Another week, another Neo Geo classic pops up on the Switch eShop. Later today you'll be able to sample the delights of Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors which is (unsurprisingly) another fighting game.
Released in 1995 by Sunsoft, the game sees you take on the mantel of one of eight warriors thrown into a world which we are told "was destroyed by the destructors of the universe". So yeah, it's basically a fighting game set in outer space!
Galaxy Fight was Sunsoft's first attempt at creating a entry in the ever-popular one-on-one fighting genre, and it's not really remembered as being one of the best, with generic characters and slightly dull gameplay when compared to similar games of its day.
Of course Sunsoft would go on to develop Waku Waku 7 which is on the Switch eShop already and is generally more fondly remembered.
Will you be picking up Galaxy Fight later today for your Switch? Let us know with a comment below.
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Looking at this makes we want Capcom to revive Star Gladiator!
I'll probably just stick with Waku Waku 7 since I already have it on the Switch.
Neo geo games has been great for the switch
Aha, I saw it in the announcement section of Japanese eShop and wondered when it would hit the west. Already got Waku Waku 7 and enjoying it a lot, so might grab this one in the future if the former doesn't prove to scratch enough of the 2D fighting itch before the advent of BlazBlue plus the possible Guilty Gear, Under Night and whatnot (doesn't it make sense to fill the Switch library with many more animesque fighting franchises out there?). I'll judge the characters' "blandness" for myself (and hey, anything could look bland beside Waku Waku 7 in retrospect XD), but the space sci-fi setting doesn't seem overly common in such games.
It is not as zany as "Waku Waku 7" but "Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors" always brings me excellent memories. Not only because I played it against friends on Saturn/Playstation but I got to play this in a very special cabinet, one like "The Ninjawarriors" or "Darius" that reflected the reversed monitor image into a mirror, giving the game incredibly smooth graphics and animation. Be warned: the CPU even on the easiest level won't give you any rest.
PS: Note that you can't corner opponents in this game since the stages scroll left and right infinitely.
can we please stop with these neo geo games for the switch? at least give them their own folder on the eshop or something
@AlphaJaguar Yes! That and Rival Schools, please!
@Shiryu I keep expecting the foreground heads in that video to make wisecracks MST3K style.
@AlphaJaguar I had forgotten all about that game. I think it was supposed to be a Star Wars game but they lost the license so changed the characters a bit (one of them was still basically Chewie).
i did have this for my neo geo & loved it but it wasnt the greatest game.
Sun Soft, Banpresto, Treasure, Irem, love the varied and multitudinous output of those small Japanese devs back in the day
@SonOfVon Oh please. Stop bellyaching. These are cool ports.
@BionicDodo That would make this the best game ever!
I just want Twinkle Star Sprites.
Please Nintendo.
@BionicDodo That's exactly right. It was only because of Project X Zone 2 that I want the series to be revived.
Neo Geo needs to calm down with Switch games and Nintendo needs to step in and make their own VC
@BezBot @SonOfVon We'll be getting one of these a week for another 2 years (by my calculations, for all non-licenced games remaining in the NEOGEO library). Unless, of course, HAMSTER decides to bring other ACA titles that they released on PSN. But hey, at least there will always be at least one game coming out every week on the eShop!
As for me, I'll pass on Galaxy Fight for now. But it'll be high up on my rainy day list. PSN and XBL get The Last Blade this week, though. I'm jealous!
Meh, I never heard of this game until I saw it on Xbox One. Saw some gameplay videos and it didn't really click with me, I'll probably pass.
I just want the other King of Fighters games now, really, although to be honest I most want some non-Neo Geo arcade games like Double Dragon and Bad Dudes.
"Of course Sunsoft would go on to develop Waku Waku 7 "
Which you folks are better off playing.
Oh NeoGeo...how I love thee.
It's a decent game, just very hard, even at the lowest level of difficulty.
I will definitely skip this, though it has good graphics, very good AI and decent characterization (though characters are few).
But still too hard, and that's a big no for so many people.
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