Bloody Roar/Beastorizer
Raizing/8ing Horizontal Fighter 2 Players 1997 Technics/Graphical: 7 Sound: 7 Details: 7 Ideas: 7 Fun/Replayvalue: 6 Playability: 8 Overall Rating: 7 (of 10)

Perhaps Raizing should work on fighting games more than on shooters... 
Well done 1on1 fighting game with some new elements such as mutating ur figther into a savage animal. While hitting ur enemy with punches, kicks, combos and throws ur "Beast Changer" will fill up and once full u may change into "ur" animal. Every fighter has a different one and u are far more powerful while in animalform, as well will u regenerate some damage and have special moves and new combos (pulled off with a special "Animal"-button). Ull lose animalform when u get hit too much...then its back to humble human form.

Grafix and Sound is well done, but of course a bit outdated for today. Bloody Roar features a whole series of games and i really lost track what the latest part is called. VERY EXPENSIVE!
Most were also converted for consoles (PS2/Gamecube). Never really deepened into Bloody Roar as im not "The Man" for 1on1 fighting games (except perhaps for MK series), but the game was fun as long as i played it.