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For all you Neo-Geo fighting game fans out there, a new and improved version of world Heroes 2 is due to hit the arcades this Spring, and the home Neo-Geo console in June. World Heroes 2 Jet is Alpha Denshi's latest variation on the World Heroes theme. Weighing in at a monstrous 176 megabits, WH2 Jet is the latest in what is sure to be a new trend of high memory Neo-Geo games. Well, enough about megs, let's get on to the game at hand, shall we?
Although this is the Jet version of World Heroes 2 (which would lead you to believe that the gameplay has been accelerated), everything seems to move at the same pace as WH 2. Considering this a 90% complete version of WH2 Jet, I will give Alpha Denshi the benefit of the doubt. All the characters have new moves. For example, Hanzou (that's the blue colored ninja, for all you World Heroes illiterates out there) can now jump up into the air and warp to the other side of the screen, ala
Dhalsim. He also has a flying kick similar to Ray in Fighter's History. Dragon has a new mid-air scissor kick and Janne has a new Super Firebird. But those are just the special moves, you can now perform some new regular moves as well
(Brocken's mid-air kick is but one example of a new regular move). In other words, all the old characters have more than enough new moves to keep WH fans busy for a while. There are two brand new characters to sink your teeth into, and their names are Jack and
Ryofu. Ryofu is a great close range fighter and he has a long staff that can do some serious damage (up to 12 hits at once). Jack is a lanky punk rocker from England with a mohawk and some Freddy Kruger-like steel gloves. There is a new Tournament mode, and you also have the ability to customize the offense/defense/speed abilities of your character. The only thing that is majorly negative about this game is that it gets the green light to be released while Magician Lord 2 is still on the back burner. It's a
cryin' shame that we must continue to wait, but I guess that Alpha Denshi feels a need to make some more megabucks before they satisfy the gamers that supported them when Geo was still in its infancy. -K. Lee
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