Video by Matt S. Kirby Fighters 2 is an excellent little fighting game that has oodles and oodles of charm going for it. Something else going for it is that it captures the local multiplayer magic of the early-era Smash Bros. that I do think has been lost a little…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. We already knew what the developer behind Fight Crab was capable of. The previous title, Ace of Seafood, was a manic, truly Dadaist trip of a game, eschewing such mundane considerations as “good gameplay” to instead throw players into something wild, different, and really quite subversive…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’m going to review the Nintendo Switch “ports” of Neo Geo Pocket Color fighters King of Fighters R-2 and Samurai Shodown! 2 together, as I don’t think there’s enough to write an entire review on them individually – especially as these games share many of the…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I never did own a Neo Geo Pocket Color, but on the strength of the two fighting game ports that have just landed on Nintendo Switch: Samurai Shodown! 2 and King Of Fighters R2, I really wish I did, because this humble little handheld showed just…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Fighting games tend to age poorly. There’s a lot to the genre, from the need for intricate animation and precise physics, through to the consumer demand for expansive rosters and characterisation. That means it’s a rare fighter indeed that hasn’t been completely superseded a console generation…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Just last week, SNK Gals’ Fighters was released on Nintendo Switch. A brilliant port of an old Neo Geo Pocket Color title, Fighters preempted SNK Heroines from 2018. And yet, despite the super-modest hardware and two-button approach to fighting, Gals’ Fighters is arguably the superior of…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. All good things come to an end. For Dead or Alive 6 it seems like it came to an end far too soon, with Koei Tecmo announcing that the new DLC that was released this week will be the end of it. I know, I know,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Say what you like about the quality of the Arc System Works licensed fighters (no, I’m not a massive fan of that Dragon Ball one), one thing that is undeniable is that the team make sure that every fighting game spin-off they work on is reflective…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I’m a bit late to this particular party, but I’ve just started playing Granblue Fantasy Versus for the first time, and I can’t believe I’ve taken so long. I’ve got a review coming on DDNet next week, but I’ve done this first impressions video because I…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. With the original My Hero One’s Justice, developer Byking assembled a competent anime arena fighter. Its stylish comic book aesthetics harnessed My Hero Academia’s spirit and the combat system leveraged even the cast’s most eccentric superpowers. Much like series protagonist Midoriya Izuku, though, its untapped potential…
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