Legend Clash

 is an American fighting video game series, being published by Activision since May 17th, 2004.

Synopsis
Various legendary warriors compete in a tournament to gain eternal knowledge from the mystical tree of worlds, Yggdrasil.

Games

 *  (video game) (2004)
 *  2 (2006)
 *  3 (2008)
 *  Eternal (2011)
 * : TBD (2014)
 * : TBD (2017)
 * : TBD (2020)

From Legend Clash

 * /Sun Wukong/ (voiced by Dante Basco) - a powerful monkey warrior who competes in the tournament and wields a staff he can use a weapon as he just does it to have people to fight.
 * /Hua Mulan/ (voiced by Lauren Tom) - a skilled warrior who is a master at various types of attacks including range and close as she wants the knowledge to end her country's rule against women in the army.
 * /Arthur Pendragon/ (voiced by Nolan North) - a noble king who wields the sword known as Excalibur as he joins the tournament to figure out where the Holy Grail is.
 * /Artemis/ (voiced by Tara Strong) - a skilled archer who joins the tournament to find the ultimate hunt and become the ultimate archer.
 * /Vlad Dracula/ (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) - the main antagonist of the series who is a terrifying fighter as he wants the knowledge to find a way to summon terrifying monsters to the world.
 * /Perchta/ (voiced by Jennifer Hale) - a feminine trickster figure who leads the mythical Wild Hunt and joined the tournament for the fun of it.
 * /Victor Frankenstein/ (voiced by Jeffrey Combs) - a mentally insane mad scientist who wears a giant mech and joins the tournament to finally create life.
 * /Captain Ahab/ (voiced by Mark Hamill) - a wrathful sailor with an obsession of hunting a whale known as Moby Dick as he joined the tournament to figure out where he is.
 * /Brunhilde/ (voiced by Nika Futterman) - a female warrior who is a part of a group known as Valkyries who joined the tournament to strip herself of immortality.
 * /Isis/ (voiced by Kimberly Brooks) - an Egyptian goddess who joined the tournament to bring back her dead lover.

From Legend Clash 2

 * /Sherlock Holmes/ (voiced by Daran Norris) - a detective who is a master martial artist and joined the second tournament to solve the one case he couldn't solve.
 * /Hester Pryne/ (voiced by Kari Wahlgren) - a woman who can use Holy Magic as a weapon as she joined the second tournament to hopefully bring her dead lover back.
 * /Wilbur Whately/ (voiced by John DiMaggio) - the son of Yog-Sottoth who is a terrifying fighter and joined the tournament to free his father.
 * Red Riding Hood (voiced by Kath Soucie) - a warrior who wears a red cloak as she can turn into a werewolf as she joined the second tournament to cure herself of the wolf side.
 * /John Henry/ (voiced by Greg Eagles) - a railway worker who is extremely strong and joined the tournament to prove his strength to everyone.
 * /Baba Yaga/ (voiced by Susanne Blakeslee) - a hideous witch who resides on a house with legs on it as she joined the tournament to get more power.
 * /Pecos Bill/ (voiced by Bill Farmer) - a charismatic cowboy with a skilled shot as he joined the tournament for thrills.
 * /Madeline Usher/ (voiced by TBD) - a near dead woman who is near feral as she joined the tournament to restore her life.

From Legend Clash 3

 * /Ares/ (voiced by TBD) - a Greek warrior who is a god of war, vowing to spread war, joining the tournament because of how much he loves fighting.
 * /Alice/ (voiced by Mae Whitman) - a teenage girl who is devoted to hunting the weird after being stuck in a realm called Wonderland as she joins the tournament just for fun.
 * /Zaroff/ (voiced by TBD) - a Russian hunter who is a skilled hunter as he joined the tournament to fight the most deadly combatants.
 * /Queen Cordelia/ (voiced by Vanessa Marshall) - the warrior queen of a hidden kingdom who joined the tournament to get her throne back from her nephew.
 * /Dorian Gray/ (voiced by Josh Keaton) - a sadistic and vicious noble who joined the tournament to make sure he will live forever.
 * /Dorothy Gayle/ (voiced by Olivia Hack) - a teenage girl who is capable of teleportation as she joined the tournament to return to the mysterious land of Oz.
 * /Dr. Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde/ (also voiced by Mark Hamill) - a scientist who has a more brutal alternate side as he joined the tournament to purge himself of the Hyde personality.
 * /Pippi Longstocking/ (voiced by Hynden Walch) - a little girl who is unbelievably strong and joined the tournament to become young forever.

From Eternal

 * Robin Hood
 * Abigail Williams
 * Bass Reeves
 * Elizabeth Bathory
 * Sir Francis Varney
 * Eris
 * Sweeney Todd
 * Nimue

From Legend Clash

 * Yggdrasil (voiced by TBD) - a giant god-like tree who will grant anyone eternal power with his sap which holds knowledge of the universe.

From Legend Clash 2

 * Cthulhu (voiced by TBD) - one of four powerful beings summoned by Yggdrasil to make the second tournament harder as he is a giant squid-like monster.
 * TBD
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Gameplay
The game is a 2D fighter that has you pick one fighter to do either the story mode, the arcade mode, free play or some new features introduced in later games including: Boss Rush a mode where you get to fight various bosses (introduced in 2), Fisticuffs Extreme a mode where eight fighters fight at once (introduced in 3), TBD. The common moveset includes melee attack, ranged attack, block, grab, throw, jump attack, 6 combos and 3 supermoves.

Introduced in Legend Clash

 * Valhalla - The place where dead warriors reside as it is used as a location for the tournament
 * Castle Camelot - TBD
 * TBD
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 * The Arena of Life - Yggdrasil's home which is the final arena of the tournament.

Trivia

 * The choice to use characters from myths and public domain books is to not worry about crafting characters and to craft new takes on old figures. Starting with Eternal, versions of highly fictionalized real people are used such as Abigail Williams.
 * The characters with the most creative reimaginings for the game are Victor Frankenstein, Hester Pryne, Riding Hood, Alice, Dorothy, TBD.