The Shibuya Beast Battle (渋谷獣化決戦), also called Bloody Roar Extreme Tournament, was an event which took place on April 27th, 2002 in the Q-Front in Shibuya, Tokyo.
It was a Bloody Roar: Extreme fighting tournament where the winner would receive limited Bloody Roar goods.
The semi-finals and final were commentated by Yuka Kato, member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48.
The winner of the tournament was Foo (ふ～). During the final, he played Alice against the opponent's Ganesha.
Rules[]
No prior application was mandatory as players just had to be present to the event on April 27th.
All the fighters from Bloody Roar: Extreme could be used with the exception of the hidden fighters (Uranus and Kohryu).
Each participants battled each other in four different blocks (A to D), during the semi-final, the winners of each block fight each others. Then the winners of the semi-finals fight during the final to determined the big winner of the tournament, "The Beast King".
Prices[]
The winner received a Bloody Roar: Extreme special mobile card and both, him and the runner-up, would receive an original pouch.
All the participants, receive as a participation award Bloody Roar original badges.
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Matches[]
Trivia[]
- Kenji Fukuya participated to the exhibition matches, using Ganesha. As he was able to study Ganesha during the development period of Bloody Roar: Extreme, he won the exhibition matches.
- Bloody Roar: Extreme released on April 25th in Japan meaning that the tournament was held only two days after release, so most participants were unable to prepare for it.
- The winner Foo was an admin of a Bloody Roar 3 strategy site
- At the time Bloody Roar 3 still existed in arcades. Players who were used to playing the game in arcade cabinets were forced to play with pad, and were not able to show their abilities.
Sources[]
- Official announcement (archived)
- Jeepara Press Release (archived)