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[DS] SNK to replace buggy game. Bravo and ouch.

Story here.

Many, many moons ago SNK released my much loved Neo Geo Pocket Color. It was a great little handheld aimed at old-school gamers and not their kid brothers. Well, SNK discontinued it and closed up shop in the US (rather unexpectedly, at that). When they did that, they purchased back all the systems from retailers in hopes that they would be welcomed back by retailers and distributors upon their eventual return.

Then SNK folded. Bloody Aruze.

Anyhow, long (and damn complicated story) SNK came back, and has just released an update to one of my favorite NGPC games, Card Fighter's Clash. Aaaand... it had a "show-stopping" bug. In the same vein of good vibes, SNK will be replacing the buggy game soon. Bravo to SNK, and ouch to the hit it'll be on their (relatively small) pocket-book. Granted, they should be able to write it off, but that still has to sting both financially and in the ego.

Will Gamespot redo their review? No telling. I was quite thrilled about it until I read the review, especially when you consider how well the original did. But still, its good to see them doing "the right thing" once again, even if it hurts in the meantime.