KIZUNA ENCOUNTER: SUPER TAG BATTLE
Developer Code Mystics
Sudden-death tag team turmoil—with weapons! KIZUNA ENCOUNTER: SUPER TAG BATTLE rises from its 1996 arcade roots in this enhanced Steam edition. Includes rollback netcode for seamless online play, a swathe of new features, and a bonus jukebox and media gallery—plus even lets 4 players fight at once! From the Steam store page
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36 of 36 · most liked firstKizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle - Neo Geo box artwork. Not really a well-known game, this was a 1996 weapon-based tag-team fighting game by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platform.
unlabelledView post →Saw a Savage Reign artwork and it made me want to draw Rosa from the sequel Kizuna Encounter, one of the best designs SNK ever did but for some reason they never made her playable in other game. Might do proper lineart and color when I'm not busy #art
unlabelledView post →Savage Reign Neo Geo MVS, 1995 SNK Happy Fighting Game Friday! While I much prefer its sequel Kizuna Encounter, Savage Reign is still interesting. I admire their dedication to silly characters, like Carol, who wields the deadliest weapon of all, the dreaded exercise ball. #crt #retrogaming #fgc
unlabelledView post →Todays video is LIVE and whats this about SNK and their surprise shadow-dropping of games and special announcements? What exactly is this Kizuna Encounter anyways? Its the grand-daddy of Tag Fighters! Lets talk about it. youtu.be/qFwzAWWdfsA
unlabelledView post →'tis a fine Friday for fightin' Kizuna Encounter, 1996, SNK Rosa and Kim Sue-Il are cool as hell and this is the only game they're playable in. Shame! #crt #retrogaming #fgc
unlabelledView post →NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO Man SNK have been rereleasing some amazing fightingg ames so this time we gotta play through Kizuna Encounter!! Check it out: youtu.be/d3wC1BsW2Ko LIKE | SHARE | SUBSCRIBE | UNDERRATED
unlabelledView post →Ending the night playing Kizuna Encounter on my Neo Geo MVSX, this was a game I used to waste so many quarters on trying to beat the final boss. #RetroGaming
unlabelledView post →Released mere weeks before XvsSF, Kizuna Encounter is the first game to feature Tag-Mechanics! This sequel to Savage Reign, eschews it's hang-from-the-ceiling Lane-System, but maintains it's emphasis on Weapons and adds the aformentioned Tag-System It also features a bevvy of KOF Defensive Options
unlabelledView post →Also, I ran into Gadie from Brandish 1 - who I totally don't remember at all, but whatever. Turns out he married Gayla (also from the first game). Gayla reminds me a bit of Rosa from Kizuna Encounter on the Neo Geo. Neat, I think. #retrogaming #snes
unlabelledView post →SNK has released Joe Higashi as a playable character in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, and has also launched the Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle game on Steam.
unlabelledView post →I'm a fighting game historian. Ask me for a game suggestion and I'll point you in the direction of The King of Fighters If you want something a little more obscure however... Kizuna Encounter, Waku Waku 7, Battle Arena Toshinden 3, Yu Yu Hakusho Final, and either Power Rangers game on Game Gear
unlabelledView post →Kizuna Encounter having heavy punch and kick mapped to 6A/6B makes me think it'd be ideal as a 6 button game.
unlabelledView post →Game 045: Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle Given the absurd amount of fighting games released in the arcades in the 90s, a lot of them were destined to obscurity. Among them, was one of my favorite old fighters, one with a very original tag system, impactful combat and fantastic sprite art.
unlabelledView post →Fu'un Super Combo is a fighting game compilation, containing both the Neo Geo and Neo Geo CD versions of Savage Reign and Kizuna Encounter.
unlabelledView post →Hey all, Kizuna Encounter for Steam just dropped today. This is the first time you can actually play 4 player mode online with reliable online play by @codemystics.com. Check out this quick 3 player play session we the other day on the @gamegoons.bsky.social channel www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq6n...
unlabelledView post →Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle for the #NeoGeo is one of the most silky smooth #fighting games I've ever played. Every aspect of the mechanics are designed to help even a novice pull off combos and specials. When a fighting game makes you feel powerful, that's a good fighting game. #retrogaming
unlabelledView post →i have not given this game enough time, like you said i have mainly played Kizuna Encounter. might be time to fix that. great shots here !!
unlabelledView post →Random videogame pictures from my phone in reverse-chronological order. Joker from Kizuna Encounter. Holy hell is this game great. One of those fighting games that you can just jump in, push buttons, and have instant fun. One of the earliest instances of a tag-fighter, but not the earliest.
unlabelledView post →Time for the official announcement of the beard monthly: Kizuna Encounter! This game is a sick, fast paced 2v2 tag fighter which works under tekken tag rules in which if the active character gets KO'd then the round is over, and this is a one and done game. Signup here! challonge.com/tournaments/...
unlabelledView post →Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle set the stage for two-on-two fighters, burning bright decades later in @codemystics.com's #Steam release. Our review: www.gamersheroes.com/honest-game-...
unlabelledView post →had a dream about Fatal Fury last night, and you better believe I was complaining about the game to someone. Also one of the upcoming characters was a female version of 'Joker' the rollerblading clown from Kizuna Encounter, now with edgy Pennywise teeth and no rollerblades due to design cowardice
unlabelledView post →i love Kizuna Encounter entirely just for the feel of the damage impacts. i don't know what the actual general consensus of this game is as a fighting game but i love how chunky every hit feels
unlabelledView post →KIZUNA ENCOUNTER: SUPER TAG BATTLE my beloved. That game just has the snappiest pace ever in a lot of good ways. "beat. up."
unlabelledView post →Fighting game right lol Uhhh someone from your history that doesn't have a lot of art i suppose, like uhhh Rosa from Kizuna Encounter
unlabelledView post →I believe Kizuna Encounter does have one (it’s a fighting game I want some time) but yeah I expect to own more MVS carts than AES carts. Like the cheapest KOF2000 AES I saw was $500 where as an MVS cart is like $75 lol
unlabelledView post →Kizuna Encounter Super Tag Battle is a 2d fighting game is the sequel to SNK's 1995 release Savage Reign. #FightingGames #Shorts #Gaming #90s #SNK youtube.com/shorts/WDfJZ...
unlabelledView post →Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle #Arcade #RetroGaming retroarcadememories.wordpress.com/arcade-games...
unlabelledView post →The Video Game Critic reviews: Kizuna Encounter (Neo Geo) videogamecritic.com/neogeokk.htm?e=4…
unlabelledView post →Another Kizuna Encounter clip that shows off how cool this game's pressure is. Seriously, play this game!
unlabelledView post →Looking more into things, and I would've expected for DP to be Swery's maybe second game or so, and from some angles, it is. But this dude actually did design on fucking Kizuna Encounter and The Last Blade 1-2, that's insane.
unlabelledView post →Evening everyone! Today's Quick Combos are from Rosa in the Neo Geo game Kizuna Encounter Super Tag Battle! Hope you enjoy it! #SNK #NeoGeo #KizunaEncounter #Retro #RetroGaming youtube.com/shorts/M3Ji8...
unlabelledView post →Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle Joins the #NeoGeo Premium Selection Line Read it here: metalgamesolid.com/systems/cons...
unlabelledView post →4-player Kizuna Encounter sounds SUPER FIRE tbh. Might need to cop that for the next fighting game meetup. youtu.be/1ZyBMVhm2Jo?...
unlabelledView post →Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle ‘NEO GEO Premium Selection’ edition with rollback netcode now available for #PC www.gematsu.com/2025/10/kiz... #videogames #videogaming #Gematsu
unlabelledView post →This is "Kizuna Encounter" for Neo Geo MVS—Played via the Neo Geo Mini. It's a great fighting game with a neat tag team mechanic.
unlabelledView post →IIRC Totu_Q on twitter was really labbing that game (and its sequel Kizuna Encounter) the past couple of years. I miss them, they were posting a lot of neat Cyberbots and Bloody Roar things before that.
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