The idea is this: when a character reaches a (character) specific number of hits…about 15…he can drop the combo and activate The Calling.
Calling is a sound effect (could also be optical) that has to do with the story of each character.
Jago Calling: The sound of monks meditating in high frequency. They or a walking tiger could make a transparent appearence at the corners of the stage.
Sabrewulf Calling: Τhe howling of a large pack of wolves showing their dominance of the area. Same way transparent appearence.
Glacius Calling: Alien talking or a large spaceship sound. A white light vertical beam hovering across the stage.
Thunder Calling: The sound of a massive storm.Multiple thunders strike the stage.
Sadira Calling: Creepy silence,no music. Her gang makes its appearance.
Orchid Calling: Telecommunication sounds trying to locate her, her father’s voice. A different cat transparent sitting at the middle of the stage.
Spinal Calling: Ceremonial drums on law tempo, Kan-Ra’s voice whispering spells. Transparent bones rising from the ground, a huge skull.
Shadow Jago Calling: Gargos voice provoking him,ordering him to destroy. Stage becomes darker,lights illuminate
Fulgore Calling: Aria’s voice giving him orders. More Fulgores appear and disappear in the stage.
TJ Combo Calling: The ring of the bell and crowd shouting …T-J-COMBO…T-J-COMBO. His transparent coach giving him instuction.
Maya Calling: Myra calling for help. Myra’s face transparency behind the opponent.
Kan-Ra Calling: Kan-Ra’s voice reading life absorbing spells. A thin cloud of sand rises in the stage.
Riptor Calling: The sound of her children. Eggs or small transparent dinosaurs appear running the stage.
Omen Calling: Gargos voice insulting,depressing him. Shadows appear flying around the stage.
Aganos Calling: Mechanical sounds and voices of a king. Flowers popping up from the ground.
Hisako Calling: Ghost voices from the people of her village. Walking ghosts across the stage.
Aria Calling: Aria speeches about the non-worthy of her opponent and the supremacy of herself. Aria starts glowing.
Cinder Calling: Conversations from cinders conversion procedure, cinders screams,fire sounds. Extreme heat deformation effect at the stage.
Rash Calling: Disco music.Stage becomes darker, strobe balls appear.
Kim Wu Calling: A dragon voice is talking encouraging Kim Wu. Kim Wu’s dragon at a much bigger scale making circles over the characters.
Calling lasts about 7-8 seconds. During that time the opponent cannot BLOCK, so he must either attack or run under more pressure.
I think Callings are fun and scary. It can be a new feature that adds more story to the gameplay.
And that’s it. What do you think about it?