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Ehrgeiz ( German for "ambition") is a fighting video game developed by Dream Factory and released by Namco as a coin-operated arcade game and by Squaresoft as a PlayStation console game in 1998.
Ehrgeiz differs from most 3-D fighting games by drawing heavily from the concepts of wrestlingProfessional wrestling is a form of performance entertainment where the participants engage in simulated sporting matches. In its purported rules and competitions, it apes the convention of sport. Originating as such, in the days of travelling carnival sh videogames, which allow free 360-degree movement and do not require fighters to be facing each other at all times. This restricts the camera to a more or less fixed position, zooming in and out with the action, but not tracking around the arena as would be common in most other 2-D and 3-D fighting games.
Perhaps the most noteworthy feature of the game is the inclusion of characters from Final Fantasy VIIFinal Fantasy VII is a video game that was Squaresoft (now Square Enix)'s first Final Fantasy game on the PlayStation. It was later released for the PC (albeit less successfully), with Eidos Interactive as the distributor. Unlike previous games in the ser. Cloud, Tifa, Sephiroth, Yuffie, Vincent and Zack are playable fighters, although most must be unlocked by various means.
Also starring in the game is Ken Mishima A.K.A. Godhand.
1 Other meanings
- Ehrgeiz is also the name of Zell Dincht's most powerful weapon in Final Fantasy VIIIFinal Fantasy VIII is a video game created by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) for the PlayStation and computers. The graphics have been improved since Final Fantasy VII, so the characters now look more realistic. The game engine has been changed significantl.
- Ehrgeiz was scored by Takayuki NakamuraTakayuki Nakamura is a video game music composer who has worked on Virtua Fighter ( 1993), Tobal 2 ( 1997), and Ehrgeiz ( 1998). Nakamura Takayuki Nakamura Takayuki., and features arranged music by Nobuo UematsuNobuo Uematsu ( ; Uematsu Nobuo (born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese composer of video game music, and one of the most well-known, prolific, and versatile in the field. He has composed music for the Final Fantasy series of games, and some of the pieces in, the composer for the Final FantasyFinal Fantasy ( Japanese: Fainaru Fantajii is a very popular series of role-playing video games produced by Square (aka Squaresoft), now Square Enix. The Final Fantasy video game franchise originated in Japan in 1987 (with Final Fantasy I and was brought video game series.
2 See also
Versus fighting games
