Capcom Fighting Collection review – Darkstalkers Revenge

metro.co.uk:

Capcom’s back with a new collection of classic arcade fighting games, this time focusing on non-Street Fighter titles like Darkstalkers.

When you think of 2D fighting games from the 1990s, no doubt your mind goes immediately to Capcom. They started off the decade with the phenomenon that was Street Fighter 2 – the game that made fighting games what they are today – and they continued with not only sequels and spin-offs but a number of other fighting games that, while often similar in style, were their own thing entirely.

Following up on 2018’s successful – albeit barebones – Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection comes Capcom Fighting Collection. A total of 10 games are included, the stars of the show being the entire Darkstalkers series (including previously Japanese-only entries Vampire Hunter 2 and Vampire Savior 2) and Red Earth, in its first ever release outside of the arcades.

Rounding out the collection is Hyper Street Fighter 2, Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix, Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo, and the mecha fighting game Cyberbots. There are also training modes and online play for every game – unlike the 30th Anniversary Collection, which limited those features to only four titles.

While the 30th Anniversary Collection was developed by Digital Eclipse, Capcom has opted to develop this one in-house. Sadly, though, they’ve repeated one of the mistakes from the previous collection, in that while these are perfect versions of the arcade classics none of the console editions make an appearance. While that was only a minor annoyance in the previous collection, it’s more unfortunate here as the console version of Darkstalkers 3 is the only one that includes the entire roster of characters.

Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, the