The Mighty Nintendo Switch Online Service marches on! This month, they have added a trio of new games for your enjoyment! Let's look at the trailer!
Fatal Fury 2 - Developed and published by SNK. Released into worldwide arcades in 1992, SNES port released in Japan in 1993, and North America/Europe in 1994. Set one year after the first Fatal Fury, a mysterious nobleman starts a new King of Fighters tournament to get revenge for the death of Geese Howard, the villain of the previous game. This game is notable for the introductions of Kim Kapwhan (The first Korean character and taekwondo practitioner in fighting games) and Mai Shiranui, the pyrokinetic kunoichi who would go on to become one of SNK's mascots, and one of video games' major sex symbols. The arcade version was highly praised, and the SNES port got mixed to positive reviews.
Super Ninja Boy - Developed and published by Culture Brain. Released in Japan in 1991, North America in 1993. Part of the Super Chinese series, this game focuses on a pair of ninjas named Jack and Ryu as they fight to save their home of "Chinaland" (Yes, that's what it's called) in this action RPG. It's a sequel to the 1989 NES game Little Ninja Brothers. Most of the Super Chinese games were never officially released in North America. Also, in the original Japanese versions, Jack and Ryu were kung fu practitioners, fitting for the Chinese-based setting. They were changed to ninjas for marketing in North America. In Japan, this game was known as Super Chinese World.
Sutte Hakkun - Developed by Indieszero and Nintendo R&D2 and published by Nintendo. Released originally only in Japan in 1997. It was broadcast on the Super Famicom (the Japanese SNES) add-on known as the Satellaview, only released in Japan. A side-scrolling action puzzle game, you play as a being called Hakkun, who must collect shards of a rainbow on each level. This game was one of the most popular games for the Satellaview thanks to its user-friendly tutorial and intricate puzzles. This is the first time the game has come to North America...officially. This game got a fan translation in 2017, and in 2020, the Nintendo Gigaleak revealed ROMs for unreleased ports of the game for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color.
I have to say, it's an interesting trio of games we got here. They cover a variety of genres, and we get a game that never left the Land of the Rising Sun. That's really neat. I think I'm going to have to re-subscribe to NSO to play Fatal Fury 2...even though I suck at fighting games. Thanks for reading this blog entry! If you liked it, show it off! Take care of yourselves and each other! See you next time!
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