World Heroes Anthology

[Bill Wood]

Shipped yesterday (3/11), hope everyone's supporting SNK on this one as we definitely need more old-school goodness on the PS2. I own the import and have a preorder on the NA version, here's hoping it shows up within the next couple of days.

Probably common knowledge by now, but for those who aren't familiar, this game shipped in Japan a couple of months back as World Heroes Gorgeous, and contains the following:

* World Heroes
* World Heroes 2
* World Heroes 2 Jet
* World Heroes Perfect

SNK Press Release:
http://snkplaymoreusa.com/pr-3-11-2008.php

My World Heroes Anthology review on GameFAQs:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/review/R122971.html

Awesome WHP strats:
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=147460

As stated in the above thread, WHP might just be the best fighter you've never played, well worth taking a look at if you're looking to get into something new. And if anyone gets their hands on it, please post so I can start bugging my local GameCrazy! :wgrin:

[Dark Geese]

Shipped yesterday (3/11), hope everyone's supporting SNK on this one as we definitely need more old-school goodness on the PS2. I own the import and have a preorder on the NA version, here's hoping it shows up within the next couple of days.

Probably common knowledge by now, but for those who aren't familiar, this game shipped in Japan a couple of months back as World Heroes Gorgeous, and contains the following:

* World Heroes
* World Heroes 2
* World Heroes 2 Jet
* World Heroes Perfect

SNK Press Release:
http://snkplaymoreusa.com/pr-3-11-2008.php

My World Heroes Anthology review on GameFAQs:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/review/R122971.html

Awesome WHP strats:
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=147460

As stated in the above thread, WHP might just be the best fighter you've never played, well worth taking a look at if you're looking to get into something new. And if anyone gets their hands on it, please post so I can start bugging my local GameCrazy! :wgrin:


Agreed everyone support..and support the tournaments either I, Josh, or others will be holding for World Heroes Perfect in at FRXI and in the near future!!!

-Dark Geese

[Random123456789]

I'm definitely getting this one.:woot:

[Pablo_the_Mex]

Thanks for the reminder, I will be ordering this soon.

[Dark Geese]

Thanks for the reminder, I will be ordering this soon.

Waku Waku 7 Money Match at EVO World/MWC?

[Pablo_the_Mex]

Waku Waku 7 Money Match at EVO World/MWC?

Man you still set trippin' over that? I figure there would be many more SNK games deserving of a TV than our Waku Waku 7 MM. I'll do it for like $10, I sure as hell do not want to take time away from other, much better games.

[EvilSamurai]

I will definitely be picking this up along with FFBA1

[Johnny]

Yeah I saw that today. Too bad fucking gamestop doesn't have it. I'm going to have to go down to Chinatown this weekend to pick it up.

[Dark Geese]

Man you still set trippin' over that? I figure there would be many more SNK games deserving of a TV than our Waku Waku 7 MM. I'll do it for like $10, I sure as hell do not want to take time away from other, much better games.

Well of course duh..but a a Money Match is quick..real quick..so it won't be anything long trust me...

I mean it aint like we are having a tournament in the game lol.

[Pablo_the_Mex]

Well of course duh..but a a Money Match is quick..real quick..so it won't be anything long trust me...

I mean it aint like we are having a tournament in the game lol.

It will be gross, and hilarious. So yeah it's on.

[Dark Geese]

It will be gross, and hilarious. So yeah it's on.

Cool.

[Renz0]

Already ordered mine. I am itching for some World Heroes!

[Josh-TheFunkDOC]

If anyone can find anything interesting in Jet, please let me know. I've tried, and that game just seems deathly boring to me.

Perfect is all kinds of awesome, and now you'll be able to practice it on PS2 with no lag. GOGOGO!

[Return of Shiki]

I had no idea it was already out. I'll try hunting for it tomorrow, if I have the time.

[Master Chibi]

I'll try hunting it down myself.

:3!

[StuartHayden]

picking up a copy friday.

[Hanzo_Hasashi]

preordered mine today from cduniverse. it may be a bit pricier but i live in south america and is the fastest-safest bet for me.

[OJ4]

thanks for the reminder. imma pick this one up.

[Bill Wood]

If anyone can find anything interesting in Jet, please let me know. I've tried, and that game just seems deathly boring to me.

Jet plays too similar to the previous games in the series (1 Punch, 1 Kick, and a Throw/Taunt button of all things) to hold my interest for any length of time. Perfect on the other hand is a complete revelation, the numerous upgrades to that game (3 strength attack system, ABC, Hero, Supers, etc. etc.) make it completely unlike any other game in the series, which is definitely for the better.

Just to give you a little history from my perspective, when the WH games were originally released all those years ago, I played WH 1 & 2 quite a bit but never got the chance to play Jet or Perfect; I only read about them in magazines like Gamefan. WH 1 & 2 were in arcades all over the place in my area (even if no one really played them), and the SNES ports actually might have done more for the popularity of the series than the arcade.

I know I played the crap out of WH2 on my SNES. The characters were ridiculous, but they also had this weird kind of charm that held my interest longer than Fighters History, Art of Fighting or any of those other colorless SF2 knockoffs. The game even inspired me to start learning Japanese, I went down to Little Tokyo and picked up the WH2 Gamest guide, then bought a couple of translation books and started studying up.

I don't think anyone really took the series seriously back then, at least not from what I remember. After all, every arcade that had a World Heroes game in their NeoGeo cabinet also had a CE or HF cab in the vicinity, and why drive a Honda when you've got a Ferrari sitting in the garage? As a result, maybe a lot of arcade operators didn't get big returns on their WH 1/2 investments and decided to skip on Jet and Perfect. Or maybe I just lost interest and never bothered seeking those games out... it's all a blur to me now.

In any case, when I finally got the chance to play WHP via this collection, I was blown away at the difference in quality, it's almost as though ADK kept the characters and the title, but threw everything else out the window and started from scratch. Too bad some people will see the words "World Heroes" in the title and laugh it off, WHP deserves better.

You may not believe this, but there's a little arcade next to the movie theater near my house that STILL has a NeoGeo cabinet with WH2. At least it was there the last time I checked, maybe a year or so ago. I think I need to take some time this weekend to go down there and start tossing boats and sharks at fools, just like the old days.:wgrin:

[The Lone Dragon]

Shipped yesterday (3/11), hope everyone's supporting SNK on this one as we definitely need more old-school goodness on the PS2. I own the import and have a preorder on the NA version, here's hoping it shows up within the next couple of days.


Beat me to it...

Support SNK!!!

P.S. Kim Dragon = Rock Lee
You heard it here first.

[Starcade RIP]

None of my local gamestops even know what this is heh.

[Pablo_the_Mex]

None of my local gamestops even know what this is heh.

That is the problem I have everytime a new SNK games comes out. If it isn't the wii or Guitar Heroes they don't know shit.

[moltron1st]

Honestly I'm not a big fan of the game; a little too cartoony for me. But I'll probably get it anyway just to support SNK :)

[OJ4]

None of my local gamestops even know what this is heh.


they never do.

i asked for battle coliseum, kof xi , and battle archives when they were shipped out and they didnt know what any of them were.

and i went to gamestop today and i got the same response as usual

[Cthulhu27]

I'm a little worried that these games won't have aged very well, but I've never played Perfect. Played all the others though and liked the goofy feel the games had. The package is so cheap I might pick it up though... especially since it sounds like Perfect is rather good.

[ShinobiDawg]

Does this game have a 480p mode?
Is there a music listen mode in the options?

[Bill Wood]

Not sure if there's a 480p mode.

There are arranged and original soundtracks available for each game, and I'm pretty sure there's a listen mode to accompany it, although I'm not 100% on this.

In addition there is a practice mode for each game, as well as color edit mode and skill lists for each character (still basing my experience off the import BTW, my local copy hasn't arrived yet).

[Hanzo_Hasashi]

Im playing it through S-video and looks great. Im also still playing the import =)

[NEBULOSO]

I just received my copy of WHA from Amazon, and was looking at the back of the package.... Has anyone played WHP's mini-mode? :lol:
-Maybe someone here can/will make a WHP mini-mode cmv?

I wish they would have kept the Death Match Modes in Jet and Perfect! :sad:

[Bill Wood]

I didn't even know there was a mini-mode in WHP, I'll have to check that out.

Death matches were alright (better than line switching in Fatal Fury!), but I don't miss them in Jet or Perfect. Especially not in Perfect, which seems like an entirely new direction for the series. My only complaint about Perfect is that I actually prefer some of the earlier background stages in the series, not that it breaks the game or anything.

BTW, I'm also playing the import on a standard TV via S-Video. Looks pretty awesome to me.

[Return of Shiki]

To anybody who has the American version: what store did you buy it from?

I want to know what chain is carrying the game...

[Bill Wood]

I've haven't found anywhere in So Cal that has it in stock, lots of reports of it showing up on the East Coast though. Amazon orders have been received as well. I preordered a couple of weeks ago and the store I preordered from still doesn't even know the game exists. And it's not even in the Gamestop database, probably because it's not Brawl or an Xbox 360 FPS.

I mean, I do realize it's a niche title and all, but you'd think these dedicated game retailers would at least be somewhat up on their shit.

[OJ4]

the guy at gamestop showed me the computer and showed me that it wasnt on file as i expected. but it was good to see that arcana was on the database, at least they have a fighter on there file thats not dbz or somethin like that

[Hyuga]

They have bunches and bunches of them at the PlayStation store in SF. Went there for the first time today, picked up a PS3 memory card reader

[FSgamer]

I ordered my copy from SuperDuperClub.com last Thursday, got my copy of the game today, US$13 + shipping.

[moltron1st]

That is the problem I have everytime a new SNK games comes out. If it isn't the wii or Guitar Heroes they don't know shit.

Yeah thats true to tell you the truth...but for some reason I've been getting lucky getting them off the shelves here and there. I found KOF XI by accident. Also KOF: Evo on Dreamcast, Garou:MotW, those KOF combo packages, etc. I think its better to actually look for them than to ask those guys at the register cuz 9 times out of 1o they don't know shit.

Also do the online thing as well, cuz most likely they always have it! Thats where I get most of my games nowadays...I don't even bother with the gamestops anymore

[OJ4]

i remembered buying kof xi and the clerk at gamestop was like "thats a good game" and i said "so who do you use?" and he couldn't come up with anyone, i was like damn son. i wasnt trying to be an asshole or anything, i was just trying to meet a possibly new player and he proved me wrong lol

[Warrior's Dreams]

Man, its been a little over a week and I still cant find this game

[OJ4]

i'm just gonna most likely order it online since they already have it instock online. i cant wait to play wHP, i havent played world heroes in a while

[Keits]

Good shit to all the new WHP players! Get over to the WHP thread and get some tips from Josh and I to step up that game for regionals and evo!

[moltron1st]

i remembered buying kof xi and the clerk at gamestop was like "thats a good game" and i said "so who do you use?" and he couldn't come up with anyone, i was like damn son. i wasnt trying to be an asshole or anything, i was just trying to meet a possibly new player and he proved me wrong lol

Hahahahaha:rofl:wish I was there to see that! Then I would have gotten the game case and smack him...then put it on youtube lol

[Bill Wood]

Man, its been a little over a week and I still cant find this game

Me either, and I'm in L.A. I swear to God, I could walk right out to the street corner where I work and pick up a hooker nearly any time of day, but I can't find a copy of World Heroes Anthology anywhere within a 20-mile radius. Funny how life works sometimes.

[The Lone Dragon]

Just wanted to bring this back into public consciosuness...

Received mine in the mail yesterday...I'd recommend getting it online, because you aren't going to find it in stores. And, if you don't like buying with credit cards online, you can send checks to Amazon (I did).

Buy it with FFBA2, save on shipping, and get 7 games for 30 dollars.


World Heroes Perfect is pretty dang interesting...

[Keits]

Sure is. #whp on efnet is live for emulated matchmaking, and we will probably start holding ranbats or tournaments in the near future as interest has spiked a bit.

[drauch]

To anybody who has the American version: what store did you buy it from?

I want to know what chain is carrying the game...

I found mine at a local gamecrazy. I hear they only carry 2 though, but only if one person pre-ordered...

[Renz0]

I am diligently practicing my Capt. Kidd on WHP right now. This is a great collection!

[Josh-TheFunkDOC]

I found a new copy at the Exchange (a.k.a. Record Exchange, CD/Game Exchange, what have you). Those would be the places to look if you've got one!

[Random123456789]

I finally found a copy at my closest Micro Center for $14.99 yesterday. You might want to check something like that out, or something like Fry's.

[chopa]

The exchange is where I know a copy is, though I'd consider checking toysrus

[Raistlin X]

anyone have tier lists for all four games?