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> > Is this a compilation of various CPS2/3 games?
>
> No, it was the last 2D fighting game Capcom released for arcades before giving up the
> fighting genre for a while (a period from there till Street Fighter IV i believe).
> They were thought times which came for their fans.
>
> SNK Playmore quality had decreased (even more), the success for their new games on
> the then new platform Atomiswave didn't work as planned. In fact I think I'm lucky to
> have seen an original Atomiswave cabinet because they were really rare (and
> expensive), most of them are converted to MAME machines today. Capcom gave the last
> stab with Capcom Fighting Jam and any hope for a new Marvel vs. Capcom sequel was
> completely lost (who would have know?). There were still successful 2D fighting game
> series after that (who doesn't know Guilty Gear or Rumble Fish?) but they weren't as
> popular into the genre as a Capcom game used to be.
>
> With the improvement of console ports and implementation of online technologies
> (there was something rare and novel among consoles on broadband called XBOX LIve),
> many games reached the quality an arcade could offer and gave the availability to
> play against anyone without leaving home. This as you know gave path to dance pad
> games gain more popularity and make the then predominant fighting genre to slow down
> gradually. Many arcades places who couldn't keep up with the expensive dance machines
> and the few income from arcade cabinets closed eventually, arcade was not a good
> business anymore.
>
> Sorry for the long reply, but this really brings some bad memories. Still it's great
> to see a game i have never seen preserved. Now that i have a first generation XBOX
> may as well get the port too.

its a good game on tis own,but can't help feel that it might have been something much better.i mean MUCH more than that.look at neogeo battle coliseum:that's a good game for fanservice,whith nostalgia written all over it.it had its flaws,no ending sequence etc,but the character roster was one of the best IMO,while CFJ roster was abysmal(again,IMO).