SNK Gals Fighters is an interesting little package, but a fighting game with
only female characters and a small roster only has so much
replayability.
SNK's girls are great and all, but I think this game could've been epic
if SNK was able to throw in some Capcom gals too! Now that would have
made things more interesting! ~TFG
Webmaster
STORY:
The final
year of the millennium, 2000 A.D. A mysterious invitation makes its way
to female fighters all over the world. Written therein... "2000 A.D. The Q.O.F. Tournament opens! This competition's victor shall
receive the totally awesome "Reward of K': one wish that is to be granted."
Yours Truly, The Enigmatic "X"P.S. "You can only
get one wish, so make it count!"
P.S.S. "All who receive
this invitation must attend. Orelse! (No guys
allowed!)"
What's Q.O.F.? And what is the true identity of "X", sender of the
mysterious invitations? At any rate, the excitement is rising! Here now unrolls
the greatest (at least scheduled), bare-all (well, not everything) battle of
self-interest this country will see!!!
The Enigmatic X...
REVIEW:
So as the story goes, the "Queen of Fighters Tournament" was
organized by Miss X (AKA, Iori
dressed as a woman).
Obviously, the premise of Gals Fighters doesn't take
itself too seriously and is rather hilarious. Either Iori is
just plain weird for dressing as a woman and thinking he could fool the SNK
girls, or maybe he's actually an evil genius and has a
fetish for watching the SNK ladies fight it out (hey, it worked after all!) Anyway...
Iori in drag... tooooo
funny. ^o^
Gals Fighters
is a 1-on-1 fighting game made exclusively for the Neo Geo Pocket Color,
featuring 10 of
SNK's most famous female fighters (along with a ton of cameos). It didn't do a
whole lot of justice to the Neo Geo Pocket,
especially since the system was already on the decline upon the release of Gals
Fighters... and it would
seem, a "girls only" fighting game with a silly premise only has so much appeal. Perhaps the biggest
factor was that Match of the Millennium was a
much deeper fighting game (which came out almost a year before
Gals Fighters)! As a big fan of MOTM, I must say there's not much incentive
for me to play Gals Fighters... especially when you compare the rosters.
Well that's one way to do
it...
Gals
Fighters plays most similarly to KOF R-1 & R-2, but
presenting slightly faster gameplay and a friendlier combo system. It also features items
that players can equip to influence the matches, but most of the items actually
have no effect on the gameplay.
Visually, Gals Fighters wasn't as impressive as
some of the older NGPC titles, but what the game lacked in
graphics it made up for in personality and humor. SNK fans will enjoy the funny cut-scenes
and all of the "little" extra details they fit into the
game. Though Gals Fighters only features female playable fighters, quite
a few males actually make cameos in the game, including: Kyo, Ryo, Todo, Takuma,
Kensou, Juzo, Goro, & Yashiro. For a die-hard SNK/KOF fan, Gals Fighters is
an entertaining title, but as a whole, lacks depth and features a pretty small
character roster.
)
)
Obviously, the premise of Gals Fighters doesn't take
itself too seriously and is rather hilarious. Either Iori is
just plain weird for dressing as a woman and thinking he could fool the SNK
girls, or maybe he's actually an evil genius and has a
fetish for watching the SNK ladies fight it out (hey, it worked after all!) 
Anyway...
