They do not quite reach the level of the last two Mortal Kombat titles, but the classic anime goofiness still abounds. All told, these retellings are an interesting experiment in adding narrative to a fighting game. The episodes tend to be one of two things: cutscenes, or cutscenes with an occasional fight against an adversary. (I’ll stop now…) The story campaigns for this fighter retell the entire manga across four arcs: Sanctuary, Asgard, Poseidon, and Hades. They happen because people like it.īandai Namco and Dimps’ Saint Seiya: Soldiers’ Soul sells its storied saga starring Seiya and the stalwart Saints. These aren’t part of some big push to revive the series. That is why the continued releases of Saint Seiya titles continues to be remarkable. Trying to find a modern fan of Duke Togo nowadays is more difficult than finding an Objectivist adherent with an accurate understanding of how society actually works. Kids with parents that don’t pay attention used to enrapture entire playgrounds by telling of the most insane, perverse things that happened in this, gasp, cartoon. For example, there was a time when Golgo 13 was a big deal. One era’s classic series is easily forgotten when the next big thing comes around.
