Aggressors of Dark Kombat, titled Tsuukai GANGAN Koushinkyoku in Japan, is a fighting game SNK released for the Neo Geo in 1994 with an unusual mechanic: instead of prioritizing air combos, the heart of the combat is grapples, struggles, and a rock-paper-scissors system to resolve close-quarters clashes. The roster brings together outlandish characters, from street brawlers to fantastical creatures.
It was overshadowed by Fatal Fury or Samurai Shodown within SNK's catalog, but it's one of those rarities Neo Geo fans rescue precisely for daring to break the standard grammar of fighting games of the era.
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