Samurai Shodown Anthology FINALLY Revealed?

While putting finishing touches on my upcoming Wii Holiday Game Gift Guide (it's almost done...), I did a search on Amazon, and saw one of the results was a listing for Samurai Shodown Anthology, due to drop February 24th on the Wii! Now I don't know about you, but I've loved the Samurai Shodown franchise since the get go, when you could find arcade cabinets of it anywhere. More than just a fighter, like the Street Fighter II and the like, this was weapons fighting, where you could lose your sword--or your life! I have been dying to find out when this collection was coming out! There hasn't been much information about it either (it was announced loooooooooonng ago), as SNK was apparently undecided about how many of the Samurai Shodown games to release as downloadable titles. So far they've released the first one on Wii's Virtual Console, and Samurai Shodown II on XBLA. These releases have been tempting to me, but I decided to wait to see if the Anthology would ever materialize. Well, it looks like it has...Finally I might add!



There's little info to be gleaned from its Amazon listing, but it looks like the game will include six titles (I'm assuming Samurai Shodown 1-6, as it proclaims it will be the first time 6 has been released in the states) and will cost $29.99! I may have missed the announcement and am carrying on over old news, but this is some exciting shit!

Max

Games that need to be remade: Fighting game version

with the re-release of Super Street Fighter 2 hyper global mega-net remix HD today on XBLA and PSN, i was thinking of how fighting games are seemingly coming back. i also started thinking about other games that could benefit from the new coat of paint and the HD treatment. non lag online would be a plus as well. rather than write a million words about each game, i figured that i'd scour the annals of youtube for some examples of what face beating could be. maybe this list could inspire you to poke the developers in the side to remake some of these awesome beat 'em ups. and start making some other ones.



Power stone (capcom)




Street Fighter EX series - Capcom (EX3 pictured in video)



Darkstalkers - Capcom



Clayfighter - Interplay



Rival Schools - Capcom



King of Fighters - SNK (2002 version shown)



Samurai Shodown - SNK (i never noticed that it was spelled S-H-O-down. like shogun. sweet.)



alot of capcom games, eh? sure. at one point, capcom was the end all and be all in the fighting game genre. many still think so. sure, tekken and virtual fighter have wowed with the advances in graphics and modes, but i think that the side scrolling fighter will made a comeback after the (upcoming) success of SSF2THDR and SF4. i'm sure we'll see another River City Ransom at some point soon.


Happy Thanksgiving,
J.