Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer

"Stones of power are given to some chosen fighters, who are being trained by a master to defeat the master's darker tendencies of destroying humanity."

Technos Japan·SNK·Urban Plant· September 18, 1995· Main Game

Stones of power are given to some chosen fighters, who are being trained by a master to defeat the master's darker tendencies of destroying humanity. The fighters do not necessarily get along even as the world heads toward peril.

Released 18 September 1995 for Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, PlayStation and Arcade by Technos Japan, published by SNK and Urban Plant. Rated T by ESRB, 12 by PEGI. Up to 2 players locally.

Story

The year is 2017. In 1999, a monster earthquake devastated the entire Kanto region of Japan, thereby forcing Tokyo to move its government to a man-made island of about 115 square miles floating in Tokyo Bay.

A central computer controls public safety, traffic, and all other governmental functions on the island. In the middle of the island, there is a huge school called the National Belnar Institute with over 105,400 students. This institute has yielded a number of excellent graduates worldwide.

For some reason, unspeakable acts of evil have become increasingly common on this artificial island, in spite of the fact that it is supposed to be under the complete control of the central computer. Strangely enough, the incidents all began after a new principal was assigned to the National Belnar Institute. Some people suspect that this was somehow related to the immeasurable evil that was spreading throughout the island.

Now, a man by the name of Isato Kaiza has brought a stone that crystallizes fighting energy called the Kaizer Stone to the National Institute, to stand against the overwhelming evil as the Burning Hero Gowcaizer...