Kage-Maru (Virtua Fighter 2)

[Duo Solo]

Name: Kage-Maru
Country: Japan
Birthday: June 6th, 1971
Sex: Male
Blood Type: B
Hobby: Mahjong

He was born in the village of Hagakure. Kage-Maru is the name given to members of the Hagakure clan who work in secret in the shadows of society.
His birthright was to become the tenth-generation Kage-Maru. His father, the ninth-generation Kage-Maru, taught him the fearsome Hagakure fighting technique.

One day, his mother, the eighth-generation Tsukikage, was kidnapped by a mysterious figure. Nothing was heard of her fate.

Several years later, the village of Hagakure was attacked by an unknown force. Kage-Maru and his father were out fishing, but quickly returned when they saw the blazing village. They were too late, however, and the village was destroyed. Kage-Maru's father was felled by a bullet from the mystery group.

The next morning, Kage-Maru salvaged a keepsake from his father, donned his costume, and embarked on a journey to prepare himself to take vengeance on those who spilled his father's blood.

-6 button character
D+P  D+K  D+P+K
Defense  Punch  Kick

Stance:

Alternate costume:


We need more button mashers in Mugen.

[Duo Solo]

Big Jump + Landing animation:


Small Jump + Landing animation:


Animations look a little weird since I haven't put them on an axis yet and Im not very good at making gifs

[Blue Monkey]

awesome my friend, its so cool you are trying to convert him into mugen, dont feel discouraged im sure youll learn how to do it well, its part of the process on learning isnt it? the fact that you are actually trying, i wish you all the success on this

[rukifellth]

Cool!

Looking forward to this project.

[Cybaster]

First Virtua Fighter char in Mugen, from this aweful Genesis game.
That's cool. Are you going to try and make him closer to his Saturn counterpart in terms of gameplay ?

[Duo Solo]

Yeah, some aspects. For example, the Genesis version of the game has very floaty jump mechanics which feel very weird. Saturn doesn't have that and it makes the gameplay more natural.

The Genesis version does have some upsides to it, and that the fact that the gameplay moves at a faster pace than the Saturn. Not only that, the game uses sprites so whats not to love?

@pact666, rukifellth
Thank you!

[Duo Solo]

First draft from ripping Kage's stage. As you can tell, the stage looks very... uneven. Plan on going back and ripping the background piece by piece to make a perfect replica.

Walking back animation:

[bubilovescars]

First draft from ripping Kage's stage. As you can tell, the stage looks very... uneven. Plan on going back and ripping the background piece by piece to make a perfect replica.

Walking back animation:

There are some VF stages, but some of them are offline. I still have Kage's stage from VF1.
BTW good luck on Kage, that last one was a incomplete.

[mh777]

Virtua Fighter? In MUGEN? I likey.  If Kage turns out as well as you hope for, is there a chance you'll try to convert some of the other characters? *hopes for Jacky and/or Sarah*  I'll be following this project, for sure.

Also, not advertising or anything, but I have converted some VF stages (mostly from their Fighters Megamix counterparts) in case you want to check them out.

[Duo Solo]

Thanks Cartoon Sonic.

@mh777 Plus Alpha
Yeah, I plan on converting other VF2 characters for MUGEN. Starting off with Kage first since his sprites are so easy to rip.

As for the stages, I want to make a nice 2 for 1 deal where you download Kage and get his stage as well. I'll be sure to check out your stages and see what ya got.

Oh yeah progress...
Crouch:


Forward Crouch Walk:


Forward Walk:


Sprites aren't animated this time around due to the weird jumpiness in previous posts (will fix them later.) All thats needed now is backwards crouch walk, forward dash, and back dash and I'll have all the basic movements.

[Duo Solo]

All basic sprites are done!

-Stance
-Walk
-Forward Walk
-Backward Walk
-Forward Dash
-Backward Dash
-Big Jump
-Small Jump
-Jump Land
-Crouch
-Crouch Forward Walk
-Crouch Backward Walk
-Block
-Crouch Block
-Standing Block to Crouching Block
-Crouching Block to Standing Block

Now to begin working on the attacks (which should be fun). Here is the moveset and commands that Kage will have:

Spoiler (click to show)

Danken                    P
Juzuridan                         Down P
Tsukikaeshi Keri              K
Surigeri                         Down K
Nakageri                         Down/Forward K
Kakato Otoshi                 Down/Forward P (vs.fallen opponent)
Asuka                    Up P (vs.fallen opponent)
Hishou Geri                 Up (hold) K (rising into big jump)
Tobikakato Geri              Up (hold) K (before landing, big jump)
Tsukikakato Geri              Up K (simul. w/small jump)
Hiji Uchi                         Forward P
Senpuu Geri                 Up/Back K
Ryuuei Kyaku                 Forward Forward K
Hagaryuu                         Forward Forward K+G
Rairyuu Hishoukyaku           Forward Forward P+K+G
Tsumuji Geri                 Down K+G
Hagasane                 PK
Resshou                    PP
Resshou Kyaku              PPK
Sandangeki                 PPP
Sandan Urageri              PPPK
Sandan Fuujinkyaku              PPP Up/Back K
Suisha Geri                 Up/Back K+G
Zenten                    Half Circle Forward
Kouten                    Half Circle Back
Kaiten Jizurikyaku              Half Circle Forward/ K
Kouten Jizurikyaku              Half Circle Back/ K
Taitou                    P+G (throw)
Koenraku                         Back P (throw)
Tatsumaki Geri                 KKK... (recovery attack)
Tatsumaki Surigeki              Down (hold) KKK... (recovery attack)
Roll backward, middle kick   Back (hold) KKK... (recovery attack)
Roll backward, low kick      Down/Back (hold) KKK... (recovery attack)
Zenten, Zenten         HCB/ HCF/ Forward P
Kouten, Zenten         HCF/ HCB/ Forward P
Zenten, Kouten, Jizurikyaku   HCB/ HCF/ Back P
Zenten, Rairyuu Hishoukyaku   HCB/ HCF/ Forward P+K+G
Kouten, Rairyuu Hishoukyaku   FCB/ HCB/ QCF Forward P+K+G

Also, here are the palettes for Kage

[mh777]

A couple palettes for you:


Joe Musashi-inspired palette.


Inspired by the red ninjas from Bad Dudes.

Good luck with the rest of the project.

[momo!]

Very very cool. Have you been able to rip from saturn? I understand for 2D based games the satourne emulator can disable layers...

[Duo Solo]

Really? Right now, Im using gensKMOD to rip sprites from VF2. I will however look into it.

A couple palettes for you:

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/691/kagemh777joemusashi.png
Joe Musashi-inspired palette.

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/2238/kagemh777red.png
Inspired by the red ninjas from Bad Dudes.

Good luck with the rest of the project.

Awww, sweet. Im really digging that Joe Musashi palette!

Also, expect some progress later on tomorrow night. I will ty and have at least four five attacks/combos ripped and implemented into a beta.

[Duo Solo]

Wow, its been a while. Thanks to the new Mortal Kombat coming out, I've been neglecting my duties with this WIP.

Anyways... I got some free time and decided to rip a few sprites. So far, I have ripped the following attacks:
Danken                    P
Juzuridan                 Down P
Tsukikaeshi Keri       K
Surigeri                    Down K
Sandangeki              PPP
Sandan Urageri        PPPK

Also, as an added bonus along with Kage's stage, I've decided to throw in some Lifebars along with the character.

[Berry]

VF bars, good I need some more bars

[Cap]

Now it's my turn to post in your WIP and say how excited I am for the release. A Virtua Fighter character; first of it's kind, you should be proud.  8)

[Duo Solo]

^Dawww, thanks.

@Oxygen
Yeah, I've been ripping all night. Although I haven't ripped and cleaned all the sprites, I did rip a good amount of them. All thats left is the numbers, READY, GO!, and Set 2 and 3.

[Berry]

Maybe you could add some enhancements for the bar, like some animations

[レオンハルト]

Very good, an opponent for my Akira beta