SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy – Review

SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy pits Thirteen of SNK’s famous female fighters, and one male fighter that gets a magical sex change, into a strange pocket dimension controlled by the perverted Kukri. He organizes a tournament to allow the heroes to escape with the losers joining his sand sculpture collections.

The story gives you just enough to make sense of why you’re seeing Mai dressed up in a cow bikini and why the characters are fighting each other to a new 2 on 2 rules, but that is it. The story mode can be cleared in about 30 minutes or less and doesn’t do much to reward you for taking the time to fight. There is some comedic dialog between the characters and every combination does change some cutscenes up slightly, giving you enough to replay it and be entertained for that short amount of time. The rest of the modes you can expect from SNK Heroines are about as basic as you can expect. Players can do basic VS battles with a friend or against the computer, or take on waves of enemies in Survival or take their skills online (something unfortunately I was not able to do during the review.)

Those who were expecting the deep Fighting Mechanics that SNK is known for will definitely be upset. Controls are confined to light and heavy attacks, grapples, and a special move button. Two button fighters are not we haven’t seen before but it feels like the combat has been more streamlined to be a much more casual and friendly to those who don’t play fighting games. Attacks and specials are modified with the use of the directional buttons, while blocks and tags are done via bumper commands.