Waku Waku 7

SNK Neo-Geo MVS cart. published 28 years ago:

Waku Waku 7 (c) 1996 Sunsoft.

A hilarious parody of different styles of anime and video games featuring seven selectable characters and a nasty end boss! It's worth playing for the dialogue alone.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the SNK "Neo-Geo MVS" hardware.
Game ID : 0225

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4
=> [A] Quick punch, [B] Quick kick, [C] Strong punch, [D] Strong kick

- TRIVIA -

Released in November 1996.

'Waku Waku' is Japanese onomatopoiea for sounds of excitement.

The bonus stage battle against Bonus Kun, the Shotokan punching bag, is a parody of Ryu and Ken of "Street Fighter" fame. Watch him imitate all of their best moves! It also appears that Bonus Kun's music stage is a parody of 'The Theme of Ryu', which is, as the name implies, the theme music for Ryu in "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior".

Pony Canyon released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Waku Waku 7 - PCCB-00215) on 21/08/1996.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Reverse Title : accumulate 7 credits and the title will be reversed (77 too).

* Alternate Costume Colors : press B, C, or D when selecting a fighter on the character selection screen.

* Choose Black Color : on character selection screen, press Down+A+B+C+D simultaneously.

* Change Winning Mark : on character selection screen, press Left+Start simultaneously. If done right, a voice will be heard. Doing the code again changes the marks back to normal.

* Change CPU Character Color : on character selection screen, press Upperright+Start+A simultaneously.

* Widescreen Mode : on character selection screen, press Right+Start+C simultaneously.

* Arina Stage Song Lyrics : when fighting Arina, before 'Round 1' appears, press Start, then A+D.

- STAFF -

Programmers : Yuichi Ueda, Shige. YTM. Inaba
Graphic Designers : Murakichi, Chupon, Kouki Kita, Toshihiko Narita, Yasuhide Maeda, Atsuki Matsui, Masasashi Kajikawa, Takuro Nagai, Kazuhito Terada, Naoto Kunimori, Tatsuya Doe
Sound Composers : Kazuo Nii, Noriaki Urata
Music Composer : Masato Araikawa
Musicians : Masayoshi Kondo, Hiroshi Koizumi, Andre Black, Yayoi Sakiyama, Eri Kusaka
Voice Actors & Actress : Yoko Okouchi, Yoshinori Kudo, Mariko Masuda, Osamu Nakamoto, Tokoshige Tsujimura, Ben Izawa, Toshiyuki Fujita, Kazunori Hotta, Chitose Omi, Naho Hattori, Yukitoshi Hirano
Music Coordinators : Atsushi Mihiro, Hideo Zaitsu
Waku Waku Director : Yuichi Ueda
Special Thanks : Kazuyuki Watanabe, Naoki Kodaka, Kazuyo Umemura, Tatsuo Mori, Kazuko Harman, Naomi Sakaguchi, Megumi Masuko, Noriaki Kitamutra

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] SNK Neo-Geo AES (dec.27, 1996) [Model NGH-225]
[JP] Sega Saturn (june.20, 1997) [Model T-1515G]
[JP] Sega Saturn (june.20, 1997) [Model T-1516G]
[JP] Sony PS2 (june.26, 2008, "Sunsoft Collection [Model SLPS-25849]")