Just give me another beautiful and fun to play SamSho.
Most of my memories of the series are from 1-3, with 1 and 3 being the most prevalent. Arcades around here were weird and didn’t really have any rhyme or reason to which games they had in their Neo Geo cabinets.
If SamSho loses the Spinal Tap feel of the characters and presentation, then I’m out. There’s no point. It’s a game about hot blooded shonen samurai, rock’n roll ninjas, and fancy armored ladies with a great fusion soundtrack.
I’m familiar with some of the later characters thanks to Japanese image boards, and importing the various sequels; but I never really spent much time playing them.
Don’t make gore the focus. Don’t make it a god awful FPS! Don’t make it butt ugly like KoF14.
Not to bag on KoF14, I understand that SNK has gone from 90’s ballin’ out of control, to pure poverty as of late, and they don’t have the money / resources to make awesome stuff like they used to.
Speaking of Samurai shodown style games, Golden Axe: The Duel for Arcade & Sega Saturn. That was a surprisingly fun samurai shodown wannabe.
As for Samurai Shodown itself, i LOVED SS1 & SS2. After that, the series got weird. Out of the sequels i think only Samurai Shodown III is worth playing.
Samurai Shodown II is still the best. By the way, is this true?
Soul Calibur 1 & 2 were pretty good. Can’t comment on the rest though. Like Samurai Shodown, Soul Calibur also got weird after the 2nd entry and things just weren’t the same again.
with the launch of Metal Slug Anthology on PS4, they really should bring Samurai Shodown Anthology to PS4 asap. I mean, really, it’s their greatest SNK collection ever.
Like really, it would also help generate earlier hype for whatever new Samurai Shodown they plan. also, I feel their PSN games on PS4 should display full screen versions of screens. borders are a turn off to HDTV users, and screens look more enticing full screen, yes they are originally 4:3 aspect ratio, though anyways I played 4:3 games with widescreen/fullscreen mode and they still look great ,even better than bordered.
and I hate how the Metal Slug A. PSN description doesn’t even INFORM the player that it has 6 COMPLETE GAMES WITHIN!! the first words in the PSN description should be something along the lines of SIX GAMES IN ONE AT A LOW PRICE!! things like that. a lot of people wouldn’t say no to the game if they found out it has 6 games included.
the english whatever division of SNK really got to do better with their PR and PSN submissions and descriptions. most people are too lazy to research how much games it has. they can do better.
Yeah! SS2 FTW. Still the one of, if not THE best of the sequels.
I feel like most who would appreciate it, already have it for their other systems by now. Like PS2 & PSP.
As for being their “greatest collection”? I dunno. There are only like, 2-3 really good Samurai Shodown games and the rest are just weird. Whilst pretty much every Metal Slug title is really fun.
As for “hype” of a new game? I love old-school SNK, they are among my top-5 favorite developers ever.
However, i have little to no faith in modern-day SNK. They have basically joined the likes of Sega, as one of those classic developers that helped shaped the industry back then but, are clearly over the hill now.
Kicks have been dumbed down but they’re still useful for going against counters. For example when fighting against a Jubei baiting with late counters or trying to counter jumping slashes, use kick instead.
Also, let’s not forget the dumbness that is Gen An. IIRC, his weak slash can punish majority of blocked slashes in the game lol. Get rid of him and Ukyo and SS2 becomes very balanced.
If they localize Samurai Shodown RPG in english they could easily get a lot more fame (and more affordable than developing a AAA fighting game, of course they could still make a new Samurai Shodown, but rpgs are popular and SS RPG is one a kind)
If they localize Samurai Shodown RPG in english they could easily get a lot more fame (and more affordable than developing a AAA fighting game, of course they could still make a new Samurai Shodown, but rpgs are popular and SS RPG is one a kind)
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While it would be great for fans, that’s not going to change any minds. Arc System Works went hard after the non FGC dorks with BlazBlue story modes - and did that help sales?
Fighting game developers need not pander to silly geese who don’t “get” fighting games. Let them keep playing Final Fantasy.
These are Capcom tier carriage before horse ideas you’re coming up with here, e.g. Darkstalkers Resurrection. Granted, that was for the best - because I don’t want modern Capcom destroying another franchise I loved.
It’s understandable. but you know now with Garou MOTW port confirmed, all the more reason for SS fans to request SNK on twitter and facebook for Samurai Shodown Anthology on PS4. yes, it wouldn’t have online play, but having 6 games is better than one Samurai Shodown classic (that not everyone would agree upon). and let’s be honest, everyone would be busy playing KOFXIV for their online fighting fix and waiting for a new 3D Samurai Shodown.
Samurai Shodown II hardly got online activity on xbox360. and I feel playing these games single player, is better than deal with the rare or absent community for Samurai Shodown online, for a game fans will probably mostly play single player anyways. We seen how even with GGPO Darkstalkers Resurrection was not even played online much. even Arcana Heart 3 had a longer online community active.
with retro SNK fighters, it seems interest online drops the same week they launch. So I feel Samurai Shodown Anthology would be more valuable than a single Samurai Shodown with online play. I never really cared for the Last Blade series, so not sure how LB2 is doing online, but I would guess Metal Slug Anthology is getting a lot more hours played due to the sheer amount of games it includes.
a lot of people missed SSA back then during the ps2 days, it kind of flew under the radar, it would be very valuable on PS4, more so than a new SS port with online added (especially if its one of the lesser liked SSs, like SSIV, SSV or SSVI. I think SSIV is overrated, and SSV is censored. I prefer SSIII or SSII, but even then, all six is waaaay better than just one or two of those. )
Thx the classics are the best. It would be wise of sony to include ps2 hardware BC compatibility on the upcoming ps4 neo. Knowing them, they are a bunch of greedy fools.
well I think direct porting Samurai Shodown Anthology to PS4 PSN allows them to add at least trophies. I think Metal Slug Anthology has trophies. yea actually it does for all 6 games. more incentive for people to get the new version of the Anthology on PS4, and it would be much easier to find, and infinite supply available instead online shopping for a used copy somewhere (plus trophies!)
