Pocket Fighter

PSX

Capcom - 1998

Ok, Let's get one thing straight, this game is not Street Fighter. It is not Street Fighter. Heck, it ain't even old-timey. Instead pocket fighter is puzzle fighter sans puzzles. You just have the two goofy little characters fighting each other. It's kind of like translating a sentence into German and then back into English. You don't get the same sentence back. Instead, you get some freakish bastard sentence that resembles the original by no longer makes any sense. Take this for example:

English: Street Fighter kicks ass.

German: Straße Kämpfer tritt Esel.

English: Road fighter steps donkeys.

. . . . . WHAT? What does that mean? Steps Donkeys? Whatever.

I'll explain the game real quick. Take Street fighter, remove technique, remove four buttons, add a "Super" button, add button combos (P,P,P; P,K,P; etc.), add doesn't-make-sense. Throw in some gems and you've got a donkey stepping game.

What I liked: This game is goofy as bot. There are no less than 3 costumes per combo and there are a ton of guest appearences. While most of the cameos are in backgrounds, sometimes the characters will dress like them in combos (Yay! Jill Valentine). I also like the ability to power up moves.

What I disliked: The non-Street Fighter gameplay. Because of the new combo system, the game is more of a button-masher.

What to expect: Pocket fighter is as weird as it looks. It is a fighting game based on Puzzle Fighter which was based on Street Fighter. Expect a shallowly fun game, not a deep game.

What not to expect: Puzzle Fighter without puzzles or a miniature Street Fighter. This is a completely different game.

What sets it apart from the genre: It's pocket sized. Ha, ha . . . uhhhh. What really sets it apart is the power-up system with the gems.

Ratings on:

Controls: 8 - It has Street Fighter controls but the super button just doesn't help.

Graphics: 8 - Capcom always has good animation, even in the backgrounds.

Sound: 3 - Midgets say the darndest things, and fight to the worst music.

Style: 5 - I can't go higher, because it is another Street Fighter. But I can't go lower because the gems are really original

10 minutes: 9 - Weeee! I can't stop laughing.

30 minutes: 8 - Ha. I can't stop giggling.

1st hour: 7 - hehe, we named Ken 'Bitch,' hehe.

2nd hour: 4 - It's been playing against itself for the past hour.

3rd hour: 2 - uhhhhhh . . .

#1 thing I hate about this game: It pretended to be fun for a whole hour. That lying piece of trash. I wasted my life on you!

Sundu hates Capcom