{"id":7480,"date":"2025-05-14T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=7480"},"modified":"2025-05-15T18:23:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T18:23:25","slug":"capcom-fighting-collection-2-review-power-stone-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/14\/capcom-fighting-collection-2-review-power-stone-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"Capcom Fighting Collection 2 review \u2013 Power Stone revival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The latest in Capcom<\/a>\u2019s series of retro fighting game compilations focuses on Capcom Vs. SNK and GameCentral favourite Power Stone.<\/p>\n

Every time we talk to anyone from Capcom, no matter what the subject is, we always ask about a new sequel to Power Stone. We\u2019ve been doing it for over a decade now, mostly just to annoy them, but now, finally, the series has returned. We don\u2019t know how many other people are excited about that fact – probably not many, given the length of the franchise\u2019s absence – but we couldn\u2019t be happier.<\/p>\n

At the same time, it can be a depressing jolt of reality when you return to a game after many years, with memories of its greatness, and realise that time has not been kind to it. Power Stone, and some of the other games in this collection, are over a quarter of a century old but, to our relief, they\u2019re still highly enjoyable today, with that classic Capcom combination of swagger and cheesy exuberance.<\/p>\n

In fact, it\u2019s remarkable just how well Capcom fighting games tend to endure, as evidenced by the previously released Capcom Fighting Collection<\/a> and Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics<\/a>. A cynical mind might accuse this third title of starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel but that\u2019s not fair, as while these games might not be as well known they\u2019re every bit as interesting as Capcom\u2019s more famous headliners.<\/p>\n

Although it contained a number of unrelated titles, the main focus of the first Capcom Fighting Collection was the Darkstalkers series, with all five original arcade games included. There\u2019s a less clear-cut theme for this one, but the most high-profile inclusions (if you\u2019re a Power Stone philistine) are probably the two Capcom Vs. SNK games.<\/p>\n

There is something that connects all but one of the games though and that\u2019s that all of them were also ported to the Dreamcast, as everything but Capcom Fighting Evolution was released in a narrow window between 1998 and 2001. That matches up exactly with the life and death of Sega\u2019s last console, of which Capcom was one of the most prolific supporters.<\/p>\n

That creates a slight problem though, in that all these versions of the games are based on the original coin-ops – which the majority of people will never have played – and not the more familiar Dreamcast editions. That\u2019s a real shame, because a lot of ancillary options have been lost in the process, particularly for something like Power Stone 2, which had an additional Adventure mode involving unlocking extra weapons and items.<\/p>\n

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