For much of the 90’s the 2-D realm consisted of a battle between Capcom’s stars and the 2-D fighters from rival SNK. Fans mourned when SNK went out of business a couple years ago, but Capcom has resurrected its enemies for yet another battle in Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO. The game offers a remarkable assortment of fighters, fighting styles, and variety of play. Forty characters–each with their own special powers, attacks, timing issues, personalities, and sound bites–get magnified three-fold by three separate “-isms” which alter their powers, and three “grooves,” which mix them up yet again. There’s a lot to learn and it ensures that playing a foe of equal skill is never dull because you can never be sure what character he’s going to pick and how that character will fight.