Screenshot of current gameplay for 'Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid.' nWayīut association with the MVPs of a niche community weren't enough to impress anyone outside of it. The outreach paid off, as the game's combat and balancing received the highest praise from reviewers. The game's developers enlisted some of the FGC's living legends, like Daniel "Clockwork" Maniago, Long "Shady K" Tran, and Justin Wong as technical consultants.
While a budget fighting game based on a franchise past its heyday - the 2017 film opened second at the box office behind Beauty and the Beast, and failed to spawn a new franchise - Battle for the Grid held street cred within the fighting game community, or FGC. It was a $19.99 game with solid combat mechanics. We wanted to make the game accessible, not just in the sense of mechanics but value proposition. "When we first came out with the game, it was all about speed and value. "We had quite a journey for a year," Kuroki says. A time not so long ago, when Battle for the Grid was anything but mighty or morphin'. After Kuroki revealed new features like online lobbies and PlayStation 4 cross-play, Kuroki opened up about the first few months of the Grid's lifespan. On a Friday afternoon, I got on the phone with Steve Kuroki, VP of Creative at nWay. "We call it the journey," nWay's Steve Kuroki tells Inverse. Ultimate, the comments sections of Kotaku's articles and YouTube videos contain high praise for the game, like "underrated," "sick," and "keeps getting better."
While still dwarfed by giants like Street Fighter V, Mortal Kombat 11, and Super Smash Bros. Eleven months and countless updates later, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is now one of the most popular fighting games available. For nWay and its small but growing fan community, it was only the beginning. Reviews deemed the game "bland," "lackluster," and a " cash grab." Even priced at just $20, Battle for the Grid looked and felt like a cheap game.Īt any other time in gaming history, such a launch would have spelled an immediate demise. Despite it being based on a major media franchise that's been a cultural touchstone for millennials, critics and fans were disappointed over the game's anemic roster, unpolished presentation, and lack of single-player features. Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, a fighting game from San Francisco studio nWay, was released on consoles and PC in March 2019 to abysmal reviews. It was the greatest defeat the Power Rangers had ever faced: a 6.8 on IGN.
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