I can't tell you how long it felt for this to come out, as a huge fan of both series, I knew Baki and the series characters was going to wipe the floor with Kengan, I'd accepted the fact that with their feats and the shows style of portraying strength...Kengan was coming off second best.
What really interested me was how they were going to write this, how were they going to make a storyline out of a one sided affair?
They did it...not the great storyline, not the impossible feat, no...they nerfed the Baki characters, this wasn't the normal powerhouse Hanayama or the colossal Jack Hanma, this wasn't the endlessly talented Baki, it looked like them sure, it sounded like them but...they felt vulnerable, weakened and a shadow of their former selves.
Overall this was very disappointing, not just because of the ridiculous changes in strength or even the art style, this was disappointing because their were matches available within both series that Kengan could have won, Ali Jnr against the Thai god of war, Sekibayashi vs lgari to name a couple swinging Kengans way.
It was a lazy attempt to promote both sets of fans over to the other series, the issue is...most are fans of both anyway.