While many say that Marvel VS Capcom is the ultimate experience in fighting game crossovers, I have to disagree. As someone who frequented the arcades regularly, I spent plenty of time split between my favorite Capcom fighters like Street Fighter Alpha 2 and SNK fighters such as King of Fighters. I had always hoped for a crossover between the two companies but never expected it to happen. Suddenly, in 1999 it did, but not in arcades, at least not right away. Instead, those wanting to find out who the better fighter between Terry Bogard and Ryu was would need to pick up SNK VS. CAPCOM: THE MATCH OF THE MILLENNIUM on the NEO GEO Pocket Color. If you never had the opportunity to play the game before, it has been re-released on the Nintendo Switch in all its glory.

Like other games released in the NEOGEO POCKET COLOR SELECTION on the Nintendo Switch, gamers can choose from several different background borders featuring various NEO GEO Pocket models. You can also utilize a zoom feature to scale the game to a more full-screen experience. The scanline filter from other games released in this series marks its return, but I still find myself turning it off to experience the visuals more cleanly.

SNK VS CAPCOM comes loaded with features. It has 26 characters from King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown on the SNK side, with Capcom characters from Street Fighter and Darkstalkers. The game also features several modes to play, including single, tag, and 3 VS 3 matches.

SNK VS CAPCOM: THE MATCH OF THE MILLENNIUM is without a doubt my favorite fighter in the NEOGEO POCKET COLOR SELECTION of games. SNK already knew how to shink their terrific fighting game characters to a portable format, but here they’ve expanded that great care to the Capcom universe. Matches play very well with many of the signature moves the characters are known for intact. Throw in some fun storyline cutscenes, mini-games, great background stages and combine it with an accurate port to the Switch, and you have a great title to play for $7.99.

SNK VS CAPCOM: THE MATCH OF THE MILLENNIUM is available on the Nintendo eShop today, February 17th, 2021.

Title: SNK VS. CAPCOM: THE MATCH OF THE MILLENNIUM

Genre: Versus Fighting Game

Platform: Nintendo Switch (Download)

Release: February 17th, 2021 (PST)

Price: $7.99 / €7.99

Players: 1 to 2 players

ESRB: Teen

Store: Nintendo eShop

Official Site: https://www.snk-corp.co.jp/us/games/ngpcs

Mike Mertes Mike Mertes (83 Posts)

From the moment he touched an Intellivision controller in 1985, Mike knew that he had experienced something incredible in the world of video games that would shape him for the rest of his life. From that point forward, he would make it his mission to experience video games from every console generation going forward. Eventually, he would become obsessed with magazines that wrote about the games he loved, and it would inspire him to start writing about games himself in 1998 for various local media outlets. Always looking for an opportunity to branch out, Mike eventually coded the foundation of a website that would ultimately morph into Gamer Logic Dot Net, an independent video game site that continues to cover modern and classic video game today. Additional, Mike composes music for indie games under his other alias "Unleaded Logic"