Fortunately, other characters have no problem deflecting Haohmaru's long, slow slashes with their forearms. Some of the most exciting new additions to the roster include Eagle, the British stick fighter who dates all the way back to the original Street Fighter game, and Haohmaru, the cocky sword-wielding samurai from SNK's Samurai Shodown series, whose katana would presumably give him an unfair advantage. There are about 40 different characters available in the game, though of course not all of these are completely unique. SNK 2 adds about a half a dozen new characters over the original. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro, an intermediary rerelease of the first game with a couple of throwaway characters added and all the hidden characters already unlocked.ĭepending on how you count, Capcom vs. The new additions make the game technically superior to the first, but not necessarily better enough to merit purchase if you've already got the first one-let alone the half-baked Capcom vs. The changes in the game will have a more significant impact depending on how serious you are about your 2D fighters.
There's a lot of the same graphics, same sounds, and same gameplay. SNK 2 adds some new characters, some new moves, some new game mechanics, some new backgrounds, and some new music. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium Video ReviewĬapcom vs. SNK 2 can be easily recommended by default.īy clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's Besides, unlike the Dreamcast, the PlayStation 2 doesn't have a lot of good 2D fighting games available for it yet, so Capcom vs. SNK 2 still provides plenty of lasting value, especially for those who haven't played the first game, and its appearance on the PlayStation 2 promises to give it a lot more exposure than the first game ever had. Like most of Capcom's fighting games, it's an incremental enhancement to its predecessor and introduces some welcome new features but just barely enough of them. SNK (available only in arcades and for the Dreamcast), the sense of shock may be gone, but it's still a solid 2D fighting game. About a year after the release of Capcom vs. For fans of one company's games or the other's, this was unthinkable: the bitterest of rivals-not the characters, but the companies-had joined forces. SNK 2 is an arcade port of the sequel to last year's fighting game that brought together many of the most popular characters from both Capcom's and SNK's fighting games. As such, this review is mostly the same as that of the Dreamcast import, only it mentions a few points of interest regarding the PlayStation 2 version in particular.Ĭapcom vs. The PlayStation 2 version of this 2D fighting game is essentially identical to the Dreamcast version that was recently released in Japan. One of the grandfathers of fighting games has passed away, but it's great that SNK's progeny-dozens of memorable fighting-game characters-live on, along with about as many from Capcom's camp, in the new Capcom vs. The real-life competition between Capcom and SNK ended permanently some weeks ago, when SNK officially closed its doors.