Ludography
D-Xhird cover

1997 · Fighting

D-Xhird

Sega exclusive

Arena fighting with weapons clashing! This is the ultimate fight! 3D battle with incredible graphics unlike any you've ever seen on Sega Saturn! Take to the ring, punk!

Released
30 May 1997
Platforms
Sega Saturn
Genres
Fighting
Developers
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Publishers
Takara
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Country
Japan

About

D-Xhird (ディ・サード, Di・Sādo) is a 1997 3D weapons-based fighting game which was developed by Nextech and then published by Takara, the same company which created the series Battle Arena Toshinden that the game took its inspiration from. The character endings teased a sequel, although no sequel happened.

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Players choose their fighter and fight through the cast in the common fighting game fashion. Players are able to strafe using the Saturn shoulder buttons as well as performing attacks with the strafe command such as grabs and special moves. Depending on the opponent, the arena will either consist of a ring or a cage. Players (and opponents as well) have the ability to avoid falling out of the ring by pressing the jump button just as they are about to fall. Players and enemies alike can also use the walls of a caged arena to deal extra damage on an opponent by knocking them against the cage's walls.

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the Saturn version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "If Namco's Soul Edge is a Lexus, then D-Xhird is a Hyundai. Not a lot of frills, but it gets the job done. Barely."

GameSpot's Ryan Mac Donald gave D-Xhird a negative calling it "by far, the worst fighter I've ever played. He criticized multiple aspects of the game such as the sound, graphics and the gameplay itself, he said of the game's sound production "When someone gets hit, it sounds like a water bottle being dropped on the ground. Plus, nearly every second of play is plagued by the annoying sound of weapons clashing. ".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Sega Saturn30 May 1997Japan

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