Street Fighter EX [Arcade] - play as Garuda

Описание: This is a playthrough using Garuda in the Arcade version of Street Fighter EX 1. Read on below for more information...

Garuda is a hidden mid-boss in the game, and he is a non-playable character.

===== ABOUT GARUDA =====

He is a demonic being clad in samurai armor who is capable of absorbing negative energies to strengthen his own power. In the events of SFEX1, he was awakened by the presences of Akuma and Evil Ryu due to their use of the Satsui no Hado.

His story goes that he was once a man who protected his village from an unknown threat and was hailed as a hero. He eventually lost his way and was overtaken by dark forces which made him become a demon. In his current state, he exists through the power of negative emotions. It is not known on what exactly caused him to turn into this form.

Gameplay-wise in this version of the game, Garuda has completely different command inputs for some of his special moves when compared to the SFEX games he is playable in. This makes the commands feel "unnatural" (especially if you use him in SFEXP) for some special moves. As he is an unplayable character in this version of the game, I guess it didn't really matter on how his special moves were done.

===== ADDITIONAL INFORMATION =====

---- As mentioned earlier, the command inputs for some his special moves are different when compared to the SFEX games where he is playable in. That makes this version of him unique in that regard.

---- On the character select screen, when you press a button to select him a "cursor" sound is used instead of announcing his name. This is obviously due to the fact that he wasn't meant to be selected by a human player so there is no "name voice" for him.

---- Despite being a non-selectable character, his usage stats bar on the character select screen operates intact.

---- Despite being a non-selectable character, he actually has a second colour palette.

---- In single-player mode, he does not have CPU Bison as the boss on Stage 10. However if you have fulfilled the conditions to fight Akuma, then you will get to fight Akuma.

---- He generally inflicts higher damage than the regular characters.

---- If you beat the game with him, you do not get to input your initials, which means that he does not register on the high score rankings screen.

---- His backstory (as described earlier) concept is virtually the same as Hayate's (from SFEX2) backstory. This means that Hayate could very well be Garuda before he was possessed. This is further emphasized by their similar fighting style and also with Hayate sharing several of Garuda's moves.

===== ABOUT ARCADE SFEX1 =====

Back then, the idea of a 3D Street Fighter game certainly got everyone's interest... then Arika said yes and Street Fighter EX was born. The game was reportedly not well-received at first, but eventually the gameplay won the people over. The Specials into Supers and Supers into Supers cancelling was one of the best things about the gameplay and kind of set it as a trademark for SFEX.

This version of the game also sees the debuts of the "Arika characters", with Pullum, Cracker Jack, Hokuto, Doctrine Dark and Skullomania appearing initially on the character select screen, then later on Blair, Allen, Darun and Kairi being available through time release. Garuda serves as an unplayable hidden mid-boss character.

These Akira characters turned out to be pretty popular... so 22 years later, here they are again in Fighting EX Layer. Time flies by.