When the Beast Indicator is fully charged, the word 'BEAST' appears, and the player can activate Beast form by pressing a certain button. The Beast Indicator appears blue when storing the energy needed for transforming. Players may transform at any time after the letter 'B' appears in the 'Beast Indicator' below the players' life energy indicators. The game was re-released on the PlayStation Network in North America on August 20, 2009.Īt the beginning of each stage, both players have a set amount of energy that is used to activate 'Beast form', which causes the character to change into a Beast. The game's success resulted in its re-release for The Best range on October 14, 1999. The game received generally positive reviews from critics for its originality and graphics, while the audio received mixed opinions. The game's story centers on a group of warriors known as 'zoanthropes', who have the power to transform into half-human half-animal 'Beasts', and the Tylon Corporation, an underground organization that seeks to use zoanthropes as mind-controlled weapons. The PlayStation version was released in Japan on November 6, 1997, in North America (under the title Bloody Roar) on Octoand in Europe in March 1998.īloody Roar is the first game in the Bloody Roar video game series and was followed by four sequels on multiple platforms. The arcade version was released on Jand was titled Beastorizer in North America. It was later adapted for the PlayStation by Hudson Soft and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. Bloody Roar, known as Bloody Roar: Hyper Beast Duel in Europe and Japan, is a fighting video game originally developed by Raizing (now Eighting) as an arcade game.

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