Buriki One

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Buriki One
Developer(s)	SNK
Publisher(s)	SNK
Designer(s)	SNK
Released	May 21st 1999 (JP)
Genre	Versus Fighting
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players simultaneously
Platform(s)	Arcade
Input methods	8-way Joystick, 4 Buttons
Arcade cabinet	Upright
Arcade system	Hyper Neo-Geo 64
Arcade display	Raster, 512 x 432 (Horizontal), 4096 colors

Buriki One (Buriki One: World Grapple Tournament '99 in Tokyo) is a 3D arcade versus fighting game. It is an offshoot of the Art of Fighting series of video games created by SNK. In the brief time-frame of the Hyper Neo-Geo 64's popularity, it was characterized for its superb graphics that processed at a smooth 60 frames per second and a unique fighting system. So far, it has only been released in one iteration, with no sequels, although the main character Gai Tendo has appeared in later SNK games, via cameos or as a playable character (in the recent KOF XI).

Plot

The setting for BURIKI ONE is Spring 1999 (20 years after Art of Fighting 3). Crowds flock to an arena known as the World Grapple Tournament, where various fighters compete for the championship. The only returning character from the Art of Fighting series is Ryo Sakazaki, as 10 other fighters of different fighting arts enter to be the champion of the tournament. And at the final of tournament, a dark fighter know as Silber appeared.

Story

It's Spring 1999... Fighters from across the world gather at the Tokyo Dome to compete in the World Grapple Tournament. Each contender has their own fighting discipline, ranging from the popular styles of Boxing, Karate and Professional wrestling, to the lesser known arts of Aikido, Tai Chi and Muay Thai. Finally, they have the chance to prove which martial art conquers all!

Gameplay

Buriki One is the fourth and final three-dimensional fighting game released for the Hyper Neo-Geo 64 system. Buriki One's control system uses two buttons for movement, keeping the player on a 2-D axis, despite the 3D arena. Pressing the left button moves the character in the left direction, pressing the right moves in that respective direction. Double tapping each button produces a dash in each corresponding direction for evasion and closing distance. Pressing both buttons makes the character block. By using the joystick, the player can execute attacks of varying damage levels. By pressing in the forward direction, the player executes a medium attack, up forward a stronger attack, and down, forward is the weakest, but fastest attack. By combining various combinations of the movement of the stick, a special attack is performed for increased damage. Unlike the 2-D iterations, however, no ranged attacks are present, keeping the preferred fighting distance between players at close quarters.

The Characters

Total Fighting art

Gai Tendo: The Main Hero of the Game. He comes from Japan.

Boxing art

Rob Python: He has a rivalry with Gai Tendo. He comes from the U.S..

Judo art

Jacques Ducalis: He comes from France.

Tae Kwon Do art

Seo Yong Song: He is a star pupil of Kim Kaphwan and is also good friends with Gai Tendo and Takato Saionji. He comes from South Korea.

Aikido art

Takato Saionji: He is good friends with Gai Tendo and Seo Yong Song. He comes from Japan.

Muay-Thai art

Payak Sitpitak: He comes from Thailand.

Tai Chi art

Song Xuandao: He comes from China.

Wrestling art

Patrick Van Heyting: (Professional Wrestling) He comes from Holland.
Ivan Sokolov: (Greco-Roman Wrestling) He comes from Russia.

Sumo art

Akatsuki-Maru: He comes from Japan.

Boss characters

Sub-Boss

Ryo Sakazaki a.k.a. Mr. Karate - The only character from Art of Fighting (if chosen by the player in Story-Mode, Gai Tendo will be the Sub-Boss). He is listed as "Karate", though he still uses Kyokugenryu Karate. He comes from Japan.

Main-Boss

Silber - The game's antagonist, entering the tournament to challenge powerful fighters. He uses various styles, and he will only challenge those who climbed through the finals without a need for a rematch. He comes from Germany, continuing SNK's predilection for German boss characters. His style is listed as "Original Karate", although it is never clearly explained which particular form of "Original Karate" this is.

Buriki Girl

In Japan, people were asked to vote for their top 5 "Fight Round girls". The winner of the vote would appear after a 2-Player battle.

Hinako Tono (the winner) [1]
Nanami Sakai
Shizue Sakurada
Midori Marukame
Hikaru Koda

Trivia

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Buriki One was the last game to be released for the Hyper Neo-Geo 64. [2]
Buriki One counted with real sponsors, like Mizuno and Konica, who appeared during the game in the arena.
Buriki One took place in Spring 1999, with Ryo's profile for this game indicating that he is 32 years old. This age would technically be incorrect as Ryo would have been only 12 during the events the Art of Fighting series; he was actually in his early 20's during that time. Because of the ongoing Ryo Sakazaki birthday error, Buriki One is therefore classified as existing in a continuity that is separate from that of the AoF-FF continuity.
Some Buriki One characters appears in the SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash series: Gai Tendo, Rob Python and Takato Saionji, as the Buriki Girl as one of SNK Action Cards of the first Card Fighters Clash. Recently, Silber and Seo Yong Song appeared in the recent Card Fighters DS, the first as a SNK character card and Seo, as a Counter card.
Gai and Silber appears as mid-bosses in the recent The King of Fighters XI.
The game is also known by fans as B1.