Babel Sword

Babel Sword is a mecha-themed fighting-game/shoot'em up hybrid made on the M.U.G.E.N engine by Tatsu-P, first released in 2006 and continously updated through the years to take advantages of the engine's newest features, with recent reboot being developed for one of the clone engines, Ikemen Plus. It's notable for how far it goes with utilizing the engine's capabilities, with the mechs being built with handful of small parts animated in real time. It boasts around 20 playable mechs and pilots and even features stages that pits the player against traditional shmup stages and non-orthodox boss fights in addition to 1v1 fights between playable characters.

Gameplay
The gameplay is reminiscent of the likes of Senko No Ronde or SUGURI series. Players take control of one of 20 M.A.R.S. units (Machines of Assured Resourceful Structures) that are armed with two ranged weapons as well as a melee weapon. The and  buttons are used for the main and sub-weapons (sub-weapon selection being influenced by the choice of a pilot) respectively, and motion commands would influence the firing modes/patterns of the weapons. is used for melee attacks while is a button used both for using a barrier or dashing depending on the movement key. At full SATuration gauge the mechs can also beef up their defense, offense or speed with the command, the type of buff being selectable through the start button.