Waku Waku 7
Dec 2, 2010Waku Waku 7 (わくわく7, WakuWaku Seban?) is a SUNSOFT fighting game initially released as an arcade game for the MVS / Neo Geo system in 1996. It was later ported to the Sega Saturn. An arcade-perfect port is included in the 2008 Playstation 2 release, Sunsoft Collection. The Neo Geo version will be ported to the Japanese Virtual Console in April 2010.[1] The game is not a sequel; it is instead named after its seven main characters. It remains the first and so far only Waku Waku game. The word "Waku Waku" is Japanese onomatopoeia for sounds of excitement. It was later ported in a two-in-one game collection titled Sunsoft Collection (サンソフトコレクション?), along with Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors, another fighting game developed by Sunsoft.
Waku Waku 7 has an irregular feature set for a fighting game of its time, and includes features common to SNK fighting games (four basic attacks, screens zooming, etc.).
* The game has a roster of nine characters (Two of which were available only in the Versus mode of the console ports). Each has a significantly different playstyle and parodies a well-known character from another game.
* Each character has a powerful special move (Referred to as the Harahara movement, or Harahara motion). They had several factors that made them unique, including:
o They were easy to execute;
o They needed to be charged. (during which the character concentrates, says something, strikes a pose or blows a fanfare)
o They were unblockable and difficult to dodge, but could be interrupted while charging.
o While charging, the game flashes a warning and sounds an alarm.
* Characters could be launched through the screen to hit the other corner, and attacked while on the ground; but could also dodge or attack while getting up.
