ClayFighter was a timely idea back in the middle of the fighting game craze of the early-to-mid '90s, and its unique visual style and use of clay modeling techniques to render its cast of characters was bold enough to make it something of a cult hit in that age. But, removed from that time period, this fighter falters. Its graphics are no longer anything special, and its combat is stiff, stale and boring.
What's worse, this is the worst possible version of this game -- the inferior Genesis port. The SNES version would have been a better selection, and the SNES Tournament Edition would have been an even better selection than that. Maybe Interplay will get it right the next time around -- because there are more ClayFighters where this one came from.
Presentation - 5.0
Graphics - 5.0
Sound - 4.0
Gameplay - 4.0
Lasting Appeal - 4.0
Overall -
What would happen if a car, a snowman, an Elvis impersonator and Tom and Jerry got into a fight? Well...
I still have the match announcement bouncing around in my head from my youth..."Ickybod clay vs Ickybod clay"....and Elvis hair attack.."Hey watch the hair man"
From Xfire: "Bunnies are often depicted in media and popular culture as small, fluffy, adorable little buck-toothed bundles of cuteness, so far as deifying a rabbit and incorporating it into Easter traditions, somehow associating the mammal with colourful eggs and the consumption of unhealthy quantities of chocolate effigies made in its image. However, not all lagomorphs are love and cuddles - as Australia would be happy to tell you - and in video games, more often than not rabbits will be psychopathic murderers.
Since the brief season in which the ritualistic worship of a paranormal rabbit is socially acceptable is upon us, let's take a look, in no particular order, at the best and baddest hares in video games who could send the Easter Bunny packing."
How is Fran from Final Fantasy XII missing? ;-) She is the most badass Rabbit ever been in a video game!
I would add a couple honorable mentions. Vibri from Vib Ribbon and Robbit from Jumping Flash.
Bucky O'Hare says hello even though he only had one game.
Remember the California Raisins? Wouldn't it be awesome if you could get them to beat the shit out of each other in a video game? Well guess what: YOU TOTALLY CAN! AUTOMATON's Graham Arthur reminisces about ClayFighter.
