FX Fighter was originally meant to be released for the Super Nintendo. Several magazines ran previews of the SNES version, such as the above article featured in issue 65 of Electronic Gaming Monthly. The SNES version of the game would be cancelled in favor of a PC version being made. The reason for this, according to this article in EGM issue 73, was because Nintendo had decided to develop a port of Killer Instinct for the SNES. The PC version of FX Fighter was released in 1995.