SNK has teamed up with TiMi Studio Group, a subsidiary of Tencent Games, to bring back Metal Slug as a mobile game--and it looks awesome!
hopefully there will be a console port. I don't know what it is with mobile, but I can't even stand playing console ports on the phone. I'm not saying that some (very few) mobile games aren't good, it's just the platform itself that I can't stand playing games on.
Xfire writes "The Final Fantasy franchise is nearly as old as the video game industry itself.
First released way back in 1987, what initially started as a hail mary title has since turned into a media franchise that has spawned more than a dozen mainline titles and been featured in other forms of media, making hundreds of millions of dollars along the way.
But while the mainline titles get all of the attention -- all eyes are currently on Final Fantasy 16 -- the franchise also has a handful of spin-off titles that are just as good as the mainline titles."
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@ cool
It’s more than just having characters. KH uses various gameplay mechanics, themes, terminology, & aesthetics from FF.
It just happens to be a spin-off that’s also a crossover, similar to fellow spin-off crossover titles such as Pokémon Conquest, Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle, & Warriors All Stars
Does including characters from a game make it a spin off? If so, is Smash Bros a spinoff of Metal Gear Solid? 😕
I would put Bravely Default as the best Final Fantasy spin off, even though it doesn't carry the Final Fantasy name (although the japanese version does have the subtitle Flying Fairy so it could carry the FF acronym).
About the games in the list, I like Dissidia 012 a lot, but my favorite is Theatrhythm. I still turn on my old 3DS from time to time to play a few songs.
I wish it had some remixed or orchestrated versions of the old songs, though. NES/SNES songs are nostalgic, but when played by an orchestra they're taken to another level. Strange that some people complained that Theatrhythm Dragon Quest did exactly that... I guess nostalgia does speak loudly.
SNK is releasing a new arcade cabinet this fall called the MVSX Home Arcade. We have details on what you can expect, including a full list of games and the price.
Funny that a bar-top arcade cabinet made by SNK that aims to recreate "the nostalgic NeoGeo MVS arcade" as it is put, would have a 2x3 button layout that clearly makes it oriented to Street Fighter II and III gamers. All those King of Fighters games that come with the product are going to be hard to play without the signature NG lined-up-four-button layout.
Another proof that SNK now is a mere shadow of its former self.
A 17 inch screen is too small. I used to build table top arcades and it's possible to make it a 20 inch screen
