Groove on Fight

Groove on Fight: Gōketsuji Ichizoku 3[a] is a 1997 Japanese video game for the arcade and the Sega Saturn.

Though the game's art and visual style was praised, critics were more lukewarm about the overall gameplay, giving it average scores.

[5] This gameplay mechanic is similar to X-Men vs Street Fighter, where the player picks two characters at a time and changes them at will.

[9][5][6] The arcade version of the game was shown at the JAMMA 96 trade show at the Atlus booth alongside a 3D fighter known as Ultimate Domain.

The last reviewer was more positive about the game, while noting that the animation quality was lacking, and the Super Moves system was easy to abuse.

[14] In an import review for the English Saturn Power magazine, they praised the game saying "Groove on Fight dares to be different and looks and plays well enough to get away with it".

[20] In 2003, Edge magazine's Retro special issue called the game derivative, and criticized the loading times and low frame-rate.

Arcade version screenshot