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NeoGeo Battle Coliseum (2005)

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This is a play-through using Athena and Mars People in the PS2 version of NeoGeo Battle Coliseum. Read on below for more information...

Athena and Mars People are both hidden characters in this game. They are unlockable playable characters.

===== About Athena =====
This is the Goddess/Princess version of Athena, or '86 Athena. She is lifted straight from SvC: Chaos and put into NGBC with with her move/command list given an overhaul.

===== About Mars People =====
Mars People originates from the game Metal Slug 2, and for his NGBC appearance he is lifted straight from SvC: Chaos with a few changes here and there.

===== About NGBC =====
NeoGeo Battle Coliseum happens to be one of my favorite fighting games. The 2-on-2 tag team feature is nice, and I loved the dream match factor of how characters from other SNK-based games are included. Even characters from different time periods (i.e. Nakoruru) are in, some with new/re-drawn sprites as well.

The idea that you could face up to 4 bosses (3 of them well-known) offers variety in single-player mode, and the cheesy-but-lighthearted story about Goodman, who I quote: "I will topple NeoGeo's most powerful warriors and put myself on the throne!" adds to it's charm. The interface graphics of the game is very "modern" and is unlike what you usually see in a fighting game.

===== The Story/Plot =====
The reasons for the game's story/plot is an interesting one, as there is a message behind it from the developers SNK. It also represents real-life happenings back then.

For starters, in the game, the name of the organization that hosts the tournament is called "WAREZ", which is an obvious play on the word 'warez' (which means illegitimate software), as SNK Playmore blames software copying as one of the reasons for it's company bankruptcy in 2001. Yuki and Ai, the two protagonists, are sent to the tournament by the Federal Government to investigate and stop WAREZ/Goodman... which is also a play on what the authorities should've done to combat it.

Also, the boss Goodman was created to represent the time when SNK and the NeoGeo were under the control of Eolith, so they made him look a bit like Igniz, who of course is Eolith's character.

===== Region Differences =====

---- The European version suffers from incomplete language translation, which is why you don't get any text/dialogue during the boss cut-scenes and character true endings. Also, some character's win quotes on the winning screen just say "dummy4" or "dummy1". The background of the menu screen is also static instead of being animated like in the Japanese and USA versions.

----- The USA version translates the game properly, you will get text/dialogue in the boss cut-scenes and character true endings. The background of the menu screen is animated. Also, the loading times were much faster as well - this was done by stopping the music during loading. Whilst it dramatically shortened the waits between each match, it also meant that it's less authentic to the Arcade version.

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