| SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters DS | |
|---|---|
 North American cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Now Production |
| Publisher(s) |
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| Director(s) | Junichi Ōno |
| Producer(s) | Tatsuhiko Kanaoka |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Collectible card game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
Release[]
This Nintendo DS game was released on December 14, 2006 in Japan and was released on April 24, 2007 in the United States. In addition, there are key features:
- ADK characters were added to the SNK side, from games like Aggressors of Dark Kombat, Ninja Master's -Haoh-Ninpo-Cho- and the World Heroes series.
- Many newcomers have been added from recent games produced by both companies, such as Capcom's Dante and Phoenix Wright as well as SNK's Yuki and Nagase.
- Power Stone characters are absent from the game.
Game-breaking bug[]
Almost immediately after the American NDS version was released, an unavoidable bug was discovered in the game. The bug occurs on the ninth floor of the tower, during the second play through. The game crashes after talking to an opponent named Jon, who has to be defeated in order to finish the game.[2] On June 6, SNK announced that the replacement cartridge would be available in stores on June 25 and began the process of implementing a recall. These cartridges have been sent by mail along with a package of five King of Fighters trading cards. The recall ended in January 2008. Fixed versions of the game features a black and white graphic behind the title font on the cartridge's label, while bugged versions feature the label in full color. The other versions of the game did not contain the above-mentioned glitch.
Reception[]
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | 48/100[3] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Eurogamer | 10% |
| Game Informer | 65% |
| GameRevolution | 16% |
| GameSpot | 49% |
| GameSpy | 30% |
| GamesRadar+ | 50% |
| GamesTM | 60% |
| GameZone | 63% |
| IGN | 35% |
| NGamer | 57% |
| Nintendo Power | 70% |
The game was mostly poorly received. Eurogamer said it was "broken in the literal sense of not working as sold and, as such, must be scored appropriately. That the game underneath the bodged localisation is also, figuratively, a broken shell of what it once was and absolutely nowhere near as good as it should have been, is more than anything, deeply, deeply sad." IGN said it was "Without a doubt one of the biggest letdowns thus far on DS." Game Revolution said that the game "takes everything I remember about playing tradable card games, highlights the bad parts, and then breaks." Famicom Tsūshin scored the game a 25 out of 40.[4]
References[]
- ↑ "SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters DS – Release Summary". Gamespot UK. Retrieved June 23, 2013.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Card Fighters DS Broken". Kotaku. April 30, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2007.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters DS". Metacritic.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ No. 940 2006
| SNK vs. Capcom series | ||
|---|---|---|
| SNK games | Card Fighters series • SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium • SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos | |
| Capcom games | Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 • Capcom vs. SNK 2 | |
| Related | Tekken 7 • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | |