After a brief break from one-on-one fighting games it looks like Hamster is closing up November with the return of the beloved Neo Geo genre, courtesy of ADK's World Heroes.
If you ever fancied beating up Rasputin with Janne D'Arc (that's not a typo by the way) this is the historical fighting game you are looking for. Buyers beware: Alpha Denshi surpassed this game with further sequels that sadly mean this hasn't aged very well, mostly due to the initial decision to use just two buttons for punches and kicks (easily fixed in home conversions and further instalments of the series).
But if you're going for the full set of Hamster's ACA Neo Geo classics or have some neat childhood memories of epic Hanzo versus Fumma rounds at the local arcade, you will be able to grab this one on November 30th.
A reminder that the superior World Heroes Perfect was released at the Switch launch date, all the way back in March, a time when we believed our microSD card's free space would last us a lifetime. We sure were quite naive eight months ago...
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More games, woot! Game may not have aged but that cover art is still amusing.
Post above says September 30th, do you mean November 30th?
Still have this on the original PlayStation.
@Folkloner Ah, I always mix those two up, thanks!
Historically inaccurate to say this will be more well received than Baseball Stars Professional, but good to see that the Neo-Geo keep on coming.
Yay! It's Bootleg Street Fighter starring Hulk Hogan!
It has recently come to my attentions Hamster has been releasing several Taito games under the ACA label on Playstation 4. I do hope these eventually come to Switch... fingers crossed! We are after all getting Technos next ("Double Dragon").
Pointless release. Its funny how they go backwards in some releases.
Love the way there can only be one shadow at a time.
I enjoy the Super NES version of this back in the days so I probably may pick this up for the arcade portable experience.
@Shiryu They announced IREM too! So I'm sure Taito and Konami (and Nichibutsu coz I like their shmups) are just around the corner.
@GrailUK Having "R-Type" on the Switch is a huge victory for me.
Does anyone buy these neo geo game? They just don’t interest me at all
@Shiryu Yep. The game is seminal.
@SimplyCinnamon53 Meeeee I love my hybrid arcade!
@SimplyCinnamon53 If you only knew what it was like to see the prices of the system and the games when we were young...
@GrailUK Do you have any suggestions for what your favorite ones are? I heard metal slug is well liked I think
That Rasputin, tho...
Rasputin with God Hands and Marilyn Monroe's vibe.
But i really HATE the DeathMatch concept.
That's why it RUINED The Whole gameplay.
It's okay for me for Normal Fights, but if i have to KILL my opponents by DeathMatch ?! Really ?! Humans are so Thirsty with Bloody Violence match just for fun ??!!
Ehem... sorry for a little bit upset here.
I'm so Serious concerned about my opponent if i am a fighter / boxer.
I don't even think Killing my opponent is a good idea. That's a SIN !
@SimplyCinnamon53 My favourites are Garou Mark of the Wolves, Samurai Showdown IV, King of Fighters 98, Blazing Star, Last Resort and Robo Army, but I try to get as many as possible because I'm an arcade junkie. ANd yes, you can't go wrong with Metal Slug (though grab X over 2!)
@Shiryu Well, Japan's getting a few of IREM's games next month under the ACA. At this rate, I think they'll have to drain the Neo Geo dry before they decide on catching up on the ACA games from other companies on other systems (Heck, the Nintendo one are taking their sweet time.)
Not the best fighting game, but I always had a soft spot for this game. I’ll get it eventually.
The last game of the series, World Heroes Perfect, is already on the eShop. WH 1 is pretty much for collectors at this point.
@GrailUK Thanks I might check some of those out later.
@Angelic_Lapras_King Switch has many years of gaming ahead of it. Their output is bloody heroic I reckon
I love the World Heroes games but part 2 is my favorite. It has a pirate and an evil football player!
@GrailUK I'd say, a new Neo Geo game every week since the system launched while also providing the same for XBONE and PS4 and introducing the Nintendo and IREM lines as well.
Since the Japanese Wii got around 80-90 Neo Geo games, they could easily continue the line well into next year. And that's not including the titles too big for the Wii's 40MB limit.
@Angelic_Lapras_King Awwwww yeeeeah
Plenty of awesome Neo Geo games!!! Still hoping for Samurai Shodown 2, The Last Blade, King of Fighters 96 and 97, and the Real Bout: Fatal Fury games to release!!!!!! World Heroes is getting a download from me, but just for historical purposes lol
@Anti-Matter You are just made of awesome!
.......Crossing my fingers in hopes that Konomi catches a hint and release some of their arcade classics such as X-Men, the Simpsons, TMNT, etc.......patiently waiting for it.....
Nintendo need to catch up by getting their back catalogue out on the Switch
Nintendo really needs to do something about the dpad situation. It'll really help pulling off specials. As much as I like retro game releases I can't stand snk games mainly because of the dreaded snk boss syndrome.
@SimplyCinnamon53 No, no one buys these weird Neo Geo games. Except for the 200K people who bought one 7 months ago, when Hamster released sales numbers only 7 weeks after the Switch released back in March. So that is probably over 1 million by now, and that's being pessimistic as well
A fantastic release. If there was a game you'd call the comparable to the original Street Fighter II in general moves/behavior of the enemies this is an excellent counterpart. Not as full of fluff and moves as later games, but it's right there between SF2 and SSF2 in style.
@Megal0maniac Hah love that old ad and it dated itself very well with those comparison bars as it's the NES there not the SNES so a 1990 ad or earlier 1991 from the looks of it.
@MotionMan '96 should be coming on the last week of December.
@Shiryu There's actually a Taito game confirmed for Switch, Front Line.
@MotionMan "The Last Blade" in a couple of weeks, stay sharp!
@GameOtaku I have this on the way.
@CrazyOtto That is very good news! I will go nuts if they announce "Darius" and "Ninjawarriors" soon after!
@FinalFrog I only know the game by name and screenshots, I should give it a go.
@Shiryu
I only use my switch in handheld and I've always played fighting games with a dpad it so much easier than using a stick, quarter circle moves are easy as pie with dpads but on a stick it's a lot harder.
@GameOtaku Same, I never sue the analogue stick on anything that was meant to be played with digital input.
@Anti-Matter World Heroes Perfect (already on the Switch eShop) and World Heroes Jet don't have the Deathmatch mode.
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