<s>
,	O
sometimes	O
called	O
Joy	B-Application
Mecha	I-Application
Fight	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
fighting	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
,	O
released	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
May	O
21	O
,	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
during	O
the	O
generation	O
shift	O
between	O
the	O
Famicom	O
and	O
the	O
newer	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Joy	B-Application
Mech	I-Application
Fight	I-Application
is	O
counted	O
among	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
late	O
Famicom	O
games	O
for	O
utilizing	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
audio	O
and	O
visual	O
capabilities	O
to	O
the	O
fullest	O
extent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
first	O
attempt	O
in	O
the	O
fighting	O
game	O
genre	O
since	O
Urban	B-Application
Champion	I-Application
after	O
the	O
success	O
and	O
craze	O
of	O
Capcom	O
's	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
which	O
inspired	O
other	O
companies	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
2D	O
fighters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
an	O
owarai	O
robot	O
who	O
had	O
been	O
training	O
in	O
the	O
Kansai	O
region	O
,	O
is	O
called	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
laboratory	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Emon	O
,	O
who	O
remodels	O
Sukapon	B-Application
into	O
a	O
military	O
robot	O
in	O
a	O
last-ditch	O
effort	O
to	O
stop	O
his	O
evil	O
counterpart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sukapon	B-Application
's	O
first	O
task	O
was	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
seven	O
other	O
robots	O
and	O
allow	O
Dr.	O
Emon	O
to	O
reprogram	O
back	O
to	O
their	O
original	O
selves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sukapon	B-Application
is	O
remodeled	O
back	O
into	O
an	O
owarai	O
robot	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
is	O
returned	O
to	O
normal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
begins	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
only	O
one	O
character	O
choice	O
(	O
Sukapon	B-Application
)	O
,	O
but	O
every	O
enemy	O
robot	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
level	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
defeats	O
becomes	O
usable	O
as	O
a	O
player	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Defeating	O
the	O
first	O
7	O
enemies	O
using	O
Sukapon	B-Application
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
choose	O
from	O
8	O
friendly	O
robots	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
first	O
level	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
accessed	O
in	O
the	O
very	O
first	O
playthrough	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
8	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
final	O
level	O
are	O
only	O
minor	O
variants	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
8	O
characters	O
(	O
including	O
Sukapon	B-Application
)	O
,	O
so	O
there	O
are	O
only	O
28	O
different	O
types	O
in	O
actuality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
many	O
other	O
2D	O
fighting	O
games	O
,	O
Joy	B-Application
Mech	I-Application
Fight	I-Application
does	O
not	O
require	O
pressing	O
a	O
diagonal	O
direction	O
on	O
the	O
control	O
pad	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
special	O
move	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
Famicom	O
console	O
made	O
realistic	O
animation	O
of	O
large-scale	O
characters	O
impossible	O
to	O
achieve	O
,	O
so	O
in	O
Joy	B-Application
Mech	I-Application
Fight	I-Application
,	O
characters	O
are	O
robots	O
whose	O
head	O
,	O
limbs	O
,	O
and	O
body	O
float	O
around	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dividing	O
each	O
character	O
into	O
individual	O
sprites	O
made	O
animation	O
much	O
smoother	O
,	O
even	O
in	O
comparison	O
with	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
largest	O
roster	O
in	O
a	O
fighting	O
game	O
,	O
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
SNK	O
's	O
The	B-Application
King	I-Application
of	I-Application
Fighters	I-Application
'	I-Application
98	I-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
38	O
playable	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
