Characters have unusually high health for the genre with a health bar that has several layers of colors to indicate the health. There is also a “Crazy Meter” at the bottom of the screen. It is built up as characters attack; this gives the character a special and often very bizarre attack that will kill the opponent outright. It is called the “Gan Gan Attack” in Japan, and “Crazy Attack” in the US.
Battles are joined by irreverent, sometimes humorous pre-fight banter from characters. The dialogue differs from opponent to opponent, and the fight is immediately presaged by a clash of two small images of the combatants’ eyes in the center of the screen.