Project looks pretty interesting so far. I'm hoping the roster gets remixed a little more, I'd love to see some of the Newgrounds Rumble cast replaced by different characters to make this a lot more unique roster-wise.
Excited to see where this goes!
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The glow-up is insane. The old sprites look like a Neo Geo Pocket game but it slowly became more of its own thing which I think is for the better since some of the sprites wouldn't look good if they were created in that previous style. Just looking at Samurai Asshole, Convict, and Salad Fingers just says enough about how far the project has come. Even the backgrounds had gotten the glow-up treatment as well.
Also, since the select screen is getting a rework. A nice detail would be if Grunt/Henchman and the real Piconjo are unlocked as secret characters just like how they were secrets/easter eggs in Newgrounds Rumble. In Newgrounds Rumble, Grunt/Henchman can be unlocked in versus mode by clicking next to Hank googles and the real Piconjo can be found if you 100% completed the game (not as a playable character but instead gives you a message warning you that Newgrounds Rumble Piconjo isn't the real Piconjo). It would be a nice reference to Newgrounds Rumble secrets which are also callbacks to fighting games having secrets/easter eggs. You even get achievements by finding these secrets which is cool.