Super Sidekicks

Traditional soccer arrives on Neo Geo hardware in the first game of SNK's arcade footy series.

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Overview

Super Sidekicks (known in Japan as Tokuten Ou: Super Sidekicks) is a belt-scrolling soccer game developed and released by SNK for arcades (using Neo Geo MVS hardware) on December 14, 1992. It was later released for the Neo Geo AES on February 29, 1993 and ported to the Neo Geo CD on March 31, 1995.

The third soccer game by SNK (after Fighting Soccer and Soccer Brawl), Super Sidekicks pits 12 regional teams from all around the world in the "SNK Cup". It features a side-view approach and simplified arcade-style controls, similar to Taito's Football Champ and Jaleco's Big Striker. It later received numerous sequels.

It was later digitally released by M2 for the PlayStation Network (as a NEOGEO Station title) on December 21, 2010, then digitally released for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch on July 27, 2017 as part of Hamster's ACA NeoGeo series. It was later digitally released for the PC on May 25, 2018, also as part of the ACA NeoGeo series.