There have been so many great fighting game series over the years, but many have fallen off the radar. One such game was the series known ass Bloody Roar.
Bloody Roar was a unique seriese that involved transforming your character into an anthropomorphic animal form. This could include a werewolf or elephant or more. Some of these forms were tied to references like Alice, who became a rabbit, which was a neat reference. In addition, the game used comic book style storytelling to advance its plot and show its action, which was unique at the time. While other games have experimented with it, none have managed to match what Bloody Roar did. In many ways, the series took inspiration from comics like the X-Men and made an original comic book fighting game, without a license to base it on.
Bloody Roar is similar to Killer Instinct, with fast paced, action cool characters, flashy moves and good use of combos, albeit in 3D instead of 2D. This series has so much potential and sadly has never been used to the full extent of what can be done with it. With the right backing, this could be revived and be a major series on the eSports tournament scene. The action was intense and yet the moves did take skill. This was not a button masher but a game that was easy to learn but difficult to master. The closest equivalent I can think of, is Sega’s Fighting Vipers series ( another series that should be revived).
I realize that Bloody Roar may be a bit obscure to many reading this, but you need to check out the series. It was just amazing and the GameCube entry was simply the best in the series. If you love amazing fighting games then you will understand why this needs to come back. There really was nothing else like it, and there really is not anything like it now. This series was a good one and deserves a second chance.