Mega Man Battle & Fighters releases on Nintendo Switch

Capcom and SNK have been in an intense race to be first to bring all their old games to modern platforms. This has resulted in some amazing stuff even though it sometimes gets silly.

In Thursday’s version of that, SNK announced that the 2000 Japan-only Neo-Geo Pocket Color game Rockman Battle & Fighters is now available on Switch — under the name Mega Man Battle & FightersAlthough it is still in Japanese, the West has adopted this title. It’s a port of two mid-’90s Capcom arcade games (Mega Man: The Power Battle Mega Man 2 The Power FightersBoth were able to be scaled to suit the portability of the handheld hardware. The package came from the era when SNK was building its Neo Geo Pocket Color roster by signing licenses like Pac-Man and Sonic the Hedgehog, but it came too late to make much of an impact in SNK’s fight against the Game Boy.

This is where it gets a little bit confusing. Capcom has just released arcade versions. Mega Man: The Power Battle Mega Man 2: The Power FightersA couple of weeks ago, Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium released a Switch version. Conveniently, each of those costs about four dollars and SNK’s duo costs about eight.

So whether you’re looking to play two obscure Mega Man arcade games, or the portable versions of those two in Japanese and scaled down to the Neo Geo Pocket Color screen (and then back up to the Switch screen) — all of which are great, if you can keep track of them — Capcom and SNK have you covered.