The first fully 3D fighting game was SEGA’s Virtua Fighter, released in Japanese arcades in November 1993. The game employed polygon graphics to create its characters, as opposed to the animated sprites of 2D fighters. The game was also notable for its incorporation of a three-button layout (punch, kick and guard), when practically every other fighting game had four or six-button configurations.

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