Fighting Game Hype Thread

[Randorama]

Re: the new Garou, OK, it seems it is a case of chumocracy at work. I wonder if SNK can stand losing the 1k fans still hovering around who will not buy the game because of these inclusions. The tone of the article and the comments below really feel like pandering to a crowd of 50 decrepit cats, tome. I definitely need to stop reading press releases on videogames.

[cave hermit]

About a year or so after Tekken 8 came out I decided to start trying to play it seriously. Got to Fujin rank with Bryan Fury, then season 2 dropped and Bamco shat the bed with explosive force, leaving behind naught but a coiled serpent of stinking filth, almost as if Eve's sin had been made manifest.

Maybe I'll come back for season 3 if it's been fixed.

I tried some of the new Fatal Fury game and was pleasantly surprised, but not enough to commit to a purchase, at least not at $60.

[Randorama]

Shameless self-promotion: the Mutant Fighter/Death Brade squib is up. It discusses a "fantasy wrestling" game by Data East that had a respectful impact, even if DECO released it during the SFII craze. I am not sure that we have a wrestling thread, but I do briefly cite a few good arcade wrestling games from the 1980s in the squib. There have been a few more wrestling games after this brilliant if somewhat flawed title (...hey, it's DECO!), but I am happy to mention them if someone wants to discuss the topic, as always.