This is the second time I grab one of these Neo Geo Pocket games on Switch, last time being the Capcom SNK card game which was a cool little game. Neo Geo Pocket is a set of platforms that were WAY out of my radar back in the day, so there’s a bunch of possibly-cool games I missed on that. This is one I never even heard about before it popped up on the Switch eshop, but I grabbed it not too long after it came out because it looked cool.

Let’s see if it’s good!

It’s really a rarity for me to jump into retro games as far as reviews go… mostly because they’re old and generally a well-known thing. It’s not because I don’t like them, I actually do have a somewhat sizeable game collection, spanning from the Magnavox Odyssey to… now. I have a lot of appreciation for all of gaming and I do feel like gaming used to be considerably more interesting.

That said, this game shows a massive gap in my gaming knowledge. I vaguely knew about the Neo Geo Pocket Color but I never touched one. So there are actually some pretty cool-looking games for it I never played. This is one I heard a lot of good about. This recent shadow-dropped Switch release includes both the SNK and Capcom versions (and you can trade cards between them), though both games are essentially the same, just a different starter deck and a few minor differences otherwise.

So let’s go and talk about this cool game!