World Heroes Anthology

World Heroes Anthology
Developer(s) Prosoft
Publisher(s) SNK, Takara
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: October 18, 2007
  • NA: March 11, 2008
  • AU: September 25, 2008
  • EU: November 7, 2008
Genre(s) Versus fighting game
Mode(s) Single-player, 2 player Competitive

World Heroes Anthology, known in Japan as World Heroes Gorgeous (ワールドヒーローズ ゴージャス, Wārudo Hīrōzu Gōjasu), is a game compilation, which includes all four games from ADK's World Heroes series, which were a part of the early Neo Geo titles from SNK. The four games presented here World Heroes, World Heroes 2, World Heroes 2 Jet, and World Heroes Perfect. The compilation was released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 on March 11, 2008.

Story

The main storyline is based around Dr. Brown who has created a time machine able to bring together fighters from various times in history, with the goal of determining the greatest fighter of all time. As the games focus on different time frames throughout history, most of its characters are based on real people.

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.