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SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters shows its hand on DS

We flush out a few details on the hardcore fan's favourite card fighting game

SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters shows its hand on DS

While poker is the trendy choice for testosterone-laden card sharps right now, gamers have long enjoyed battling with Top Trumps-style trading cards – and increasingly exotic rule systems – in games like Magic the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokemon.

Most such card trading games pit decks against each other, but the long-running SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters series also sees the two companies bringing their characters together for some series inter-roster card clashing.

It's a specialised series, no doubt, but committed fans will be pleased to hear the long-awaited DS version is finally on its way.

SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters DS will give you over 300 cards to deploy in strategic card-fighting fashion.

The game promises RPG elements and a storyline too, which sounds a bit grand for what's essentially My One is Bigger than Your One with graphics – although the screenshots above (unlike the scanty press release) do hint at free-roaming isometric environments complete with super-deformed style denizens.

More interesting perhaps is the suggestion that your specialised knowledge of the SNK and Capcom characters' special abilities could give you the edge in battle. (Like we said, it's one for the hardcore!)

SNK Playmore is yet to offer a release date.