After seeing my old Super Smash Bros on the DS thread revived and some recent discussion on the lack of fighters on the DS, I thought it might be time for a full discussion.
In order to progress a discussion, we first need to take a look at what actually is on the DS in respect to fighting:
Bleach: Blade of Fate & Dark Souls
Ultimate Mortal Kombat
Draglade
Naruto: Ninja Destiny
Not exactly swimming in them is it?
With the almost complete lack of games to choose from, the we need to ask ourselves which ones we would really like to see. I have had a look at the history of fighting games and come up with many obvious, but feel free to fill in the blanks I am not aware of. An important question is - do we want 2D or 3D? Another is - buttons vs stylus vs combination?
I am betting the consensus is 2D and if so, I am with you. There are so many old fighting games that should be remade, just like so many other games in the DS library, like Chrono Trigger or Dragon Quest V for example. So here is what I came up with:
Art of Fighting
Battle Arena Toshinden
Capcom Vs. SNK
Clayfighter
Darkstalkers
Fatal Fury
Killer Instinct
Primal Rage
Samurai Shodown
Streetfighter
Tekken
King of Fighters
Virtua Fighter
Dead or Alive
Soul Calibur
So there you have it. Quite a few series and certainly some old games to remake. Could it be done? Should it be done? Is there a market for it? For some of the more well known series, it seems madness not to do it. A damn fine Streetfighter could be done easily. Hell, a lot of these appeared on the Gameboy, the first one.
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