I like this game. It's really fun. This is a good game that is worth buying for anyone 2D fighting game fan like me.
I give it an 8.5/10
More Great Games From SNK!! I like the fact that SNK continues to come out with wonderful games to keep their fans interested. This game has great re-playability and lots of characters that I hoped would be playable from the SNK franchise. If you love fighters then you'll love Neo Geo Battle Coliseum.
Neo Geo Battle Coliseum Neo Geo Battle Coliseum is a dream match from SNK-Playmore; it combines all of their major games into one. Namely Fatal Fury(including Mark of the Wolves), King of Fighters, Samurai Showdown, Last Blade 2!, the not too well known World Heroes, and even Metal Slug, there are also 2 original characters: Yuki and Ai, pictured on the cover.
Needless to say there are a ton of characters, but is the game engine up to par? The answer is a definite yes, it manages to create a different feel from KOF (the mainstay of SNK) and from all their other games without getting too gimmicky. The basis is that you select 2 characters, with the ability to switch them in and out, they can also do a tag attack super move of sorts. There are also some secret combination attacks.
One of the good things about this game is that it should appeal to both hardcore and casual players very easily. Hopefully SNK-PLaymore will continue to release great 2D fighters outside of Japan.
Neo mania review A great mixture of Snk classic character roaster. The fighting is fast paced and steady.The moves are easy to pull off, great control over the characters. Should have been more characters though to choose from. Otherwise an excelent fighting game to the Snk universe. Most notably my favorite is the Samurai & Last blade dudes.
SNK Playmore's Fighting Evolution This game first caught my eye the first time I'd seen it (in early 2006, I was watching G4's "Cinematech" show & they had a couple of clips from this game; it was the japanese PS2 version).
Now that I owned it, I will say this, SNK Playmore did a good job on this game esp. if you compare this to Capcom Fighting Evolution. Many of the fighters were given much needed makeovers (unlike Capcom's game where they just recycle nearly all the fighters's sprites) & some like Robert Garica were totally madeover. We also have fighters from games that never appeared in the "King of Fighters series like the ninjas from World Heroes, & the sword fighters from Samurai Shodown & Last Blade. The Double Assaults is a great idea & should be used in all future tag-team based fighters.
As for gameplay, you can play Arcade mode where you're given 300 seconds to beat many teams as you can but only one team member needs to be KOed to go on to the next team. Every 3 teams you beat you can choose to restore your life, add more time on the clock, or fill up your power stock but once you used one, you can't pick it again. When time runs out you fight one of 4 bosses. Who you fight depends on how you did those previous 300 seconds (the one fighter down you lose rule still applies).
Then there's tag play which feels more like Marvel vs Capcom; beat both team members to go to the next team. And in Survival Challenge, you fight tag team after tag team until both your fighters gets KOed in a match.
The 3-D backgrounds are very nice. Favs are the underwater stages, the underground mine one (with the robot chasing you in the background) & the dragon stages (despite the slowdown that does happen here). The music is OK but not as rememberable as the music from SNK Playmore's (and SNK pre-2001) earier games. The highlight in the sound department are the voices (I'm a sucker for fighters with cute Japanese voices...)
And the fun factor? I actually give this game two rating here; 1 player: 3 stars; 2 players: 5 stars, thus 4 stars overall. Once you unlock the endings (which are mostly text based), the galleries & the unlockable fighters, there's not much else you can do in this game if you're playing solo. Also, the CPU's a little easy...until you make it to any of the bosses who are very cheap. However with two players, you & a friend will be playing this game for hours on end.
PS About the load times, the Japanese & PAL versions of this game had long loading times. This is not an issue in the American version so don't let that keep you from buying this game if you're interested.
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