Whlist derided at the time for being a blatant SFII take off, with hindsight it was part spoof, as well as wanting to milk a bit of Capcom's bloated cash cow. In here are the same stereotyped world stages and characters that have a charm of their own. But Power Athlete packs a punch of its own without comparison to SFII polish, even if it is more Brooklyn than Madison Square Garden in its fighting style.