If Joan of Arc battled Rasputin in a martial arts tournament, who would win?  More importantly, how would the match up end if they could perform wrestling moves and shoot glowing fireballs at each other?
 
SNK Playmore lets you answer this question and others that you probably wouldn’t ask in yet another retro game collection, World Heroes Anthology. 

The compilation includes World Heroes, World Heroes 2, World Heroes Jet and World Heroes Perfect and gives each of the 56 historical figures in its roster superhuman abilities that include over-the-top special moves.  Jet and Perfect stand out here since all the kinks had been worked out in the later releases.
 
The series’ storyline is as flimsy as the fabric of time itself.  Scientist Dr. Brown perfects a time machine to gather famous icons in history and pit them against each other in order to find out who is the greatest fighter of all time.
 
When the original World Heroes cabs were released in arcades in the 1990s, many players assumed they were knockoffs of Capcom’s Street Fighter II and they weren’t too far off the mark.  Most of the special moves are pulled off in the same way, so get ready for a lot of moves that are “down-down right-right” familiar. 
 
Since most current players aren’t familiar with World Heroes, an exclusive training mode has been added to practice the numerous moves, so lock the door behind you, grab your joystick and get ready for fun. 

World Heroes Anthology is available for the PlayStation 2 for $14.99 MSRP.

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