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Marcus the Badger and Sigma the Awesome vs Connor the Sniper and Mondax.

I've decided to completely revamp the HUD based off my recent experiences in fighter games and make some changes to the theoretical, non-existant game mechanics, one of which is Tag Team Battles.

Tag Team Battles are where one player selects two characters for him to play and another does much the same. Like DOA3, you can switch between the two; the one that's selected has xir HUD up the top and is directly controlled by the player. They are referred to as the 'active' character. The other stands to the side of the character and is called the 'passive' character.

The active character is controlled directly, and all attacks the player makes with them follow their moveset. The passive character is not controlled and isn't affected by your opponent's attacks unless they're an area of effect attack. Two mapped buttons on the gamepad control the passive - one is to switch which character is in control and the other is for them to use an ability of theirs to help when necessary.

Each character has their own health bar. When a character is knocked out, the player is automatically switched to the passive character and the KO'd character cannot be used. However, switching before they're knocked out allows the character to regenerate health (slowly).

When both characters have enough of their UBER bar filled, they can unleash a powerful dual attack on the opponent, usually reserved for finishers. While all characters pairs can do this, some combos (like Marcus the Badger and Sigma the Awesome) have unique animations that go with it. In the character selection screen, if two characters form a 'team' this will be mentioned.

When unleashing a combo, during certain points in the combo you can switch characters to keep the combo going longer and thusly do more damage. Alternatively, you can unleash the passive's ability at the end of a combo to make it more powerful. To counter this, if you're well timed enough you can switch while you're getting attacked for your passive partner to swap in and swiftly counter (automatically initiating one basic attack) or use their defensive ability (and in some cases, offensive ability which can disrupt combos).

That's actually pretty much it in terms of mechanics. The picture was just something simple I wanted to make that could let me describe things.

Anyway, enjoy, and let me know what you think.

Marcus the Badger (c) Me
Sigma the Awesome (c) ~SigmatheAwesome
Connor the Sniper (c) ~Connor-the-sniper
Mondax (c) ~Googolplax
Image (c) Me

Description
Marcus the Badger and Sigma the Awesome vs Connor the Sniper and Mondax.

I've decided to completely revamp the HUD based off my recent experiences in fighter games and make some changes to the theoretical, non-existant game mechanics, one of which is Tag Team Battles.

Tag Team Battles are where one player selects two characters for him to play and another does much the same. Like DOA3, you can switch between the two; the one that's selected has xir HUD up the top and is directly controlled by the player. They are referred to as the 'active' character. The other stands to the side of the character and is called the 'passive' character.

The active character is controlled directly, and all attacks the player makes with them follow their moveset. The passive character is not controlled and isn't affected by your opponent's attacks unless they're an area of effect attack. Two mapped buttons on the gamepad control the passive - one is to switch which character is in control and the other is for them to use an ability of theirs to help when necessary.

Each character has their own health bar. When a character is knocked out, the player is automatically switched to the passive character and the KO'd character cannot be used. However, switching before they're knocked out allows the character to regenerate health (slowly).

When both characters have enough of their UBER bar filled, they can unleash a powerful dual attack on the opponent, usually reserved for finishers. While all characters pairs can do this, some combos (like Marcus the Badger and Sigma the Awesome) have unique animations that go with it. In the character selection screen, if two characters form a 'team' this will be mentioned.

When unleashing a combo, during certain points in the combo you can switch characters to keep the combo going longer and thusly do more damage. Alternatively, you can unleash the passive's ability at the end of a combo to make it more powerful. To counter this, if you're well timed enough you can switch while you're getting attacked for your passive partner to swap in and swiftly counter (automatically initiating one basic attack) or use their defensive ability (and in some cases, offensive ability which can disrupt combos).

That's actually pretty much it in terms of mechanics. The picture was just something simple I wanted to make that could let me describe things.

Anyway, enjoy, and let me know what you think.

Marcus the Badger (c) Me
Sigma the Awesome (c) ~SigmatheAwesome
Connor the Sniper (c) ~Connor-the-sniper
Mondax (c) ~Googolplax
Image (c) Me