Samurai Shodown (PC/XSX/PS4/XB1/NSW) - June 27, 2019

**6souls** · 2016-02-10 22:10

2017, will look similar to KoFXIV

SNK fans rejoice! We were able to confirm from two independent sources that SNK is bringing the massively successful Samurai Showdown Series back from the dead. According to our sources, SNK-Playmore, under the new parent company, has already started working on a new Samurai Shodown Game. The new game, which currently has a target release of 2017, will bring the series back to its roots, using 2D gameplay but with 3D models. An approach similar to what the Japanese company is currently doing with the upcoming The King Of Fighters XIV.

The new Samurai Shodown game is not the only thing this highly missed franchise is getting. One of our sources has informed us that the plan is for the game release to coincide with a new anime adaptation of the series as well.

http://hadoken.net/samurai-shodown-revival/

**BWYuko** · 2016-02-11 15:54

Hell yes! Game plus anime! Hope it's not a flimsy OVA. The 1994 feature film is fucking awful.
Now c'mon, Capcom, please follow suit with Darkstalkers 4. SNK's schooling you with the throwback 90s fighter revivals.

**Lucavi** · 2016-02-12 16:38

Would kill for more Ukyo blood-coughing TB goodness. There's more apples needs be sliced!

**6souls** · 2018-09-10 10:41

**gaira** · 2018-09-10 20:57

i've been waiting a long time for this

**Xno Kappa** · 2018-09-10 21:03

my nakoruru waifu!

**Ayn** · 2018-09-11 00:59

This place reeks of evil, and gym socks!

**BWYuko** · 2018-12-05 22:45

At an Investor Relations Meeting today, they said this game is releasing Q2 2019 - which is potentially as few as 5 months from now.

It's also getting a Switch port. No word on XBoen or PC.

**6souls** · 2019-02-27 00:17

**6souls** · 2019-03-25 11:49

June 2019 for PS4 & XB1, Late 2019 for PC & Switch

SNK, the creators of legendary fighting game series like King of Fighters, Fatal Fury, and Art of Fighting, is pleased to announce the return of their beloved weapon-based fighter Samurai Shodown, coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this June, Nintendo Switch in Q4 2019, and PC at a later date. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, the new Samurai Shodown reboots the classic 2D fighting game with beautiful new 3D graphics that retain the classic fantasy Samurai manga look of the series, while also bringing the series up-to-date with the latest cutting edge graphical standards.

Once again set in the late 18th century, after the events of Samurai Shodown V and prior to the events of the original game, Samurai Shodown will see the return of thirteen classic characters, including Haohmaru, Earthquake and Galford, who will be joined by three brand new characters to the series. Additional characters will also be available via post-launch DLC.

Developed in-house at SNK by the same team that brought us King of Fighters XIV, Samurai Shodown features a host of modes, such as Story, Practice, Online Battle and multiple offline battle modes. The new game will also debut an innovative new asynchronous online mode called “Dojo” that uses deep machine learning to create a CPU-avatar that learns from players’ actions during offline modes and creates a Ghost AI character. Players will be able to upload their Ghost to the leaderboards and also download Ghost data from other players. Players can take on Ghosts in 1v1 battle, or take on the Ironman Challenge and attempt to take down up to 100 ghosts in one go.

The public will be able to play Samurai Shodown for the first time on the show floor at PAX East in Boston, March 28 - March 31. PAX East attendees can also attend the Samurai Shodown - Resurrecting a Legend panel, Saturday, March 30 from 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. EDT. The panel will be moderated by Team Spooky’s Giby and feature SNK’s Yasuyuki Oda (Producer), Nobuyuki Kuroki (Game Director) and the Director of the original Samurai Shodown, Yasushi Adachi, as well as several others from SNK.