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World Heroes Anthology

World Heroes Anthology

Console: Sony PlayStation 2
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Developer(s): SNK Playmore
Publisher(s): SNK Playmore
Release Date: 2008-03-11
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: T - Teen
Type: Fighting
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World Heroes Anthology is the complete collection (on one disc) of one of SNK's most popular 2D fighting game series World Heroes. The titles included are: World Heroes, World Heroes 2, World Heroes Jet, and World Heroes Perfect. The collection contains 56 characters using hand-to-hand and weapons based fighting mixed with special super-human abilities enabling each character to perform special attacks.

World Heroes Anthology follows the storyline of Dr. Brown, a scientist, who having perfected a time machine has organized a fighting tournament throughout all of history to see who is the best fighter of all time. True to this plot, many of the fighters are based on actual historical figures.