<s>
ClayFighter	B-Application
is	O
a	O
fighting	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
in	O
November	O
1993	O
and	O
ported	O
to	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
in	O
June	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
circus	B-Application
theme	O
focused	O
more	O
on	O
humor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
claymation-style	O
graphics	B-Application
that	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
photographing	O
and	O
digitized	O
actual	O
clay	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
"	O
clay	O
"	O
-themed	O
game	O
franchises	O
made	O
by	O
Interplay	O
Productions	O
,	O
the	O
second	O
being	O
a	O
platformer	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
titled	O
Claymates	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
meteor	O
made	O
entirely	O
out	O
of	O
clay	O
crash-lands	O
on	O
the	O
grounds	O
of	O
a	O
humble	O
American	O
circus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goo	O
from	O
the	O
interstellar	O
object	O
contaminates	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
circus	B-Application
's	O
attractions	O
,	O
transforming	O
them	O
into	O
bizarre	O
caricatures	O
of	O
their	O
former	O
selves	O
,	O
with	O
new	O
superpowers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bad	B-Application
Mr.	I-Application
Frosty	I-Application
–	O
A	O
snowman	O
with	O
a	O
bad	O
attitude	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Helga	O
–	O
An	O
obese	O
and	O
heavily	O
breasted	O
opera	O
singer	O
dressed	O
in	O
Viking	B-Application
attire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ickybod	B-Application
Clay	I-Application
–	O
A	O
scarecrow-like	O
ghost	O
with	O
a	O
pumpkin	O
head	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taffy	B-Application
–	O
A	O
fighting	O
piece	O
of	O
taffy	B-Application
whose	O
attacks	O
mainly	O
involve	O
stretching	O
and	O
twisting	O
his	O
thin	O
but	O
super-flexible	O
body	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Taffy	B-Application
uses	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
longest-reaching	O
moves	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1-player	O
mode	O
,	O
he	O
will	O
fight	O
in	O
two	O
overflowing	O
taffy	B-Application
factories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
N	B-Application
.	I-Application
Boss	I-Application
–	O
The	O
final	O
boss	O
is	O
an	O
anthropomorphic	O
string	O
of	O
pearls	O
with	O
two	O
eyes	O
(	O
one	O
wide	O
open	O
,	O
one	O
half	O
closed	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
N	B-Application
.	I-Application
Boss	I-Application
only	O
attacks	O
with	O
projectiles	O
copied	O
from	O
other	O
characters	O
and	O
a	O
grab	O
attack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
N	B-Application
.	I-Application
Boss	I-Application
uses	O
the	O
purple	O
meteor	O
itself	O
as	O
his	O
arena	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
actually	O
a	O
palette	O
swap	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Blob	I-Application
's	O
stage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
:	I-Application
Tournament	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
,	O
he	O
has	O
his	O
own	O
arena	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
name	O
is	O
a	O
play	O
on	O
M	O
.	O
Bison	O
from	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
the	O
phrase	O
"	O
end	O
boss	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClayFighter	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
studio	O
Visual	O
Concepts	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	O
Concepts	O
president	O
Greg	O
Thomas	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
silly	O
,	O
clay	O
characters	O
battling	O
one	O
another	O
,	O
was	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
new	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
funny	O
"	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
violent	O
yet	O
popular	O
fighting	O
franchises	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
and	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
companies	O
worked	O
for	O
nearly	O
one	O
year	O
developing	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
the	O
thinner	O
character	O
Taffy	B-Application
was	O
constructed	O
with	O
a	O
stronger	O
type	O
of	O
clay	O
than	O
the	O
simpler	O
Blob	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
video	O
camera	O
linked	O
to	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
running	O
a	O
graphics	B-Application
editor	I-Application
digitized	O
the	O
figures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designer	O
Jeremy	O
Airey	O
described	O
this	O
portion	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
processing	O
usable	O
and	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
character	O
animations	O
,	O
as	O
very	O
long	O
and	O
tedious	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interplay	O
also	O
aided	O
in	O
the	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
project	O
by	O
creating	O
new	O
character	O
movements	O
with	O
spliced	O
animation	O
sequences	O
;	O
the	O
publisher	O
was	O
also	O
responsible	O
for	O
recording	O
the	O
musical	O
score	O
,	O
voices	O
,	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClayFighters	B-Application
design	O
was	O
originally	O
made	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
fighting	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
,	O
but	O
without	O
the	O
heavy	O
violence	O
and	O
gore	O
that	O
was	O
becoming	O
controversial	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
1994	O
,	O
Interplay	O
released	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
:	I-Application
Tournament	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tournament	O
Edition	O
improved	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
by	O
fixing	O
many	O
glitches	O
,	O
adding	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
stage	O
backgrounds	O
,	O
and	O
offering	O
new	O
difficulty	O
settings	O
,	O
speed	O
options	O
,	O
and	O
versus	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
February	O
6	O
and	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
May	O
25	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
was	O
reportedly	O
in	O
the	O
works	O
by	O
Interplay	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClayFighter	B-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
Tournament	O
Edition	O
update	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
sequels	O
were	O
also	O
produced	O
:	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Judgment	I-Application
Clay	I-Application
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
in	O
1995	O
and	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
63⅓	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
in	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
of	O
which	O
had	O
its	O
own	O
special	O
edition	O
with	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
:	O
Sculptor	B-Application
's	I-Application
Cut	I-Application
in	O
1998	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
only	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
rental	O
game	O
at	O
Blockbuster	O
Video	O
stores	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sculptor	B-Application
's	I-Application
Cut	I-Application
edition	O
included	O
four	O
additional	O
characters	O
(	O
High	O
Five	O
,	O
Lady	O
Liberty	O
,	O
Lockjaw	B-Application
Pooch	O
,	O
and	O
Zappa	O
Yow	O
Yow	O
Boyz	O
)	O
who	O
were	O
cut	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
for	O
63⅓	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sculptor	B-Application
's	I-Application
Cut	I-Application
is	O
widely	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
rarest	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
only	O
20,000	O
copies	O
ever	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
Interplay	O
announced	O
a	O
return	O
of	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
for	O
WiiWare	O
and	O
DSiWare	B-Device
just	O
before	O
both	O
versions	O
were	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
Interplay	O
revealed	O
that	O
a	O
remastered	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
was	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
sometime	O
in	O
2016	O
and	O
developed	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Drip	O
Drop	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
cancelled	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
2016	O
Interplay	O
sold	O
the	O
intellectual	O
rights	O
to	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
and	O
many	O
other	O
titles	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClayFighter	B-Application
was	O
awarded	O
Best	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
Wannabee	O
of	O
1993	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ClayFighter	B-Application
sold	O
200,000	O
copies	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
gave	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
port	O
a	O
generally	O
positive	O
review	O
,	O
praising	O
it	O
as	O
nearly	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
remarked	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
that	O
"	O
fighting	O
fans	O
with	O
a	O
funny	O
bone	O
will	O
enjoy	O
ClayFighter	B-Application
with	O
its	O
laughable	O
characters	O
,	O
cool	O
combos	O
,	O
and	O
great	O
game	O
play.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
port	O
for	O
carrying	O
over	O
all	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
,	O
though	O
they	O
remarked	O
that	O
a	O
six-button	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
controller	O
is	O
needed	O
to	O
fully	O
enjoy	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
