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.
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.
