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 Puerto Rican VTuber.
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				|  | Go Nagai 
 Influential mangaka, creator or early pioneer of major genre such as mecha and magical girl, with a diverse range of comics including Devilman, Mazinger Z, Cutey Honey, and Violence Jack.
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                            | Marti Wong Lead creative behind the Little Fighter games.
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                            | Robert Kirkman The guy what made Invincible and The Walking Dead and stuff.
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                            | Quarter Up Made up of many ex-Killer Instinct (2013) devs.
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                            | Alice in Gensou Land Doujin dev behind Touhou Dream Duel, a "fangame" in the Touhou universe (due to the licensing of the Touhou series, it's not canon but is legal).
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				|  | Lynx Platform
 Atari's short-lived handheld system.
 
					
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                            | Beyond Games Developers of Ultra Vortek and its pseudo adaptation/sequel Ultra Vortex/Ultravore.
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				|  | Switch 2 Platform
 Nintendo's second hybrid home console/handheld platform.
 
					
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                                     Mortal Kombat 2 Mortal Kombat II, Mortal Kombat II: Kyūkyoku Shinken
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                                     Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown Virtua Fighter eSports
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                            | MoreFun Studios Chinese developer, one of many owned by the Tencent conglomerate.
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                            | Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Formerly known as Amusement Vision and New Entertainment R&D Department. Obviously primarily known for Yakuza/Like A Dragon (the titular Ryū Ga Gotoku in Japan), and Super Monkey Ball.
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                            | GoGame Gods of shovelware, asset flips, and kusoge.
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                            | J.Y. Company Developers and publishers of a number of unlicensed NES games and hacks, including the infamous 7 Grand Dad.
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                            | Jin Yong Louis Cha Leung-Yung (March 10, 1924 - October 30, 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong, was a prolific Chinese/Hong Kong writer. His works have been harvested more than once for fighting game concepts.
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                            | Besto Games Developers of Idol Showdown, which started as just a regular fan game until it was selected for Cover Corporation's "Holo Indie" program.
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                            | Cover Corporation Japanese talent agency responsible for the world-famous virtual idol brand "Hololive" and its male talent equivalent, "Holostars". Publishes and legitimizes fan-made games for Steam under the "Holo Indies" brand as well as games developed by their ta...
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                            | MGFlow58 Indie developer behind the SP series.
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                            | Gotcha Gotcha Games Right-holders successors of the "Maker" (Tsukuru) games, including RPG Maker and Fighter Maker.
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                            | Clipstories Made History Warriors and maybe nothing else?
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                            | Toys for Bob The studio behind The Horde, Pandemonium, the remake trilogies of Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon. Former subsidiary of Activision.
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				|  | exA-Arcadia Platform
 The proprietary arcade platform from the company of the same name.
 
					
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                                     Shaolin vs Wutang The Kung Fu vs Karate Champ (exA-Arcadia)
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                            | exA-Arcadia exA-Arcadia produces their own arcade kit for games and publishes them on their hardware. Most games published in this way are exclusives or have exclusive features/characters.
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                            | Future Club The (third? fourth?) incarnation of the team that put together Skullgirls.
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                            | Cover Corporation Japanese talent agency responsible for the world-famous virtual idol brand "Hololive" and its male talent equivalent, "Holostars". Publishes and legitimizes fan-made games for Steam under the "Holo Indies" brand as well as games developed by their ta...
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                            | Team Craze A team of indie developers resposible for Battle Craze.
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                            | Besto Game Team Developers of Idol Showdown, a fan-made fighting game featuring Virtual YouTuber (VTuber) personalities from Hololive Production.
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                            | Bushiroad Games Mostly mobile publishers, although they have dabbled in console publishing as well.
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                            | Eidos Interactive Former British publisher, also once known as Domark Limited. Eventually absorbed into Square-Enix.
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                            | AVOS Developers of Write 'n' Fight.
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				|  | Egret Mini II Platform
 A replica of the Egret II arcade cabinet style from Taito. It includes forty built-in games, but also has additional compilation packs available for purchase on cart.
 
					
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                                     Dan-Ku-Ga 断仇牙
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                                     Global Champion Kaiser Knuckle (JPN)
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                            | Gameduchy Chinese developers behind mobile game Iron Saga and its spinoff(s).
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                            | CC & SH Indie dev co-founded by Fight-A-Base secondary administrator "The S". Kings of titles stuck in development hell forever.
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                            | Rekall Games Rumble Arena devs. Not the Digimon ones though.
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				|  | Studio Terminology
 Any grouping or developers credited on this site.
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                            | Oribe Ware Mexican developer specializing in games based on their country's culture.
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				|  | Unreleased Territory
 Some games just aren't released on one or more platforms.
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				|  | PlayStation 3 Platform
 Unlike its predecessors, gamers on the whole have failed to warm up to the PS3. Likely factors include being ludicrously expensive, the removal of proper backwards compatibility in later models, and lack of hard-hitting exclusive titles.
 
					
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                                     Arcana Heart 3 アルカナハート3
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                                     King of Fighters 13, The The King of Fighters XIII
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                                     Mortal Kombat (2011) Mortal Kombat 9 (fan name)
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				|  | TFT Portable Player Platform
 A handheld device which takes proprietary cartridges which are really just an "unlock" for more games already programmed on the device.
 
					
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				|  | GameStick Platform
 GameStick was an Android mini-console so small that it can be actually stored inside its own controller.
 
					
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