We re living in a fighting game renaissance. There are fighting games for almost every taste, whether that s epic family feuds involving demons and bear bodyguards, slapstick platformer shenanigans, Tetris anime crossovers, or cutesy horses kicking each other across the screen. But with so much choice one problem remains: fighting games are an intimidating genre to learn. Even with games like Skullgirls, Guilty Gear Xrd and Under Night giving you in depth step-by-step tutorials, there s an overwhelming number of options to learn and keep in mind. So keeping that in mind, I d like to suggest a very different alternative to learning the genre s core concepts: Nidhogg 2.
Nidhogg 2 might not seem like the obvious choice; in fact, some might not even consider it a proper fighting game. It lacks the flashy combos, technical skills, and diverse rosters that help give fighting games their depth. But look closer and you ll see that the fundamental skills needed to succeed at Nidhogg 2 are the same as those you ll use in other fighting games, just at a smaller scale.