

Still, it is the only way to play Killer Instinct 2 on a home console without emulation, and it did see some improvements over the arcade.

Ok, so this title isn’t perfect, and purists of the KI fighting property will argue for hours about how this does not replace KI2 in the arcades since FMV sequences and some frames of animation were removed due to hardware limitations. In fact, if you’ve never partaken of the four-player mayhem in this classic title, go buy it. Ultimately the goal is to knock all other characters off the stage, though this formula can be modified via multiple modes and gameplay options. Instead of health bars, damage adds to a percentage at the bottom, with the higher the number the farther a character will fly when hit. Players select leading characters from Nintendo’s biggest properties, characters like Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, and Pikachu, and then have them duke it out for dominance over the various themed stages.

takes a genre that typically scared off more casual gamers and turned it into something that because a favorite in dorm rooms and parties for gamers of all experience levels. In typical Nintendo fashion, Super Smash Bros. No conversation about fighters on the Nintendo 64 could come without this gem, easily one of the defining games of the console. Here’s a look at the various fighting games on the Nintendo 64, with my personal thoughts. Still, there are a handful worth playing (and maybe a few more if you just love exploring the genre). In the entire N64 library, fewer than 25 titles are really fighters, and the quality of many of them is generally poor. After all, the two big publishers of fighters, Capcom and SNK don’t lend any of the their fighting properties to the N64. In fact, they never really come up at all. When people think of the Nintendo 64, fighting games are never the first thing to come to mind. You may remember his journey through the SNES fighting collection (both the good and the ugly) in addition to a number of other wonderful contributions. Note from racketboy: A special thanks goes out to Ack from this roundup of the N64 fighting library.
