''SNK Gals' Fighters'' is a

fighting game The fighting game video game genre, genre involves combat between multiple characters, often (but not limited to) one-on-one battles. Fighting game combat often features mechanics such as Blocking (martial arts), blocking, grappling, counter- ...

for the

Neo Geo Pocket Color The Neo Geo Pocket series is a line of handheld game consoles developed and manufactured by SNK between 1998 and 2001. It began with the monochrome released in Japan on October 28, 1998 as SNK's first handheld system and a direct competitor to N ...

, released in 2000. The game was ported to the

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in the eShop on April 29, 2020, and included as part of ''

Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection ''Neo Geo Pocket Color Selection'' is a pair of video game compilations developed by SNK and Code Mystics. Each of the two volumes contain Video game console emulator, emulated versions of 10 games originally published by SNK between 1999 and 2000 ...

Vol. 1'' in 2021.

Gameplay

''Gals' Fighters'' features female characters from various

SNK is a Japanese video gaming and interactive entertainment company. It was founded in 1978 as by Eikichi Kawasaki and began by developing arcade games. SNK is known for its Neo Geo arcade system on which the company established many franchises ...

franchises, where the characters compete in the aptly named Queen of Fighters tournament, with whoever being able to defeat its mysterious organizer "Miss X" (in reality,

Iori Yagami is a character from SNK's ''The King of Fighters'' video game series. The character first appeared in ''The King of Fighters '95'' as the leader of the Rivals Team, as the initial enemy and later rival of Kyo Kusanagi. Iori is the heir of the ...

dressed as a woman) being given the K' Talisman, which grants any wish. The characters' sprites were drawn in the same anime

super deformed ''Chibi'', also known as ''super deformation'' (''SD''), is an art style originating in Japan, and common in anime and manga where characters are drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby with stubby limbs, oversized heads, and ...

style as other fighters on the system. The game plays similar to other NGPC fighting games, such as ''

King of Fighters R-1 ''King of Fighters R-1 (KOF R-1)'' is a 1998 2D fighting video game developed and released by SNK as a launch title for the Neo Geo Pocket handheld system. It is based on ''The King of Fighters '97'', sharing the same storyline. A sequel, '' Kin ...

'' and '' R-2'', although slightly faster, and with 1-on-1 matches. It also features items that a player can equip to influence the matches; many of the items, however, have no effect on the gameplay.

Characters

''Gals' Fighters'' features eight standard playable characters, plus three unlockable characters, for a total of 11. This game marks the only playable appearance to date of Yuki,

Kyo Kusanagi is a character in SNK's ''The King of Fighters'' series of fighting games. The character was first introduced in the 1994 video game ''The King of Fighters '94'' as the leader of the Japan team from the series' title tournament. Kyo, head to th ...

's girlfriend who had made cameo appearances in prior ''The King of Fighters'' games.

Reception

Game Informer ''Game Informer'' (''GI'' is an American monthly Video game journalism, video game magazine featuring articles, news, strategy, and reviews of video games and video game console, game consoles. It debuted in August 1991, when the video game reta ...

gave the Neo Geo Pocket version an overall score of 7.5 out of 10 praising the game of being a solid fighter in the Neo Geo collection and the added feature of winning and losing items and giving the characters different abilities, although giving criticism to the game as being too easy even when set on the hardest difficulty concluding “good game, but inferior when stacked up against the recently released Match the Millennium.” In 2023, ''Time Extension'' identified ''SNK Gals' Fighters'' as one of the best games for the NGPC.

References

External links

Official English website

* {{King of Fighters games 2000 video games 2D fighting games Aicom games Code Mystics games Cross-dressing in video games Fighting games Multiplayer and single-player video games Neo Geo Pocket Color games Nintendo Switch games SNK games Video games developed in Japan Video games featuring female protagonists

Gameplay

Characters

Reception

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