As all fighting fans know, the story line is inconsequential but the fighting is not. The systems in the original Capcom and SNK games differ in many ways. Audiowise, Capcom vs. SNK provides a techno beat to augment standard fighting sound effects. Voices are well done, as are the beats, which keep the game going at a breakneck pace. Graphics are good and bad.
All characters appear very pixilated.
Backgrounds, however, are another matter. The two-dimensional backgrounds are beautiful. The two-dimensional backgrounds are gorgeous. Small details abound, such as shadows of fighters projected onto a wall in the background or a house that gradually falls apart as the players beat each other. Replay value is in great abundance, too.