/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10785116
the "correct" answer is probably SamSho II. i do believe its their highest critically rated fighter, and its one of the only neo geo games to have a standalone cabinet

>>10785116
SamSho 2

Samurai Spirit II
Kof 98
Real Bout FF Special

It's KoF98
Garou is not far behind

>>10785127
>>10785126
What makes them so great? I noticed that the Switch store has a bunch of SNK games for 8 bucks so I'm looking to get the best ones

>>10785116
Last Blade II, easily.

>>10785165
mid game carried by the visuals

>>10785116
Kof 2k2
Sam sho 5 sp
Ffs

>>10785158
>>10785158
It's a game that can be considered a second major milestone in fighting games after Street Fight 2. It was something completely different from anything else on the market because it was the first fighting game with melee weapons whose blows were satisfying and instead of Fast combos were about precision and positioning

SVC Chaos

>>10785116
I like Last Blade 2

>>10785181
I see what about the 3rd one

Garou Densetsu Special

>>10785181
samsho 2 also was the first fighting game to introduce a parry.
>>10785214
3rd game is completely rushed and unfinished. the 4th one is basically a refinement...minus the horrible translation lol

2 and 4 are my favorites

>>10785234
thanks

Fatal Fury 3 is peak snk, imo, followed by the Real Bout games. KoF98 also.

>>10785448
>Fatal Fury 3 is peak snk, imo

the general public hated it though, even though SNK pumped an assload of money into dev and marketing

SvC for NGPC

>>10785165
>>10785210
My niggas
Though I’m more a Mukurochad

>>10785116
Samurai shodown 6
King of fighters 98
King of fighters 13
Mark of the Wolves
>>10785127
>>10785127
You're not good enough at games to choose 2 over 6.
>>10785234
6 has every character.

>samurai staredown
Kekaroo

https://m.twitch.tv/clip/FaintMotionlessReindeerFUNgineer

>>10785116
I like KOF98 and RBFF2 the most. But I play the former more often due to the active playerbase, although is a harder game.

>>10786776
>6 has every character.

thats the same logic as saying mortal kombat armaggedon is the best mortal kombat, kek

>>10785186
This game is actually really good imo. Only other one that comes close for me is Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

>>10786759
It's sad we cant have nice things. 3 was wonderful and best represents FF and SNK. Even if MotW is considered a better game on a technical level, it just feels so bland to me. Its a shame the new one is a sequel to it.

>>10787160
It was an experimental game and I have super mixed feelings about it. The style is easily the best FF game but I like Special/Real Bout's rosters more and Real Bout's gameplay more. The story is almost good but I feel like it loses me thanks to the Jin brothers being kind of mediocre antagonists. Mai's redesign wasn't it. RB2 is truly peak FF but I wish more fighters were like AOF1/3 where the story isn't about a tournament and was more like an action flick where all the player characters happen to encounter each other. Garou is fine but it does reek of "giving up"

>>10787191
I would have been happy to see the Jins gone in exchange for Duck and Billy, but that kinda fucks up the plot. Other then that, 3 for me is the true "street fighter" experience.

KoF XI.

Do I need to defend my opinion or is it too late?

>>10787269
No go ahead

>>10785116
garou motw

>>10787246
Before CotW was announced I was hypothesizing a possible reboot of Fatal Fury that combines FF1+3's plots where Yamazaki kidnaps a young Rock Howard alongside Franco's kid under Krauser's orders. But then SNK blew me the fuck out and did a real ass Garou sequel which I prefer over trying to catch people up because it means they're genuinely confident enough to move forward versus Capcom always trying to recapture SFII's magic

But yeah for both a series called Street Fighter and out of all the Fatal Fury games none of them really truly live up to that "Street Fighter" namesake since they're all fucking tournaments. 6 tries but then 6 has no fucking story so what's the point? It's practically a pseudo Persona game where you just date the cast

>>10787269
XI rocks. It's my favorite old school KOF next to the first two and 98

None of the NESTS games are good

The Last Blade 2

prolly metal slug desu

>>10787313
I do love metal slug but it's not a fighter game

>>10787341
you heard me

>>10785126
good bot

>>10787160
>Its a shame the new one is a sequel to it.
MOTW plot ended on a cliffhanger, and the sequel was in dev hell for years

unfortunately i think this one is more of a reboot for the story though

>>10785116
Which ever one is Me Bounciest

>>10787624
???

All mogged by Rage of the Dragons btw

>>10787668

>>10787673
I see. Are the Neo Geo pocket games any good because they are selling those on the switch store as well.

>>10785448
i certainly like the music for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6naJde9U0Xg

>>10787672
>Rage of the Dragons
nice mexican shovelware
you know its not a good game if piko was able to buy the license

>>10785116
Cough13

>>10787672
Matrimelee mogs Rage of the Dragons.

I did like some of the RotD designs though.

>>10787125
No, because the gameplay is the same in samsho 6 instead of being a whole different genre. The only downside is balance, which you're not good enough for it to matter

>>10787680
motm is worth it just for the gng minigame alone.

>>10785186
I hate the hit sounds on that game, it drives me crazy that blocked attacks sound like soft cardboard.

>>10789318
And what is motm

>>10785134
Finally ! Someone who gets how much RBffs is better than RB2... I think RB2 is the chosen game of sf players who can't play kof !

>>10785116
KoF 2000

Fatal Fury 1
Art of Fighting 1

Doesn't matter, SF2 shits all over snk entire catalogue.

>>10785116
da 1 that u luv da most in ur hart <3

>>10792094
honestly, SF2 shits on most of capcom's other games too

>>10785186
This game is so fucking jank, but I learned it anyways since I knew some other dudes that liked it.
It grew on me over time and I now consider it one of SNK's most underrated games.

>>10787673
Her CvS2 sprite is the best.

>>10794120
All the new sprites in CvS2 are top fucking notch.
Really enjoyed Capcom's take on SNK's characters.

>>10785116

>>10792094
Thanks for the input anon

>>10794192
Streetshart

>>10785116
The King of Fighters '98

This one, otherwise id say RB2.

>>10785116
KOFXIII is pretty good despite it's faults, i feel like the inputs are easier to pull off, but in modern day KOF it has to be KOFXV. Samsho is interesting only because II had some nice stuff included.

KOF2000

>>10797001
What makes this better than KOF 98

>>10785116
Samurai Shodown 4 (2 is great for its time but 4 improves every aspect)
Last Blade series
Real Bout 2

KOF is garbage fan service slop.

>>10798007
the strikers, the artwork, the ost.

>>10788890
Pupa is lovely

>>10799410
Puta

>>10798843
What do you mean by fan service slop

>>10799437
He takes displeasure that KOF was largely made as a crossover of many of SNK's brands at the time.

>>10799465
Why would he not like that

>>10799467
>Why would he not like that

>CotW is the first Fatal Fury game since 1999

>>10787191
>I wish more fighters were like AOF1/3 where the story isn't about a tournament and was more like an action flick where all the player characters happen to encounter each other.
Whatever you think of SVC did you appreciate this aspect? Personally I liked hearing what the characters thought of each other before one got pulped

>>10799561
SvC is a really unhinged game and I appreciate it on all aspects because it feels like a game that wouldn't be made outside of the bizarre ass circumstances it was produced in. Fuck ass roster full of weird exclusions but that's honestly what makes it amusing, alongside seeing Capcom characters in the KOF style

>>10799473
and it's likely to be the last.
Same as KOF XV, SNK will take a break from fighting games to revisit their other long forgotten brands. Hopefully we'll see a new Metal Slug or something even more obscure

>>10799927
Aren't they working on a new Art of Fighting game?
Granted, it might be a spin-off or a reimagining in a different genre.

>>10787559
Rock's promo art depicts him alongside Kain (and Billy), so it looks like they're picking up from when he leaves with him to learn more about his mom.

MotW, Samsho 2, KoF98

>>10791587
>Art of Fighting 1
Based

>>10795798
Also based

>>10799927
I'll keep saying it: open world Crystallis

>>10785116
Samurai Shodown V Special is the absolute peak of the series.

>Personally
SamSho II and Last Blade 2. I also like SamSho 7 a lot.
>More objectively
SamSho V Special, Mark of the Wolves, KOF 98/02UM
>Underrated but not contenders for best
NeoGeo BC, KOF 2000, AoF3, Buriki One, SvC Chaos, SvC MotM, Kizuna Encounter

>>10799936
There's this report from late 2023 that SNK is working on a new Art of Fighting title too. Risky move, one could guess they'd wait on COTW results. It also may be a spin-off title, considering how AOF3 was already a side-story.

>>10800571
Either open world Crystalis or even if they did an action RPG around South Town like the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series. SNK games were always lore-rich, thing is if they have the knowledge to develop such large-scale titles.

>>10799927
A new MS was said to be greenlit internally years ago but with nothing since. MS Tactics is supposed to be out this year, and old Nazca/pre-bankruptcy SNK staff are doing a spiritual successor albeit with sprited characters in 3D environments.

Personally I want Sengoku 4 and Shock Troopers 3 (in the style of ST1). Maybe a reboot of 3 Count Bout (I just want an arcadey wrestling-fighting game and I don't think we're going to see Slam Masters 3 out of Capcom).

The second best fighter can't be posted due to arbitrary retro cutoffs...

>>10800828
How does Crystalis hold up today

>>10800846
>A new MS was said to be greenlit internally years ago but with nothing since. MS Tactics is supposed to be out this year, and old Nazca/pre-bankruptcy SNK staff are doing a spiritual successor albeit with sprited characters in 3D environments.
I hope this never sees the light of day.
You have no idea how offended I was when I played a Metal Slug game and was forced to kill illegal aliens. So racist.

>>10801071
It holds up surprisingly well. Surely it's a SNK title from pre-Neo Geo era so most of their design sensibilities aren't there yet, but the visuals, music and most of all, the storytelling are really among the best of the NES era.

>>10800828
>action RPG around South Town like the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series. SNK games were always lore-rich, thing is if they have the knowledge to develop such large-scale titles.
This has been my dream reboot/retelling of Fatal Fury for years. Imagine Terry running around, getting into street fights with local thugs or wanna be fighters, taking up part time work like washing dishes at Pao Pao Cafe, working out at a gym to raise stats and getting trained by Richard Meyer, playing pre NeoGeo snk games in an arcade, maybe have cameo extra boss fights like Ralf and Clark hanging out in a bar on shore leave, piecing together who killed your father and spying on the Geese syndicate. All this built around a calendar system where you have the King of Fighters tournament matches as major boss fights with all the original games opponents. Those oil barons should be funding it.

>>10800828
Would be neat to see a AoF4 with aged up characters with a plot taking place as background events to one of the Fatal Fury games going on at the same time. Then just like how Ryo/Mr. Karate was a secret boss in FF Special, have a young, still in his prime Terry as the final/secret boss that the now older AoF cast has to fight against.

SamSho 1-5

>>10801352
Interesting any way of getting it today without emulating it?

i liked last blade 1 because kaede and kagami fucking nuke the game, unbalanced fucking shits and not even apologetic about it

>>10801367
It is known that Terry plays Neo Geo games, especially Art of Fighting

But yeah, I'd love a Yakuza-style Fatal Fury game, that would be great

>>10801554
Its on the SNK 40th Aniversery collection if you mean modern releases.

>>10801621
Ok but that's John Crawley (AOF) next to Terry playing what, FF2? That's another self referencing joke, right? ^w^

>>10801627
That's what I meant thanks

Why do people prefer RB2 over RBS? Maybe I'm missing something but it always seemed to me like RBS was the only one that let you actually use the lane shift in an interesting way and that's counting the 3-plane system in FF3/RB1, I get that RBS is broken with Kim/Duck but doesn't RB2 have some broken BS in it too?

>>10802316
More characters, better backgrounds, music, people don't like the plane shifts, its the latest in a series

It's Samsho 5 Special, best mechanics and balance
Samsho 2 is cool and all but there is nothing it has over 5 Sp gameplay wise

>>10802316
Imo, it feels like the Alpha 3 of FF, mainly for a lot of the reasons the poster below you gave.

>>10799407
this, it also contains my favorite boss fight in any game ever

>>10802316
I prefer having regular walls desu.

>>10801871
Terry is playing AoF, you can make out Ryo. Crawley is playing SF2, Vega is doing walldive

>>10801367
Something resembling this isn't outside the realm of possibility when you consider the likelihood of them ripping off World Tour (pretty high).

>>10787160
>>10787191
newfag who recently played Fatal Fury 1, 2 & 3, yeah FF3 was pure kino. The vibe, the story, the gameplay, everything about it felt like a step up and the story really felt like fun martial arts hijinx. Loved it

>>10801871
>>10803303
That's Mai's stage.

>>10803303
Mai had a walldive move in FF2/FFS

>>10803381
>>10803449
looks almost like krauser

>>10803595
I think she's divebombing Andy, the white body and red arm guards are a big hint

>>10787191
>I wish more fighters were like AOF1/3 where the story isn't about a tournament and was more like an action flick
AOF's plot is typical of beat'em ups, it's literally Double Dragon/Final Fight. I almost wish it had actually been a beat'em up, that would have given the series a more unique niche within SNK's lineup and the characters could still have been fighters in KOF anyway. As a fighting series it ended up losing priority to FF, SS and KOF.

>>10804851
Probably wouldn't have sucked as bad.

>>10804851
It is but keep in mind that the fighting game genre was born from Nishiyama trying to make Kung Fu action flicks into video games. Street Fighter was born from his previous experiences making the Kung Fu arcade game (one of the first beat em ups) and Fatal Fury was his attempt to make "Street Fighter with more story"

Fighting games were basically beat em ups that cut the mooks in-between to focus exclusively on the boss fights until Street Fighter II changed that. It's a fun arcadey idea of being able to fight the "bosses" and nothing else kinda like what Cuphead was supposed to be until they added the run n gun levels

>>10787191
>Mai's redesign wasn't it.
It's not better than the original but I appreciate how unique it is.

>>10785116
Historically it's Samurai Shodown II and it's not even close.
From the gameplay and longevity standpoint it's KoF98 and its modern revisions.
The rest are pseud or contrarian choices.

>>10806632
6 shits on 2