There will never be a series more perfect for just popping in and dicking around with your friends than this, this is videogames baby. Will I ever attempt an 1cc run so the game doesn't tell me I suck for rescuing 0 prisoners? Hell no, but it's still so fun for casual play despite how masochistic it feels at times.
Insane to me that SNK perfected pixel art in the 90s (and then once more with KOFXIII) and we have never reached that level again ever since. Can only wonder how the industry would be if SNK's incredibly talented pixel artists kept making cool stuff like this and didn't have to bend down to ever-changing market trends.