Desperation Move

CONCEPT

Used as a last ditch effort the desperation move is often a single, powerful attack that hits multiple enemies on screen. The attack is executed at the cost of a percentage of the user's total hit-points.

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Used as a last ditch effort the desperation move is often a single, powerful attack that hits multiple enemies on screen. The attack is executed at the cost of a percentage of the user's total hit-points.

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• ACA NeoGeo Selection Vol. 3 (Game)
• Art of Fighting (Game)
• Art of Fighting 2 (Game)
• Art of Fighting 3: The Path of The Warrior (Game)
• Banjo-Tooie (Game)
• Battle Arena Toshinden (Game)
• Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (Game)
• Battle Circuit (Game)
• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Game)
• Bomberman 64 (Game)
• Clock Tower (Game)
• Cuphead (Game)
• Donkey Kong 64 (Game)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (Game)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (Game)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (Game)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 (Game)
• EverQuest (Game)
• EverQuest: Depths of Darkhollow (Game)
• EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath (Game)
• EverQuest: Gates of Discord (Game)
• EverQuest: House of Thule (Game)
• EverQuest: Lost Dungeons of Norrath (Game)
• EverQuest: Omens of War (Game)
• EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro (Game)
• EverQuest: Secrets of Faydwer (Game)
• EverQuest: Seeds of Destruction (Game)
• EverQuest: The Buried Sea (Game)
• EverQuest: The Legacy of Ykesha (Game)
• EverQuest: The Planes of Power (Game)
• EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark (Game)
• EverQuest: The Scars of Velious (Game)
• EverQuest: The Serpent's Spine (Game)
• EverQuest: The Shadows of Luclin (Game)
• EverQuest: Underfoot (Game)
• Fatal Fury 2 (Game)
• Fatal Fury Special (Game)
• Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves (Game)
• Final Fantasy VI (Game)
• Final Fight (Game)
• Final Fight 2 (Game)
• Halo: Combat Evolved (Game)
• Jetpac Refuelled (Game)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle (Game)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (Game)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven (Game)
• Kings of Hell (Game)
• Lollipop Chainsaw (Game)
• Lollipop Chainsaw RePop (Game)
• Makeruna! Makendou 2 (Game)
• Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (Game)
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (Game)
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (Game)
• Mega Man 11 (Game)
• Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters (Game)
• Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (Game)
• Mega Man Powered Up (Game)
• Mega Man X2 (Game)
• Mega Man X3 (Game)
• Mega Man X5 (Game)
• Mega Man X6 (Game)
• Mega Man X8 (Game)
• Mega Man Zero (Game)
• Mortal Kombat 11 (Game)
• Mortal Kombat X (Game)
• NeoGeo Arcade 2 (Game)
• Ninja Gaiden (Game)
• Ninja Gaiden (Game)
• Osman (Game)
• Pac-Man World 2 (Game)
• Persona 4 Arena (Game)
• Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (Game)
• Persona 5 Royal (Game)
• Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein (Game)
• Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen (Game)
• Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire (Game)
• Pokémon Red/Blue (Game)
• Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire (Game)
• Pokémon Stadium (Game)
• Pokémon Stadium 2 (Game)
• Pokémon Sun/Moon (Game)
• Pokémon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon (Game)
• Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition (Game)
• Punch-Out!! (Game)
• Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special: Dominated Mind (Game)
• Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge (Game)
• Samurai Shodown V (Game)
• Samurai Shodown V Perfect (Game)
• Samurai Shodown V Special (Game)
• Senran Kagura (Game)
• Senran Kagura Burst (Game)
• Senran Kagura: Estival Versus (Game)
• Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus (Game)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (Game)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES (Game)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable (Game)
• Shinobi III : Return of the Ninja Master (Game)
• Sonic Battle (Game)
• Sonic Rush (Game)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Game)

Concept details

Name

Desperation Move

Aliases

Games

• ACA NeoGeo Selection Vol. 3 (Game)
• Art of Fighting (Game)
• Art of Fighting 2 (Game)
• Art of Fighting 3: The Path of The Warrior (Game)
• Banjo-Tooie (Game)
• Battle Arena Toshinden (Game)
• Battle Arena Toshinden 2 (Game)
• Battle Circuit (Game)
• BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Game)
• Bomberman 64 (Game)
• Clock Tower (Game)
• Cuphead (Game)
• Donkey Kong 64 (Game)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ (Game)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai (Game)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 (Game)
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 (Game)
• EverQuest (Game)
• EverQuest: Depths of Darkhollow (Game)
• EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Street Fighter (Franchise), Soul (Franchise), Final Fight (Franchise), Fatal Fury (Franchise), Halo (Franchise), Shinobi (Franchise), Spider-Man (Franchise), Ninja Gaiden (Franchise), Pokémon (Franchise), Pokémon Stadium (Franchise), Final Fantasy (Franchise), Warcraft (Franchise), Dragon Ball (Franchise), Dragon Ball GT (Franchise), Dragon Ball Z (Franchise), Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi (Franchise), Streets of Rage (Franchise), Star Gladiator (Franchise), EverQuest (Franchise), Clock Tower (Franchise), Jetman (Franchise), Battle Arena Toshinden (Franchise), Makeruna! Makendou (Franchise), Samurai Shodown (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Jason Voorhees (Character), Master Hand (Character), Jean Grey (Character), Terry Bogard (Character), Lucario (Character), Dan Hibiki (Character), Zero (Character), E-102 Gamma (Character), Mr. Sandman (Character), Gruntilda (Character), Jin Saotome (Character), Spooky (Character), Air Man (Character), Bubble Man (Character), Centaur Man (Character), Cut Man (Character), Elec Man (Character), Fire Man (Character), Gemini Man (Character), Guts Man (Character), Gyro Man (Character), Heat Man (Character), Ice Man (Character), Napalm Man (Character), Oil Man (Character), Plant Man (Character), Quick Man (Character), Shadow Man (Character), Stone Man (Character), Dive Man (Character), Pharaoh Man (Character), Shade Man (Character), Sigma (Character), Slash Man (Character), Time Man (Character), Blast Man (Character), Block Man (Character), Bounce Man (Character), Fuse Man (Character), Impact Man (Character), Torch Man (Character), Tundra Man (Character), Aran Ryan (Character), Frieza (Character), Vegeta (Character), Cooler (Character), Duff McWhalen (Character), Blizzard Buffalo (Character), Crush Crawfish (Character), Volt Catfish (Character), Bamboo Pandamonium (Character), Burn Rooster (Character), Dark Mantis (Character), Optic Sunflower (Character), Gravity Antonion (Character), Gigabolt Man-O-War (Character), Lumine (Character), Bubble Crab (Character), Wheel Gator (Character), Yoshimitsu (Character), Jonathan Joestar (Character), Phantom (Character), Masayoshi Shido (Character), Sophia Dryden (Character), White (Character), Lewis Legend (Character), Bruno Bucciarati (Character), Funny Valentine (Character), Yukako Yamagishi (Character), Yoshikage Kira (Character), Zed (Character), Mariska (Character), Josey (Character), High Max (Character), Asriel Dreemurr (Character), Sans (Character), Yang Xiao Long (Character), Avalanche Yeti (Character), Earthrock Trilobyte (Character), Vincent (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Delta Halo (Location), Halo (Location), The Ark (Location), Norrath (Location), Blood Gulch (Location), Epitaph (Location), Foundry (Location), Ghost Town (Location), Lockout (Location), Narrows (Location), Zanzibar (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: Grenade (Object), Plasma Grenade (Object), Brute Spike Grenade (Object), Bubble Shield (Object), Firebomb Grenade (Object), Fuel Rod Cannon (Object), Fusion Core (Object), M41 Rocket Launcher (Object), Power Drain (Object), Doomsday Device (Object)

People

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Super Meter (Concept), Super Mode (Concept), Suicide (Concept), Self-Destructing Character (Concept), Self Destruct Sequence (Concept), Boss Assistance (Concept), Pokémon (Concept), Kamikaze (Concept), Limit Break (Concept), Revenge Meter (Concept), Comeback Mechanic (Concept)