SNK Fighter-inspired Pocket Rumble Coming to PC & Neo Geo Pocket Color

Cardboard Robot Games recently launched the Kickstarter campaign for Pocket Rumble , a 2D fighting game inspired by its retro counterpart.

, a 2D fighting game inspired by its retro counterpart. Specifically, Cardboard Robot Games references SNK fighters for the Neo Geo Pocket.

Pocket Rumble will feature 8 unique characters at launch, with several that can be unlocked through gameplay and/or by reaching certain stretch goals within the campaign. The game will also feature special, secret bosses that cross-over from other indie games. These will not-so-secretly include:

Kick from Divekick Fencer from Nidhogg Dust from Dust: An Elysian Tail The Kid from I Wanna Be the Guy Candy Man from Lethal League Joy from Joylancer Wryn from Bleed Ace from Aces Wild

Pocket Rumble will also feature mod-support, allowing players to create characters, modify existing ones, and change the rules of gameplay in dramatic ways. The game will use minimal controls in order to put newcomers and veterans of the genre on the same playing field. The developers choice in this regard is to allow players to focus on strategy and reading their opponents instead of ultimate combos, memorizing moves, and other aspects of certain fighting games that newcomers might find overwhelming.

Pocket Rumble will be released for PC, and will be specially ported to Neo Geo Pocket Color as well, albeit in a reduced capacity. Cardboard Robot Games promises to develop versions for several other platforms depending on what stretch goals are reached, starting with Mac and Linux, and reaching towards PS Vita and the 3DS. Gamers can learn more by following the game on Twitterand supporting it on Steam Greenlight, and can also pledge to the Kickstarter campaignuntil Dec 9, 2014.