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@Serpenterror It's been a while since I've heard anything about it, but didn't SNK mention something about making a new Art of Fighting game? Man, you don't see Waku Waku 7 brought up enough! So fun and one of my all time favorites. It'd be a miracle if that got brought back, although sunsoft developed it, but I assume SNK owns the IP?

I can hardly wait to dig in to the new garou, and hopefully this KOF studio makes it possible for a new entry in the Last Blade series. Maybe with Samsho going into the action RPG realm Last Blade will take the reigns as their next weapons based fighter?

The wild West that is the switch eshop...I really hope Nintendo manges to get it right on switch 2, but it seems like a tall order. As easy as cherry picking the better parts of other digital store fronts would be it doesn't seem like Nintendo's style. I'd be good with it just being the 3ds eshop. Great article NL!

I had a blast with NWC. I grew up with most of these games and had no interest in speed running them. It was great getting to play them from a completely different angle, and being able to share them, in bite sized form, with my daughter. Its a nice addition to the rotation with the NES remixes.

The next jalecolle installment, Saiyuuki World, released too. I played through it last night and really liked it. Plan on doing another run through tonight.

At first glance, combos kind of remind me of KI. Not necessarily a bad thing, just an observation. I'd definitely give this a whirl.

Super excited for this release!!

Solid news! I was never nuts about arena style fighters, but I really enjoyed the first game. It managed to keep from going stale even with a ton of content. Can't say I feel the same about the party game. Although fun, I found myself suggesting other party games for multiplayer. Definitely looking forward to this new one!

@msvt
I just preordered via Amazon. Also in the US.

Looking forward to, finally, getting the best Alpha 3! CVS2 & Project Justice is icing! Stoked to get this.

Awesome! I wasn't familiar with these before, but certainly am now. Thanks for the heads up!

This series has always piqued my interest. Maybe nows a good enough time to give it a real go.

@mlt The Wii u pro controller.... Nintendo knocked it out of the park with that one! Hands down, the perfect d-pad. The 8bitdo ultimate controller has been my all purpose 'go to' controller for a while now. From what I can tell, their controllers are as close as it's going to get to a legit Nintendo d-pad.

@AlexOlney Honestly, I'd consider the pro controller the finest controller made to date if it weren't for the d-pad. Otherwise, I'd agree that switch's library and NSO is, about, as good as could be asked for these days.

Another reason to, somehow, lose unfathomable hours to these clowns...

This was a day one buy for me. An absolute blast of a game to play and replay. Definitely worth the price of admission.

@Ryu_Niiyama hmmm maybe I misunderstood. I don't or haven't had Twitter or any other social media, but embedded in the article I do see the post/images.

@Ryu_Niiyama I've no social media either, but it still allows me to see the images.

Strange how scarce CRTs are now. At one point you couldn't give em away.

@eltomo those are the official N64 clamshell cases with the manual in the front. I had some of those back in the N64 days...been a while since I've seen them.

This is great news, thrilled to get a new kunio game.

Bo path of the teal lotus

@HeadPirate interesting stuff! Thank you for that!

@HeadPirate I wasn't aware of this trend, but am well out of this age range. We talking SF II-IV and to a lesser extent V, or Guess Fighter VI?

I, for one, am still looking forward to this one. I loved the first two. Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't the reviews similarly split on the originals as well? It definitely seems like the type of game you're either into or not.

@gojiguy As an avid bullet hell/shmup player and 80s kid I echo the 1cc sentiment, but have also put a lot of time in on this game. My local arcade has it and my daughter loves it. While it is a fun button masher I do find myself loosing interest rather quickly no matter how well I'm doing. Maybe I'm not fully invested, my ADD, or it's just me, but I figured I'd chime in since our approach to this type of game is similar. Honestly, Ill probably buy it, simply, to have another fun multi player game with the kid, but will certainly wait for the price to plummet.

@NotTelevision
And we were rocking like dokken; still are.

If the guitar peripheral has midi of any kind, then, there is a lot of potential for established guitarists.

@Banks sf2 was the reason I bought the vb ever drive thing, don't recall what it's called. It was worth a go but it's no where near the snes version.

@Banks I pulled it out for my daughter relatively recently and she was floored. She's played the 3ds plenty, but there's something about the "dark room" feel, with the rest shut out, that will draw you in.

Probably like a lot of the other NES/Nintendo power generation folks here. I got one once the hard cut the price to peanuts, but awkward as it is, I always had a good time with the vb.

@Serpenterror very fun indeed. We should play some matches in xiii and xv if you have it.

River city, all over it.... loved it on 3ds + rikis story was killer even without being able to read it. Definitely stoked on giving another few go throughs.

Ive been curious about these, but have used the hori split pads for a while now. Mostly, would've been curious to see how they compare as I love the hori's.

@Collette ha I know I know. My first thought was "oh crap! How much is this gonna cost me?"

I got an almost identical one of those when I purchased tetris for sega saturn eons ago. It was bundled inside the game case. The only difference, aesthetically, was the color. Gray vs yellow. Button layout, shape, key ring, are all the same.

@AlexOlney
Moooonn pie....

I wonder what would happen if you accidentally nudged the cartridge...

Not a chance. While I love the game. 3 and 64 are hands down the best.

This is absolutely wonderful news!!! Love this controller....and this game

Sweet!!! This is great news! Absolutely love these games.

I think the possibility of them stopping production based on the system being hacked is pretty small. With how many different console's and options to play roms, including a multitude of Nintendo consoles, I couldn't really imagine this being a factor. I think it sucks that i wasn't able to snag one, but in the end it's just an "oh well" situation.

While fatal fury maybe one of my all time favorite franchises. I'd have to mostly agree with this review. I am, however, absolutely loving how many fighting games the switch has been getting. We just need a fighstick or a converter for another console's fightstick to truly fall into it.

I feel like pokken, with the new characters, is an absolute must for a switch port! Pokken may very well be my favorite wii u game and I don't much care for Pokemon.

Sweet gotta love skullomania!!

Yeah, I was thinking the same but figured something would have to come along soon enough, at least before usf2 released. I did read that brook is working on "something" for switch so we shall see. I bought one of their ufb pc boards last month but have yet to install it, but I guess either a switch update for that or one of their super coverters is in the works. Here's hoping for sooner rather than later.

@Ryu_Niiyama.
Yeah I'm dying with all these neogeo titles and no stick to play them on, although I'm hoping a controller converter is released as well, would rather use any of my other sticks rather than the hori, i much prefer the jlf to the haybusa, plus would save some serious $$$

With the likes of waku waku 7 on there I need a fight stick on switch...for reals!

Now we just need a legit fightstick or a brook adapter! I'd much rather use one of my sticks vs the announced hrap for switch.

@AlphaJaguar yes and yes...and legacy support for fightsticks would be a godsend to keep from having to drop the cash on the hori stick coming out, although don't see it possible bc wii/wii u sticks aren't usb