Difficulty:

Hard

Time Spent:

100 or More Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Innovative"

Well what can I say about what drew me to this game other than the violence? Because lets face it anyone that says otherwise is pretty much lying big time on that one, everyone was talking about it at the time because it allowed you to kill you opponent ant the end of the fight, and there was blood flying every where great appeal for all teenagers then. However Nintendo in there infinite bunny stroking wisdom at the time decided to leave all of that blood and head ripping heart pulling gore out of the game because at the time they were far more friendly than they are now. Despite this minor detail the game itself was the closest to the arcade version between the two home versions released at the time, offering very close to the original graphics, being much larger sprites than the Mega Drive version could offer and superior sound, plus the SNES control pad was far better than the Mega Drive version for playing and controlling the game due to more buttons. How it holds up now though is a slightly different story after going back and playing it though and seeing how slow and unresponsive it can be after playing later versions, but it can still be fun to pull off some of those Fatalities just to see what they were like, to be fair this game is only good for a quick trip down memory lane nothing more as it really shows it's age with badly digitised actors and slow pace, that and there is very little to separate the seven characters this game has to offer, other than the special moves and fatalities. Still not bad but doesn't hold up well at all.