If you reach maximum, there will be an audible alarm. When that happens, there is a burst of thunder and lighting, causing the battle stage to take damage. Many stages will have walls that can be broken out. Throwing or knocking your opponent into the wall with attacks will cause the wall to take damage. After a certain amount of damage, the wall crumbles and another section of the stage is revealed.
Every character has a Super Move.
As in Fatal Fury 2 or Special, it can be done only when your life bar is flashing. Kazuya is enveloped in a psychic force and rushes the opponent. This is done as a command throw. This is a Ryukoranbu type attack. Gonzales' stage is high atop a tower with a Roman Numeral clock in the background.