NetEnt’s Street Fighter II: The World Warrior slot was quietly pulled from circulation despite the hype surrounding its launch. What caused this swift and secretive decision by NetEnt?
The launch of NetEnt’s Capcom Street Fighter II: The World Warrior slot was without a shadow of a doubt a resounding success. The video slot achieved what so many other branded slots fail to do – deliver an experience that is unique to the property it is based on.
This was achieved by making use of the sound effects, music, characters, onscreen interactions and even beloved set pieces like the “destroy the car” mini-game in a way that felt natural and evoked a sense of nostalgia even though you’re spinning reels and not button mashing in your local arcade.
Yet within a week of going live NetEnt surreptitiously pulled their arcade classic masterpiece, leaving fans scratching their heads as to what happened.
Exploitable Bet Setting
While NetEnt has not put out a formal Press Release or any other player facing notice addressing the issue of the disappearing slot a leaked communique from the company to their casino partners has been doing the round online.
The operator email NetEnt reportedly confirm:
“We have identified a potential situation whereby player staking behaviour could impact the intended gameplay experience on our recent release Street Fighter™️ II: The World Warrior Slot.
Please be assured that to date the game has been performing within the expected parameters in respect to the certified math model and RTP on a network level.”
The communication goes on to inform the operators that they will be disabling the slot and will make it available once their internal testing team has resolved the bet setting which could be exploited.
One Step Ahead
While it is never ideal to have a launch title pulled it is great to see that as always NetEnt are willing to do whatever it takes to do it right.
While there is no timeline for Street Fighter II’s relaunch why not enjoy some of their other recent game releases such as Gods Of Gold Infinireels and Aztec Spins both of which are knockout titles.
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