Thread:Thunder the Coyote/@comment-26381576-20170402210609/@comment-5688420-20170413173241

At first glance, yes. But there's two things:

1. It predates Rival Schools by a year (1996, whereas Rival Schools was from 1997)

2. It's a 2D fighter, which makes it more similar to the Asuka 120% series.

Also, it was the first fighting game develped by the Orange Soft team, and therefore, the first in qiite a few things (It was the first ACS fighter to use that LMH system, and the first where you can magic series your normals. Basically, it plays like Darkstalkers)