Wow, the series is actually good all of a sudden. While I think the combo system is overly jank for my liking and I hate how easy it can be to turtle out your opponent into a timeout in certain matchups, the neutral here actually works and projectile wars aren't mindless bullshit. On the other hand, I don't find the movement options as interesting as future SNK titles and the neutral strikes me as lacking a lot of options, especially given how prevalent projectiles are in high-level play.