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{{Short description|1998 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Fighting Layer
| image = Fighting Layer.jpg
| caption = 
| developer = [[Arika]]
| publisher = [[Namco]]
| designer = 
| composer = Takayuki Aihara<br/>Ayako Saso<ref>{{cite web |title=Fighting Layer Soundtrack |url=https://vgmdb.net/album/3536}}</ref>
| engine = 
| release = December 1998
| genre = [[Versus fighting game|Fighting game]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
| arcade system = [[Namco System 12]]
| platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]]
}}

{{nihongo foot|'''''Fighting Layer'''''|ファイティングレイヤー|Faitingu Reiyā}} is a [[3D computer graphics|3D]] [[Arcade video game|arcade]] [[versus fighting game|fighting game]] developed by [[Arika]] and published by [[Namco]], built on the [[Namco System 12]] arcade hardware. The game was released in December 1998; it has never been ported to any home consoles. ''Fighting Layer'' is built upon the ''[[Street Fighter EX]]'' series, which was also developed by Arika. A spiritual sequel, ''[[Fighting EX Layer]]'', was released in 2018.

==Gameplay==
[[File:Fighting Layer gameplay.png|thumb|Gameplay screenshot]]
The gameplay system is similar to that of the ''[[Street Fighter EX]]'' series, such as canceling supers into other supers, and universal guard-break attacks. Unlike in the ''Street Fighter EX'' series, fighters can now dash forward or backward by tapping the directions twice and fighters can now also side step with a specific button combination. This game also introduces two new mechanics. One where players can perform safe falls to keep from hitting the ground and the other making their fighter dodge and charge up their super gauge to its maximum.

==Characters==
Two of the game's characters, [[Allen Snider]] and [[Blair Dame]], previously appeared in ''[[Street Fighter EX]]''.

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*[[Allen Snider]]
*[[Blair Dame]]
*Capriccio
*Exodus 
*George Jensent 
*Hong Gillson
*Janis Luciani
*Jig Jid Bartol 
*Lan Yinghua  
*Sessyu Tsukikage
*Shang Fenghuang
*Tetsuo Kato
*Knight{{efn|name=boss|Non-playable boss character}}
*Shin Knight{{efn|name=boss}}
*Falcon{{efn|name=boss}}
*Shark{{efn|name=boss}}
*Tiger{{efn|name=boss}}
*Clemence Keliber{{efn|name=unlock|Character unlocked through time release}}
*Joe Fendi{{efn|name=unlock}}
*Preston Ajax{{efn|name=unlock}}
*Vold Ignitio{{efn|name=boss}}
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== Reception ==
In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Fighting Layer'' on their February 1, 1999 issue as being the eleventh most-successful arcade game of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=580|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 February 1999|page=21|lang=ja}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090428032433/http://www.arika.co.jp/arika_eng/f_layer/fl_top.html Official website] {{in lang|en}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150311040751/http://www.arika.co.jp/product/fl/index.html Official website] {{in lang|ja}}
*{{KLOV game|13300}}
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[[Category:1998 video games]]
[[Category:Arcade video games]]
[[Category:Arcade-only video games]]
[[Category:Arika games]]
[[Category:Namco games]]
[[Category:Fighting games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
[[Category:Video games scored by Shinji Hosoe]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]


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