Samurai Shodown! 2 Nintendo Switch REVIEW - Fossil Arcade
56Anyone that pre-purchased Samurai Shodown (2019) on Nintendo Switch will have received Samurai Shodown! 2 free! This fresh port of SNK's NeoGeo Pocket Fighter comes with a lot more samurai slashing extras than you'd expect...
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Characters:
Asura
Charlotte
Galford
Haohmaru
Hattori Hanzo
Kazuki Kazama
Sogetsu Kazama
Genjuro Kibagami
Taizan Morosumi
Nakoruru
Rimururu
Shiki
Tachibana Ukyo
Jubei Yagyu
Yuga the Destroyer
"Samurai Shodown! 2 (Japanese title: Samurai Spirits! 2 / サムライスピリッツ! 2) is a handheld game in SNK's Samurai Shodown series of fighting games. Unlike its predecessor, it was released on the Neo-Geo Pocket Color system, so its graphics were no longer monochrome.
It was designed as a conversion from the most recent game in the Samurai Shodown series, Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage, and almost all of its story events, endings and cutscenes are derived from its arcade cousin. Almost all of the characters from Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage are included (the sole exception being Hanma Yagyu). It also re-added two series favourites who were not in the arcade, Charlotte and Yagyu Jubei.
Samurai Shodown! 2 retains most of the gameplay elements of its source game, albeit modified to work within a 2D setting.
The Slash and Bust modes for each character were retained, with all of the moves from the arcade kept intact (except for Yuga, who had a third form in the arcade, which was mostly excised). The original "CD combo", first introduced in Samurai Shodown IV, was also retained, but simplified and streamlined from its origins.
Being a game on a handheld platform, versus play was not a primary focus, so SNK added in a "Collection" mode, to extend the game's longevity. This came in the form of virtual cards, which could be traded with other people who owned the game, by linking up systems. There are eight per character (four for Slash, four for Bust). Each card contains a different piece of art, drawn in the game's cartoonish art style, and a bonus that can be equipped on characters. The bonuses come in four types:
Power Up - Increases the damage done by the character's attacks.
Defense Up - Decreases the damage taken when the character is hit.
Special Move - Enables the player to do a special move which is not otherwise available.
Power Up Special - Makes a particular existing special move do more damage, usually accompanied by additional animations." - Samurai Shodown! 2, Wikipedia
"In an unknown land an eerie disturbance disrupts the sky, leading a dark mass to the land. It is the ultimate evil-it is the reincarnation of Yuga the Destroyer. The objective of this being who once more alights to earth is the unification of this world and the Netherworld using the hermaphrodite male and female-that is, the construction of a utopia to become the foundation for the resurrection of the Dark God." Samurai Shodown! 2 Story, fightersgeneration.com
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