The MAD Story of SNK VS CAPCOM SVC CHAOS : An Important Game!? - RARE GAMING HISTORY
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Today, Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of the SVC Chaos SNK Vs Capcom and its importance.
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ShinMamoruX2K4 - Ultra Street Fighter 2 - • Ultra Street Fighter I...
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SNK's death and rebirth clearly shows that sometimes, maybe a lot of the time, the employees and owners aren't the reason companies crumble. But the high management who're more worried about filling their pockets by selling the company than making the company work as they were hired to.
I LOVE how this game looks. The Capcom characters don't look like Capcom characters copy/pasted into this game - the entire game looks 100% like an SNK Fighting Game.
SNK characters looked like SNK characters (re-used the SNK sprites)
too bad it played terribly
@@jinkazama7587 They seemed to have reworked and re drew their sprites. They have this game a nice cohesive look.
That's interesting because I hate how this game looks lol
Yeah, snk characters on capcom vs snk have rough edges unlike capcom characters. More effort were given to capcom character designs. For svc chaos, both sides are gorgeus, heck, they even made capcom characters looked better. Though cvs will always have the awesome background and sprites.
This game was so ahead of it's time. The atmosphere of this game and how dark it feels is incredible. Playing it still invokes a feeling of impending doom and dread, with every encounter reeking of desperation and a fight to the death feel.
Ive always thought SNK had some kind of Story Mode around for SNK and Capcom characters in this game but due its rush in releasing it was lost... Id love to know that story in some sort of future destroyed Earth, knowing SNK mayber had something to do with Orochi winning
"Ahead of it's time" is so misused and over used. This game used pretty much the same fight system from KOF 2002 but in 2003. How is that ahead of its time? SVC Chaos looked and felt outdated when it was released. It was stiff, sluggish and slow. It was poorly received because of it. Compared to Capcom Vs SNK 2 which was released in 2001 with a fight system that feels smooth, fast and crisp and it still feels that way now. SVC Chaos gets worse with age.
@Sentinel 88 Sure, just ignore the entirety of what I wrote about the atmosphere of the game and point out something I never addressed, the fighting system. You just wanted an excuse to say, "ahead of its time", is misused and overused it seems. This game has a unique atmosphere (not fighting system).
@@elohym876 Fighting games aren't judged by "atmosphere" They are judged by the mechanics and there is nothing in its atmosphere that was "ahead of its time" as the sprites and backgrounds looked dated when it was released. "feeling of impending doom and dread" "it feels dark" all of this was done better by the Guilty Gear series on PS ONE with much better graphics and an inferior fight system. That game had visuals that were much higher in resolution for its time and no called it "ahead of its time"
@Sentinel 88 You do know I'm entitled to my opinion, right? Your lack of comprehensionin your initial response not withstanding... let's agree to disagree.
Love how Demetri got a complete re-draw and not just pasted from Darkstalkers. What makes this game awesome is how the Capcom characters got the SNK touch - and we know, snk has a way of making their characters look menacing
This game is the shit.
The art, the music, the stages, new characters, story, gameplay, everything was really interesting.
My friends and I still have small tournaments to this day.
@TETCOM I have it on my phone, too. By mame4roid
My local arcade had it. No one would go to the machine except when someone saw you on it. The lines would form.
I remember buying the home cart version for the Neo-Geo AES on launch day. The game cost me $269USD. I now own the Neo-Geo MVS version, and I play it every chance I get.
All right for some 😠
Lucky.
SVC Chaos needs an online re-release, updated graphics, online play and some well-balanced gameplay.
It needs a remake man. The ai and game play could use it
The gameplay was already balanced.
I'll take the online thing only, the game is perfect the way it is, at least for me
Fun Fact:
This game was originally meant to be a sequel to the Neo-Geo Pocket Color's SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium released for Game Boy Advance.
In my opinion the Capcom characters look superb in this classic SNK style, especially the Street Fighter characters. If this was done on the Naomi hardware people would this is was the best looking 2D fighter ever.
Yep, the artwork is astounding and considering the insane age of the hardware it was made to run on.. I'd say it put to shame any of the modern systems of the time. This was every bit as good looking as any 2D Naomi title, IMO.
@@sabin1981 This game looks okay in comparison to other SNK published games made before it but in no way compares to the previous to SNK vs Capcom games.
indeed, to someone used to the newer 3d backgrounds of capcom, it might look somewhat primitive.
But the game is a stunner like all late MVS/AES titles considering the late 1980s kit they ran on.
Beyond all that, SNK pixel art was king, breaks my heart they broke from it by the mid 2000s rather than up ressing and framing it as should have been imho.
@@anasevi9456 I wish SNK goes back to making games with that look on some Sonic Mania stuff. They should be able to crank it out faster and turn a bigger profit these days. I think MVS games age better than even alot of the CPS2 and 3 stuff.
With sega naomi the sprites looks equal the only change was the map in sega naomi the map looks better with more movement
SNK was very respectful with the way they treated Capcom's IP, the sprites are beautiful, specially Chun Li's, who is very stylish in this game. This was the last time we had a Ryu that looked like a proportionate human instead of a giantism patient made of 400 kg of muscle and a head the size of a pea.
Funny enough, the worst sprites in the game are Athena's, who looks as if she came from an atari 2600 game, with no shades at all, just plain white color and yellow eyes. The scenarios were very bland, boring and lifeless, which is a shame coming from the same people that made the scenarios of the fantastic Garou Mark Of The Wolves.
The gameplay however was a bit stiff, just as in Capcom Vs SNK, which is a result, I think, of the difficulty of balancing the signature gameplay quirks of each company. The frantic and pressure focused style of KOF would've destroyed the Capcom characters that are designed for a more deliberate ground control, so SNK had to tone down the agility of the combat to please the Street Fighter fans while preserving their identity.
It's a comendable effort and hopefully we will see a new Capcom vs SNK in the near future, considering both companies are currently on a great roll.
Their Zero sprites are actually really dope, and Demitri actually looks scarier in KOF style than Capcom Style.
Joe Higashi's the announcer
Neo Geo Battle Coliseum recolors Athena's Sprite to have more details and this game should have been better than just depressing and dull which is the game all about
I disagree with the stiff gameplay part. It is not due balance, cause the Alpha series(mainly the third installment of the series) being as much or even more complex and pressure based as any KOF game.
This masterpiece would've been the pinnacle of fighting game, if it was made by 96~98 SNK...
Luis Debnath it would have been interesting if Ryu and Ken and their Street Fighter ilk could roll, run, and hop, hyper hop, and super jump as a real ADV KOF’98 gameplay speed. Capcom vs SNK 2 did an okay job with giving SNK characters, Capcom type Street Fighter gameplay, but the medium attacks of SNK characters (strong, forward) lacked a lot of combo ability. They were just pokes.
SNK VS CAPCOM was a big success in brazil on arcade machines and Ps2 because the Snk fight games is so popular in south america ... i love this games
As it was in Argentina, we all love the old school arcade fighting games.
I'd definitely like to see you do Tatsunoko vs Capcom
what the hell is tatsunuko??
@@andrewortiz9226 Animation company in Japan that did G-Force/Gatchaman, Karas, Speed Racer etc.
@@ticksmilk ok I've heard of speed racer
@Andrew Ortiz I don't know if it's an accurate comparison, but I like to think of Tatsunoko as Japan's equivalent to Hanna-Barbera.
@@SaviorGabriel Why would Capcom make a verses game with tatsunuko, they should of made Capcom vs SNK 3 or Capcom vs Konami (Capcom announced on website Capcom vs Konami) or some other big name company!!
You should do a video on The King Of Fighters XIII
😗wait it would need XII explained as well, using the same engine. But distribution was funky as XII was a stripped down beta (limited roster, with tons of music as dlc). Vs XIII was a complete title, tons of unlockables, and an amazing roster. But the engine was marvelous, each character felt alive, and had their own rhythm. I miss its style, wish it was used in XIV.
Kof 98
Agreed!
Man, that introduction at the start of the video where you go through SNK's fall from grace and reconstruction is amazing content. You really do deserve many more subs than you get!
Anyway, about the game, I really love the new sprites in it. Guile, Shiki, Dmitry, the Martian, Chun Li, etc. simply look amazing. This game really deserves a lot more exposure than it got, but it was released at an odd time for SNK.
Anyway, thanks for the awesome content!
I agree that he should be more popular than he is, 53k subs is quite a lot...I've been working on my channel for roughly 3 years, although I've only been doing gaming content for about 6 months, and I'm only at 112 subs. Getting your foot in the door as a content creator in an ocean full of content creators, it's next to impossible to garner an audience. I would say about 95% of people don't want to support a channel that has fewer than 20k subs. No one wants to actually be there in the beginning, but everyone wants to claim they were there...
@@Tom_Van_Zandt Make that 113 :) Gonna explore your content now! And yeah, I kind of understand what you mean. Hopefully all this nonsense that CZcams is doing to protect their advertising interests doesn't make it much worse.
@@AntonioRodriguezSilver Hah! I appreciate that. Watch for my Radical Review of TMNT 4: Turtles in Time for the SNES, dropping this weekend!
Antonio Rodríguez Negrón Yeah, me too. I’ll subscribe to you now.
Top Hat, thank you for covering SVC CHAOS. It's my favorite game of the franchise. :)
I miss fighting games where it's about secret characters and secret bosses, NOT MICROTRANSACTIONS OR A STORY MODE!!!!
I still like the classic SNK art style. So, this game is 9/10 for me
SVC Chaos is actually my favorite game of the Capcom SNK crossover fighters. My friend circle and I used to play this game religiously on the alongside Samurai Shodown V Special, King of Fighters 2002, Marvel vs Capcom 2 and Guilty Gear X2. A lot of people talk smack on SVC Chaos but it just had a charm to it.
Def a hard to find game ....
But NGBC> Capcom fighting jam aka
Capcom attempts Mugen.
I actually have good memories of this game. I loved playing KoF fans with Dictator and Claw because there's nothing like them in kof.
A rough game, to be fair, but enjoyable.
:D was playing SNK vs Capcom yesterday on my homemade bartop :P
I love playing this one on my PSP with cfw. Geese Howard is my favorite character & Red Aremer's stage looks amazing; Like it was ripped straight out of the Berserk anime.
Same here on my AES ;)
Same here on my android tablet. With crt filters of course.
My favorite CVS game is SVC chaos and CVS 2. 🐺💚💚💚✌
My absolute fave version of this crossover!
They had this gem at a local laundry mat my mom use to take us to in my early teen years. Out of all of Capcom crossover games, this one hits different.
I loved this game. I entered a contest to win a SvC cabinet but I didn’t win.
I'm glad this Street fighter series of videos has helped bring in so many more viewers to your channel! It's been quite fun to watch.
I just recently played SVC Chaos my first time on an FPGA Neo-Geo (MiSTer), and have quite enjoyed it so far, besides the often cheesy and broken enemy AI. Akuma's air fireballs completely shut them down, usually though. heh
This game was my indrocution to SNK games in 2011. I got it because it had MMZ Zero. I fell in love with the graphical style, reminded me of 90's pre-rendered style PC games. SNK characters looked so cool.
good shit as always. when they brought this one to our arcade it was a big WTF moment, even more so after unlocking some characters.
gotta love 256 colour hugo! stay fresh my man
Somehow I've been click holed into these videos consistently over the course of 2 weeks and I always end up watching the entire thing.
Serious Mr. Karate is actually canon. The first time Takuma used the Mr. Karate alias was when he was being blackmailed by Geese Howard and forced to work as his enforcer. He did so using the Mr. Karate alias, and was the last boss of the first Art of Fighting. The persona became more of a joke after he was defeated and freed from Geese. So the (regular) final boss for SNK's side of SVC Chaos was basically AoF1's final boss (who was NOTORIOUSLY hard).
I remember when this came out in my local arcade in 2003 and then a few months later I came across the exclusive Xbox version at my local game store. I instantly bought it at the $30 retail price and played it so much. I played many matches online via Xbox Live at the time. This game is so underrated and obscure. I wish I still had it. Love the art style, character selection, and the dialogue before matches.
What happened to it?
@@Batman43221 I sold my entire game, movie, and music collection 7 years ago.
What I most liked it about this game was exactly -- as highlighted in the video -- the opportunity to see SF characters portraied in an SNK style. After so many iterations of SF II, it felt as a breath of fresh air to the characters' visuals. I really liked that.
Sf2 will always be my favourite fighting game, it's so iconic and playable throughout the years from the arcade, to the 16 bit consoles right up to the collections on modern machines. However I always thought that snk's fighters and character designs were a bit more cooler, alternative and maybe baddass for want of a better term. A bit like comparing pop music of the 90's to grunge and alternative rock.
Did you ever play Art of Fighting?? Takuma wears the Mister Karate mask there
Beautiful 2D fighting games will forever look beautiful. This crossover would be awesome if this has the same stylized art design in higher definition with the fluid animation of street fighter 3: 2nd impact.
SF3 was blocky 4:3, what are you talking about?
SF3 Second Impact features 16:9 and looks amazing.
Actually the Grand Front Step, Gaurd Blowback and Hard Knockdown Throw don't consume a full bar of meter. Its actually something like 1/8th of meter.
Also the game has a Cancel mechanic as well, but it can only be done when the power meter reaches "Maximum". You can cancel specials into other specials or specials into supers.
HK+LP or forward+forward on block is the Grand Front Step
LP+LK or HP+HK are the Hard Knockdown Throw
LP+LK when normal thrown before you hit the ground is air recovery
HP+HK on block is the Gaurd Blowback and works like a CD attack in KOF but doesn't do any damage
Takuma wore that mask when he worked for geese howard
why do Mexicans love king of fighters better than Street fighter lol
@@andrewortiz9226 Because the NeoGeo was a much more sensible purchasing investment when you consider that one machine outlasted the CPS-1, CPS2, CPS-3, and NAOMI and just required an update to the marquee and a new cartridge to swap between games from as far back as 1990 to as late as 2003, making it far more appealing to the arcades of lower income areas in Latin America compared to the bigger budget Capcom and Acclaim dominating US arcades. Paying the equivalent of a few hundred US dollars for a brand new game makes a lot more sense than a few thousand if you can get away with it.
To be honest though, even as an American who grew up with Street Fighter Alpha, 3, Darkstalkers, and MvC2, I honestly nowadays just find SNK's fighters to be more fun. Real Bout 2, Garou, and KoF 2002 are really something special.
Takuma found out the fishy business of the evil mr big that is why mr big kidnaps yuri and takuma sakazaki had no choice to work for mr big wearing a mask as mr karate, art of fighting 1 lore
KOF is better than SF. That's it.
Oh, and Geese was Mr. Big's boss too...so if people worked for Mr. Big, they worked for Geese. Simple.
I love this game! I play it emulators all the time! I can never get past the second stage, though.
Not gonna lie this was my first SNK game I played and even of it looks old it still holds a special place in my gaming heart
I love this game. The art style. The gameplay mechanics. The huge roster. Everything. I got for $15 brand new 11 years ago. One of the best purchases I've ever made.
There are 2 Mr Karate : The original ( takuma ) and Mr Karate II : an older Ryo Sakasaki and he is on NeoGeo Battle Coliseum
Mr. Karate was intended to be an insult to ryu, From the game creator of snk. So capcom fired back with dan. The joke is that ryu(mr.karate) is Ryo's dad, to be defeated by Ryo in art of fighting 2. The creator of ryu was a guy who left the streetfighter 2 team to form snk.
I own this for AES and I have fun with it. Its very unique and I can appreciate that and itt holds up well today. Its a classic 1 on 1 battle with lots of neat hidden characters you can play as with a simple directional combination in character select. Demitri FTW!!
ive been playing fighting games for 25 years.
Wow, I had no idea Megaman Zero had been in a fighting game. Out of all the ones to be in, I did not even think this was a possibility. Also, the Mars people is another really surprising pick.
Your videos are beyond in-depth and informative. The story of SNK's CEO reclaiming his own company back is a great feel-good story. Subscribed!
Another legendary Mad history episode.
Please let the fighting documentaries never end!
My personal experience with this game.
Little buzz when it came out. Later I played the ps2 version. It was an okay game, but some backgrounds really look dull, while others look amazing.
I remember loving this game when it arrived to the arcades. I still go back and play it on occasion.
Thanks so much for putting all this info together, really appreciate it. Solid research.
"Violent Ken"
Now that sounds like a sick move
SVC chaos was a game I really loved back in the day. I still play it online sometimes.
Isn't Xbox Live for the original Xbox gone?
@@Batman43221 Online on mame, not Xbox.
I remember when this first came out in USA arcades. First character I chose? MMZ style Zero.
Ah I see you are a man of culture as well
Thanks for the video man. I subscribed because of how well this video was thoroughly researched.
I wish this game was made on the atomiswave arcade system instead on the neo geo
Not me, I own it on my MVS.
I don't think it would've made much of a difference. The games SNK had on there never really seemed to take much advantage of the hardware. The were little more than Neo Geo games with snazzier backgrounds, but still using decade old sprites.
It would look like kof XI .
Great work, as always. But i think you need to update your playlists more often. There are so many new videos about the history of fighting games that weren't added to the playlist. Thank you for making my quarantine so much more enjoyable.
SNK Vs Capcom Chaos was published under the SNK/Playmore banner here in the states, I owned this game once on XBOX
Didn't realise this didn't release in the states. Still got my ps2 copy, spent a drunken night (into the morning) playing this with two of my friends, it was my friend Dan's game and he sold it to me after I was putting a one sided beating on him and my other friend despite them playing and practicing it for a couple of weeks before I had even played it and for that I will always have fond memories of this game.
Really enjoyed this video, and interesting (albeit sad) to learn about SNKs problems at the time.
I enjoy playing SVC Chaos for the novelty value but it def feels rushed, even compared to early KoF games. Athena is great though, and mega OP :)
Cool to know it’s quite an achievement this game was ever made.
Do you have any issue's with pulling of the moves consistently ? Compared to other fighters ? Or was that just me. I felt so let down by this particular version lol
I liked this game and its art very very dark and subdued but its felt mechanics was definitely slower than SNK 2. Still a fun game tho.
Just wanted to say how much I love your history videos. I love how deep you get into the history. Please keep them coming! :D
My favorite fighting game of all time. I own it on Neo Geo AES, PS2, and Xbox. It is simply fighting game bliss...
Eye rocky Iori gets me every time. hahaha
The art and roster of SVC Chaos were outstanding. I thought the sprites looked WAY better than the CVS titles. A shame the game wasn't more popular, but that's probably heavily influenced by the actual mechanics not being fantastic. I was personally especially fond of Serious Mr. Karate, and I loved the inclusion of Dimitri, Tessa, and Zero.
Thank you for covering this!!!
Loved SVC Chaos, the best versionof the orginal SNK and Capcom VS series before the sequel IMO. Such beautiful artwork and sprite work.
Did you call Ryu "Pallette Swapped Ken" 😂😂 The disrespect!! 🤣😭😭 Great vids! 👍 I love this games art!!
I love SVC games. 🐺👌💚💚💚🎮
Nice one, loved the Playmore info at the front 😊
Thanks for deep diving on this. Its actually one of my favorite fighters for the reasons you mentioned towards the end. Seeing Capcom characters in that classic SNK pixel style is something I feel gets overlooked a lot. It's significant both from an artistic perspective and as part of the history of the industry. There isn't another instance where Capcom let its characters be reinterpreted in that way outside of Tekken Vs. Street fighter (not Street Fighter X Tekken), but of course that never ended up coming out. I actually bought a 33" Showcase Arcade with the PCB version of SVC Chaos in it to restore as a Classic MVS cabinet at home.
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom please
A SvC Chaos 2 would blow everyone's mind. Imagine using ArcSoft cartoon style witch this rooster.
That would be a dream come true. Would outdo CVS2 in a heartbeat. Not to mention the roster they could work with, and the music library
I prefer this style of graphics if they were to do a sequel.
I love the SNK style animations.
You could say Serious Mr. Karate is based on the Art of Fighting 1 version of the character
Thank you for covering SNK vs Capcom!!!
The shade at 7:32 😂
I love this game
These graphics are sick. I wish they had more time to finish this game. I want a 2D sequel.
Ironically this game got be back into 2D fighters on a hardcore level, back in 2003. More so because it was the newest game in the arcade at the time, and everyone was playing. It also got me deeper into the KOF series. Before then I had only played '95 on the PS1.
That history was NECESSARY! I had no idea all that was going on behind the scenes at SNK, but that ending was the ultimate revenge. I'm so happy it came full circle
Yeah thanks for covering SVC Chaos I am one of those who asked that you would so thanks. I thought the game was off when I first played on xbox back in the day cause I was so use to capcom graphics but appreciated it after a while and even more today. I still have my xbox copy.
I got a couple of SvC comics following the game story. The drawings are amazing
I find this video series very amusing. It's a right throwback to my younger days. It's interesting to see how history went. Like "SFIII and why we never played it" video, as opposed to NA and EU, arcades in South America were very popular at the time, at least in Brazil. So, I remember all those games playing in the machines! Going deeper on the backgroud history is fantastic! Nice video as always 👌🏻
Thank you thank you for doing this game. It's one of my favorites and your video was fun and informational
SvC Chaos! Yeaaaaaaaaa!
I love the art work on SNK vs Capcom Chaos and music and I like how this game has a darker feel to it!! I like when someone challenges you, the announcer says "Here comes a new Challenger" lol
I know there must be some licensing issues, but I wish this game would get an ACA rerelease on modern consoles...along with Double Dragon, Kabuki Klash and Matrimelee.
This is one of my favorite videos of yours so far. I LOVE SVC CHAOS! The only reason why I didn't play this one as much as the Capcom versus games is because I didn't have an XBOX. I still bought the game, and would borrow my brother's XBOX just to play it (and was seriously annoyed that it wasn't one of the XB games compatible with the 360). I wish this game would get a PS4/XB1 re-release in an era ahem we're more accepting of 2D games again.
SVC Chaos is broken as hell, in terms of balance, but so are MvC2 and SF3 3S, and those are considered classics with the top tier characters being nearly untouchable by the rest of the cast. Geese and Zero are annoyingly overpowered in this game, but many characters like Chun-Li, Guile, Demetri and Iori are a blast to play. This game definitely deserves another chance. Or, even better, a sequel with King of Fighters XIII-level graphics.
Man I remember this game, I used to play it all the time at the arcade in the mall. I still remember the,"There's no escape fight!" Ahh good times
To me this game is awesome! I actually like this more than Capcom VS SNK 1 and 2 mainly due to the graphics style reminiscing that of the KOF games (Particularly like you said, KOF 2002) And honestly, i like the roster choices in here as well. Although its still mainly SNK VS Street Fighter 2 (Like all the other basically), we at least got too see more Capcom characters, like Dimitri, Tessa/Tsubasa, Red Arremer/Firebrand (By the way, the BEST design for Firebrand I have ever seen to this day), Andre the Giant (Hugo of course), and most importantly, MegaMan/Rockman Zero (Also called Alpha in Japan). Better to have at least one Rockman rep in the SNK VS Capcom series than none because i feel Rockman should have been included somewhere somehow.
And I also like it because of how the game feels and plays in contrast to Capcom VS SNK. It just plays like a KOF game and me liking the KOF series it was a great time playing this. I just play SVC Chaos like i play KOF (only without the dodging, rolling, running, and blow backs) just like i play Capcom VS SNK 1 and 2 like I play Street Fighter. I feel those who dont like this or prefer this may not only be due to graphical comparison, but also just subjective preference in gameplay. I dont think the game is perfect by any means especially given that characters in the SVC Chaos roster arent balanced well (Goenitz in example), but this is a solid fighter worth playing especially for those who like the KOF series.
I just feel this game is kinda unfairly looked down and wasnt given a more fair chance by the general audience just because it was a new and anticipated crossover on older hardware. Yes theres no denying the Naomi and Dreamcast have more graphical power so they can produce more advanced visuals, but i dont think graphics alone is what make a game good or better, but the aesthetics or content, the feeling of the game, execution (which could have been better but given SNK's financial situation of course), mechanics, and replay value is what makes a game good or better. Especially when it comes to fighting games. Then worry about the graphics. You just dont wanna game to go through another Marvel VS Capcom Infinite situation where the game had a focus on the graphics (and online but thats irrelevant in this case) and then it wounds up flopping due to lack of things i mentioned before. Other than that take what i say with a grain of salt for this is just an opinion of mine.
I was in Akihabara in 2018, and I bought a Japanese PS2 just so I can play this game again. It's a shame SNK doesn't seem interested in re-releasing it. They could fix a few things while they port if over, and maybe slap a couple new character in while they are at it... easy. (Evil Ryu and Shadow Lady and well... anyone from KOF really. Ash Crimson and Kusanagi?)
I've always was left a strange feeling about liking this game . You hit the nail on the review
Yesssss TopHat covered it! Got a notification and instantly clicked on it.
Yes! Thank you for doing this video.
I love this game and appreciate you bringing it to light on your channel. I only wish the transformations were touched upon that Athena, Red Arremer and Demitri are capable of doing to any opponent. It really added another unique component to the game.
I'd be eternally grateful if you could cover Red Earth, as mentioned. Thanks for all you do! ^_^
I was so hyped for this game. Made it in top 100 in ranked on XBL. So many people cheated at high rank in that game. It was pointless to try to get higher. It would be some dude yelling a language I don't understand with lag for days. Also people hacked the game timer to 5 secs and spam fire balls. Also infinity supers. Still one of my fav game achievements of all time. I loved the sprites and music. Hope for a part 2.
Fun Fact: Some of the SNK character sprites created for this game, including Genjuro, Shiki, Athena, and Mars People, would go on to be featured in Neo Geo Battle Colosseum.
If there's one gaming wish I could have granted, it would be to have a brand new Capcom and SNK fighting collaboration. I'd even ask for both Felicia and Cham Cham to be on the roster, but perhaps that's just asking for too many miracles at once! ;)
Im New at your Channel, and I Will stay, I loved the video, and I want to know If you can cover Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, some people say It was to be SvCchaos 2
Been waiting for someone to go over the history of this game. Awesome.
Happy to own the English AES copy!
18:40 It's BS that this never got a release on PS2 in the US. I remember back in 2005 (I think it was) when the game was available for pre-order on PS2 and then soon after the pre-orders were taken down.
Loved this. The fighters looked great. Just ordered this for xbox.
Man, if only SNK were able to release a game with Capcom characters earlier. Imagine a KOF 98 style game with their characters included. At least Capcom included the Advanced and Extra in their games. Would have loved to have to have seen SNK characters using the V-ISM gauge. Even if only for the fun of it.
You need to do Capcom vs SNK 2. I loved that game. Too be honest just played red earth, good review
Capcom vs SNK is more polished but personally I think SNK vs Capcom is visually more interesting and those backdrops are spectacular! Plus the music rocks.
Loved this game and the Graphic Novel version.
Be crazy if snk made a svc chaos 2