<s>
is	O
a	O
2D	O
fighting	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sunsoft	O
initially	O
as	O
an	O
arcade	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Neo	B-Application
Geo	I-Application
MVS	I-Application
arcade	O
system	O
in	O
1996	B-Application
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archive	I-Application
collection	I-Application
from	O
the	O
Japanese	O
video	O
game	O
publisher	O
Hamster	O
Corporation	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
later	O
the	O
same	O
port	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Waku	B-Application
Waku	I-Application
7	I-Application
has	O
an	O
irregular	O
feature	O
set	O
for	O
a	O
fighting	O
game	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
features	O
common	O
to	O
SNK	O
fighting	O
games	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
four	O
basic	O
attacks	O
and	O
screens	O
zooming	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
his	O
special	O
moves	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Roddy	O
from	O
Top	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
and	O
it	O
manifests	O
some	O
sort	O
of	O
dark	O
electric	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
is	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
titular	O
character	O
of	O
the	O
Indiana	O
Jones	O
series	O
and	O
Joseph	O
Joestar	O
from	O
JoJo	B-Application
's	I-Application
Bizarre	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mauru	O
's	O
play	O
style	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Darkstalkers	B-Application
character	O
Sasquatch	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
moves	O
mimicking	O
near-verbatim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
is	O
possibly	O
a	O
cross	O
parody	O
of	O
Astro	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
and	O
cosplay	O
restaurants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bonus-kun	O
is	O
a	O
living	O
punching	O
bag	O
whose	O
looks	O
,	O
motives	O
and	O
attacks	O
directly	O
lampoon	O
Ryu	O
from	O
Capcom	O
's	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
origins	O
lie	O
in	O
Galaxy	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
:	I-Application
Universal	I-Application
Warriors	I-Application
;	O
he	O
was	O
Rouwe	O
's	O
punching	O
bag	O
,	O
until	O
it	O
became	O
alive	O
and	O
was	O
then	O
trained	O
by	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Waku	B-Application
Waku	I-Application
7	I-Application
,	O
he	O
features	O
more	O
moves	O
than	O
he	O
did	O
in	O
Galaxy	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
:	I-Application
Universal	I-Application
Warriors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
Sunsoft	O
's	O
third	O
fighting	O
game	O
after	O
their	O
1994	B-Application
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
spin-off	O
of	O
their	O
Hebereke	O
series	O
,	O
Sugoi	B-Application
Hebereke	I-Application
,	O
and	O
their	O
1995	B-Application
Galaxy	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
:	I-Application
Universal	I-Application
Warriors	I-Application
,	O
their	O
first	O
2D	O
fighting	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	O
"	O
Waku	B-Application
Waku	I-Application
"	O
is	O
a	O
Japanese	O
onomatopoeia	O
for	O
sounds	O
of	O
excitement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
Sunsoft	O
worked	O
with	O
a	O
small	O
company	O
SANTACLAUS	O
in	O
producing	O
the	O
1998	B-Application
airborne-based	O
fighting	O
game	O
Astra	B-Application
Superstars	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Sega	O
ST-V	O
arcade	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Waku	B-Application
Waku	I-Application
7	I-Application
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Neo-Geo	B-Application
AES	I-Application
home	O
console	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
easy-to-access	O
difficulty	O
settings	O
and	O
limited	O
credits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Neo-Geo	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
canceled	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
Neo-Geo	B-Device
CD	I-Device
failing	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
instead	O
,	O
but	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
requires	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
's	O
1	O
MB	O
RAM	O
expansion	O
cartridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	B-Application
,	O
the	O
original	O
Neo-Geo	B-Application
version	O
was	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
Neo-Geo	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Sunsoft	O
's	O
other	O
fighting	O
game	O
Galaxy	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
:	I-Application
Universal	I-Application
Warriors	I-Application
in	O
Vol.11	O
of	O
the	O
Neo	B-Application
Geo	I-Application
Online	O
Collection	O
series	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
titled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Neo-Geo	B-Device
CD	I-Device
soundtrack	O
of	O
Galaxy	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
:	I-Application
Universal	I-Application
Warriors	I-Application
was	O
added	O
in	O
this	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
of	O
Waku	B-Application
Waku	I-Application
7	I-Application
is	O
completely	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
unreleased	O
Neo-Geo	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
that	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
SNK	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
add	O
the	O
Neo-Geo	B-Device
CD	I-Device
/	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
because	O
of	O
licensing	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Neo-Geo	B-Application
AES	I-Application
home	O
console	O
version	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
April	O
27	O
,	O
2010	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arina	O
from	O
Waku	B-Application
Waku	I-Application
7	I-Application
was	O
made	O
cameo	O
in	O
the	O
mobile	O
game	O
Shanghai	O
Musume	O
:	O
Mahjong	O
Girls	O
on	O
2011	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
soundtrack	O
album	O
of	O
the	O
Neo-Geo	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Pony	O
Canyon	O
and	O
Scitron	O
Label	O
on	O
August	O
21	O
,	O
1996	B-Application
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
under	O
the	O
catalog	O
number	O
PCCB-00215	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Waku	B-Application
Waku	I-Application
7	I-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
generally	O
positive	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
since	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
in	O
arcades	O
and	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AllGames	O
Kyle	O
Knight	O
reviewed	O
the	O
AES	O
version	O
regarded	O
the	O
graphical	O
presentation	O
as	O
among	O
the	O
best	O
on	O
Neo	B-Application
Geo	I-Application
,	O
praising	O
the	O
audio	O
design	O
,	O
unique	O
fighting	O
system	O
and	O
character	O
roster	O
but	O
criticized	O
its	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
power	O
gauge	O
mechanic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
conversion	O
was	O
met	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
mixed	O
response	O
from	O
reviewers	O
for	O
being	O
a	O
straightfoward	O
conversion	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
fan	O
reception	O
was	O
positive	O
;	O
Readers	O
of	O
the	O
Japanese	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
voted	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
port	O
a	O
7.4692	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
score	O
,	O
ranking	O
at	O
the	O
number	O
527	O
spot	O
below	O
Galaxy	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
:	I-Application
Universal	I-Application
Warriors	I-Application
,	O
indicating	O
a	O
popular	O
following	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
re-release	O
garnered	O
mostly	O
positive	O
response	O
from	O
retrospective	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Complexs	O
Elton	O
Jones	O
ranked	O
this	O
"	O
underrated	O
and	O
virtually	O
unknown	O
fighter	O
"	O
as	O
the	O
12th	O
best	O
SNK	O
fighting	O
game	O
ever	O
made	O
,	O
commenting	O
:	O
"	O
Waku	B-Application
Waku	I-Application
7	I-Application
was	O
a	O
trip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
GamesRadars	O
Lucas	O
Sullivan	O
included	O
"	O
this	O
cheery	O
,	O
colorful	O
Neo	B-Application
Geo	I-Application
fighter	O
"	O
among	O
the	O
little-known	O
classic	O
fighting	O
games	O
that	O
deserve	O
HD	O
remakes	O
,	O
adding	O
:	O
"	O
Though	O
the	O
zany	O
roster	O
is	O
only	O
seven	O
fighters	O
strong	O
(	O
not	O
including	O
goofy	O
secret	O
characters	O
like	O
a	O
sentient	O
punching	O
bag	O
)	O
,	O
Sunsoft	O
crafted	O
quite	O
the	O
fun	O
brawler	O
that	O
gives	O
you	O
super	O
meter	O
and	O
glitzy	O
special	O
moves	O
as	O
often	O
as	O
modern-day	O
Marvel	O
Vs.	O
games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
