Melty Blood Actress Again

Melty Blood Actress Again is the first game of the Melty Blood series which can be considered a sequel rather than an expansion or port of a previous game. It is an arcade game, and was released in September, 2008. It features many drastic new mechanics, two new characters, and 3 different fighting styles for all characters known as, Full Moon Style (Power), Crescent Moon Style (Speed) and Half Moon Style (Simple).

Gameplay changes:
 * Three different versions of each character, including new moves for each
 * Larger stages, including both new and alternate versions of stages from Act Cadenza,
 * A Guard meter which depletes upon blocked attacks and results in a 'Guard Crash' vulnerability state upon depletion
 * Aerial Circuit Sparks (Only available in certain Moon Styles).

New playable characters introduced in Actress Again are:


 * Riesbyfe Stridberg
 * Michael Roa Valdamjong (Near-Side version)