The 2D fighter: as a genre, perfect. Almost nothing pushes the edges of the concept: everything’s definitely a fighter or definitely not.
Mortal Kombat was supposed to be a Jean-Claude Van Damme game. No JC in the end, so they went for guys in pointy hats and balaclavas pulling each other’s spines out. And lo, born was a multimedia franchise up there with Care Bears and My Little Pony.
In this multicoloured kiddy playground of a hotel game centre, the yellowing of the candy cabs is most probably due to the wholesome forces of light and time, rather than the usual nicotine and sweat.