in each character's combo palette. These cancel points, when utilized with command moves, can then be cancelled once more, allowing the player to begin a new strategy with adequate timing. As well as this, the combat system has three types of dodging techniques: a heavy and light block that spans over three parts of the body, instead of the typical two in most fighting games; and "Scratch" techniques, which can break guards from dead angles and is a series of command counters, throws and vanishing attacks. Bloody Roar 4, the latest game in the series, may be the most complex of the series, with the largest fighter roster of seventeen characters, and the ability to earn more moves by earning experience in "Career Mode". Characters in the Bloody Roar series include: Introduced in Bloody Roar: Yūgo, Alice, Long, Gado, Bakuryu (Ryūzō), Fox, Mitsuko, Greg, Uriko Introduced in Bloody Roar II: Stun, Shina, Jenny, Busuzima, Bakuryu (Kenji/Kakeru), Shenlong Introduced in Bloody Roar 3: Xion, Uranus, Kohryu Introduced in Bloody Roar Primal Fury/Extreme: Cronos, Ganesha, Fang Introduced in Bloody Roar 4: Nagi, Reiji, Mana, Ryōhō Other media Bloody Roar was adapted into a manga drawn by Maruyama Tomowo. It was originally published in Monthly Shōnen Jump. A few themes were used from the games but the scenarios and characters in Maruyama's version were completely new, though a few of his characters looked a lot like the original game characters. The main stars of the manga were a loner wolf zoanthrope, Fang, and a rabbit girl named Mashiro. Their adventures had them fighting out-of-control beast men and trying to stop an evil creature being released by the gathering of talismans. The manga was released in two volumes during 2001. In the first three games, artwork by artist Naochika Morishita, also known as CARAMEL MAMA, was used for concept artwork and in game cut scenes. For their 2000 single "My Console", the Italian eurodance group Eiffel 65 include Bloody Roar along with several other popular PlayStation titles in the song's lyrics. Yūgo appears as a playable character in the 2003 crossover fighting game DreamMix TV World Fighters. References External links Eighting site Video games about ninja Video games about shapeshifting Fighting games Video game franchises Konami franchises Video game franchises introduced in 1997