Fuzzical Fighter
{{Short description|1991 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title=
|image= FuzzicalFighterJPBoxShotNES.jpg
|caption=
|developer= Make Software
|director = Hiroaki Kawamoto
|designer = Takeo Kakazu
Jun Uchijima
|composer= Sachiko Oita
Akihiro Akamatsu
|released= {{vgrelease|JP|May 17, 1991{{cite web| url = https://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/570564-fuzzical-fighter/data| title = Release information | publisher = GameFAQs | date = | accessdate = 2010-06-10}}}}
|genre= Scrolling shooter
|modes= Single-player
|platforms= Family Computer
}}
{{nihongo|Fuzzical Fighter|ファジカルファイター}}{{cite web|url=http://superfamicom.org/famicom/info/fuzzical-fighter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114203658/https://superfamicom.org/famicom/info/fuzzical-fighter |url-status=dead |archive-date=2019-01-14 |title=English-to-Japanese title translation |publisher=Superfamicom.org |date= |accessdate=2012-07-17 }} is a horizontally scrolling shooter by Sigma Enterprises that was released only in Japan for Family Computer in 1991. It includes role playing game elements.
Plot
File:FuzzicalFighterFinalBoss.png
The Dimensional Stone, which is required to maintain balance in the world of starship pilot Mark was stolen.{{cite web | url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/fuzzical-fighter| title = Game overview| publisher = MobyGames | date = | accessdate = 2012-02-12}} The king finds a hero to retrieve the stone; using the "Fuzzical Fighter" to transport the player's character into enemy territory.
Towns are visited in-between stages to provide the player with weapons and artifacts that are bought with the in-game gold currency. Players can choose to backtrack to either a previous stage while staying at the inn or to a stage that he has not yet explored. They also have access to three different kinds of healing spells: Riken (minor healing), Rikento (normal healing) and Rikentaru (major healing).{{cite web | url = http://www25.atwiki.jp/famicomall/pages/1041.html| title = Magic spell overview |language=Japanese| publisher = FC no Game Seiha Shimasho | date = | accessdate = 2012-07-17}}
Despite being a mechanical object and not a creature, the Fuzzical Fighter has magic points that can be replenished while in the towns. The Fuzzy Fighter itself resembles a spaceship with a mechanical tail at the end.