Kunio and the kids of River City are back again to put on another mythical tale from history in River City Saga: Journey to the West. This time, Kunio is taking center stage as Son Wukong, following the famous tale of Journey to the West. But leaving the mean streets to be the Monkey King […]
Arc System Works is mostly known for its contributions to the fighting game world, with titles like Guilty Gear -Strive-, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and the BlazBlue series. They have, on occasion, been known to step outside of the genre of brawling, and this is their latest experiment: the quirky world of Damon and Baby. What […]
Billy and Jimmy Lee are back in Double Dragon Revive! The boys have escaped the cameo hell of River City Girls to once again hit the streets. It’s time to make use of their Sosetsuken fighting abilities and remind players why the Lee boys were the original walk-and-brawl boys. Back to the Beginning Double Dragon Revive […]
Outside of your Capcoms, SNKs, and Namcos, you also have the unsung heroes of the fighting game world, such as the subject of my topic today, Eighting. Let’s see if their checkered history of traditional and anime fighting games strikes up another win or loss for them with Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact. Double […]
Super Technos World: River City & Technos Arcade Classics is the latest compilation from the storied history of Technos, famous for Double Dragon and Kunio-Kun (often localized as River City). But will this be an informative trip down memory lane, or a mix of mediocrity? This compilation of retro titles consists of 12 games from […]
It seems like just yesterday I was lamenting the lack of River City games in English. Then River City Girls appeared, which set off a flood of these titles making their way to the West over the past few years. One of these was a spin-off which I loved, River City Saga: Three Kingdoms, and […]
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys: Celes is the latest in the rather niche “anime fighting game” franchise developed by French-Bread, famous for the Melty Blood series. Will this game add to the ever-growing landscape of fighting games in 2024, or be condemned to death on arrival? The Midnight Hour Approaches For fans of the lore […]
River City, aka Kunio-Kun, is one of those franchises I would have never put money on becoming something that would get localized with such reliability, considering its history. Be it River City Girls or the Romance of the Three Kingdoms spin off, we are not being forgotten in Kunio’s adventures, and this new title is […]
BlazBlue has seemingly always prided itself on strange titles, much in the vein of the completely nonsensical naming conventions of the Kingdom Hearts franchise. Big hair and daft names aside, one aspect BlazBlue hasn’t fully capitalized on yet is spin-off titles. But things are about to change with the Early Access release of BlazBlue: Entropy […]
Originally released on consoles and PC back in 2022 to a warm response, DNF Duel quickly suffered the curse of the fighting game drop-off. Now, with the support of a roadmap and a massive update schedule, DNF is ready to become the street fighter in its Nintendo Switch debut. DNF Duel is a 1vs1, 2D […]