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Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix (1997)

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Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, released in Japan as Pocket Fighter (Japanese: ポケットファイター), is a fighting video game released by Capcom in 1997 for the CPS II arcade system. It was ported to the PlayStation, which retained the Pocket Fighter title for its North American and European releases, then the Sega Saturn and WonderSwan (in Japan only), as well as the PlayStation 2 as part of the Street Fighter Alpha-themed compilation title Street Fighter Alpha Anthology.

The game uses the same super deformed character designs previously used in Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, a puzzle game by Capcom. The return of most of the "puzzle fighters" on the roster includes characters from Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge, Ibuki from Street Fighter III, and Tessa from Red Earth. It also features many character cameos from various Capcom games scattered in the background of the stages. Two mobile-only spin-offs based on this game, Solitier Fighter and Poker Fighter were released for cellphones in 2003 in Japan only. Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix was ported as a part of Capcom Fighting Collection on June 24, 2022 to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

In Japan, Game Machine listed Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix on their November 15, 1997 issue as being the ninth most-successful arcade game of the month.

Next Generation reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "The game itself is distracting fun for two players (although utterly mindless as a single-player game) and again, amusing. Solid stuff, but only for the true cognoscenti." PSM Magazine gave the game a score of 3.1 / 2, describing it as "A unique and humorous approach to the fighting game." and that the game "really delivers". PS Extreme gave it a score of 80%, stating that the game "should be real popular with those who enjoy fighting games, but aren't interested in memorizing long lists of moves and combos".

In 2011, Complex ranked it as the 42nd best fighting game of all time.

A pachinko game released by SANKYO, Fever Street Fighter II, which was released five years after Gem Fighter in Japan only, re-uses most of the sprites for five of the Street Fighter series characters from this game.

Solitier Fighter and Poker Fighter, two Japan-only spin-offs based on this game were released for cellphones in 2003. Also, on Capcom's Japanese mobile phone site "Capcom Party", several cellphone games using the SD characters in the style of this title were distributed.

『ポケットファイター』（POCKET FIGHTER）は1997年9月18日にカプコンからアーケード版が発売された2D対戦型格闘ゲーム。北米アーケード版でのゲームタイトルは "Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix"（欧米PlayStation版では日本と同じ "Pocket Fighter" ）。

前年に発売された落ち物パズル『スーパーパズルファイターIIX』のちびキャラと雰囲気をそのまま格闘ゲームにしたような作風が特徴。ストーリーの設定上は、「カプコンの対戦格闘ゲームの人気キャラクターたちが2頭身にデフォルメされたパラレルワールド」が舞台となっている。