TheSeventhForce recently released an interesting video that highlighted how certain classic fighting game moves have made appearances outside of its genre. During the video, TheSeventhForce enacts a rule that he can’t refer to a game that is technically a spinoff of a fighting game, such as the references to Street Fighter that can be found in Cannon Spike.
In Mega Man X, the player can actually gain access to Ryu’s Hadoken from the Street Fighter series. Doing this essentially requires the player to be a 100% achiever, but the reward is well worth it considering that the attack has the ability to instantly defeat most enemies, including most bosses.
Similar to unlocking Street Fighter’s most iconic fireball, it’s also possible to unlock Ken’s dragon punch technique in Mega Man X2. Both the Hadoken and Shoryuken are performed with their respective inputs from the Street Fighter series in the Mega Man X games.
In Kirby’s Return to Dream Land, the Fighter Kirby form is filled with references to fighting game techniques. Once this form is unlocked by inhaling Knuckle Joe, Kirby is effectively equipped with the hurricane kick, Hadoken, Flash Kick, and the dragon punch.
Funnily enough, some games enable Kirby to unlock his Smash Hat (usually by consuming Master Hand himself). With this hat, Kirby actually gains access to his moveset from the Super Smash Bros. series.
Throughout the video, TheSeventhForce brings up how Devil May Cry, Bayonetta, Sonic the Hedgehog, the Tales Of series, Disney’s Magical Mirror, Breath of Fire, Castlevania, Scott Pilgrim, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge do similar things.
Check it all out in the video below:
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