Crossovers reigned atEvo 2024 . Some of the best reveals of the entire upshot admit run into Terry Bogard inStreet Fighter 6for the first time and get wind that Lucy fromCyberpunk : Edgerunnersis coming toGuilty Gear Strivenext year . It ’s a sign of a good for you musical style that TV game developer of all kinds need in on . The marquee moment from Evo 2024 that certify this was when SNK , the developer behind serial likeThe King of FightersandFatal Fury , fantasm - droppedSNK vs. Capcom SVC Chaos .

give up on PC last Saturday and on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch on Monday , SVC Chaosis the late scrap game re - release from Code Mystics that takes an colonnade classic and regenerate it for New platform with features like online child’s play and push back netcode . It ’s a well - done double - dip of a somewhat obscure and unloved scrap game , and an amazing primer for another crosswalk battler I ’m looking forward to later this year : Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection : Arcade Classics .

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During the arcade golden age of the 1990s , genre rivals SNK and Capcom collaborated to finally make crossover scrap games that featured character from their various franchises . Capcom explicate twoCapcom vs. SNKgames in 2000 and 2001 , while SNK follow up in 2003 with its arcade take on the concept after only producing Neo Geo Pocket game for it prior . That game isSNK vs. Capcom : SVC Chaos .

SVC Chaosis a uncanny game , and not just because it ’s a franchise mishmash . It has a darker tone and coloring palette than almost all of the SNK and Capcom series included in the assemblage , as character like Ryu and Terry are duking it out in heaven across desolate , postapocalyptic stage . This give the game a distinct feel that neither SNK nor Capcom has returned to since . On the gameplay front , it ’s a 1v1 fighter in which each character has two health bars ; you must deplete your opposer ’s to win the battle .

It ’s an SNK - style four - button belligerent rather than a Capcom - trend six - button one , which makes playing some of the Street Fighter fibre feel odd but intuitive on modernistic controllers . Competitively , SVC Chaosisn’t that extremely involve because of some broken gameplay mechanics . nonchalantly , it ’s not as inherently trashy as other SNK and Capcom fighting games of this geological era . It ’s sure as shooting a chip uncut around the edges , but there ’s also no other fight plot from SNK or Capcom that feel quite like it .

This is n’t a re - release of one of the best fighting game of all time , but I ’m still glad there ’s now an easy way to smoothly bet this enchanting firearm of push game history on modern platform . SVC Chaosis emulated attractively on modern computer hardware — I played it on Nintendo Switch — and it features quite a few gameplay customization pinch to make it more approachable for competitory child’s play . There ’s also a gallery where players can look at the game ’s gorgeous construct art .

It has a practice mode and hitbox overlays now , so those who want to get good onSVC Chaoswill have an soft time doing so , as they do n’t have to track down an arcade cabinet or old console port . The on-line play feels smooth with rollback netcode , and while the useable server were sparse when I play , this kind of support is appreciated . If you ’re a fan of the combat game music genre and have n’t picked upSVC Chaos ’ re - release , I commend you do .

Despite all its quirks , SVC Chaosfeels like the veracious game to have shadow - dropped at Evo 2024 . crossing were a focal point of the show , as all of these struggle plot developer seemed content with crossing over with each and other companies like CD Projekt Red and Nike wanted in on the fun . While this hap at the starting line of the raw millennium because the fighting game writing style was no longer in its gold historic period , it ’s happening now because we ’re in the middle of a fight down biz renaissance .

Companies like SNK and Capcom once again recognize that all boats move up together and are now work together from a gunpoint of success rather than a period of worry . Until Capcom or SNK decide to revisit this musical theme ( which seems like a real possibility ) , I ’ll take Code Mystics ’ splendid re - publish ofSVC Chaosas the symbol of all that untilMarvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection : Arcade Classicscomes along .

SNK vs. Capcom SVC Chaosis available now for PC , PS4 , and Nintendo Switch .