I love me some SNK, and one of my favorite things to come from them is Samurai Showdown. I don't know why, though. I suck. Seriously, I'm horrible. I'm solely responsible for 72% of Haohmaru's total lifetime deaths. Sorry 'bout that.
Well, now he can die even more with the announcement of Samurai Showdown II for the Wii Virtual Console. Get ready for some of the best Engrish ever when it launches next Monday, August 4th, and will available for 900 Wii Points. This version added new moves and more players, for a total of 16.
Speaking of Wii and Samurai Showdown, the Wii version of SNK Arcade Classics just came out last week (check out our PS2 and PSP review here), and contains the first Samurai Showdown. Of course, if you're a series fan, you might want to hang out until this fall, when the Samurai Showdown Anthology hits the Wii. It will contain the first six games of the series, for the reasonable price of $29.99.
And of course, all of this is a huge tease for the upcoming Samurai Showdown: Edge of Destiny. Hit the jump to watch the very trailer I saw earlier this year at GDC. It's been haunting me ever since!
Oh, sorry Samurai Showdown II VC. I didn't mean to take the spotlight away from you. Will you be downloading this come Monday?
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site Japanator. Likes Corgis, Sega Saturn, PSP, iPhone, Photographic tools.
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I'm curious, since this was my favorite in the series and I'm too lazy to switch out discs. I'm more likely to just ignore a game then put the damn disc in there. However, 30 bucks for 6 games is far better than 9 for 1....
This was my favorite arcade game at the pizza place where I used to work at back in the day. I got to the point where I could beat it with one quarter....a youth wasted. Jubei and Genjuro where my favorite characters.
I might just pick the VC version up. I have no interest in the other Shodowns.
I could have sworn this was coming to Xbox Live Arcade, but I'm not surprised it's coming to the Virtual Console, especially because Nintendo is embracing the idea of this being a "retro marketplace" quite heavily. It doesn't work 100% of the time, and we still have the storage issue to deal with, but once they take care of that, the Virtual Console will be sitting pretty nicely.
XBLA has more people downloading, no? I could be wrong. I just thought it'd make more sense releasing it on a platform that has more users who would be more likely to buy it.
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I might just pick the VC version up. I have no interest in the other Shodowns.
Can't wait for Monday now. Thanks Dale.
Meh, that's what I say with every XBLA release that doesn't come to WVC. C'est la vie.
Giveth useth shining force 2 already.
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XBLA has more people downloading, no? I could be wrong. I just thought it'd make more sense releasing it on a platform that has more users who would be more likely to buy it.
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