Samurai Shodown (2019) Nintendo Switch REVIEW - Fossil Arcade
632019's Samurai Shodown reboot has arrived on Nintendo Switch, including 17 Characters for all the feudal sword striking action you'll ever need! We cover all the ups and downs of this port from the legendary Fighting Game franchise.
Digital Copy provided for Review by Koch Media UK.
Release: 25th January 2020
Install Size: 10.1GB
Pre-Order Bonus: Samurai Shodown!2 Pocket Fighter Series
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Base Characters:
Charlotte
Darli Dagger
Earthquake
Galford
Genjuro Kibagami
Hanzo Hattori
Haohmaru
Jubei Yagyu
Kyoshiro Senryo
Nakoruru
Shiki
Shizumaru Hisamea
Tam Tam
Ukyo Tachibana
Yashamaru Kurama
Yoshitora Tokugawa
Wu-Ruixiang
Season One:
Rimururu
Basara
Kazuki Kazama
Wan-Fu
Season Two:
Mina Majikina
Sogetsu Kazama
Iroha
Unannounced character
"SNK CORPORATION (Corporate HQ: Suita-city, Osaka, Japan, Company President & CEO: Koichi Toyama) and Deep Silver are proud to announce that the critically acclaimed SAMURAI SHODOWN for Xbox One and Playstation®4 consoles is now available for Nintendo Switch!
From its creation in 1993, the Samurai Shodown series has redefined weapon-based fighting games. 11 years after its most recent release comes a brand new addition on the Nintendo Switch! Experience the fighting game that took the world by storm!
■ Peerless warriors duke it out in 1700's Japan!
13 returning characters are joined by 3 completely new to the series. This latest installment takes place one year before the events of the original Samurai Shodown game, where tensions are still hot in the land of the rising sun!
■ A game that threads the line between suspense and thrills!
Classic Samurai Shodown concepts like the Rage Gauge, Lightning Blade, and Super Special Moves make their return! Feel your heart race as you're moments from death, only to turn the tables in one fell swoop! A true fighting game experience is waiting for you on the Nintendo Switch!
■ Play anywhere, anytime, with the Nintendo Switch
It's easier than ever to battle a friend using the Nintendo Switch's Table Top mode. Simply pass them a Joy-Con and have at it! Additionally, you can fight anywhere in the world using Handheld mode!
■ Thrilling new DLC characters join the fight!
Fan favorites like Rimururu, Kubikiri Basara, Kazuki Kazama, and Wan Fu make their return! Also, Hisame Shizumaru from Samurai Shodown III is included as a free character!" - Koch Media, Press Release
"Samurai Shodown (Samurai Spirits in Japan) is a fighting game series by SNK. In Japan, the name of the series is officially in katakana, but is often written in kanji (侍魂, samurai tamashii), with the second character pronounced supirittsu, "spirits", to better reflect the game's setting.
The stories in the series take place in 18th-century Japan, during the Sakoku or seclusion period of Japan (the first four games run across 1788 and 1789) with great artistic license so that foreign-born characters (including some from places that did not exist as such in 1788) and fictional monsters can also be part of the story. The plot of each game is quite different, but they circle a central group of characters and a region in Japan.
Samurai Shodown consequently portrays snippets of the Japanese culture and language internationally with little edits. For instance, unlike most fighting games made in Japan, the characters in the series (including the announcer) generally speak only in Japanese, with dialects ranging from archaic formalities and theatricalism to modern-day slang, something that has been preserved for overseas releases. Win quotes and other cut scenes provide subtitles in several languages, including but not limited to English, Portuguese, and German. Much of the music includes traditional Japanese instruments (predominately the shakuhachi, shamisen, koto and taiko) and later enka. Several characters are loosely based on real figures from Japanese history." Samurai Shodown, Wikipedia
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