(LAST UPDATE: 7/10/09)
Developer(s): Noise Factory
Publisher(s): SNK Playmore
Platform(s): Arcade, Neo Geo
Release: 2002
Characters: Billy, Lynn, Elias, Mr. Jones, Gouketsu Ume, Gouketsu Tane, Kanji Kokuin, Clara, Reiji Oyama, Keith Wayne, Anny Hamilton, Chinnen, Saizo Hattori, White Buffalo, Poochy, Buntaro, Shintaro, Olof, Hikaru, Princess Sissy
Related Games: Rage of The Dragons
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.
Review: Power Instinct: Matrimelee is a sequel to the lesser known Power Instinct
fighting game series. The characters in Matrimelee are a mixed bag of the
incredibly obscure and the I've-seen-you-somewhere-before. Several characters
from Rage of The Dragons also make an appearance.
In this game
your normal power gauge is instead replaced with a "stress" gauge. Unlike
most systems, this gauge doesn't fill when you land attacks. Instead it
fills when your attacks are blocked, or if you are attacked. This
is to simulate the *stress* of not having your moves land, or well, the
stress one may feel when punched in the face. Whenever your character,
or your opponent fills one entire meter of stress, it is added to
the stock. Whenever it fills, the character also fires a good bit of energy
around themselves, which makes them invulnerable to attack and will also interrupt
combos. You're able to use this stress in the form of super moves.
In some stages
you may see a ref standing in the background, you can actually call him
into the foreground and use him to attack your enemy! You are able to send
him flying into your opponent, or you can stand behind him, as your opponents projectiles
will hit him instead of you.
If your opponent
taunts you, he is challenging you to a Bloodline battle if you taunt back,
you shall accept the challenge. When a Bloodline battle begins, both characters
move to the middle of the screen. Between them lowers a television screen
which randomly shows different buttons. (A,B,C,D) Hit these as they come
up, if you beat your opponent to the punch, than your blow will land.
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6.5 / 10 |
Closing Comment: Matrimelee is a very unorthodox fighting game. I give it respect for it's "out there" theme and characters, but the gameplay leaves much to be desired. And I'd simply rather put my time into another 2D fighting game... ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG