Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter

Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter is a 2017 fighting game developed by Foxbat Corporation and Nu-Gaia, and published by Retroism in North America, BlazePro in Japan, and JoshProd in Europe for the mh:awesomegames:Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It gained its notoriety as it was developed by former mh:awesomegames:SNK members who worked on fighting games throughout the 90s.

Plot
As the fear and enemy of humankind since ancient times, the "Darkness" clan disappeared from the rise of civilization but did not perish and remained alive hunting but those willing to fight back are known as "Hunters". One day, a rumor was heard for those who lived in the darkness about a coffin that sealed the strongest vampire from the Middle Ages, Katatonia, had been moved from its entombment and placed in the "Dragon Palace". The sea that gathers the "Dragon Aura" in the palace weakens and will eventually break. Katatonia will awake with his power greater than before. The Darkness clan wants the power for Katatonia while the Hunters try to contain him.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) This game was clearly rushed, as it originates from a Kickstarter project that failed to reach its goal, raising only half of it, making this slow, buggy-ridden game unplayable that feels, sometimes unbalanced.
 * 2) The resolution is scaled down too much, and the background stages are just static images with parallax scrolling.
 * 3) The gameplay feels like a bootleg fighting game like Kart Fighter and not games like TMNT: Tournament Fighter or Fatal Fury Special, both ported on the SNES, making this completely inferior by comparison.
 * 4) The music is very mediocre that sounds like a MIDI file.
 * 5) The characters are a mix of blatant rip-offs and stereotypical ones that doesn't have much of a personality. By the way, there are only 7 fighters in the game, but only 6 to play as.
 * 6) * Blaze is a generic anime swordsman with vampiric abilities.
 * 7) * Reinhardt resembles Draug from Fire Emblem, just marked with Crusader-inspired armor and a cross-shaped axe.
 * 8) * Emily is a generic maid girl with both knives as weapon, making her resemble loosely on Sakuya from Touhou Project.
 * 9) * Cronos closely resembles K' from The King of Fighters, but with a weird demonic-like sword arm and longer hair.
 * 10) * Wurzel is literally just Jon Talbain, but with black fur.
 * 11) * Nightmare is a generic succubus lady that looks more like a dark sorceress.
 * 12) * Katatonia's design resembles a demonic version of Omega-Xis from Mega Man Star Force, looking nothing like a vampire lord at all.
 * 13) The English translation is atrocious, both in-game and the advertisement. It makes Zero Wing's infamous translation look like Super Mario Bros. by comparison.
 * 14) The Arcade Mode is way too short.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The animesque style looks decent.
 * 2) The gameplay, while buggy and unfinished, is fairly simple.
 * 3) Nice sprite work for the characters.
 * 4) The idea of a modern fighting game released on a decades old Nintendo console was interesting, but its excecution leaves alot to be desired.

Reception
Upon release, the game received mixed reviews, with a word of criticism for being unbalanced, unfinished and generally dull to look at.

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