I finally get to play this game and I got it for Christmas. This game is somewhat better than Capcom Fighting Evolution considering its not enough characters and unbalanced. I basically unlock everything in one day by getting hidden characters and once you unlock all the characters, you unlock all the galleries. One thing it let this game down is that you cannot turn off the time limit. The most cheapest boss in this game is Goodman and I can't stand him and Mizuchi. Not to mention Mizuchi always doing that same cheap attack. There seems to be a lag problems going on with it in one of the 3D Stages, which I really hate it because it makes it hard for you to play. I also noticed that some of the character animation frames came out kinda bad. For example, during Haohmaru's stance, his eyes were kinda like messed up frame by frame, which was a animation error. Then during Nakoruru's intro before the fight starts, her animation kinda lack. Anyway, they got about 40 characters that I like, too. I still had to get used to it this game, though. Sometimes Tag Play can be kinda lame because of most of the time you can never defeat your opponents in 100 seconds and the fight be over too quick. I guess the only way you turn the timer off is that you need a codebreaker for sure. If you a SNK fan, you can either play some other games like King of fighters XI or other.
2D fighting games are all but dead these days. After the disappointing showings of SVC Chaos, and Capcom Fighting Evolution, it's no wonder why its dead. But for once, here comes one that shows that it isn't over just ye... Read Full Review
*added Dec. 25, 2007 - This game has now seen a release in the United States and is exactly the same as its Japanese couterpart (which is what this review is based on) in terms of play. The only differences between the U... Read Full Review
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