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This was when ACS devs were starting to get the hang of the newfangled PS2-based NOVA System, released two years prior.

Though the first 2D fighter on the NOVA was Fight or Die II: As Daylight Dies (2001), it still utilized hand-drawn 2D backgrounds like its predecessor.