Look I am also trying to maintain a positive mental attitude in regards to the actual release of a neogeo MVS (and home cart) SNK versus Capcom cartridge. But the fact is that even then it is very difficult for me to maintain my faith.
I also tend to be more skeptical in this particular case moreso then any other game that has ever been announced for the neogeo. Main reason being because it is such a "dream come true" and "realized vision" that sometimes it just seems "to good to be true".
And we all know the classic saying: "if something seems too good to be true, then it usually is"
The only "comfort" that I have found in all this (so far) are the "FACTS". So for those who may have missed out on those, as well as for those who wish to remind themselves of them, here they are as far as I know them.
FACT ONE:
On or about circa year 2000, Capcom & SNK did make some kind of an agreement / arrangement to make cross-licensed / cross-promoted video games. The Naomi-based arcade version of the game: "Capcom verus SNK" was released to arcades. The game itself even addressed the "dream issue" by stating in its introduction: "no one believed...no one thought it could happen" etc.
FACT TWO:
The neogeo pocket handheld also received the game: "SNK versus Capcom". However a) this was NOT a fighting game, rather a card game, and b) this was for the neogeo pocket rather then the neogeo console.
FACT THREE:
Although Trieuminator (whom I give endless credit towards for his relentless pursuit AND delivery of fast, accurate, and sometimes inside information) states to the otherwise, I strongly believe that NGH-258 (incidentally, circa 2000) is the allotted position on the product code master list which would accomodate a neogeo SNK versus Capcom title. Obviously, SNK going under and being in "limbo" right around that time period may have (most likely did) contributed to the games "delay" or "temporary postponement".
FACT FOUR:
An official neogeo arcade promo flyer for Rage of the Dragons announced both New Power Instinct & SNK versus Capcom as upcoming future releases. This was sometime in 2002.
FACT FIVE:
Playmores official website lists SNK versus Capcom as an upcoming release for the neogeo right alongside other previous and soon to be released titles such as KOF2002 & New Power Instinct.
So that's it. Not too much to go on, I'll admit. But hey, WAY better then nothing wouldn't you say? At the very least, it gives us that so called "hope". The question is, how much hope? And just how long will that hope last? I mean, how many times can someone say "coming soon" before it becomes redundant and possibly even doubtfull?
For me personally, and I have said this before, until I see screenshots, I will not be totally convinced that this games release is still a "possibility". And furthermore, until it is sitting in my hands, I will never truly be able to finally call my fighting game friends from 10 years ago and say: "we finally got it!, it finally happened!, dreams do come true!"
Just my two cents.
Billy Pitt wink