Parents' Guide to Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers

While it's still fun and has some new content, this version of the popular fighting franchise could've been a deeper, richer experience. The Final Challengers makes modest attempts to supplement the 1994 game on which it's based, with an impressively extensive digital book of production art with 1,400 illustrations, a Street Fighter V/Street Fighter IV-styled first-person "Way of the Hado" mode (in which players hold the Joy-Con controllers to perform special moves as Ryu), and a "Buddy Battle" mode, where you and a friend can cooperatively and simultaneously take on enemy combatants in a single match. But these additions feel a touch thin. They're fine distractions, as the core of the game has always been playing against the computer and other people. And veteran players will notice altered combo timing and grapple breaks. But it's hard not to feel like this is still an old game. With only Violent Ken and Evil Ryu as "new" characters, you'll wind up pinballing around each mode with your favorite characters and hit a wall sooner or later. Newcomers will be dazzled by the variety, but people familiar with the series will find it familiar. It's still fun, but it could have been so much more.