What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

SNK vs Capcom: Match of the Millenium (Switch)

February 23rd, 2025

I spent most of my weekend visiting family in Chicago, eating amazing food, shopping, and learning quite a lot about portable spin-offs of convoluted RPG franchises. It was a lot of fun! When I got home, though, I had to get back to practical life, so I had to make dinner and pay bills before I could get back around to good stuff.

I had my Switch with while I hung out last night, so I did a few arcade playthroughs in Neo Geo Pocket Color games. I started with Shiki in SNK Gals' Fighter, doing so poorly I feared I'd lost my touch! It was tougher than usual for me to get hits in, and I was losing to the computer more often than usual.

For my next playthrough, though, I stuck with SNK Gals' Fighter, switching to Leona. It turned out I just kind of sucked at playing as Shiki, which is fair. I did try to use Shiki quite a lot in Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, since I like her character design, so it's not for lack of familiarity. Sometimes characters just don't suit me well, and that is okay. Leona, at any rate, does suit me well, and it's neat that she can explode things.

I also gave SNK vs Capcom: Match of the Millenium a try, and had a great time. By playthrough 26, maybe I'll be sick of the little story scenes in arcade mode, but last night, I found them charming. Kyo was a good, solid first choice to play as, too. He's not too fancy or too boring, so I felt like I was getting a good feel for the game. It'll be fun to dive into this a bit more!