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Makai Kingdom
Nippon Ichi’s Makai Kingdom combines bits and pieces from Disgaea and Phantom Brave, and tosses them in the blender to create another excellent, if …
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Art of Fighting (Anime)
Pretty much any fighting game in the early-to-mid ’90s got its own anime OVAs, be it Fatal Fury, Tekken, Battle Arena Toshinden or Samurai Shodown. Art …
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Zillion II: The Tri-Formation
Zillion II (simply called Tri-Formation in Japan) is a massive departure from the original SMS game. Instead of being an daring, open-ended adventure …
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Rygar: The Legendary Adventure
WII SCREENS There have been many great video game events all throughout the annals of time. 1986: Rygar saves Argool. …
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Rival Schools United by Fate
Initially released in the arcades, and then a year later for the PS1, Rival Schools primarily focuses on a young …
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Mighty Final Fight
In 1991, the Super Nintendo had arrived, and the regular NES was rather quickly forgotten by most publishers. Not content …
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Twinkle Star Sprites: La Petite Princesse
The original Twinkle Star Sprites came out in 1996, and it’s took nearly ten years for a new installment to …
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Rival Schools (Characters / Introduction)
Rival Schools: United by Fate is a fighting game featuring bubbly cheerleaders, soccer players, hadoken-firing school teachers, devious principals with …
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Power Instinct (Introduction / Characters)
Back when Street Fighter II first came out, things were a lot different. Arcades were filled with Street Fighter cabinets. Whole pages of magazines …
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Matrimelee
Seven years after Groove on Fight, developer Noise Factory decided to resurrect the series on the Neo Geo under the title Shin …