Cannon Spike coming soon for Dreamcast

Cannon Spike is a 3-D isometric view shooting game that challenges players to strategically avoid enemies’ projectile attacks while attacking them.

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E3, LOS ANGELES May 11, 2000 Capcom® Entertainment today announced plans to release Cannon Spike™, an all new title for Sega Dreamcast™ game console this August. Cannon Spike is a 3-D isometric view shooting game that challenges players to strategically avoid enemies’ projectile attacks while attacking them. Players choose from seven different beloved Capcom characters as they travel around the world on high-powered motor boots to destroy evil terrorist robots. The smooth control and depth of gameplay will satisfy the most discerning shooting game fans. Cannon Spike will release to the arcade game market this summer. ESRB rating is pending.

Cannon Spike includes the following features:
Challenges players to battle using various attack methods (shooting and hand-to-hand combat).
Easy control and depth of play to satisfy hard-core shooter fans.
Famous Capcom characters appear in specially designed costume created exclusively for this game.
Gallery Mode allows players to view beautiful artwork created by one of Capcom’s premiere artists.
Innovative shooter pushes the limits of reflex and skill!

In Canon Spike, a group of terrorist robots wreaks havoc on the world. People are possessed by a strong sense of fear that appears to be covering the entire world. To return peace to the world, The World Peace Alliance forms the Anti-Robot Special Forces and it is their job to defeat the radical robots. Armed with the tool of choice, high-powered motor boots and the latest weaponry, the team set out to counteract the evil terrorist’s robot soldiers.

Cannon Spike features seven selectable characters. Shiva, new character who is an ex-snowboarding champion who wants to create peace in the world once again; Charlie, Air Force soldier from the Street Fighter series and close friend of the legendary Guile, seeks to free the world from the stranglehold of evil terrorists; Arthur, hero from the Ghosts ‘n Goblins series joins the lineup to save the world once again; Cammy, fighting specialist from the Street Fighter series who’s been released from Shadowloo brainwashing; Simone, mysterious new character who has an expert in that art of fencing; B.B.Hood, from the DarkStalkers series, a seemingly innocent girl who packs a massive punch; and Mega Man who seeks peace and happiness in the troubled world.
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