A bit of a sleeper "hit" in my eyes.

Better game feel, just as fast as the first game, some new mechanics that Virtua Fighter would pluck from 4 onward and one really dumb mechanic that you can turn off.

Game has more defensive options. I think this is where tech rolls and safe falls became fully fleshed out.

No default ways to side step but you gotta do Tech Guards (sort of this game's Parry) where you can do side steps among a bunch of other stuff like quick grabs, and actual counter attack etc.

Two new characters added to the base roster. Charlie and Emi. Two corny character that fit right in with a wack ass fighting game. Both having "stances". Charlie can hop on his BMX and Emi.... sits on the ground? Its generally fun stuff and I prefer this over the first game to be quite honest.

Too bad cuz this game's obscurity rivals that of Last Bronx and a pretty terribly bare Dreamcast port (TWO YEARS after it hit the arcades.)
Thankfully, you can play it on Fightcade 2 but yeah.

Shit's fun.

Reviewed on Jan 31, 2022


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