Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Tumblr RSS
    TIR Testing Grounds
    • Latest
    • News

      State Azure Releases Cover of The Terminator Theme

      January 15, 2023

      Killtopia Volume 5 Is Live on Kickstarter

      November 4, 2022

      Upcoming Software Synth by Cherry Audio Seems Very Blade Runner-Inspired

      November 1, 2022

      NEONnoir Is a New Adventure Game for the Commodore Amiga

      November 1, 2022

      90s Arcade Title Osman Is Getting Ported to Switch and PS4

      September 7, 2022
    • Reviews

      JUNG_E Review

      February 1, 2023

      In a Weary World by Megan McDuffee Review

      July 28, 2022

      Cloudpunk Review

      July 13, 2022

      Paula Temple – Edge of Everything Review

      May 9, 2019
    • Features

      It Would Be Great if Nacon’s Terminator Game Was Just a Little Bit Like Alien: Isolation

      August 21, 2022

      Zero Transmission

      February 19, 2017
    • Blog

      Zero Transmission

      February 19, 2017
    • Forums
      • Media and Entertainment
        • Gaming
        • Books and Comics
        • Film and Television
        • Music and Podcasts
        • Art and Photography
      • Real Life
        • Culture and Lifestyle
        • Science and Technology
        • General Discussion
      • Other Stuff
        • The Cyberpunkery Site
        • Creative Projects
    • Submit News
    TIR Testing Grounds
    Home»News»The Neo Geo Pocket Color Version of Mega Man Battle & Fighters Is Now on Switch for Some Reason
    News

    The Neo Geo Pocket Color Version of Mega Man Battle & Fighters Is Now on Switch for Some Reason

    TiersInRainBy TiersInRainAugust 4, 2022No Comments2 Mins Read
    Mega Man Battle & Fighters
    Mega Man Battle & Fighters, a Neo Geo Pocket game is now out on Switch

    Mega Man Battle & Fighters was suddenly published on the Nintendo eShop yesterday with no marketing or noise-making of any kind by the publisher. So it naturally took a lot of people by surprise considering, I mean, it’s Mega Man. Typically there is something said to hype people up for it in advance when it comes to long established franchises like that. But no, not a peep at all.

    In any case, if you were not already aware, Mega Man Battle & Fighters is actually a Neo Geo Pocket Color port of both Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters and was released in 2000. These were the the two arcade Mega Man games released by Capcom in 1995 and 1996 respectively. They are combined into one game here with reworked graphics, design, and more.

    Like the arcade games, Mega Man Battle & Fighters is a one on one boss rush sort of thing. You take on famous Mega Man bosses from Mega Man 1-7 and then ultimately fight Dr. Wily at the end. Some original story was added as well that lends to the Mega Man canon. The arcade versions of these games were actually just recently released on switch via Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium. Capcom surprised a lot of Mega Man fans by including them, myself included.

    This is even more surprising though, somehow. More so because no one knew it was coming than because it’s a fairly obscure Mega Man game. Part of this may have something to do with the fact that is is published by SNK rather than Capcom. In any case, it came out of nowhere and I am delightfully surprised. Not because this is better than the arcade games. It isn’t. Though it’s not bad by any stretch. I actually love the 8-bit style graphics that hearken back to NES-era Mega Man. More becaues it is a historical curiosity and it’s good to have for that reason alone. I’d wager few people outside Japan have played this game aside from historians or hardcore Mega Man fans who had sought it out.

    Now they can, and that is always a good thing! It’ll set you back $7.99 to experience this little historical gem.

    capcom cyberpunk mega man mega man 2: the power fighters mega man battle & fighters mega man: the power battle neo geo pocket color nintendo switch retro snk
    TiersInRain
    • Website
    • Twitter

    A person who obviously loves cyberpunk stuff. He created Cyberpunkery to talk about all the cyberpunk stuff. He also loves video games, especially old ones, and electronic music, especially old stuff. And coffee. He really likes coffee a lot. He runs a blog dedicated to gaming at disintegreat.com

    Related Posts

    State Azure Releases Cover of The Terminator Theme

    January 15, 2023

    Killtopia Volume 5 Is Live on Kickstarter

    November 4, 2022

    Upcoming Software Synth by Cherry Audio Seems Very Blade Runner-Inspired

    November 1, 2022

    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    Latest Articles

    JUNG_E Review

    February 1, 2023

    State Azure Releases Cover of The Terminator Theme

    January 15, 2023

    Killtopia Volume 5 Is Live on Kickstarter

    November 4, 2022

    Upcoming Software Synth by Cherry Audio Seems Very Blade Runner-Inspired

    November 1, 2022

    NEONnoir Is a New Adventure Game for the Commodore Amiga

    November 1, 2022

    90s Arcade Title Osman Is Getting Ported to Switch and PS4

    September 7, 2022

    Intellivania Is a Port of Castlevania for the Intellivision

    September 5, 2022
    Latest Discussion
    • TiersInRain on NEONnoir Is a New Adventure Game for the Commodore Amiga: “@Disintegreat yep” Dec 6, 19:50
    • Disintegreat on NEONnoir Is a New Adventure Game for the Commodore Amiga: “Testing the limits of threaded replies” Dec 6, 17:41
    • TiersInRain on NEONnoir Is a New Adventure Game for the Commodore Amiga: “Testing out a reply to a comment.” Dec 6, 17:39
    • TiersInRain on NEONnoir Is a New Adventure Game for the Commodore Amiga: “Testing something out again, as you can see.” Dec 6, 17:39
    • TiersInRain on NEONnoir Is a New Adventure Game for the Commodore Amiga: “Just testing something out, you can ignore this comment. Or not. It’s up to you really.” Dec 6, 17:39

    Cyberpunk Gamer is the only editorialized news blog we know of (to be fair, we haven’t checked) that endeavors to cover cyberpunk gaming, entertainment, and culture. Learn More

    Sections
    • Latest
    • News
    • Reviews
    • Features
    • Opinion
    • Blog
    • Forums
    Topics
    • Gaming
    • Film/TV
    • Books/Literature
    • Comics
    • Music
    • Tech/Culture
    • Art/Photography
    About
    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Send Us a Tip
    • Terms of Service
    • Privacy Policy
    • Site Updates
    Twitter Instagram YouTube Tumblr RSS
    © 2023 Cyberpunk Gamer. Powered by a whole lot of

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.

    Sign In or Register

    Welcome Back!

    Login below or Register Now.

    Lost password?

    Register Now!

    Already registered? Login.

    A password will be e-mailed to you.