The Last Blade: Beyond The Destiny
# The Last Blade: Beyond The Destiny

The Last Blade: Beyond The Destiny is a fighting game released by SNK in March 2000 for the Neo-Geo Pocket Color handheld system. It is the third game in The Last Blade series. The European release was subject to a recall when SNK ceased all foreign operations a month later, making it one of the rarest English language titles in Neo-Geo Pocket Color's library.

## Gameplay

The game has nine playable characters. It features a story mode, a survival mode, a time attack mode, and a training mode.

## Reception

Aggregate score :

| Aggregator | Score |
| - | - |
| Metacritic | 68/100 (Switch) |

Review scores :

| Publication | Score |
| - | - |
| GameSpot | 7.6/10 (NGPC) |
| IGN | 7.0/10 (NGPC) |
| Nintendo Life | 7/10 (Switch) |
| Nintendo World Report | 7.5/10 (Switch) |

IGN said the game "You can't go wrong with Last Blade, but you could go even more right with SNK vs. Capcom and Gals Fighters." GameSpot called Beyond The Destiny "a good fighting game, with more options and features than you'd expect from a portable fighter" but recommended to get The Match of the Millennium instead. Nintendo Life called the Switch port "[...] an excellent little thing, one must keep in mind that it is still a 2001 handheld fighting game, and very much of its time." Nintendo World Report said of the Switch port: "Being able to play with a friend on a single system is nice, though, although The Last Blade won’t give you the multiplayer mileage than Smash Bros. does." Hardcore Gamer called it "may be the finest-playing NGPC game available yet on the Switch". Time Extension placed the game on its "Best Neo Geo Pocket Color Games" list.

