Weekly Recap: Retro Re-releases for the Week of February 20, 2025

Another bout of bad luck for KOFXIII…

A word of notice for anyone who might be dismayed by the state of the new KOFXIII PC port: SNK’s currently running a free beta for Fatal Fury: CIty of the Wolves, their long-awaited upcoming sequel to the 1999 Neogeo game Garou: Mark of the Wolves, and even this beta build’s far more playable online than KOFXIII has ever been. Incidentally, the in-universe chronology of CotW places it in the late ’00s, so if you’re looking for an excuse to claim it as retro, there it be.

ARCADE ARCHIVES

Othello

• Platform: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (worldwide)
• Price: $7.99 / €6.99 / £6.29
• Publisher: Hamster / Success

What’s this? An arcade adaptation of the famous board game, originally developed and distributed in Japanese arcades by Success in 1984; in addition to the ability to play against CPU opponents of various strengths, this adaptation includes a few other little flourishes like voice calls and a face icon with a few different expressions that reflect whether the player is at an advantage or disadvantage.