It was the first version of the original Melty Blood line to be an arcade game (for Sega NAOMI), and later became the first Melty Blood game on a console when it ported to the PlayStation 2. After that, it was ported to the PC. It was also the first Melty Blood game not developed by French Bread, though the game was more of a port of Re-ACT than an entirely new game. Playable characters introduced in Act Cadenza are: * Aoko Aozaki * Kouma Kishima * Neco-Arc * Neco-Arc Chaos Certain gameplay changes introduced in Act Cadenza include: Cosmetic differences in Act Cadenza include: