On submitted platforms, I don't see an option for:
- NEOGEO MINI
- MVS Mini Home Arcade
- MVSX Arcade
- NEOGEO Arcade Stick Pro
All contain The Last Blade 2. They should be added as official releases. Some differences in display settings and the Arcade Stick Pro that I own lacks a built-in LCD screen. Internet tells me the NEOGEO MINI uses an Actions Single Core ATM7013 1.0-1.2 GHz CPU with 1 GB DDR3 RAM. The expensive MVSX Arcade is ARM Quad Core Cortex A7, 1 GHz with 256 MB DDR3 RAM. Arcade Stick Pro has Actions Quad Core ATM7031H 1.3 GHz with 256 GB DDR3 RAM. I guess the 1 GB RAM was overkill.
The loading times might vary a bit then. I think excessive to list them all as separate platforms. I'd go with "Neo Geo Mini" as the platform since it came first and ask to describe which one is being used in the submission like you do for emulators.
I believe Neogeo Mini is just running emulation. Regardless, I will see about adding it to the site since there is 2 - 3 different compilation machines out now.
As for separating out the versions they would all fall under arcade. I realize there can be very minor differences, especially when it comes to MVS and AES, however it would be excessive, you can easily run the game on current platforms or re-releases. That's just my opinion about it.
Thanks for responding. They're all emulation but I make a distinction for official releases. I've never seen a game tagged as "emu" on Switch VC since it's official. I'm curious that there's only one leaderboard here versus Super Gem Fighter separating everything. I guess this game is obscure enough not to have anyone compare loading times or emulation settings.
The Neogeo Mini and Arcade Stick Pro are AES with 4 continues and a training mode. I'd presume the MVS(X) compilations are...MVS. Both have the same 1-8 difficulty settings and Story mode.
There is one significant difference though: Only AES has Kouryu playable. The Annotation for character list is also missing Original/Unawaked Kaede and Hagure. Original Kaede is a distinct character from Awakened/Blond Kaede and not a sprite swap.
Easy enough to add the 3 characters but MVS players may not appreciate being beaten by a console-exclusive on the same leaderboard. Well, not a problem today.
I'm showing that they're selectable in Story mode off Arcade Stick Pro:
