The newest release from Team Arcana is an attempt to bring back on of the game's made by Examu, its predecessor, who themselves used to be known as Yuki Enterprise.

One of their earliest titles was Daemon Bride. On the surface, it's a typical anime fighter from that era, but what sets it apart from other games is the extensive focus on freedom of movement, and the additional emphasis on projectiles.

Despite the common jokes about the neutral or footsies of these incredibly fast-paced anime fighters, Daemon Bride's formula made for a game where depth of zoning and freedom of movement made for a very compelling combo.

Two years after release, it received an updated edition called Daemon Bride: Additional Gain, releasing it for NESiCAxLive arcades. That's the version that Team Arcana is now putting on Steam, almost untouched outside some minor improvements, like the new borders to account for wider resolutions and rollback netcode.

Sadly, it seems like the port is currently far from perfect. Starting with the part that most people will care about, the rollback netcode, while present, is prone to desyncs. One of the reviews also mentions a weird bug that allows P2 to control P1 side.

Outside of netplay, some people also have problems with the game crashing, or trying to properly map their controllers. English localization is similarly rough, and while people generally don't play fighting games for the story, you'd still hope to see effort put into these things.

For now, unless you're only interested in arcade mode or messing around in the training mode, it might be worth to wait and see if Team Arcana patches this up into a better state.

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