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Buster Blitz
16 years ago
On a lark, I'm setting up some information on a faux-franchise of furry beat-em-up games loosely in the vein of Final Fight or Double Dragon. This is being released a little bit at a time and the comments section below will be a suggestion box. Fandom info was suggested by my brother.
Here's the first part of the infaux proper.
Think of this as a product of the 1980s meant to cash in on the TMNT craze.
In the year 2000 (There was no president Bush in this timeline.), two geniuses joined their wits into a project to uplift animals into humanoid form and intellect. (Okay, so "geniuses" might be a misapplied term). One man, Professor Gene, thought this would be a boon to mankind. The other guy, Doctor Muton, sees this more as a means to attain an army of superpowered soldiers that will help him conquer the world.
Muton secretly used the research to create an army from his underground base, while Gene only had three subjects for research purposes: a wolf, a coyote, and a vixen. One day, after a few years of research, Muton completed his army and got them all under his control. He sends a few to beat up Professor Gene and kidnap his daughter Alice (just because Muton wanted to show he could take anything he wanted). However, during the attack, the professor's three subjects were broken out of their tubes and became able to fight back. The anthropomorphic animal thugs got away and Professor Gene was badly battered, and the three animals have vowed to return his daughter as he recovered. The trio is as follows:
Daniel: The coyote, clever, strong and fast, but plays as the middle ground character. He's the leader of this pack.
Toby: The Wolf, very strong, but also quite slow physically (and also pretty stupid). He's a classic follower, recognizing Daniel's intellectual superiority.
Viki/Ricky (The latter name was used for home NES/SNES ports because of policies concerning violence against women): the vixen/fox, fast, but lacking in the muscles. S/he's also typically high-strung thanks to the antics of the other two. S/he's only with them (rather than being out alone) because that seemed the most conducive to survival. Snarky.
The humor in the brawler would be a case of starting out fairly normal, and only going more absurd as the game progressed.
Buster Blitz
(Arcade: 1988, NES/Famicom: 1989, Sega Genesis: 1991, Super NES/Famicom: 1991)
From Kitsune-Tsuki Studio
The game that started the whole franchise. Set in the year 2000, Dr. Muton stole the professor's secrets and sent a mutant army to destroy Gene's laboratory and abduct his daughter. However, in the destruction, three canine mutants were broken out of their development chambers. They saw a threat to their well-being and fought back. These mutants were Daniel, Toby, and Viki (Ricky in the American NES and SNES ports).
This game was a rather typical beat-em-up save for the presentation of absurd arenas, including one level in the sewers where the bad guys were in speedboats while the heroes surfed on the backs of alligators (Don't ask), or one boss fight taking place in a 50s Diner that was against a large poodle (the sprite was changed over to a wolf in the American Nintendo ports). The Diner fight was notable because you could toggle the music of that stage on and off by beating up the Jukebox.
After the release of the first game, a fan named Toshihito Komura began work on a dojinshi of Buster Blitz, removing much of the comedy and turning it into a dark action-drama. For example, Professor Gene was killed off and his daughter a survivor of being raped by the mutants, and the canine trio is dedicated to wiping out the other mutants and Muton himself. This was released as a graphic novel with a note of being an alternate retelling of the game's storyline. This is also considered to be the birth of the Buster Blitz fandom in Japan. Other dojinshi were written more faithfully to the game, which have been translated for underground publications in America, starting up America's fandom shorly afyer it's american release. (this also lead to questions about why Ricky was in the games and Vicky in the fanworks...)
Next for the Franchise: Buster Blitz II! Covered here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2003542/
Here's the first part of the infaux proper.
Think of this as a product of the 1980s meant to cash in on the TMNT craze.
In the year 2000 (There was no president Bush in this timeline.), two geniuses joined their wits into a project to uplift animals into humanoid form and intellect. (Okay, so "geniuses" might be a misapplied term). One man, Professor Gene, thought this would be a boon to mankind. The other guy, Doctor Muton, sees this more as a means to attain an army of superpowered soldiers that will help him conquer the world.
Muton secretly used the research to create an army from his underground base, while Gene only had three subjects for research purposes: a wolf, a coyote, and a vixen. One day, after a few years of research, Muton completed his army and got them all under his control. He sends a few to beat up Professor Gene and kidnap his daughter Alice (just because Muton wanted to show he could take anything he wanted). However, during the attack, the professor's three subjects were broken out of their tubes and became able to fight back. The anthropomorphic animal thugs got away and Professor Gene was badly battered, and the three animals have vowed to return his daughter as he recovered. The trio is as follows:
Daniel: The coyote, clever, strong and fast, but plays as the middle ground character. He's the leader of this pack.
Toby: The Wolf, very strong, but also quite slow physically (and also pretty stupid). He's a classic follower, recognizing Daniel's intellectual superiority.
Viki/Ricky (The latter name was used for home NES/SNES ports because of policies concerning violence against women): the vixen/fox, fast, but lacking in the muscles. S/he's also typically high-strung thanks to the antics of the other two. S/he's only with them (rather than being out alone) because that seemed the most conducive to survival. Snarky.
The humor in the brawler would be a case of starting out fairly normal, and only going more absurd as the game progressed.
Game Info:Buster Blitz
(Arcade: 1988, NES/Famicom: 1989, Sega Genesis: 1991, Super NES/Famicom: 1991)
From Kitsune-Tsuki Studio
The game that started the whole franchise. Set in the year 2000, Dr. Muton stole the professor's secrets and sent a mutant army to destroy Gene's laboratory and abduct his daughter. However, in the destruction, three canine mutants were broken out of their development chambers. They saw a threat to their well-being and fought back. These mutants were Daniel, Toby, and Viki (Ricky in the American NES and SNES ports).
This game was a rather typical beat-em-up save for the presentation of absurd arenas, including one level in the sewers where the bad guys were in speedboats while the heroes surfed on the backs of alligators (Don't ask), or one boss fight taking place in a 50s Diner that was against a large poodle (the sprite was changed over to a wolf in the American Nintendo ports). The Diner fight was notable because you could toggle the music of that stage on and off by beating up the Jukebox.
Fandom Info:After the release of the first game, a fan named Toshihito Komura began work on a dojinshi of Buster Blitz, removing much of the comedy and turning it into a dark action-drama. For example, Professor Gene was killed off and his daughter a survivor of being raped by the mutants, and the canine trio is dedicated to wiping out the other mutants and Muton himself. This was released as a graphic novel with a note of being an alternate retelling of the game's storyline. This is also considered to be the birth of the Buster Blitz fandom in Japan. Other dojinshi were written more faithfully to the game, which have been translated for underground publications in America, starting up America's fandom shorly afyer it's american release. (this also lead to questions about why Ricky was in the games and Vicky in the fanworks...)
Next for the Franchise: Buster Blitz II! Covered here: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2003542/
Miff
~miffthefox
Interesting... I am waiting to see more of this.
AdamLeisemann
~adamleisemann
OP
More is on the way, and if you have any ideas, please contribute. ^.^
