{"id":19641,"date":"2019-11-27T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19641"},"modified":"2019-11-16T14:02:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T14:02:52","slug":"skullgirls-2nd-encore-switch-ps4-ps3-ps-vita-xbox-one-360-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/27\/skullgirls-2nd-encore-switch-ps4-ps3-ps-vita-xbox-one-360-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"SkullGirls: 2nd Encore (Switch, PS4, PS3, PS Vita, Xbox One, 360, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ever since 2012, I\u2019ve always wanted to review SkullGirls.\u00a0 It\u2019s a 2-D fighting game with cartoony graphics and a cast of very interesting characters.\u00a0 But for whatever reason, I was never able to review it.\u00a0 Until now.\u00a0 SkullGirls: 2nd<\/sup> Encore is now on Nintendo Switch, the first time it\u2019s been on a Nintendo console, and features all the DLC and extras of the original game.\u00a0 Now I get to see what the fuss is all about, and believe me, most of that hype is well deserved.<\/p>\n

At its core, SkullGirls plays pretty much like any 2-D fighter.\u00a0 You choose a character, go one-on-one with another as you press button and joystick combinations to pull off special moves and whittle the opponent\u2019s life bar to zero for the win.\u00a0 Depending on the mode, you can also choose to have two or three fighters to switch out, similar to a Marvel vs. Capcom game.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s the style and presentation that sets this game apart.\u00a0 The cast of characters is very interesting and varied.\u00a0 I might even write a blog about them someday, once my backlog of game reviews dies down a bit.\u00a0 The cast is predominately female, and features a nurse, a puppet, a 1920\u2019s style cartoon character, a circus performer who has a cool hat who does most of the fighting for her (that\u2019s my favorite character), an ex-cop made out of musical instruments, and much more.\u00a0 The game is set in a 1920\u2019s style art deco film reel world, and kind of reminds me of the motifs found in the 90\u2019s cartoon, Batman: The Animated Series.\u00a0 For what\u2019s considered more or less an \u2018indie\u2019 game, SkullGirls can certainly go toe to toe with some of the big name games in fighters, like BlazBlue or even Guilty Gear.<\/p>\n

There are tons of modes to keep you entertained.\u00a0 Story Mode lets you pick a character and find out why they are fighting to obtain the Skull Heart.\u00a0 Most of the time, the stories in fighting games don\u2019t interest me, but this one is simple enough to understand yet intricate enough to still be compelling.\u00a0 There\u2019s an Arcade Mode where you pick a team and fight in random challenges, a Quick Match against the CPU, and a Survival Mode against an endless barrage of CPU opponents.\u00a0 For multiplayer, you can have a tournament or quick match, and go at it local or online.\u00a0 There is also an extensive tutorial mode, options, and extras.\u00a0 Some of the extras include an art gallery and a mode where you can fight against a super hard version of the last boss.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m glad that there is an option to make the game very easy, since I\u2019m horrible at fighting games.\u00a0 But even then, I couldn\u2019t beat the last boss with some of the characters.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if that means the characters are unbalanced or the last boss is really cheap (or a little of both), but that\u2019s really the only problem I had with the game.\u00a0 If you enjoy 2-D fighters and have never played SkullGirls before, the Switch version is the way to go!<\/p>\n

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SkullGirls: 2nd<\/sup> Encore is rated T for Teen with ESRB descriptors of Use of Tobacco, Blood, Violence, Mild Language, and Partial Nudity.\u00a0 The 1920\u2019s cartoon fighter character smokes a cigar after a match.\u00a0 And it\u2019s a fighting game so of course there\u2019s violence, although most of the time it\u2019s pretty cartoony.\u00a0 During matches, I didn\u2019t notice any blood, but there is some during cutscenes in the Story Mode.\u00a0 The Story Mode also has most of the bad language, and some of the female fighters wear skimpy outfits and have suggestive proportions.\u00a0 The Story Mode has some surprisingly mature content, too.\u00a0 There\u2019s an Egyptian lady who is secretly some kind of demon, and can change parts of her into a skeleton.\u00a0 And a nun who can turn herself inside out to become a mass of jumbled body parts and organs.\u00a0 Granted it\u2019s still all cartoony, but the first time I saw those two things I said \u201cBlech!\u201d\u00a0 But because of that I\u2019d say this game is best for older gamers.\u00a0 I still enjoyed it, though, which is surprisingly because most of the time I enjoy more kid-friendly fare.\u00a0 But sometimes I like to venture out and play more grown-up games like this.\u00a0 I think SkullGirls would make a great cartoon as well, albeit a more mature one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever since 2012, I\u2019ve always wanted to review SkullGirls.\u00a0 It\u2019s a 2-D fighting game with cartoony graphics and a cast of very interesting characters.\u00a0 But for whatever reason, I was never able to review it.\u00a0 Until now.\u00a0 SkullGirls: 2nd Encore is now on Nintendo Switch, the first time it\u2019s been on a Nintendo console, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19641"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19643,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19641\/revisions\/19643"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}