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Fighters' Impact [Arcade] - play as Dr. WIZ
25This is a playthrough using Dr. WIZ in the Arcade version of Fighters' Impact. Read on below for more information...
Dr. WIZ appears as a possible mid-boss, and he is a non-playable character in this version/revision of the game.
===== ABOUT DR. WIZ =====
Dr. WIZ is a "mirror match" character, meaning that he clones the opponent by turning into him or her at the start of a match. The stage is also warped into a psychedelic dreamscape. Therefore, Dr. WIZ is only a different character by slot, not by gameplay.
When he clones the opponent, the cloned character is given a greyscale colour palette.
His fighting style is Illusion.
===== ADDITIONAL INFORMATION =====
---- He works via the same concept as Kuroko in Samurai Shodown 3, being entirely a Mirror Match character. Another example is Shadow from Doomsday Warrior.
---- His character design is of the "mad scientist/doctor" stereotype.
---- In a Dr. WIZ vs Dr. WIZ mirror match, both try to transform but end up freezing, with the player having no control over him. This is shown in the video.
---- If you beat the game with him (additional external methods must be used to do this), the Ranking screen is skipped.
---- He is the only boss character who cannot be unofficially unlocked in this version of the game.
---- He, like the other bosses, have no icon nor portrait image on the character select screen.
===== ABOUT FIGHTERS' IMPACT =====
Fighter's Impact is a slow-paced technical fighting game. It's gameplay is focused on tactics, making you think about your next move, stringing your own combos together and blocking correctly. On the lifebar, under the character's name, there is a light-up counter that lights up and extends the higher you string moves together.
For most of the regular characters you get to choose between 3 fighting styles/modes for them, complete with a different costume for each style. Despite some martial art styles being shared (such as Karate), there are some minor differences between the different characters using the same fighting style. The bosses do not have any sub styles to choose from, instead they are all mostly unique in their fighting styles.
The game features an atmospheric relaxing soundtrack, which usually closely matches the ambiance of the stage you're on.
===== PLAYSTATION 1 VS. =====
It should be noted that the game Vs. on the PS1 is a localized US/EUR version of the PS1 Japanese-only game Fighters' Impact, which was done by THQ to appeal to the Western audience/tastes. Therefore the game is built on the Fighters' Impact engine. It is quite a drastic change because it is unrecognizable from the original Japanese game, as all the characters and aesthetics are different, as well as the soundtrack and some of the gameplay mechanics.