Then learn to spell it right
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waka waka waka! I always make that mistake! I either wind up spelling Ninja Master's as Ninja Masters, OR Ninja MAster's. ugggghh..
not a series, dude. ninja master's is stand alone game. the thread is about the most popular fighter series.
You got me bro, I guess I never even noticed that he was talking about a fighting "series" on the Neo, just thought he was speaking about the best "fighters" on the Neo. I know that the other Ninja games from ADK are not Master's related, but Ninja Master's was looked at kinda by ADK as the final of the "Ninja" trilogy that they wanted to make on the Neo-Geo.
Either way, no matter how you slice it, you're correct sir, Ninja Master's is a standalone fighter, so I guess we can't include it which is a shame as it stands above the others in many ways.
I guess if we have to go the way of the best fighter "series" on the Neo, I would have to say that Samurai Shodown was the most talked about fighter on the Neo for years until the KOF's came out, and even after that, many people still cherished Samurai Shodown 2 and 4, and heralded them as the most amazing fighters for obvious reasons. The people playing the KOF's did huddle around the Neo-Geo MVS when I was in College, and there was always someone playing it. But, the Samurai Shodown games had a huge amount of people huddled around the machine, especially the first Sam Sho game. I had never seen anything really like that in the Arcade in my life. I mean people still played Mortal Kombat, and some played SF2, but the huge amount of people wanting Samurai Shodown in 1993 was insane! The damn arcade would stay open until midnight, and they might as well have turned off all the other machines, as the gamers were playing Sam Sho in droves with quarters set on top the arcade MVS cab awaiting their turn, and I never felt or have seen anything like that for the KOF series, no matter how popular it became. Samurai Shodown was a god among fighting series on any system, and to this day the Neo-Geo is known first for it's Samurai Shodown games, and second for it's King of Fighters games.
I also must say that the Fatal Fury's were outstanding, as well as Last Blade, but not many people out there kept playing the Neo after the PlayStation became popular, the Fatal Fury's did not become masterpieces until later in the mid 90's to late 90's, and Last Blade's did not even come out until the time people forgot what the Neo even was, or if games were still being made for it. So, I would have to say without a shadow of a doubt, Samurai Shodown really is the true winner of the Neo system, with Samurai 4 being the absolute best in the entire series, Sam Sho 5 Special MVS, (and unfixed AES with Uni), being a close second.
Just my 2 cents worth.