Vs. is a PlayStation video game created by Polygon Magic

Polygon Magic

is a Japanese video game developer.The company has been one of the largest studios in Japan. The company develops various platform including arcade, 360, Wii, PS3, DS/3DS, NGP/PSP Vita, Facebook, Japanese SNS such as GREE and Mobage, and Pachinko .The company has been a top developer and publisher...

 and first published by THQ

THQ

THQ Inc. is an American developer and publisher of video games. Founded in 1989 in the United States, the company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices...

 in 1997. The game is a Street Fighter

Street Fighter

, commonly abbreviated as SF, is a series of Fighting Games developed in Japan in which the players pit the video games' competitive fighters from around the world, each with his or her own unique fighting style, against one another...

replica but features gangs. Players chose different members of each gang to fight the other gangs on each gang's turf.

Gameplay

Players select a game mode to play then select one of the sixteen initially available fighters who are styled on North American

North American

North American generally refers to an entity, people, group, or attribute of North America, especially of the United States and Canada together.-Culture:*North American English, a collective term used to describe American English and Canadian English...

 type gangs. Each fighter represents one of the four different street gangs. Four bosses become available for selection upon certain conditions being met. Twelve different locations are used for combat, fighting styles used include karate

Karate

is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

, aikido

Aikido

is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is often translated as "the Way of unifying life energy" or as "the Way of harmonious spirit." Ueshiba's goal was to create an art that practitioners could use to...

 and kung fu.

The game drew some criticism from parents and religious groups for including a pimp

Pimp

A pimp is an agent for prostitutes who collects part of their earnings. The pimp may receive this money in return for advertising services, physical protection, or for providing a location where she may engage clients...

character named Slim Daddy among its fighters, however, the game was not a big success by any standard, and the controversy died a quick death.