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The Night Warriors (known in Japan as Vampire: The Night
Warriors) is a 2D Gothic horror-themed fighting game developed
and released by Capcom for arcades (using the CPS-2 hardware) on
July 1994. The first game in the Darkstalkers series,
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors builds upon the fighting
mechanics of the Street Fighter II series, adding new gameplay
mechanics (such as the ability to walk while crouching, a super
meter, and powerful super combos) while inventing new mechanics
for the genre (such as enhanced versions of special moves, the
ability to block while in the air, and pre-determined combos of
normal moves).  Each of the ten playable characters resembles
fantasy horror archetypes (from succubus Morrigan Aensland to
warewolf Jon Talbain). The story is that the series' main
protagonist, the vampire Demitri Maximoff, is holding a
tournament on Earth to see which of the creatures