Wild Ambition came out in 1999 though, ya know, after masterpieces like Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 and Garou:Mark Of The Wolves.
Granted it used 3D and crap, making it worse, although SNK managed to speed up and smooth out the controls in a 3D fighter by the time Maximum Impact was made, although the gameplay wasn't clunky like older games, the shit you could do in it was lulz.