The incessant parodying of various other games and cultural influences, largely achieved through the delightfully odd cast of seven fighters, is an intriguing and playful source of inspiration, which also quite expertly fuses the charm of Waku Waku 7 with a familiar-seeming and gratifying set of fighting mechanics. Although on the surface this bears many of the technical trademarks of SNK fighters, such as particular use of screen zoom and the same four-part attack mechanics, it's also distinctly different. At a time when fighting games were immensely popular, but perhaps also very saturated and indistinct, Waku Waku 7 was quite the antidote for those burned out on the likes of Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, King of Fighters and others.
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