Power Stone deserves so much love and receives so little. It's tailor-made for fun battles, breathtaking supers, and shocking upsets. Plus, its controls are far more accessible than Smash Bros.-- its most comparable competition at the time, which, like so many franchises, has since turned into a newbie-unfriendly corporate institution.
The characters (though some, like Galuda, are dated) are all memorable and uniquely capable, which is where a lot of Power Stone clones, despite their eagerness, fail to stack up.
If Capcom would look beyond constantly crapping out the same five ROMs from their 2D catalog and exploiting the tunnelvisioned esports scene, we would have seen a proper rerelease of this (on something bigger than the PSP) a long time ago.
Oh well... 25 years on this classic is still a milestone in my book.
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Re: Anniversary: Power Stone, One Of Capcom's Forgotten Classics, Turns 25 Today
Power Stone deserves so much love and receives so little. It's tailor-made for fun battles, breathtaking supers, and shocking upsets. Plus, its controls are far more accessible than Smash Bros.-- its most comparable competition at the time, which, like so many franchises, has since turned into a newbie-unfriendly corporate institution.
The characters (though some, like Galuda, are dated) are all memorable and uniquely capable, which is where a lot of Power Stone clones, despite their eagerness, fail to stack up.
If Capcom would look beyond constantly crapping out the same five ROMs from their 2D catalog and exploiting the tunnelvisioned esports scene, we would have seen a proper rerelease of this (on something bigger than the PSP) a long time ago.
Oh well... 25 years on this classic is still a milestone in my book.
Re: Unsurprisingly, Hideo Kojima Is Not Involved With The Upcoming Snake Eater Remake
Konami owes Kojima better treatment than this. But that's been the situation for about 8 years now, hasn't it?