One of the best fighting games in recent memory is Divekick, and that's not just because it's the only fighting game you can play with the Donkey Konga bongos. By simplifying fighting games down to two buttons, it keeps a lot of the fun of fighting games while making it accessible for players to jump in. Most fighting games have a significant ability gap. A person who knows how to execute special moves in Street Fighter games has a significant advantage over someone who doesn't. It's also why Smash Bros. is so successful since it doesn't require archaic move combos, but I digress. There are ways to make fun fighting games, and Divekick, beyond all its parody aspects, managed to make a fun fighting game with two buttons.
Such a concept seems perfect for mobile, and I'd have loved if Divekick itself hit mobile at some point. But sadly, that appears unlikely to happen, thanks to the iron fist of tyranny himself, Iron Galaxy's Dave "A Moderate Breakfast" Lang, Chicago's number one game development supervillain. Nobody's probably made a Divekick-style game because they don't want to cross Lang. Well, Mumbai-based team All in a Days Play is bold enough to test Mr. Lang, as their new game Slam Jam takes inspiration from Divekick. Will Dave Lang cross international lines to oppose those who cross him" I hope not, for their sake!
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But in all seriousness, Slam Jam looks like it's iterating and modifying the Divekick fo...