Little Fighter 2 is an outstanding sequel to Little Fighter, one of the best beat-’em-up games ever made. LF2 lets up to eight players, any of whom can be computer- or human-controlled, join the all-out fistfights that feature cute Japanese SD-style graphics and cool weapons. Now you can play against friends over a network, organize players into teams for an all-out fisticuffs, or join in the Stage Fight mode that moves from one stage to the next, similar to arcade games.
For fast play in a Street Fighter-style environment, Little Fighter seems to have punched and kicked its way to the top. Fitting in with its retro feel, you play a small character with a big head–reminiscent of the Japanese “chibi” designs–and fight against the computer or a friend, one-on-one or in a melee.
The control keys are simple and customizable to your preferences, but it’s not a hard game to learn. You can move up, down, left and right; you can attack, defend and jump. That’s it. No more, no less, and yet some users claim that Little Fighter can suck them in for hours at time. You also can have up to four people playing off the same keyboard simultaneously a charmingly quaint touch.
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
- Windows 2000
The English translation of the game leaves more than a little to be desired, so it will take some messing around to understand how it works. We found the Web site to be unhelpful, but reprogramming the keys to ones we were comfortable with made everything easier. The game is also slow to load at times, but we can see how Little Fighter can get addictive in a big way.
