SNK Announces ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 9 And Vol. 10 For Switch

Praise be to the gaming gods! Super Sidekicks 3 will be available again! I missed my chance to purchase it before it was delisted from the eshop

Considering the NeoGeo only had 150 total games (not counting bootlegs, homebrews, and aftermarket releases) in its entire library, we only need 5 more volumes until the collection is finally considered complete. Still with Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash, Double Dragon, Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer, and Power Instinct Matrimelee still missing, we probably won't get the full 15 volumes of all NeoGeo games.

Real Bout 2, Samurai Shodown Special, Metal Slug 3 and KoF97 might make 10 my favorite one yet.

Both of these collections are pretty solid...

Worth noting Pop'n Bounce aka Gappolin is exclusive to the compilation, since it was never released separately.

Going to need all of these.

@Zuljaras
Yes!! Magician Lord!! It’s been a long wait.

But I really didn’t expect this announcement for Vols. 9 & 10 so soon!
Hamster, you sneaky buggers!!

@Serpenterror Did Viewpoint ever release on Switch?

Blimey, they are going to overtake Kemco collections at this rate!

@GrailUK Nah, sadly since it was developed by Sammy, now part of Sega, they aren't on board with Arcade Archives.

@PKDuckman Awww. Still, kinda nice it found a home alongside Zaxxon

@Serpenterror There are some Neogeo games on Switch that are available outside of Arcade Archives. That includes Breakers, Rage of the Dragons, Super Dodgeball, SVC Chaos, Windjammers, plus the Visco Collection that contains Andro Dunos, Ganryu, and several others.

Slow the hell down!!! I haven't even begun to collect these yet! 😅

But I would love a boxset, assuming that we may get one once they're done.

Strongest line ups yet! I may get these finally

Now these feel like something I should have been there from the start for.

Just a bunch of arcade ROMs, meh.
PS2 versions are better.

Amazing people goggle up these lazy ROM collections and never once mention the price. Galaxy 1 & 2 remastered is a rip off, but these are fine?? Weird.

@Dimey for a lot of people these games hold a place in their childhoods which can't be recreated legally as easy as something like Mario Galaxy, there's 80 million Wii consoles around that can play Galaxy. For me I'm still waiting to see tumblepop from Data East published in one of these that will be an instant buy, I used to travel into town and pay for each credit in that game, played for hours, finished it many times but would pay whatever price to own it at home on my switch legally.

@Stormcloudlive Fair point and I do get that... I suppose I just remember when I had my PS2, things like Taito Legends included 30 or more arcade games, so a tad surprised nobody has any gripes about this Neo Geo collection being spread out like this! And now Taito do their Legends packs which are by comparison an absolute rip off. The way things are these days I guess...

@Dimey To be fair, these games are also available individually for less than $10 each on the eshop, so the collections are more aimed at collectors wanting to own physical copies than the average person.

Furthermore the emulation quality of those ROMs are generally considered to be decent to great, and far better than the PS2/PSP compilations we got over a decade ago.

I would like a Build Your Own ACA, that'll be great!

A while ago I googled for lists of the best Neo Geo games. I looked for ranked lists at least 25 games long. I ended up finding 7 qualifying lists with 132 unique games and a total of 413 separate entries.

ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 9 collection has 4 of the top Neo Geo games:

• King of the Monsters
• Magician Lord
• Samurai Shodown II
• Street Hoop
  Plus Super Sidekicks 3: The Next Glory which has been delisted on the eShop in the West, presumably because it has a Taiwan team, and China didn't like that.

ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 9 collection has 4 top Neo Geo games:

• Magical Drop III
• Metal Slug 3
• Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers
• Samurai Shodown V Special

These are much better collections than the most recent prior collections, which only had 2 top games out of 10.

Super Sidekicks 3 available... Now I am interested!

Volume 10...The one that, if it were to get an American release, would be the one that carried the ESRB's M rating on it (possibly on an E-M rating range icon, given the nature of the collection), given it's got the one and only game in the entire Arcade Archives line thus far to be rated so harsh (Samurai Shodown V Special)...

(For the record, a hypothetical European release would carry the PEGI 16; Australia'd slap on their MA15+...)

I get feeling, they are putting a few good ones and crap ones in each collection, so more "fools" are buying more than one of them.

Can't wait, so far I've got the first 6 with 7&8 on pre-order..... Love these NeoGeo Comps.

@Teksette ah, just got the neo geo collection for my evercade alpha.. forgot to play this until know.. will do!

@GrailUK Not yet I suppose, I'm still hoping it would. I was also hoping that if by some luck they include a NeoGeo CD game in one of these such as Samurai Shodown RPG.

@romanista
Yeah, Magician Lord was among the earliest NeoGeo releases, and really stood out back then with its high quality (although it was brutally difficult - a coin muncher for sure).

I kept waiting for it to pop up in an Arcade Archives sale, and I never happened to catch it. So I’m glad we’re finally getting it in these physical selections!

Evercade has tempted me with their collections, especially when they released that nice tabletop mini arcade cabinet! I just can’t buy everything I want, though! I hope you’re enjoying their NeoGeo collection. Is the emulation and overall experience on par with the Arcade Archives releases?

I have the neo geo super pocket but being able to play some of these games on a bigger screen with a proper controller is very enticing

@Teksette the emulation itself is certainly on pair, I bought that Bartop because I always dreamt of a neo geo arcade, and this I can fit on my standing desk, for that proper arcade feel.. One thing that is missing (on the neo geo cart at least) is dipswitch access, which the Hamster ones might have.. I even bought some metal slug stickers to decorate it with

@MontyCircus you're doing this most of the time, aren't you.. are these the best of the bunch ?

@Serpenterror lazy question, as I could research it, but are volumes 1-8 on the switch?

I wish Nintendo would do this instead of online subscription crap.

@Coffee-Waffle Previous volumes were released for Switch 1 too.
If you're looking for fighting games there, do not care about them. Better play PS2 versions, that were released as part of NEO•GEO ONLINE COLLECTION and SAMURAI SPIRITS ANTHOLOGY. There are few rare exceptions however. Like, there's no that much difference between NEO•GEO and console versions of Garō: Mark of the Wolves. Though, Dreamcast version had some issues, if I'm not mistaken.

«I wish Nintendo would do this instead of online subscription crap.»
Sadly, days of Virtual Console are long gone now. 😔

@Vyacheslav333 I embarrassingly have not played the Neo-geo collection, would you recommend it?

I’d love physical collections of the old stuff on carts, gladly pay for that!

Thank you for replying!

THE ALMIGHTY MAGLORD HAS ARRIVED, PRAISE ROT!

@Coffee-Waffle «I embarrassingly have not played the Neo-geo collection, would you recommend it?»
Only NEOGEO POCKET COLOR ones.
Steam version of the 1st volume is superior to console versions – it has one exclusive racing game that is unavailable in other versions.

I’ve got the first four, but they don’t work great on my SW2. Sometimes I just can’t select a game. Very odd. That’s the reason I stopped collecting them.

@Serpenterror has the Neo Geo got the greatest release:quality ratio of any other system ever?

Fighter's History DYNAMITE!!

And Fatal Fury 3. That might have been the game I hear the best ending crashes the game when run on an English BIOS. But maybe the was the AES (home) hardware.

Very happy volumes 9 and 10 are coming before the year is up, with Magician Lord and Metal Slug 3!

I still would like at least one more volume with Robo Army, Eight Man, and honestly, whatever is left that they have converted. I think I read that 108 NEOGEO games have been released on Switch ACA. Been enjoying volumes 1-6 and discovering a bunch of games that I would have passed over if we’d gotten standard collections. Usually this mish-mash of games would bother me, but somehow it doesn’t. I never got into SNK fighters or even knew about shmups besides Last Resort, but Blazing Star is awesome as are many of the fighting games. Been having too much fun!

i need to pick these up. having these games physical is the ideal

I'll say it again. Too late, they started releasing these collections so many years after the digital releases that nobody expected this, so we already have most of the games. It's a shame.

@Vyacheslav333 thank you, I’ll research it then in that case!

I found there is a top 40 to 45 Neo Geo games that are most unreservedly recommended.

If you're interested just in those top games...you'll need to buy all 10 of these collections!

These collections are for:

• physical edition enthusiasts
• people who want all the Neo Geo games, regardless of quality, i.e. "every Neo Geo game is a good game!"

Otherwise, it's much cheaper to pick and choose, and collect the top games as individual downloads.

For example, I found the physical collections go for about $52 USD, while eShop downloads are $8 (and on rare occasions go on sale for under $6).

So for example, with a collection full of 4 "top games", you're paying $52 for top games that would cost $32 (or less) individually. And most collections are not that bountiful.

@MontyCircus I pre-ordered volumes 9 and 10 for $39.99 USD each a day ago on play-asia. I used the Physical Paradise discount code “JORDAN2025” and it ships to my door for $84.

VGP and PNP are $43.50 and $43.99, respectively, but buying both volumes will qualify you for free shipping. Think my carts showed $87.99 and $86.99. I saved money with PA 😃

Amazing, keep them coming!!!

@Serpenterror By my count, there are 149 officially licensed Neo Geo MVS games.

I would say that 11 of those stand absolutely no change of being rereleased on modern platforms. The Irritating Maze has dedicated hardware, never gonna happen. There are also 6 Japan only exclusive Mahjong games, 4 Japan exclusive Quiz games, and 1 Shogi game - those seem very safe to exclude too.

So, that leaves us with 138 realistically possible Neo Geo games for re-release:

108 - have already been released by Hamster as part of the downloadable "ACA Neo Geo" series, which is the source for almost all of the games on these physical compilations (99 of the 100 across Vol.1-10)

1 - Pop'n Bounce is the only physical collection exclusive we have seen so far, in vol.10. It has not been released on ACA Neo Geo for download.

10 - QUByte published ten other Neo Geo games on modern platforms. 7 of those are on the Visco Collection (Andro Dunos, Bang Bead, Battle Flip Shot, Captain Tomaday, Ganryu, Goal!Goal!Goal!, and Neo Drift Out), Breakers and Breakers Revenge are also Visco games but got their own two-game compliation. And QUByte also released Rage of the Dragons NEO, an enhanced version of the Neo Geo original.

3 - Three other Neo Geo games also got modern console re-releases. SVC Chaos, published by SNK itself. Super Dodge Ball is on the Super Technos World compliation by Arc System Works (who now owns Technos' IP), and Windjammers got an enhanced release courtesy of Dotemu.

So that's 122/149 Neo Geo MVS games already on Switch, with 11 of the remaining games easily excluded as mentioned above. That leaves only the following 16 games (most of which also feel pretty unlikely):

1. Bomberman: Panic Bomber (Hudson Soft, now Konami)
2. Double Dragon (Technos, now Arc System Works)
3. Eightman (SNK, but likely licensing issues with respect to the original manga)
4. Fight Fever (Developed and published by obscure Korean dev Viccom, who worked with SNK on Korean localizations. Fun fact, no joke, the company was founded by a guy named Kim Kaphwan... the inspiration for the Fatal Fury character's name!)
5. Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash (Hudson Soft, probably now Konami, though likely complex licensing since it's a manga/anime property)
6. Legend of Success Joe (SNK/Wave - again, manga IP licensing issues may be a concern here)
7. Matrimelee (Atlus, now Sega)
8. Neo Bomberman (Hudson Soft/Konami)
9. Neo Mr. Do! (Visco, but under license from Universal so feels unlikely to get a rerelease due to the licensing concerns)
10. Nightmare in the Dark (Eleven/Gavaking, published in the US by SNK)
11. Pochi & Nyaa (Taito)
12. Puzzle de Pon (Visco)
13. Puzzle de Pon R (Visco)
14. Tecmo World Soccer '96 (Tecmo)
15. Viewpoint (Sammy, now Sega)
16. Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (Technos, may have anime licensing issues)

So realistically, we shouldn't expect any more than 11 ten-game physical volumes. Since there are 9 remaining ACA Neo Geo games not on the first 10 volumes, it wouldn't be that surprising to see a final volume 11 with those games. Either a 9-game pack, or maybe they find another previously unreleased title like Pop'n Bounce to include for a nice even 10. Perhaps Nightmare in the Dark? Or maybe SVC Chaos since SNK is involved?