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Collectability as well as the "chest thumping" that goes on here are obviously both irrelevant to my point :The Atomiswave has an underwhelming library as a whole.
The expectational delusions of the people on here ( which is independent of my stance posted above) was initially touched upon as a lighthearted preface to my Rumble Fish gay crush manifesto. I can see how my form of preface could be misleading. It doesn't necessarily reflect my values concerning the merits of a hardwares library quality, yet one could draw parallels : many people on here think the AW sucks for their reasons. I think it (kind of) sucks for different reasons.
Gameplay wise, I maintain that the Atomiswave had weak entries within strong series's, and the games aren't going to age much better than they already have. Personally, I don't give a shit about it's failure to bear an imaginary torch, but I felt like making mention of it in my OP for whatever reason. Maybe subconsciously I was looking for a rise out of people.
Call my wall of text chest thumping, whatever that means, but I hope this clarifies what I'm "going on about". Ultimately my feelings on the subject aren't as strong as yours. But I can relate, because I certainly have my strong biases, and many times I've found myself championing a game, or hardware, or band, or whatever to an ill informed camp that ignorantly and unfairly pans it. For the sake of the argument, you win. I don't have it out for the Atomiswave. It wasn't that bad.
EDIT: I love KOF XI.