmer was near the place and heard her crying from a distance, causing the farmer to come to her aid and save her. Upon seeing that her attempt to get rid of her younger sister had failed, Oume turned more aggressive and violent towards Otane. After many years of facing Oume's abuse and the petty indifference of her mother, Otane decided to leave home at the age of 15 with only one thing on mind: train endlessly so that one day, she could beat Oume and prove that she's a worthy leader of the Goketsuji clan.
Oume Goketsuji - is superhuman. In any case, she is scary. To master her mysterious attacks, she confined herself to the mountains. Moreover, she has an eerie and unearthly presence about her and it is rumored that she can practically turn her opponents to stone just by gazing into their eyes.
Reiji Oyama - is a very straightforward and honest Japan
ese fighter and is the ultimate training fanatic. He does not do well with minute details, but excels at physical strength matches. He works part-time for a construction company to exert his excess energy. He is somewhat a parody of Ryu
from Street Fighter
and many karate warriors like Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia from Art of Fighting.
Saizo Hattori - is a dark ninja
who keeps his emotions hidden. He normally hides behind a ninja mask to avoid the contact with others, although on some occasions, his part-time job requires him to appear on stage in an animal costume. He isn't related to Hanzou Hattori from neither World Heroes
or Hattori Hanzo from Samurai Shodown
in any way.
Thin Nen - is a violent Shaolin monk with obscene desires. This religious man studied ancient rituals to gain mystic powers. He will do everything he can to get what he wants, whether it be women, food or money. He’s afraid of nothing.
White Buffalo - White Buffalo is a Native American
who tries to protect the rights of his people at all costs. A man of few words, he does not say much. A man who appreciates the little things in life.
(Otane Goketsuji). The PlayStation
version, retitled Gouketsuji Ichizoku 2: Chotto Dake Saikyou Densetsu, was only released in Japan and has some characteristics from Gogetsuji Legends (as it shares almost the same subtitle to its Japanese version), like the team battle and the possibility to play as Chuck and Kuroko, but these features are only available for Versus (player vs. player) mode.
However... Otane's long-fought victory would be short-lived. One night, Oshima Goketsuji: the matriach of the Goketsuji clan and mother to both Otane and Oume, had unexpectedly appeared in front of Oume and offered her help to take revenge against Otane.
According to the sacred rules of the Goketsuji clan, if the leader dies or quit, one new tournament would be held immediately in order to find a successor.
That same night, Oshima and Oume had sent their personal servants to dispose of Otane so that their plan could be put into action, so while Otane slept, she was kidnapped and thrown into the ocean by Oshima and Oume's servants.
The next day, Otane's Kuroko servant had found a letter supposedly written by Otane, where she declined to her right to be the leader of the clan and that she had planned to take a vacation from fighting. However, the Kuroko didn't realize that Oume, who was easily able to learn and copy Otane's handwriting, had written the letter as part of her evil plan.
One week later, all the competitors from the previous tournament and other family members had learned about Otane's 'decision' and that a new tournament would be held in order to find a new leader of the Goketsuji clan.
Kurara Hanakouji - A magical witch who uses her special powers and magical wand for her own benefits, Kurara Hanakouji seeks to have much fun and excitement during her travels throughout the world. Even though she looks like a 15 year old, Kurara's exact age is unknown. When she gains enough power from a fight, she can change into her alter-ego, Super Kurara (a woman who wears roller-skates while fighting in scantily-clad clothing). In Matrimelee, her name is changed to Clara.
Kanji Kokuin - An old man who is the ex-husband of Oume Goketsuji, Kanji Kokuin now seeks to defeat the members of the Goketsuji clan so that he can gain full control over the clan. He starts the battle off with his pumped-up muscles, but if he fails from within the initiation of his super move, he loses his strength and turns into a prickly man who only fights with his walking cane.
Kinta Kokuin - A young kindergartner who is the grandson of Haruki, Kanji Kokuin's younger brother, Kinta Kokuin is known for being an obnoxious brat who takes up most of his grandfather's personality traits and that he won't stop until he gets what he wants. He fights in the tournament in order to impress a girl that he likes and he uses the assistance of his pets (a huge fish and a bear) to aid him. When he gains enough strength from within a fight, Kinta can transform into his alter-ego, Pochi (a man wearing a dog costume who fights by throwing power bones at the opponent).
Sahad Asran Ryuto - An Arabian man who uses both his fighting skills and the power of the djinn from a magic lamp. Sahad's goal is to not only test out his abilities in battle, but to also impress Angela Belti, to whom he has developed a crush upon.
Though the family members had fought against each other with their own strength and power, Otane had managed to arrive at the tournament to defend her title as clan leader against the winner of the competition. Unfortunately for Otane, she was too tired to fight (due to her hard travel to the tournament's location) and was defeated by Kanji Kokuin, the victor of the battle!
After his victory in the Goketsuji tournament, Kanji (now the new leader of the Goketsuji clan) thought that it would be fun to test the strength of the Goketsuji family members, so he invited them all back for a new Goketsuji tournament.
, but still maintains a little of the same humor that is particular to the series.
The players can choose from eleven characters, all of them, save Otane/Oume, being new.
The graphic style of Groove on Fight is very different from its predecessors, as the sprites are smaller, but are more fluid and have an animated look to them.
In the Sega Saturn
port of the game, many animation frames were cut; the port included some features like being able to play as Damian, Bristol Weller and Bristol-D once the player beats the game with certain characters, the possibility of four players to play at the same time by way of the Saturn's multi-tap and an "Omake Mode" where the players can view artwork of the characters for the game.
The Saturn version also features an arranged version of the soundtrack that has some new music themes that were not present in the original, like the theme "Mystic" and the vocal version of the title song.
between characters, the character who is on the sidelines slowly begins to get his or her energy back.
At difference from the previous games, Groove on Fight has a six buttons system. The two new buttons are for "Dodge" and for the "Powerful Blow" the "Dodge" allows the characters to evade attacks and then counterattack the opponent.
The "Powerful Blow" is an attack that inflicts more damage to the opponent than the normal strong attacks, but is also slower. The special guard and the shadow moves from Gogetsuji Legends are still present in the game and some other new characteristics were introduced to the gameplay:
are guest stars, and are unlockable. A few of the game elements were borrowed from this same game as well. The western releases drop the Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku title and remains named simply as Matrimelee. It was one of the last few games to be released on the Neo-Geo
.
The game also features an online mode and a 'Lust Cards System' that consists of buying cards with special effects. Some allow the player to change certain characteristics of the characters, others are used to view special music video clips, and others to call strange characters to help the player in battle.
The game has the same backgrounds and all the characters from Matrimelee, and because of that it is usually described as a port of the game, while in fact the game's story takes place after the events from the previous game, making it a sort of sequel or update.
Bonnou Kaihou was released only in Japan, much to the chagrin of international fans. It is possible that this is due to the very little chance of marketing the series ever had outside of its country of origin. Ignition, a company that helped to publish the game, has explained there are currently no plans to release the game outside of Japan
. The subtitle Bonnou Kaihou literally means "Liberation of Lusts".
The King, worried about the emotional state of his daughter (who is usually joyful and vigorous) invited the world's strongest fighters to his country to convince them to enter to a new tournament, the "Bonnou Kaihou" tournament.
This time the prize is anything that the winner could wish for (except the throne succession). When the King told Sissy about the Bonnou Kaihou tournament, her characteristic smile returned to her face, finally she will once again have that feeling that is present only in battle.
as actual leader of the Goketsuji family, I Oume Goketsuji invite you to a fighting tournament that will be celebrated in commemoration of the senzo kuyou ritual.
In this tournament, each contestant should be focused in the victory, because is possible that the ancient living god of the family be present among the participants, so the winner of this test of strength will be considered a living god, untouchable for the common people.
will we see the birth of a new legend?
Release Date: 1995
ISBN 978-4-8470-3158-8
Publisher: WANI BOOKS
It is a novel of 253 pages that relate the history of the Goketsuji family. The book contains some art made by Range Murata.
Release Date: December 9, 1998
Publisher: Toshiba Emi
Is a CD- ROM for Windows and MAC. It contains information about the series like: characters profiles
, correlation diagram, the family lineage, rejected designs, sounds and artwork. Also has wallpapers and screen savers.
Release Date: January 21, 1994
Publisher: Pony Canyon / Scitron
It contains 20 tracks, voices and sound effects from the game.
Release Date: December 16, 1994
Publisher: Pony Canyon / Scitron
It contains 37 tracks, voices and sound effects from the game
Release Date: September 21, 1995
Publisher: Pony Canyon / Scitron
It contains 32 tracks, voices and sound effects from the game
Release Date: June 18, 1997
Publisher: Pony Canyon / Scitron
It contains 24 tracks, voices and sound effects from the game
Release date: 2003
Publisher: Noise Factory
It Contains 31 tracks from the game.
In January 2005, Noise Factory released a box set containing all the soundtracks from the Gouketsuji Ichizoku series. The Box set included a 2005 calendar featuring art from the series. The difference about these CDs and the original releases is that these does not include the sound effects collection and the Groove on Fight's CD has the arranged tracks from the Sega Saturn.
Fighting game
Fighting game is a video game genre where the player controls an on-screen character and engages in close combat with an opponent. These characters tend to be of equal power and fight matches consisting of several rounds, which take place in an arena. Players must master techniques such as...
series created by Atlus
Atlus
is a Japanese computer and video game developer, publisher, and distributor based in Tokyo, Japan, best known for developing the console role-playing game franchise Megami Tensei. The first Megami Tensei was a Nintendo Entertainment System video game published by Namco based on a trilogy of...
started in 1993. The Power Instinct or Gouketsuji Ichizoku series (often abbreviated as PI or GI for short) is renowned for its more humorous take on fighting games, its music and its often-weird characters.
One of the innovations unique to the series was the introduction of the transformation feature. Several of the characters can change their appearance and fighting style by simply executing certain moves (usually a throwing move), though this has not been featured in every entry in the series. Other features include the ability to perform a double jump and attacking while dashing.
Power Instinct / Gouketsuji Ichizoku
The first game of the series was released in 1993. It has eight selectable characters and one unplayable boss character, Oume Goketsuji, a palette-swap of Otane. Originally, every character had a specific win quote for each defeated foe, but that was reduced to only one win quote for each character in the English version.This game was ported to Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and included some new play modes: Vs. Battle, Practice Mode, Time Attack and a "Life Attack" that consists of defeating as many opponents as possible with just one life bar (similar to the Survival Modes seen in other fighting games).
The Mega Drive version had a Battle Royal mode where 1 or 2 players can select a team, with an option to hide the characters being chosen and they would not be revealed until during gameplay. Additionally, it featured an option that allowed the strength of each special attack of every playable character to be adjusted to the player's liking.
The English console ports of this game had several omitted features, such as Karaoke Mode with the lyrics for the songs "Tatanka no Uta" and "Otoko no Karatemichi", character biographies that popped up in between demos, the intro demo to the game and the scene of Oume where she speaks to the player before she fights them (which changes if she's fighting Otane).
Another difference between the American Super Nintendo and Japanese Super Famicom versions are the endings; the Super Nintendo version replaces them with a Congratulations screen with the character portraits used in the pre-fight screen, while in the latter the endings are still present, though slightly different from those in the original arcade version, drawn in a style similar to the endings found in Power Instinct 2.
Gameplay
The game uses a four button layout, two buttons for punches and two for kicks. Every character has their own stage, attacks and special moves. The special moves are performed via combinations of joystick movements and buttons.All the stages are wider than they look. When the objects in the corners are broken, the stage itself is expanded upon, making a bigger playing field.
The player will fight against all the characters and, every four matches, will have the chance to play one of two bonus stage
Bonus stage
A bonus stage is a special level within a video game designed to reward the player or players, and typically allows the player to collect extra points or power-ups. Often a bonus stage will have no enemies or hazards, or may contain them but the player character is invulnerable to attack from them...
s. One of them consists of knocking away Kurokos who run into the screen, and the other involves breaking jars tossed from around the screen in certain orders.
When all the characters have been defeated, the player will go on to face Oume, the current clan leader, and once she is defeated, the ending for that character is shown.
Development
| Job title | Name |
|---|---|
| Producer | Fuuuu |
| Sub-Producer | Chuuko |
| Programmers | Mako MK2 |
| 680*0 Freak Yan | |
| Sound | Dencyu |
| Front Designers | Pa Pi Pu Pe |
| Masada-M | |
| Super K! | |
| Yie-Yah! | |
| Ohryu-S | |
| Back Designers | [Chikuwa] Henacyoko |
| Moto. I | |
| Range | |
| Asaki |
Story
The Goketsuji clan . . . Every five years, a hand-to-hand combat tournament is held to determine who is the strongest fighter.The fighter is then chosen to become the leader of the Goketsuji clan.
Anyone who is a descendant of the Goketsuji clan may enter.
Their present leader, Oume Goketsuji, has defended her reign for over 60 years.
To all entrants, an attendant named Kuroko is assigned to take care of all their needs.
Once again, the present leader, 78 year old Oume, will attempt to defend her title.
However, this time around, Oume's younger sister Otane, who ran away from home years ago, has also entered the tournament as well and she seeks to defeat Oume so that she can gain control over the Goketsuji clan.
Only the strong will survive this fight!
Characters
Angela Belti - She's an Italian strongwomanStrongwoman
Strongwoman refers to either a woman performing feats of strength in a show or circus, or a woman who competes in strength athletics. Traditionally, strongwomen have had a special appeal, as women involved in demonstrated feats of strength were exceptions....
. Although she has a very rough lifestyle and a love for heavy metal music, Angela Belti is very passionate and tends to fall in love easily (she once followed a man she loved all the way to Japan. He is currently missing). She is very tall, and very strong, even stronger than most men and as revealed in her ending, quite a bon vivant woman.
Annie Hamilton - Born in the country of England, Annie Hamilton is a calm and compassionate woman born within a rich family. She is at times overbearing and bossy, due to her spoiled
School diva
A school diva is a popular culture reference for a well-liked or worshipped female student, whether in elementary school, middle school, or high school, who sees herself as an alpha female...
upbringing. However she loves animals, and currently has six dogs, four cats, three horses and a turtle named Kensington.
Keith Wayne - Hailing from United States of America, Keith Wayne is a young man who is self-centered and conceited. He was once a misunderstood youth who at one time ran with a gang. But the strong, unrivaled love of his father was what made him leave. His one and only best friend was the leader of the gang (he still hangs out with that friend once in a while). Keith is a playboy who likes flirting with women, which is one of the reasons that he enters the Goketsuji tournaments, though his huge ego is what often ends up driving them away. But at one of the tournaments, he found Annie Hamilton, the love of his life and since then, he has been determined to prove that he's the right guy for her.
Otane Goketsuji - Due to her unconquerable spirit, has become superhuman. She is both mysterious and secretive so you may never know what she's up to. Otane had a sad childhood where she was constantly berated and abused by her older sister, Oume and due to her relative weakness to fight back, her own mother, Oshima, did not pay much attention to her. Her older sister seemed to hate her with a passion... one day, at the age of 6 while strolling in the forest, Oume had suddenly attacked Otane and buried her alive. Fortunately for Otane, an old farmer was near the place and heard her crying from a distance, causing the farmer to come to her aid and save her. Upon seeing that her attempt to get rid of her younger sister had failed, Oume turned more aggressive and violent towards Otane. After many years of facing Oume's abuse and the petty indifference of her mother, Otane decided to leave home at the age of 15 with only one thing on mind: train endlessly so that one day, she could beat Oume and prove that she's a worthy leader of the Goketsuji clan.
Oume Goketsuji - is superhuman. In any case, she is scary. To master her mysterious attacks, she confined herself to the mountains. Moreover, she has an eerie and unearthly presence about her and it is rumored that she can practically turn her opponents to stone just by gazing into their eyes.
Reiji Oyama - is a very straightforward and honest Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese fighter and is the ultimate training fanatic. He does not do well with minute details, but excels at physical strength matches. He works part-time for a construction company to exert his excess energy. He is somewhat a parody of Ryu
Ryu
* Ryū , a school of thought or discipline ., a book by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa* Ryū , a series by Masao Yajima and Akira Oze* Ryu , a common Korean family name...
from Street Fighter
Street Fighter
, commonly abbreviated as SF, is a series of Fighting Games developed in Japan in which the players pit the video games' competitive fighters from around the world, each with his or her own unique fighting style, against one another...
and many karate warriors like Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia from Art of Fighting.
Saizo Hattori - is a dark ninja
Ninja
A or was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations...
who keeps his emotions hidden. He normally hides behind a ninja mask to avoid the contact with others, although on some occasions, his part-time job requires him to appear on stage in an animal costume. He isn't related to Hanzou Hattori from neither World Heroes
World Heroes
is a series of fighting games created by ADK originally created for the Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinets with the assistance of SNK, though some of the games in the series were also ported to the Neo Geo AES and Neo-Geo CD platforms, as well as some non-SNK platforms such as the Super NES and the Sega...
or Hattori Hanzo from Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown, known as in Japan, is a competitive fighting game produced by SNK for their Neo Geo arcade and home platform. In contrast to other fighting games at the time which were set in modern times and focused primarily on hand-to-hand combat, Samurai Shodown is set in feudal-era Japan ...
in any way.
Thin Nen - is a violent Shaolin monk with obscene desires. This religious man studied ancient rituals to gain mystic powers. He will do everything he can to get what he wants, whether it be women, food or money. He’s afraid of nothing.
White Buffalo - White Buffalo is a Native American
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
who tries to protect the rights of his people at all costs. A man of few words, he does not say much. A man who appreciates the little things in life.
Power Instinct 2 / Gouketsuji Ichizoku 2
Power Instinct 2 features five new characters, giving a total of 13 playable characters and one unplayable bossBoss (video games)
A boss is an enemy-based challenge which is found in video games. A fight with a boss character is commonly referred to as a boss battle or boss fight...
(Otane Goketsuji). The PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
version, retitled Gouketsuji Ichizoku 2: Chotto Dake Saikyou Densetsu, was only released in Japan and has some characteristics from Gogetsuji Legends (as it shares almost the same subtitle to its Japanese version), like the team battle and the possibility to play as Chuck and Kuroko, but these features are only available for Versus (player vs. player) mode.
Gameplay
Introduction of the "Stress" meter into the series, which increases when one's attacks are blocked or when attacked. A super attack can be executed when it is full. In addition, when the Stress meter fills up, a character becomes engulfed in a flame of their own energy for a brief moment, which protects from any incoming attacks from the opponent and knocks them away if they are too close.Development
| Job title | Name |
|---|---|
| Producer | Tama |
| Sub producer | Chuuko |
| Main programmers | Mako MKIISR |
| Shuhta. Garyuh ?! | |
| >Nari Chan | |
| Sub programmers | Toshiya |
| Jake | |
| Sound | Dencyu |
| Object designers | M. Masada |
| Yie-Yan-II | |
| Pa Pi Pu Pe | |
| N.I-1486-7 | |
| Man Man-Chan | |
| Haruko Chan | |
| Pochi | |
| Suzuki | |
| Scroll designers | Moto. I |
| Araki-Dorifu | |
| Range | |
| Asaki | |
| naru | |
| Monko | |
| Yu-Ki | |
| Chuuko | |
| Mid | |
| Planners | Super-K! |
| Markey | |
| Helen | |
| Voices | Kotono Mitsuishi Kotono Mitsuishi is a prolific Japanese voice actor from Tokyo. As a young girl, Mitsuishi lived in Nagareyama, Chiba. Mitsuishi graduated from high school in 1986, and entered the Katsuta Voice Actor's Academy. While attending the academy, she began working part time as an elevator girl in the Sunshine 60 building... |
| Ryusei Yaro | |
| Aihara | |
| Chuuko | |
| Pa Pi Pu Pe | |
| Dencyu |
Story
Oume Goketsuji: leader of the Goketsuji clan for the last 60 years, was finally defeated by her younger sister, Otane in the last tournament. The day where Otane had finally surpassed her older sister had finally arrived.However... Otane's long-fought victory would be short-lived. One night, Oshima Goketsuji: the matriach of the Goketsuji clan and mother to both Otane and Oume, had unexpectedly appeared in front of Oume and offered her help to take revenge against Otane.
According to the sacred rules of the Goketsuji clan, if the leader dies or quit, one new tournament would be held immediately in order to find a successor.
That same night, Oshima and Oume had sent their personal servants to dispose of Otane so that their plan could be put into action, so while Otane slept, she was kidnapped and thrown into the ocean by Oshima and Oume's servants.
The next day, Otane's Kuroko servant had found a letter supposedly written by Otane, where she declined to her right to be the leader of the clan and that she had planned to take a vacation from fighting. However, the Kuroko didn't realize that Oume, who was easily able to learn and copy Otane's handwriting, had written the letter as part of her evil plan.
One week later, all the competitors from the previous tournament and other family members had learned about Otane's 'decision' and that a new tournament would be held in order to find a new leader of the Goketsuji clan.
Characters
Oshima Goketsuji - Known to be the matriach of the entire Goketsuji clan, Oshima Goketsuji is known for her strict policies and precise personality to make her clan the strongest throughout the entire world. She's the mother of both Otane and Oume Goketsuji and often favors Oume over Otane, due to the fact that Oume takes up most of her own personality traits.Kurara Hanakouji - A magical witch who uses her special powers and magical wand for her own benefits, Kurara Hanakouji seeks to have much fun and excitement during her travels throughout the world. Even though she looks like a 15 year old, Kurara's exact age is unknown. When she gains enough power from a fight, she can change into her alter-ego, Super Kurara (a woman who wears roller-skates while fighting in scantily-clad clothing). In Matrimelee, her name is changed to Clara.
Kanji Kokuin - An old man who is the ex-husband of Oume Goketsuji, Kanji Kokuin now seeks to defeat the members of the Goketsuji clan so that he can gain full control over the clan. He starts the battle off with his pumped-up muscles, but if he fails from within the initiation of his super move, he loses his strength and turns into a prickly man who only fights with his walking cane.
Kinta Kokuin - A young kindergartner who is the grandson of Haruki, Kanji Kokuin's younger brother, Kinta Kokuin is known for being an obnoxious brat who takes up most of his grandfather's personality traits and that he won't stop until he gets what he wants. He fights in the tournament in order to impress a girl that he likes and he uses the assistance of his pets (a huge fish and a bear) to aid him. When he gains enough strength from within a fight, Kinta can transform into his alter-ego, Pochi (a man wearing a dog costume who fights by throwing power bones at the opponent).
Sahad Asran Ryuto - An Arabian man who uses both his fighting skills and the power of the djinn from a magic lamp. Sahad's goal is to not only test out his abilities in battle, but to also impress Angela Belti, to whom he has developed a crush upon.
Gogetsuji Legends / Gouketsuji Gaiden: Saikyou Densetsu
The game was called Gogetsuji Legends outside Japan, lacking the Power Instinct title, strangely enough. This would be a trend for the series in its subsequent western releases, officially phasing out the Power Instinct branding (although is still used informally by the fan community).Gameplay
The battles are in teams of two characters, a leader and a partner. Super Kurara and Pochi are individual characters; because of this, Kurara and Kinta gained new moves. Otane is also made playable, bringing the cast to 16 characters. A Super Block and a Charge Attack were brought into the gameplay. A Super Block can nullify the opponent's blow and allow for a counter attack, and a Charge Attack can immediately knock down the opponent or launch them into the air for another attack. There is one new playable character, (Kuroko), and a new boss, (Chuck). All of the characters were given new special attacks. However, the majority of them were exclusive only to this game.Story
Otane Goketsuji: leader of the Goketsuji clan, was kidnapped by her scheming twin sister Oume and her mother Oshima. A new tournament was immediately held in order to find a new successor.Though the family members had fought against each other with their own strength and power, Otane had managed to arrive at the tournament to defend her title as clan leader against the winner of the competition. Unfortunately for Otane, she was too tired to fight (due to her hard travel to the tournament's location) and was defeated by Kanji Kokuin, the victor of the battle!
After his victory in the Goketsuji tournament, Kanji (now the new leader of the Goketsuji clan) thought that it would be fun to test the strength of the Goketsuji family members, so he invited them all back for a new Goketsuji tournament.
Development
| Job title | Name |
|---|---|
| Producer | Chuuko |
| Main Program | Mako MkIITr |
| Shuhta. Garyuh | |
| Narita Seiji | |
| Sub Program | Toshiya |
| Jake | |
| M.Y | |
| Object Design | M. Masada |
| Yie_Yan_II | |
| Suzuki | |
| Pa Pi Pu Pe | |
| N. I_1496_7 | |
| Manman_Chan | |
| Pochi | |
| Haruko | |
| Chan | |
| Scroll Design | Moto. I |
| Range | |
| Araki_Dorifu | |
| Asaki | |
| Naru | |
| Monko | |
| Yu_Ki | |
| Chuuko | |
| Wife_K. | |
| Sub Designer | |
| Brook | |
| Subtle. Y | |
| You | |
| Shiina | |
| Sound | Dencyu |
| Planner | |
| Super_K! | |
| Markey | |
| Heren | |
| Komori | |
| Bugta | |
| Voices | Kotono Mitsuishi Kotono Mitsuishi is a prolific Japanese voice actor from Tokyo. As a young girl, Mitsuishi lived in Nagareyama, Chiba. Mitsuishi graduated from high school in 1986, and entered the Katsuta Voice Actor's Academy. While attending the academy, she began working part time as an elevator girl in the Sunshine 60 building... |
| Ryusei Yaro | |
| Aihara | |
| Chuuko | |
| Pa Pi Pu Pe |
Groove on Fight / Gouketsuji Ichizoku 3: Groove on Fight
The story of this sequel of the series takes place 20 years after the last Goketsuji tournament. It also has a darker and more serious tone than its predecessors, similar to that of Garou: Mark of the WolvesGarou: Mark of the Wolves
, known as Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves on Dreamcast, is a 1999 fighting game produced by SNK, originally for the Neo Geo system. It is the ninth and final game in the Fatal Fury series, set ten years after the death of Geese Howard in Real Bout Fatal Fury...
, but still maintains a little of the same humor that is particular to the series.
The players can choose from eleven characters, all of them, save Otane/Oume, being new.
The graphic style of Groove on Fight is very different from its predecessors, as the sprites are smaller, but are more fluid and have an animated look to them.
In the Sega Saturn
Sega Saturn
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console that was first released by Sega on November 22, 1994 in Japan, May 11, 1995 in North America, and July 8, 1995 in Europe...
port of the game, many animation frames were cut; the port included some features like being able to play as Damian, Bristol Weller and Bristol-D once the player beats the game with certain characters, the possibility of four players to play at the same time by way of the Saturn's multi-tap and an "Omake Mode" where the players can view artwork of the characters for the game.
The Saturn version also features an arranged version of the soundtrack that has some new music themes that were not present in the original, like the theme "Mystic" and the vocal version of the title song.
Gameplay
Gameplay is in a 2-on-2 format with the ability to tag in and out at any time between players. Every time the player tag successfullybetween characters, the character who is on the sidelines slowly begins to get his or her energy back.
At difference from the previous games, Groove on Fight has a six buttons system. The two new buttons are for "Dodge" and for the "Powerful Blow" the "Dodge" allows the characters to evade attacks and then counterattack the opponent.
The "Powerful Blow" is an attack that inflicts more damage to the opponent than the normal strong attacks, but is also slower. The special guard and the shadow moves from Gogetsuji Legends are still present in the game and some other new characteristics were introduced to the gameplay:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Body Toss | The character throws the body of a defeated character at the opponent. |
| Taunt | Pressing the start button will taunt the opponent. Introduced for the first time in the series. |
| Unblockable Attack | Each character has his/her own Unblockable Attack. This attack is very slow, but if hits cause a great amount of damage to the opponent. |
| Partner Attack | The character that is not fighting will perform a jump-in attack from the sidelines. |
| Dual Combo | Is a series of attacks performed by the two characters at the same time. This requires one level of the Stress meter. |
| Pounce | Pressing up + Light kick, Hard Kick, as soon as the character knocks an opponent down, will attack the downed foe. |
Development
| Job title | Name |
|---|---|
| Planners | Super_K |
| Bugta + | |
| Heren | |
| Designers | YN_Dessy |
| Pa Pi Pu Pe | |
| Range | |
| Moto | |
| Satoru. Y | |
| Mamoru. K | |
| Uhio | |
| H. Morita | |
| Asaki | |
| Mandai | |
| Monko | |
| Y. Ogawa | |
| Programmers | Missile |
| Toshiya | |
| M. Yamasaki | |
| Sound Creator | Dencyu |
| Helpers | M. Masada |
| Markey | |
| Komori | |
| Scenery | Clark Kent CO. LTD |
Matrimelee / Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku: Toukon Matrimelee
This new sequel features 4 totally new characters and one new boss (Princess Sissy). However, Angela does not return in this game. Jimmy, Elias, Lynn and Jones from Rage of the DragonsRage of the Dragons
is a 2002 tag team head-to-head fighting game released for the Neo Geo hardware by Playmore . The game was co-developed by the Mexican team Evoga and the Japanese company Noise Factory...
are guest stars, and are unlockable. A few of the game elements were borrowed from this same game as well. The western releases drop the Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku title and remains named simply as Matrimelee. It was one of the last few games to be released on the Neo-Geo
Neo Geo (console)
The is a cartridge-based arcade and home video game system released on July 1, 1991 by Japanese game company SNK. Being in the Fourth generation of Gaming, it was the first console in the former Neo Geo family, which only lived through the 1990s...
.
Gameplay
Transformations were excluded, and a few of the characters from the previous sequel do not appear. The Stress meter now could be filled up to three levels. Every character has a Stress Shot (1 bar), an Ippatsu Ougi (2 bars) and a powerful, hidden super attack called a Kinjite (3 bars). However, only a few of the Kinjite moves are known; information on the rest have not been released by Atlus or Noise Factory.Story
The king of Certain Country wants to find a worthy successor for the throne and the ideal husband for his little daughter (or a beautiful and strong woman for his older son) So he holds a fighting tournament where the prize is the hand of the princess and the throne succession.Development
| Job title | Name |
|---|---|
| Producer | Keiko Ijuu |
| Directors | Keiko Ijuu |
| Marohie. M | |
| Sub directors | Hidenari Mamoto |
| 55 | |
| Main programmers | Hidenari Mamoto |
| Sub programmers | Kazuaki Ezato |
| H. Hishikawa | |
| Character designers | Marochie. M |
| Super Dotter K' | |
| Dessy | |
| Shio Shio | |
| Orie Kinugasa | |
| Background designers | Miyukichi |
| Miyavi | |
| Kuramoyan | |
| Illustration | Range Murata Range Murata is a Japanese artist and designer, known for his unique style combining Art Deco and Japanese anime elements. He is best known for his conceptual design work on anime series Last Exile and Blue Submarine No. 6.... |
| Tomokazu Nakano | |
| Ooma Bunshichiro | |
| Sound producer | Studio Aqua |
| Vocalists | Dencyu |
| Masanosuke Fujiwara | |
| Momoeika | |
| Ryuji Mutou | |
| Moamo & Cheiko | |
| Uchida | |
| Nami Matusima | |
| Aya Fujimoto | |
| Voice actors | R. Riken |
| Shinya Moriguchi | |
| Akihisa Muramoto | |
| N. Chinatsu | |
| Mina Yamamoto | |
| Nahomi | |
| Ikuro .I | |
| Sayaka Misimura | |
| Aumi Jinga |
Shin Gōketsuji Ichizoku: Bonnō Kaihō
The sequel of Matrimelee. It features enhanced graphics and sound, the return of two of the older characters (Angela Belti and Kinta Kokuin), a new boss, and the return of the transformation feature. Gameplay was also improved in some areas, and super attacks were made easier to execute.The game also features an online mode and a 'Lust Cards System' that consists of buying cards with special effects. Some allow the player to change certain characteristics of the characters, others are used to view special music video clips, and others to call strange characters to help the player in battle.
The game has the same backgrounds and all the characters from Matrimelee, and because of that it is usually described as a port of the game, while in fact the game's story takes place after the events from the previous game, making it a sort of sequel or update.
Bonnou Kaihou was released only in Japan, much to the chagrin of international fans. It is possible that this is due to the very little chance of marketing the series ever had outside of its country of origin. Ignition, a company that helped to publish the game, has explained there are currently no plans to release the game outside of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The subtitle Bonnou Kaihou literally means "Liberation of Lusts".
Story
Princess Sissy was sad. She just couldn't forget the excitement of the Matrimelee tournament.The King, worried about the emotional state of his daughter (who is usually joyful and vigorous) invited the world's strongest fighters to his country to convince them to enter to a new tournament, the "Bonnou Kaihou" tournament.
This time the prize is anything that the winner could wish for (except the throne succession). When the King told Sissy about the Bonnou Kaihou tournament, her characteristic smile returned to her face, finally she will once again have that feeling that is present only in battle.
Story
To all the people related to the Goketsuji clan….as actual leader of the Goketsuji family, I Oume Goketsuji invite you to a fighting tournament that will be celebrated in commemoration of the senzo kuyou ritual.
In this tournament, each contestant should be focused in the victory, because is possible that the ancient living god of the family be present among the participants, so the winner of this test of strength will be considered a living god, untouchable for the common people.
will we see the birth of a new legend?
Characters
- Sandra Belti - A 82 year old lady, grandmother of Angela Belti. She has the ability to transform in their younger self (Super Sandra) just like the Goketsuji Twins.
- Elizabeth Belti - Sandra's younger sister, grandaunt of Angela Belti, like her sister, Elizabeth has the ability to transform to her younger self (Super Elizabeth) just like the Goketsuji Twins.
- Prince - Princess sissy's older brother. He appeared in Power Instict: Matrimelee in some endings, in this game he is playable for the first time. He can transform in a "good looking" version of himself (Super Prince), which gives him different gameplay.
- Rin Oyama Reiji Oyama's niece. She started practicing Karate with her uncle since she was four years old.
- Takumi Hattori - Saizo Hattori's cousin. Just like his cousin, this eight year old kid is very shy and wears a mask most of the time.
Other media
- Gouketsuji Ichizoku: The Novel
Release Date: 1995
ISBN 978-4-8470-3158-8
Publisher: WANI BOOKS
It is a novel of 253 pages that relate the history of the Goketsuji family. The book contains some art made by Range Murata.
- Gouketsuji Ichizoku: THE CD-ROM
Release Date: December 9, 1998
Publisher: Toshiba Emi
Is a CD- ROM for Windows and MAC. It contains information about the series like: characters profiles
, correlation diagram, the family lineage, rejected designs, sounds and artwork. Also has wallpapers and screen savers.
- Gouketsuji Ichizoku original soundtrack
Release Date: January 21, 1994
Publisher: Pony Canyon / Scitron
It contains 20 tracks, voices and sound effects from the game.
- Gouketsuji Ichizoku 2 original Soundtrack
Release Date: December 16, 1994
Publisher: Pony Canyon / Scitron
It contains 37 tracks, voices and sound effects from the game
- Gouketsuji Ichizoku Saikyou Densetsu original soundtrack
Release Date: September 21, 1995
Publisher: Pony Canyon / Scitron
It contains 32 tracks, voices and sound effects from the game
- Groove on Fight original soundtrack
Release Date: June 18, 1997
Publisher: Pony Canyon / Scitron
It contains 24 tracks, voices and sound effects from the game
- Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku Toukon Matrimelee original soundtrack'
Release date: 2003
Publisher: Noise Factory
It Contains 31 tracks from the game.
- Gouketsuji Ichizoku CD-BOX
In January 2005, Noise Factory released a box set containing all the soundtracks from the Gouketsuji Ichizoku series. The Box set included a 2005 calendar featuring art from the series. The difference about these CDs and the original releases is that these does not include the sound effects collection and the Groove on Fight's CD has the arranged tracks from the Sega Saturn.
Power Instinct 2
Power Instinct Matrimelee
- Noise Factory's site for Power Instinct Matrimelee (Japanese)
- Power Instinct Matrimelee at the Fighters Generation site
Goketsuji Ichizoku Matsuri Senzo Kuyou
- The Official Goketsuji Ichizoku Matsuri Senzo Kuyou Site
- Noise Factory's site for Goketsuji Ichizoku Matsuri Senzo Kuyou
Miscellanea
- Power Instinct series at the Hardcore Gaming 101 site
- Noise Factory
- Atlus Japan
- SNK-Playmore
- Game Excite's site for Power Instinct Bonnou no Kaihou (Japanese)
- Noise Factory's site for Power Instinct Bonnou no Kaihou (Japanese)
- Goketsuji Wiki - A wiki on Wikia dedicated to providing various information on the series