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The game was going to have an extensive training mode where players are taught the mechanics of the game--from simple weapon clashes all the way up to death combos. The mode was ultimately left out from the final game due to memory limitations and time constraints.
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The game was originally going to have a story mode which took place after the events narrated in arcade mode, but it was ultimately left out from the final game.
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The game was originally being developed for a 24-megabit cartridge--roughly the size of a modern MP3 file--which made compressing a serious challenge. Additonally, the game's producer James Goddard wanted huge character sprites that dwarfed the genre's standard of the time, which only compounded the size issue. The team considered upgrading to a 32-bit cartridge but it was considered too expensive.
This also meant that the game's roster was cut short to seven characters, so the team decided to compensate this by giving each character an extensive moveset.
This also meant that the game's roster was cut short to seven characters, so the team decided to compensate this by giving each character an extensive moveset.
"People always wondered why the characters were so big," Goddard said. "That's because we wanted larger-sized characters to help put the focus on weapon-to-weapon clashing." In order to see the weapons clash onscreen, they needed to be big, which meant they needed to be wielded by even bigger warriors. "It was a technical feat to jump from 90 pixels tall to 120 pixels tall--and still run at 60 frames per second! Later on we realized at 24 megabits we were maxed out on space; we just couldn't add any more characters. That's why our dudes have a ton of moves, to make up for the fact there are only seven characters."
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