The victor will be able to change their fate and bring balance to the universe, whilst the losers will be forced to live out their deaths just as history intended.

Seeking to restore balance to the world, the Eternal Champion gathers these souls from time moments before their deaths to participate in a fighting tournament. There were also two spin off games, Larcen Tyler's Chicago Syndicate, and Shadow Yamoto's X-Perts.Īn omniscient being known as the Eternal Champion predicts that mankind will soon fade to existence due to the untimely and unjust deaths of key individuals throughout history who were destined for greatness. There was also a sequel two years later, Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side (sometimes known as Eternal Champions 2 or Eternal Champions CD).Įternal Champions was added as a downloadable virtual console game to the Nintendo Wii on 12/3/07. It featured a heavy emphasis on the story, reflective projectiles, force fields, training rooms filled with elaborate traps, and a novel method of special executing moves. The game features similar death moves to Mortal Kombat's famous fatalities, known as Overkills. Released shortly after Burning Rival, Dark Edge, and Holosseum, and both during a wave of success of the fighting games bolstered by Street Fighter II (1991) and Mortal Kombat (1992) Sega developed this game for their Sega Genesis/Mega Drive exclusively. Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side Credits Įternal Champions is an 1993 arcade style fighting game published and developed by Sega Enterprises.

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