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A platform fighter is a sub-genre of fighting games that emphasizes free 2D movement, often with floating platforms that can be traversed on, similar to a platformer game. The central gameplay involves combat between two or more player-controlled characters, with the goal of attacking an opponent's character until they are defeated.
Unlike other fighting games, platform fighters typically do not have a health bar, instead the damage a character has taken increases the distance a they are launched when hit by an attack. Opponents are defeated when they leave the boundaries of the arena, similar to sumo wrestling.