Parodic SNK/Sunsoft versus fighter with colorful characters and off-beat humor. Accessible and fun gameplay, memorable giant bosses. A light and joyful alternative to more serious series. For relaxed versus fighting fans.
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Category
Fighting2 players12+
Description
Colorful and wacky SNK versus fighting game featuring characters with absurd superpowers. Published by SNK, released in Japan in 1998. Seven original characters with comic backstories, extravagant super-deformed attacks, super combo and rage meter system, amusing story mode. Saturn port of the 1996 SNK arcade, a rare and sought-after title.
Waku Waku 7 review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Turbocharged Japanese cartoon of vivid colours, zany heroes and expressive animation: Sunsoft's fighting game unfurls a whimsy full of humour. The roundness of the design and the energy of the sprites overflow with good cheer. This visual direction, joyful and polished, stands as a cult gem of the 2D versus.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
A high-octane fighting game with a vivid anime style, where zany characters trade oversized blows in an explosion of colour and gags. The snappy handling and the spectacular supers offer an instant, carefree pleasure. Funny, generous and full of personality, this overlooked 2D versus charms with its unbridled energy and infectious humour.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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Collector interest
Japan exclusive Saturn edition of Waku Waku 7, distributed by Sunsoft in June 1998, a conversion of the Sunsoft versus fighter signed Kazuhiro Yamaguchi with an offbeat super deformed roster. Sunsoft Japan run was short, jewel case with intact obi, and the general scarcity of Sunsoft Saturn conversions combined with Waku Waku 7's cult status in the atypical 2D versus sub franchise makes for Sunsoft completists a complete with obi copy a central archive object. Sought after.
An underrated gem
A colorful, off-the-wall send-up of fighting games, this Sunsoft title lines up seven heroes with absurd powers and super-deformed animations full of humor. Printed in small numbers, it became a rare and pricey curiosity. Accessible yet deep, it'll be a joy for versus fighting fans who love it when the genre doesn't take itself seriously.
Better with friends
A zany fighter with huge sprites and embraced humor, where a handful of colorful combatants tear into each other in duels as funny as they are technical. The competition stays accessible and readable, its offbeat tone defusing pressure while keeping depth. Snappy and unpredictable, it puts beginners and regulars on equal footing and chains rounds full of gags.
Is Waku Waku 7 still worth playing in 2026?
A 2D versus by Sunsoft exclusive to Japan, Waku Waku 7 offers a parodic 2D versus with delirious chibi characters of absurd abilities and accessible combat system. The vibrant cartoon art direction, ever present humour and two player versus mode make it an absolutely overlooked gem of the Saturn catalogue. For anyone fond of atypical 2D versus games or seeking a cult humorous versus, a warm recommendation still valid today without any hesitation on the Sega machine for parodic versus genre fans truly here indeed.
