For domestic players, the IP of Kombat Whirlwind is not familiar, and even somewhat unfamiliar. As a subsidiary of the Japanese manufacturer Capcom, "Kombat Whirlwind" does not have a very high reputation like other IP, and the game has not released a new work for a long time, and domestic players are more familiar with the "SD Kombat Whirlwind" on the FC platform.
Like many FC games, SD Kombat Whirlwind is an arcade-based transplant because the kombat whirlwind scene on the original arcade platform is gorgeous and the character details are excellent. At that time, in order to port to the FC platform, Capcom also had to make major changes to the game content, such as changing from a live-action ratio to a two-headed Q version of the character, and many dynamic scenes in the original version also became static maps with less color.
"Kombat Whirlwind", which was transplanted from arcade, was the first to log on to the SFC platform and became one of the first works of the console, which is also the lowest rated work among players in the Kombat Whirlwind IP. SFC continues the arcade version of the live-action body proportions, but the game is a super "castrated" version. The original anti-black trio was reduced to two, except for the rest of the cutscenes, all of which were deleted, the rough picture performance and the disturbing BGM, which was said to be the "plagiarism work" of the pirate manufacturer.
Later, Capcom saw the player's evaluation and launched a version of Kombat Whirlwind: Kai, and the difference in the game was to replace "Cody" (white) with "Kai" (red). At that time, Capcom began to sell two copies of the game, which can be described as walking at the forefront of fashion in the game circle. The SFC port of Kombat Whirlwind was super Nintendo's debut game, when SFC had just hit the market, more than two years before the FC version of Kombat Whirlwind went on sale.
At this time, many people may wonder why Capcom still has to go to great lengths to make a ported version of the game of the delisted host? Although SFC had been on sale for two years at the time, it was still in service and still had a huge installed capacity in Japan. It's easier to make a transplant than a new one, so SD Kombat Whirlwind was officially released on the FC platform on June 11, 1993.
With the previous "rollover" incident, Capcom did not do much redundant operation this time. In order to make the game run smoothly on FC, the gap in functionality makes SD Kombat Whirlwind a two-headed body of the Q version, castrating the scene and music, but the fun of the game is not lost to the arcade original, and has become a work that a large number of players talk about.
"SD" in the name of "SD Kombat" is a common label in Japan, the full name of "SD" is Super Deformed, which means that the image and model have undergone a lot of changes, and the more well-known is the model hand-made and series of games of "SD Gundam". Similar to the "Blood Series" we talked about before, the game image has added a lot of funny elements after becoming cartoonish, such as the expression of the "mayor" in the opening animation of the game, and the belly and eyes of the enemy when the enemy is beaten in the game have comedic effects.
The game's three optional characters and plot, like the arcade version, are fat mayor "Mike Haag" who has just taken office in Metro City to reform the city, which undoubtedly violates the interests of the criminal organization MAD GEAR. Mad Gear, upon learning of Mike Haag's plans, tries to take control of the city with him, but refuses, so he kidnaps Mike Haag's daughter to blackmail them into cooperating with them. Later, "Mike Haag" found his daughter's boyfriend "Cody Travers" and "Kay", a disciple of the Valkyrie, and the three of them joined forces to eliminate the evil, eventually defeating the "Crazy Gear" organization and becoming the hero who saved the city.
The interesting thing about SD Kombat Whirlwind is not only the action screen full of fighting attributes, but also the unique design of FC's "experience level system". Every time the player defeats an enemy, they gain experience, and when the level is raised to a certain level, there will be corresponding skills to be unlocked, such as "Cody's" Wave Fist and Thang Long Fist, "Kai's Vulcan Boomerang Kick", Mayor's Impact Pile, and so on. "SD Kombat Whirlwind" added a lot of arcade versions without must kill moves, with FC's only "up and down left and right AB" six game control buttons, prompting the unique "rub moves" of fighting games can also be experienced in "SD Kombat Whirlwind".
I don't know how much impression do you "chicken friends" still have on the enemies and bosses in "SD Kombat Whirlwind", is it the "old man" who jumps back and forth and sneaks up, or the BOSS who catches you in the boxing ring? There is a unique enemy in SD Kombat Whirlwind, the enemy female creep who slaps you several times on the street. If it is a "female creep", it may not be very accurate, because this is the popular character "Poison" who has appeared on "Street Fighter", and the gender of "it" has always been a topic of debate, and the gender issue is also very troublesome and oolong, of course, this definition depends on the player himself.
Not only "Poison" appeared on the stage of "Street Fighter", like the generation of white "Cody", "Kay" in red, the boss of the first level "Damud", the second level boss "Sudum", the third level boss "Eddie", the fourth level boss "Rolando", the fifth level boss "Abigail", and the final boss "Berger" have all joined the relevant works of "Street Fighter". Because FC's SD Kombat Whirlwind has limited function, bosses also have castration and duplication.
In fact, as early as the development of the arcade version, the relationship between Kombat Whirlwind and Street Fighter was very unusual. At that time, the popularity of Street Fighter was very high, and Capcom's US division also asked for a sequel to be developed as soon as possible, when the internal name of Kombat Whirlwind was Street Fighter 89. Because the sales of "Double Dragon" developed by TECHNOS at that time were explosive, the affected development team made the game into a clear version of the action pass, which was too big a gap with the fighting battle set at that time, so it could only be sold as a new IP.
The plot of Kombat Whirlwind was inspired by the 1984 film Streets of Fire. The movie is about a beautiful female singer who is kidnapped, and someone pays to hire the ex-boyfriend of the female singer to save people, and the ex-boyfriend's name is also called "Cody"; also in "Kombat Whirlwind", the white -clad "Cody" is also the mayor's daughter's green plum bamboo horse.
In the 2018 "Street Fighter Universe Popularity" poll, kombat whirlwind protagonist "Cody" received a no.5 ranking, and this impulsive and fighting young police officer experienced a roller coaster plot of eradicating gangsters, leaving his girlfriend, and being murdered and imprisoned. In Street Fighter 5, "Cody" appears in a suit on his back, and the hairy boy becomes the new mayor of Metro City.
If you compare "SD Kombat Whirlwind" with the arcade version, the only drawback is that it is impossible to play two-player games, but recently there are domestic gods who have completed this regret that has not been realized for many years. In 2018, "You Little Bear" plans to rewrite "SD Kombat Whirlwind" on PC, the purpose is to complete the regret that the game cannot be doubles when he was a child, and the "remake full version" has been officially released, which can achieve up to 3 people fighting on the same screen. The regrets of childhood are now made up, so be sure to dedicate my knees here to show my gratitude to the author.