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The last time we got a new Killer Instinct game Bill Clinton had just been reelected to the executive office, and Nintendo’s spanking new 64-bit console was drafting off deserved critical hosannas for Super Mario 64.
2013’s re-conceptualized Xbox One version of Killer Instinct plucks Rare’s beloved arcade-fighter series off the shelf and gives it a thorough next-gen dusting — under the supervision of original Killer Instinct game designer Ken Lobb, no less.
If you’ve forgotten what it felt like to play one of these games, think monster-mash meets combos, auto-double combos, combo breakers and match-ending ultra combos — in other words, fast-twitch muscle-memory savants, start your engines.
Double Helix Games, Rare Ltd. / Microsoft Studios