If you love SNK, and have XBOX Live...

[AB Positive]

http://www.snkneogeousaconsumer.com/pr-5-5-2005.php

For the lazy, the skinny is that 2005 will see these releases, all with Xbox Live capabilities, with the fighters seeing national tournament and head to head matchup capabilities:


THE KING OF FIGHTERS NEOWAVE, SAMURAI SHODOWN V, THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’94 RE-BOUT, KOF: MAXIMUM IMPACT – MANIAX, METAL SLUG 4/5, and THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002/2003


Mmmm, tasty!

-AG

[jaydubnb]

I'm so, sooooooo there.

[Richter]

bah, why not SSV Special >_<

[MegaDrive20XX]

I wonder what happened to the SS V 2 in 1 pack..supposed to have SS V and SS V Special in it...(Much like KOF00/01)

[slip81]

Very nice, SS on Live will be solid

[Damaramu]

Darn. Looks like it may be time to get an X-Box. :drinking:

[davidbrit2]

I suck at fighters, but I could definitely go for some Metal Slug. Heh.

[DTJAAAAMJSLM]

I'll definitely grab KOF Neowave, 2002/2003, and SSV. Maniax is a maybe if SNK added some new content.

[Bluteg]

Metal Slug 1 for GBA, that's great news.

Here's to a good port. :cheers:

[Ninja Blacksox]

WHERE THE SHIT IS "BASEBALL STARS?!"

SNK WILL BURN FOR THIS!

I need my Ninja Blacksox...

...with updated rosters!

-A Boy

[Nez]

Wow see you all on live!

[buttasuperb]

None of those games are nearly as good as SF3, but SS5 should be fun (It should be SS5 Special) and I'll get KoF02/03 for a change of pace, and Neowave since I've never played it.

Hopefully they fix the lag issues that plagued SvC.

[junglehunter]

I'd be game for playing 2 player Metal Slug with online
co-op and simultaneous voice chat. :-P

[-hellvin-]

Kinda surprised they're getting those many games together for live. It would be fun to play ms4 & 5. I've enjoyed the single player immensly. The others don't interest me too much. I guess with my discount it may be worth it for metal slug.

[ubersaurus]

Sam Sho V Special isn't coming out on any other platform aside from the Neo Geo. Assumedly because SNK has no fucking business sense.

That said, I'm looking forward to a lot of these, notably SSV, KOF 2k2/2k3, and Slug.

[max 330 mega]

i plan to buy all the SNK games released this year for xbox. i really hope SNKP doesn't fuck any of the titles up.. because so far there track record hasnt been amazing, but it seems theyve been getting better lately. cant wait!!

[GobopopRevisited]

Here's Hoping The Last Blade 1 and 2, the KOF 95-99 packs, Mark of the Wolves, and Twinkle Star Sprites will make it to Xbox Live.

...The Last Blade 1 and 2 :-P...

[yok-dfa]

I don't really get it. You get to play this game (a fighter game) on XBox Live on the internet right? But that type of game is about split-second timing and decision making. Both players need to have almost perfect internect connections without any lag at all to make this work. Most games are pretty forgiving when it comes to 50ms lag or something but with fighters timing is everything. So how did they solve this problem? Anyone have any thoughts on this???

Cheers,
Raymond

[segagamer4life]

I for one will be picking all of the snk xbox titles this year, viva la SNK... :D :D

[ubersaurus]

I don't really get it. You get to play this game (a fighter game) on XBox Live on the internet right? But that type of game is about split-second timing and decision making. Both players need to have almost perfect internect connections without any lag at all to make this work. Most games are pretty forgiving when it comes to 50ms lag or something but with fighters timing is everything. So how did they solve this problem? Anyone have any thoughts on this???

Cheers,
Raymond

Street Fighter Anniversary had excellent netcode, and for the most part, you couldn't even notice the lag after a few games(assuming you didn't hit a bad connection). It's entirely possible to pull it off effectively, just hard, apparently.