Of all the console announcements one could have maybe, possibly predicted for this day, I sincerely doubt a new Neo-Geo system would have been atop anyone's lists. Or even in the middle somewhere. And yet, here we are.
Andriasang has the translation of a report from FamicomPlaza that debuts the new system, which essentially looks and sounds like a brand-new Neo-Geo Pocket with 20 Neo-Geo games built right in. In no particular order, those games will be the North American versions (with English text) of:
- WORLD HEROES
- ULTIMATE 11
- TOP PLAYER'S GOLF
- SENGOKU
- NAM-1975
- MUTATION NATION
- LAST RESORT
- KING OF MONSTERS
- FRENZY
- CYBER LIP
- FATAL FURY SPECIAL
- ART OF FIGHTING
- SUPER SIDEKICKS
- LEAGUE BOWLING
- METAL SLUG
- MAGICIAN LORD
- BASEBALL STARS PROFESSIONAL
- SAMURAI SHODOWN
- KING OF FIGHTERS '94
- FATAL FURY
The system itself measures 170x72x15mm (slightly larger than an iPhone), has a 4.3 inch screen, and two gigs of internal storage. As you can see from the above picture, the system uses a kind of analog "nub" as a control stick, and includes four face buttons. There are also four shoulder buttons (which you can see in the screens below), and ports for headphones, A/V out, and SD cards.
There are no reports yet on pricing, a potential release date, or exactly which regions are planned for release. Heck, we don't even know who the hardware manufacturer is. All we know is that somebody teamed up with SNK in 2012 to make a new frigging Neo-Geo Pocket, which is completely insane, and potentially kind of awesome--provided it isn't, as our own Jeff Gerstmann is predicting, "just a crappy audio/video playback device that happens to have 20 old Neo-Geo games built-in." That would kind of suck.
Whether or not it receives a worldwide release, you can bet your bootlegged copy of Art of Fighting that Jeff Gerstmann will import this thing and tell you all about it, because that's just the kind of thing Jeff Gerstmann does.
Amazing.
My body is ready.
I want it so bad.
All of my money. Take it.
who asked for this?
Why World Heroes 1?
Everyone knows it was best at World Heroes II.
This is now the only portable system I'm interested in.
woot!!!
Wow! SNK Playmore modded the shit out of that PSP Go!
The only thing I don't understand is--why does this thing have analog controls?
Looks pretty slick, but don't include all those fighting games and ask me to play them on an analog nub, come on. And those shoulder buttons look less than amazing to use.
That thing looks really nice and i want it now.
I'm on board.
looks like a cheap iPhone knockoff.
Metal Slug, KOF, Samurai Shodown AND Fatal Fury? I'm IN.
I was born in 1992. What in the hell is a Neo Geo?
Looks expensive.
@fisher81: Do you even click on the links I include in these articles? Sheesh.