SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy (Switch)

Release Date: September 7, 2018

Also On: PC, PlayStation 4

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Developer: SNK Corporation

Publisher: NIS America SNK Corporation

Game Details: Play online or with friends as SNK's iconic heroines in the brand-new 2 vs 2 fighting game, SNK ...View More Details

Play online or with friends as SNK's iconic heroines in the brand-new 2 vs 2 fighting game, SNK HEROINES Tag Team Frenzy. Activate Special Moves with a single button, and make use of special items to change the tide of battle! However, the fight isn't over the moment you've chipped enough health away. Once your opponent is on the ropes, utilize your Dream Finish technique to win the match. Spectate on other battles online, and wage on who you think will win using in-game points. Use yourPlay online or with friends as SNK's iconic heroines in the brand-new 2 vs 2 fighting game, SNK HEROINES Tag Team Frenzy. Activate Special Moves with a single button, and make use of special items to change the tide of battle! However, the fight isn't over the moment you've chipped enough health away. Once your opponent is on the ropes, utilize your Dream Finish technique to win the match. Spectate on other battles online, and wage on who you think will win using in-game points. Use your winnings to buy voice clips and accessories in an all-new costume system, and customize your favorite heroine to your heart's content.… Expand

Developer: SNK Corporation

Publisher: NIS America SNK Corporation

Genre(s): Action Fighting 2D

Number of players: Up to 8

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(24)

Metascore Mixed or average reviews

4 Positive Ratings 16%

16 Mixed Ratings 66%

4 Negative Ratings 16%

Sep 6, 2018

"Call it "casual" if you want, but this is the ideal fighting game for me... and who knows. It might well be the start of the new king of fanservicey fighters, what with Dead or Alive 6's stated intention to ease back on that side of things. And Athena really does look stunning in her bikini. I've been waiting many King of Fighters games for that." ... Read full review

Nintendo Insider

Sep 6, 2018

"I had a blast with the female fighters of the arcade era. It’s a great brawler and the whole Super Smash Bros. element works a treat. There’s definitely enough depth and wackiness to keep things interesting – at least for as long as you have others to play against." ... Read full review

Sep 6, 2018

"If you’re new to fighting games - or you’re simply in the market for something that feels like a bona fide arcade fighting experience - there are few titles as easy to pick up as SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. Its busty and over-sexualised characters might not be to everyone’s taste in 2018 - and the use of Dream Finishers definitely won’t be of appeal to purists - but look beyond the garish colours and there’s a tag-team brawler with real potential, not to mention plenty of hilarity." ... Read full review

GameSpew

Sep 6, 2018

"SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy isn’t going to wow you. It’s not going to blow you away with its depth or visuals, or just about anything really. It is quite fun though, at least in small doses." ... Read full review

Sep 6, 2018

"We expected more from a game that ended up being too focused on ‘fan service’. The roster is great, but the gameplay isn’t deep or complex enough." ... Read full review

IGN Spain

Sep 6, 2018

"SNK Heroines is not even close to being a great game. Almost every part of the game could be better, beginning with its combat system and ending with its lack of game modes." ... Read full review

Sep 6, 2018

"SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy might rightly draw ire for its overt, unnecessary sexualisation of fighting games’ femme fatales, but its problems extend further than social problems. It's anaemic in content and the fighting itself lacks any real depth." ... Read full review

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6.5

User Score Mixed or average reviews

30 Positive Ratings 54%

9 Mixed Ratings 16%

16 Negative Ratings 29%

Frontiersmann

Apr 8, 2021

Excellent game, lots of fun. 10/10 please play.

Two main complaints I see about this game are: (1) over sexualization; and (2) lack ofExcellent game, lots of fun. 10/10 please play.

Two main complaints I see about this game are: (1) over sexualization; and (2) lack of gameplay depth. I will address both.

This game is not supposed to be serious, it is supposed to be funny. Maybe a little shocking. The antagonist knows that he is a creeper. He does goofy dances while babbling about fetishes. He knows he is objectifying women, the whole plot is he's trying to "collect" them and make them fight each other like super heroine barbie dolls in his pervy fantasy world. That's what makes him the villain. The plot has a bit of a fourth wall thing going on too, so he will definitely make you uncomfortable.

Also, these sorts of costumes have been normalized. They are complaining about a juvenile male fantasy in a fighting game, what did they expect? There are literally dozens of swimsuits, pajamas, revealing party dresses, leotards, and tons of cleavage and bare bottoms in Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Blazblue, other SNK, Dead or Alive, etc. I guess these critics just don't like being confronted with how it's actually lewd? Yes there is a lot of sexualization in this game. It serves a narrative purpose. Anyone complaining about it is totally missing the point, and it would be hypocritical for them to dismiss the same (perhaps even more arbitrary) issues in other fighters.

As for gameplay. The only buttons are light attack, heavy attack, special attack, throw, block, character swap, and super.

Running forward with a heavy attack will give you a dash attack that can lead to a wall bounce combo. Grabbing will beat a blocking opponent. You can grab opponents in mid air. Long strings can cause a blocking opponent to become dizzy if they block too much. You can also air dash to make your aerial approaches ambiguous. You can cancel the ending frames of your attacks into special moves by spending meter, giving you more damage. You can cancel your special moves into super, if you have enough meter. If you get blocked or miss, you can end up getting over-extended and can take a bunch of damage.

The right joystick uses items you can pick up mid-battle, which introduce some randomness. Items give your opponent another thing to manage, can be used on offense or defense.

Directional inputs can change your special attack and your throw, and depending on the character your super. Not your light or heavy. There are no motion inputs. No crouch. Block is relegated to a button instead of your joystick. That means no high-low mixups, no left-right mixups.

For defensive options, you can dodge roll in either direction, you can dodge in the air, you can back dash, if you get knocked down you can get up immediately if you have good timing, including waking up to the left, right, or middle, or you can delay wakeup. You can throw tech by hitting the throw button right after an opponent grabs you, but doing this means you won't be blocking so you will be vulnerable to attacks. If you block and you want to get out of pressure you can cancel your block-stun into a left or right dodge roll by spending a bit of meter.

You can also tag out for your team member if one of fighters is running low on meter or health, including with cancelling a successful attack into a tag.

Comeback mechanics and winning. You need to manage your meter carefully because if you spend it all on getting damage, you won't be able to close out the round. You need to KO with a super, and supers take a lot of meter. The amount of meter you have stocked is directly related to how much damage you have taken. The less life you have, the more meter you can spend. So you can be a threat to win right until the round closes out.

This game checks every box for things that FGC veterans complain about. Don't listen to those people. They don't understand how to play. They just want the game to be another street fighter clone and they're paying attention to the wrong stuff. If they say there are no mix-ups, then they forgot how to shimmy in and out of range to bait out a throw. They forgot about staggering offensive pressure to trick people into letting go of the block button. They might have even forgotten how to play footsies. All of those things are in this game.

If they say the combo system is brain-dead, then they don't realize that the low-effort plays give low-effort rewards, and they can carry high risk. If they complain that there isn't enough of a reward for good execution, they aren't taking into account that you need to actually practice to get the timing on your wall bounce combos, air chases, and your special cancels right.

This game is not about obtuse complicated commands or memorization. It is about navigating and controlling the space between the fighters. In some ways this game will teach you how to play neutral better than street fighter will.

Great game. 10/10 please play.… Expand

TimeLoad

Apr 23, 2019

Sure SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy isn't going to be the next Tekken, sure it probably isn't going to have a thriving competitive scene, butSure SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy isn't going to be the next Tekken, sure it probably isn't going to have a thriving competitive scene, but you have to look at it for what it was designed to do. This game was designed to be a casual, simplistic game with fun and colorful visuals (all of which it does extremely well).

This is the kind of game that you can sit down with your friends and play, even if none of you have ever played a fighting game before. I'd consider this the perfect way of getting into this game genre and learning the basics of attacking, blocking, and combos, before diving into a more full-on game like Tekken or Street Fighter.… Expand

AmiB

Mar 10, 2022

It's not the best fighting game but you can't say it is bad either. This game is very beginner friendly when it comes to SNK fighting gamesIt's not the best fighting game but you can't say it is bad either. This game is very beginner friendly when it comes to SNK fighting games with easier and simple Mechanic's, characters are fearly good designed with good graphics. Basic and Simple storyline.The roster isn't huge but if you are very into SNK female fighters you shouldn't complain that much.… Expand

weskergamer

Jul 5, 2020

For a casual player this would be a really good game to start, but for a more hardcore player it would be disappointing, but the truth is thatFor a casual player this would be a really good game to start, but for a more hardcore player it would be disappointing, but the truth is that what you see is what you get and this is actually a very fun pick-up-and-play game and i've had a very good time. The main problem is that this is not a really big packet, but the best part is the customization settings for the characters. Really fun game and very enjoyable… Expand

KFSmash

Sep 10, 2018

SNK Heroines is an interesting fighting game to say the least. With a fighting cast made up of only female characters, along with suggestiveSNK Heroines is an interesting fighting game to say the least. With a fighting cast made up of only female characters, along with suggestive outfits to boot (and a surprising T rating?), it still stands up as it own fighting game, and it does a decent job.

The main attraction of this game aside from the fighters is using two characters to fight despite sharing one health bar, and the ability to switch between the characters quickly with a press of a button. This is a genuinely cool feature, as it lets us create combos by switching mid-attack, allowing for unique combo strings with specific characters. Some other fighting mechanics such as air dodging, air grabbing, air dashing, items and special/ super attacks being mapped to buttons as opposed to input commands adds extra depth, and the latter makes learning attacks and picking up the game much easier compared to other fighting games.

The customization feature is also cool, letting you mix and match different accessories, clothing, etc. I like being able to customize my characters around specific themes in games, and this option caters to that. There are some limitations such as color options, though it doesn't hinder the experience. The viewer option allows you to have characters make poses for a camera, fit with different facial expressions and camera angles that can then be saved, despite about 99% of the poses being sexual, but it's there for those that are into that kind of thing. The different clothing options are bought with in game currency, and this currency can't be bought with real money which is a huge plus.

There are a couple downsides I've noticed in the game, however. A couple characters (by a couple I mean Sylvie) do not make the transition to 3-D well, as the models look somewhat bizarre and standout in my opinion. The bigger downfall in my experience is the A.I. More specifically, when they are at Level 4 or 5. At these levels, the A.I. gets set to a "perfect mode," similar to level 9 A.I. in Super Smash Bros. 4. The A.I gains perfect reaction to all your moves, being able to see them the frame they are active; this means that they always know when to shield, roll, break out of grab, etc. This makes doing anything but guaranteed combos on them not worth it, as they'll counter it. If that wasn't bad, the A.I. seems to know at least one powerful combo with each character (being over 10 hit strings) and they will abuse the hell out of said combo. This makes fighting them not fun as they do the same combos over and over with little to no variety, and since they have perfect reaction they will always get the full combo. There are some other small bugs, such as getting out prioritized by a weak aerial when I use a heavy aerial, and missing a grab at hugging distance, but those aren't big deal breakers.

Overall, SNK Heroines is a good game. It's fan service to all SNK fans, and the game is fun when playing with friends [haven't tested online yet], especially with items on. The fighting mechanics gives the game more depth, while still being open to new players. The customization and fighting is great. Even though the game has some noteworthy cons, I believe they can be fixed with patches. If you are looking for a fighting game to play with friends,or just want a game full of sexy women in it, this is for you.… Expand

abrus

Jul 11, 2022

This game is solid, but it is a pretty shallow experience overall and it probably will not hold your attention for very long. The charactersThis game is solid, but it is a pretty shallow experience overall and it probably will not hold your attention for very long. The characters all feel very similar to play. The voice acting is all in Japanese. The DLC is incredibly expensive too - $7.50 per character is outrageous!… Expand

Kirbyfan45

Jun 20, 2021

If you went into this thinking you could get an interesting KoF spinoff on Switch, you are DEAD wrong! This game is an absolute mess in soIf you went into this thinking you could get an interesting KoF spinoff on Switch, you are DEAD wrong! This game is an absolute mess in so many ways! First off, the whole idea of the game feels... Off. Now SNK wasn't unfamiliar with the female fighter cast, this happened over 20 years ago with Gals Fighters on the NGPC. Yet, that game somehow manages to kick this game's ass. That game featured the characters to have some serious charm with some nice humorous animations akin to Pocket Fighter. But here, it's just fanservice bait, like Mai's cow outfit and Kula having Angel's outfit. Meaning this game has no charm of the original. Doesn't help that the gameplay is basically nonexistent, as all the depth of a KoF game is gone. No more command inputs, no more crouching, no more holding back to block. This game just pries on being super simple and of course, that hurts the game a lot! What the result is that every character ends up having only one combo that'll be the only combo you will ever be using. That is it. That means there is no reason to come up with any strategy or even a single mixup. It gets boring in about 5 seconds. Doesn't help that this game somehow still ended up with some bad frame rate issues on Switch despite not looking too clean, KoF14 laughs at this game. Overall, this game just uses fanservicy content to try and hide the lack of anything good about it and I hate that. This game could easily have been a hidden classic if it went for the charm of Gals Fighters and kept the deep gameplay of KoF, but apparently that was just impossible for SNK and they just had an urge to completely muck it up. If SNK ever decides to go for this again after KoF15 releases, they better make it actually good!… Expand

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