#Nidhogg game series

Combat Pragmatism: Often times, the best method to gain significant ground is to jump over your opponent and run the other direction.Doing things like short hops, dive kicks in the wrong direction, rolling randomly in both directions, sudden approaches and retreats, all meant to make your opponent react in certain ways you can take advantage of. Confusion Fu: Occasionally what you have to resort to, especially against a human opponent.

The player in Singleplayer will always be yellow. Their color also matches the color of blood they leave. A certain shade of orange aggressively approaches in low stance, a certain shade of blue keeps the distance in hopes of a reckless attack for a disarm, flashing rainbow characters seem to switch tactics occasionally.

Color-Coded Characters: Each character has their own color, even in Singleplayer, sometimes corresponding to their attack styles.

Character Title: The eponymous Nidhogg appears in the game, although it doesn't seem to serve an actual point to the game besides being the goal.

Occasionally both fighters fall in at the same time, which leads to a somewhat awkward pause in the fight as both wait to respawn, and also eliminates right of way forcing a fight to gain initiative just like in the beginning of the battle. Some have accompanying hazards such as conveyor belts and crumbling floors.

Bottomless Pits: All stages have some that you can use to your advantage if you don't have the right of way.

Using their signature attacks against them can turn the tide of battle.

Beat Them at Their Own Game: Playing Singleplayer mode pitches you against several AI enemies, each with their unique traits and attack patterns.

Beat Still, My Heart: It's possible for a player to finish off a downed opponent with one of these, with or without their sword.

They rarely change tactics after you've caught on to the best way to consistently counter their moves.

Artificial Stupidity: The computer-controlled fencers seem to have lots of trouble with stage hazards such as gaps, conveyors, and collapsing floors.

#Nidhogg game series

Art Evolution: Massively between the first and second games! They don't even look like a series even though the game play is, at its core, the same.