Neo Geo Pocket never really took off as a portable platform here in the United States (or anywhere, really) but that?s not to say that it wasn?t a system with a few hidden gems. One such gem was SNK Gals? Fighters, a 2D fighting game focused on the female cast members of SNK fighters such as Fatal Fury. Unfortunately, there?s been no ?legal? way to play the game up to this point, unless you were willing to shell out a couple of hundred bucks for the original. Thankfully, that?s no longer the case with the recent Switch port that landed on the eShop last week.
I also dug the presentation for this release too. In order to fill the screen, the background image is rendered as an actual Neo Geo Pocket, which actually has multiple designs to pick based on the different colored hardware variants that were produced 20 years ago. Yes, there?s even a Neo Geo Pocket translucent skin if you want it. I also thought it was pretty neat to have a portable versus mode on one system by turning an undocked Switch or Switch Lite vertically. It can be a little clunky control-wise when set-up like this, but I still thought it was a neat option to have.
Still, as it stands, this is a great port of a unique, obscure fighting game that I?m happy gets to see the light of day again. Hopefully, this will pave the way for more Neo Geo Pocket content on the Switch, which seems to be a perfect fit. Definitely check it out when you have a chance, you won?t be disappointed.
Note: SNK provided us with a SNK Gals’ Fighters Switch code for review purposes.
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