I love Killer Instinct, and I was excited by its sequel. But when I saw the early screenshots, I felt something was different in the overall design, and that difference wasn’t doing much for me. The character design is more goofy, the color palette is more saturated and it is uglier in general (look at Orchid FFS), when the first KI was more focused and balanced in that regard. Thankfully, gameplay wise, KI Gold is deeper than its predecessor, with more characters and game modes. It is probably the best 2D fighting game on the system, which doesn’t say a lot, but it still is. And why the game is called « Gold » instead of « 2 » is beyond me.