Stay on Taboo (version 1.00) - Arcade Mode (Seiryu)
2Download the game here: https://freegame-mugen.jp/fighting/game_5411.html
(Please note that this video is a remake of an older video I previously published)
Stay on Taboo is a 2D fighting game developed by Mayomaru. Originally released circa 2016, the game has received multiple updates and was last updated around August 2023 in a finished state, adding balance changes, new characters, voice acting, and even ending credits within each update.
Stay on Taboo's gameplay resembles that of a standard 2D "airdasher" styled fighting game - in addition to fast movement and the ability to airdash, you have three normal attack buttons (Low Attack (A), Slash (B), and Heavy Slash (C)) that could be chained to create combos. Unique to this game specifically are several super attacks (the game does not specifically call them super attacks, but all of these techniques use meter ("Drive Gauge"), of which you have a maximum of two bars).
For a start, the "Stun Break" technique (done by pressing the "D" button), using one bar of meter, freezes your opponent for one second on hit, allowing for combo extensions. Opponents hit by this are treated as if they were counter-hit, which in itself increases hit stun otherwise and also allows for combos not normally possible. Each character also has an "Assault Drive" (usually done by pressing 236D), a special move that uses half a bar of meter and can be canceled into Stun Break, as well as a "Super Special Move" (63214C) that consumes one bar of meter and are your standard super attacks. Both techniques will temporarily prevent you from gaining meter for four seconds upon use.
That's all for mechanics though, as the game does not have much of them. Arcade Mode has you fight seven opponents (which are all pre-determined, due to 2D Fighter Maker 2nd limitations).