SNK Discussion Madness/ SamShoV/0 Poppy Code

[Adrian]

This comic i've just made expresses my feelings on the subject:

This comic i've just made expresses my feelings on the subject. Enjoy:

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[The Bastard]

FighterX: I think StriderKyo actually wrote that quote. Sorry Icepick...

MechDeus: Well maybe it was a bit extreme to say that Sammy is bigger than SNK and Capcom combined, but Sammy is bigger than Capcom. Capcom total assets for 2003 = 106,648 million yen. Sammy total assets for 2003 = 112,873 million yen. Minor yes, but still.... My brain is too fucked up at the moment to respond to the rest of your post so I'll just agree with you instead. Victory is yours! I'm lazy....bah!

As for the rest of this hilarious mess of a thread, I have no real response other than this: SNK seems to be making a good profit at this moment in time, despite the great displeasure a lot of their fans seem to be showing towards then. Until fans stop supporting the half assed product, their production values will never improve because right now they have no reason to do better. I hope they catch on and figure it out themselves, but I'm starting to have my doubts. So you fans out there, if you actually are sick and tired of the same shit, don't be a hypocite. Show your displeasure by not showing any interest in their product. If enough people do it, maybe SNK will notice and shape up. As for me, I'm not sick and tired of it yet so I'll wait till I hear beta test impressions of King Of Fighers 2003 a week from now.

On a remotely related note, the Capcom Financial Review is an extremely interesting read.

[Diff-chan]

The Bastard, I assure you, if SNK came out with a game that looked and played as sick as Guilty Gear X I would be first in line. Guilty Gear X is if you ask me the best 2D fighter since SF3 and it shits all over anything Capcom has done since SF3, and anything that SNK has done since... geez who knows when.

But its still pretty pitiful to see SNK releasing this trash nowadays.

[The Bastard]

At this point I'm pretty much in agreement man, but I really need my SNK gaming fix no matter how average the KOF series is. Metal Slug 5 and Samurai Shodown 5 look and seemingly play alright by my standards though. As for next year's games, here's to hoping for less recycling...

[arjue]

So....

MotW is awesome.

[FX]

At this point I'm pretty much in agreement man, but I really need my SNK gaming fix no matter how average the KOF series is. Metal Slug 5 and Samurai Shodown 5 look and seemingly play alright by my standards though. As for next year's games, here's to hoping for less recycling...

I love KOF to death, but after the shoddy showings of the past few years, I no longer fail to get excited, but of course, I need my SNK fix, so I keep on playing.

I remember when I used to think, "KOF*next year*!? Oh SHIT!!" Now it's, "Who are they going to recycle this time....". The series has totally lost the soul that 94'-99' had. It's like they peaked at 98, and started going downhill ever since.

They seemed to have stopped listening to the fans also. How many requests have I seen for the return of Eiji Kisaragi? I've lost count. At least they are taking a step in the right direction by finally tying in Garou characters.

[MechDeus]

And to say we need another Garou... there's been like 10 of em already

I meant in the vein of MotW. Another two of those will probably go as far as it will get taken and then it's time to start a new series.

[bloodyarts]

Guilty Gear X is if you ask me the best 2D fighter since SF3 and it shits all over anything Capcom has done since SF3, and anything that SNK has done since... geez who knows when.

Wow.. GGX is pretty, but its animation, sound effects, music and gameplay certainly isn't doing any shitting on anything Capcom or SNK has put out. I found GGX to be decidedly craptastic. The gameplay showed promise, but it still wasn't as dial-ed in as Real Bout's gameplay or SFIII:Third Strike. And again, that animation = The announcer's voice is only slightly less maddening than X-Play's.

I've never played GGX2 and I've heard great things about it, but after owning GGX, I really hold all those gushings suspect.

[Mzo]

When I was at Nickel City, they had SvC Chaos set up next to Third Strike.

I was mostly playing Third Strike with some Alpha 3 breaks, but whenever I'd glance over and accidentally look at Chaos, my eyes would start bleeding.

It was very annoying.

[Cheebs]

But its still pretty pitiful to see SNK releasing this trash nowadays.

I don't know about that....Metal Slug 5 looks amazing. I guess we'll see soon enough.