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Fighting Games on Nintendo DS
Seriously, why are there almost no fighting games on the Nintendo DS? The six-button layout makes it perfect for Street Fighter, so why haven’t they stepped up to the plate to satiate our desire for mobile fighting games? Yes, we got Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, but I want MK2, damn it…
This omission is terribly unfortunate, seeing how the DS Lite effectively has the same controller as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, a classic home console that was home to an abundance of fighting games. The SNES was around during the golden age of fighting games, when everyone was trying their hardest to usurp Street Fighter II. We were treated to great games like Killer Instinct and Mortal Kombat, as well as some lesser-known titles like TMNT: Tournament Fighters and ClayFighter.
So, let me ask you: where are my DS fighting games?
Anyways, I explore this issue a little further at Mobile Magazine. Click here to check out the rest of the article.
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Top 10 Fighters: Street Fighter II Isn’t Number One
A similar top 10 list was recently posted at FutureLooks, but that doesn’t mean that us fighting game fans can’t enjoy yet another take on the top 10 fighters of all-time. Stuttering Craig and Handsome Tom of ScrewAttack take their video-making antics to the genre of fighting games, describing what they believe to be the greatest.
Most of the list is pretty conventional, attacking the usual suspects like Mortal Kombat and Tekken, but you just may be surprised by the game that takes the number one spot. Here’s a teaser: it ain’t Street Fighter II. Heck, it’s not even one of the many Street Fighter 2 variants. No Championship Edition or Hyper Fighting. Blasphemy? Perhaps, but you should still check out the video above.
It’s a shame that they didn’t include any more obscure games like Primal Rage and Time Killers. Everyone already knows that Virtua Fighter 5 is awesome (especially now that it’s online with the Xbox 360).
Source: ScrewAttack
