====== Fighters Destiny Series ======
A series of two fighting games by [[Genki]] for the [[nintendo_64_notes|N64]]. I haven't played the second one!

The game's Designer, [[Masahiro Onoguchi]], also made a spiritual successor for Sega called //[[Toy Fighter]]//.

===== Identifying Elements =====
==== Mechanics ====
The //Fighters Destiny// games are 3-D fighters. As was typical of the time they're played mostly on a 2-D plane, with 3-D movement options, //Tekken//-like move strings, combos, counters, ring-outs, and so on. What makes the series memorable, and something that is yet to be mimicked (or built upon [unfortunately]), is how a match's victor is decided. Differing amounts of points are awarded for ring-outs (1), throws (2), depleting the life bar (3), and performing a counter attack, or special moves (4).
Earning points restarts the round, a match is decided when five points are won. The amount of points allocated can also be changed, as can the amount required for a win.

==== Characters ====
Most of the characters are shared between the two games, though some of their names change (at least in the English version...)---see chart below.

^ Fighters Destiny ^ Fighter Destiny 2 ^ Notes ^
| Abdul            | Abdul             | |
| Bob              | D-Dog             | |
| Boro             | Kate              | |
| NA               | Cherry            | |
| NA               | Dixon             | |
| NA               | Fabien            | |
| Joker            | NA                | |
| Leon             | Federico          | Swapped nationalities (Spanish to Italian) |
| NA               | Master            | |
| Meiling          | Meiling           | |
| Ninja            | Ninja             | |
| Pierre           | Pierre            | |
| Ryuji            | Saeki             | |
| NA               | Samurai           | |
| Tomahawk         | Zeige             | |
| Ushi             | Mou               | |
| Valerie          | Adriana           | Different character model, same moveset |

===== Credits =====

Selected staff credits, compared between games, with notes on anything interesting I encounter.

According to MobyGames, the two games have 15 staff in common, notably:

  * [[Hideya Nagata]] - music
  * [[Tatsuaki Tsukamoto]] - motion designer/director
  * [[Kazuhiko Hamaguchi]] - programming related?

The game designer on //Fighters Destiny//, [[Masahiro Onoguchi]], also directed a fighter with a similar points system called //[[Toy Fighter]]// for the Sega NAOMI arcade system!, as well as 'motion design' on games like //Tekken//, //[[Virtua Fighter 4]]//, and //[[tobal_series#Tobal No. 1]]//.

==== See Also ====

  *[[moby>game/n64/fighters-destiny/credits|Fighters Destiny Credits]]
  *[[moby>game/n64/fighter-destiny-2/credits|Fighter Destiny 2 Credits]]

===== See Also =====
  * //[[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/fighters-destiny/|Fighters Destiny]]// and //[[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/fighter-destiny-2/|Fighter Destiny 2]]// on HG101.
  * [[https://archive.supercombo.gg/t/fighters-destiny-the-declassified-guide-n64/176963|Fighter’s Destiny: the Declassified Guide (N64)]] - SRK Forums thread, links to associated Google Doc.

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