Console Fighting Games of 1996 - Tobal No 1

Tobal No 1 is a sci-fi 3D fighting game developed by Dream Factory and released in Japan and the US in 1996, characters for the Tobal series which spanned 2 game were designed by Akira Toriyama. Tobal No 1 is set abord an Earth star ship that discovers a very rare and valuable power source on the planet Tobal, with a fighting tournament set up to decided who gets the right to mine this power source.

Tobal No 1 features a grappling system which opens up new moves for each fighter, grapples can also be escaped and reversed as well as a combo system.

Tobal No 1 and its sequel Tobal 2 were both critically well received with the first game also a commercial success with sales just under the 1m mark, a major plummet in sales for the sequel however saw the end of the series with competition from Tekken and Mortal Kombat likely the cause for the falling sales figures.

Console Fighting Games of 1993
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Console Fighting Games of 1994
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Console Fighting Games of 1995
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Console Fighting Games of 1996
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