Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code Three moons, thirty-one fighters

Pick a character, then pick how they fight. Every one of the 31 fighters comes in Crescent, Half and Full Moon Style, and each style changes how they behave: different resources, different defenses, different rhythm. Crescent rewards aggressive play with manual Heat activation, Full Moon plays closer to classic Guilty Gear with high single-hit damage, Half Moon automates much of the system and hits hard in long combos. That is up to 93 ways to play, so experimenting until one clicks is half the fun. You can try them all safely in Training before taking your pick into a real fight.

A year after the TATARI incident scarred Misaki Town, the nightmare returns for a third time. Arcade mode gives every character their own story route, with fully translated dialogue in this version, so the plot unfolds differently depending on who you follow. The cast runs from schoolkids and maids to vampires and one chaotic cat creature, and the game itself knows some of them are ridiculous. When you would rather skip the reading, Versus mode is pure battle: you against a friend, you against the CPU, or CPU against CPU while you watch.

This is a fighting game built for two people in the same room. Local multiplayer means one lobby, two controllers and rounds that take a minute and rematches that take a second. The cast is big enough that you and a friend can pick completely different fighters and Moon Styles and still spend an evening finding out whose pick wins. New to fighting games? Sit in Training together, learn one character's moves, then take it to Versus. The pace is fast and the rounds are short, so losing costs you nothing but the next round starts immediately.