If Samurai Showdown and Garou: Mark of the Wolves had a beautiful son, they would call it The Last Blade. A dream combination of the first armed combat and the animation of the second, The Last Blade brings along a unique feature that turns what might be just another button mashing contest into a beautiful ballet of skilled parry and deflect combat thanks to the "D" button function.
On December 12th you will be able to pick one of ten memorable characters, chose between Power or Speed and off you go to live out your wildest Rurouni Kenshin fantasies in story mode or throw a joy-con to your closest fighting game enthusiastic friend and have at it for the title of ultimate weapon master.
Will you sharpen your swords once more when this releases on Switch next week or will you wait for the equally brilliant sequel? Do you believe series poster boy Kaede is in fact a long lost Saiyajin who just dropped on Earth during the feudal Japan era? Skillfully parry your blows in the comments section below.
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This game is just fantastic
Love this game and the sequel.
Bout time. Last Blade is one of the best Neo Geo fighting games. Now bring on Samurai Shodown II.
Great news, I've hoping for this and the sequel since these started trickling out
OK, I think I might bite on this one. I've been waiting for Samurai Shodown 2 as my armed 1v1 fighter, but The Last Blade looks a more than worthy substitute.
SNK, IMHO, were the King of fighting games.
They had so many excellent games: King of Fighters, Last Blade, Art of Fight, Fatal Fury, Garou, Samurai Showdown etc
Capcom had only Street Fighter...
Good times!
I wish they would release their latest KoF that is an exclusive on PS4 at the moment
Oh that's a big one.
Brilliant game all around. Really unique fighting game.
@tourjeff While I totally agree with you that SNK had the best fighting games, Capcom were also really good and had more to offer than just Street Fighter. Darkstalkers, X-Men, Marvel Super Heroes, Rival Schools and Red Earth for example.
@JoakimZ yes, you are right I completely forgot some of the games you mentioned that Capcom did.
Darkstalkers and Rival Schools were great.
I didn't play Red Earth though.
However, I would not put on the same bag X-Men or any other Marvel fighting games, they are great for sure, the best in some aspects but they are characters from a franchise that Capcom didn't create, so even though they are good, they are not Capcom's IPs.
But yeah, Capcom did some good as well for fighting games.
@tourjeff The whole gameplay and fighting mechanics are Capcom’s, tho. These are absolutely Capcom fighting games both in look and feel, it’s Capcom who made them the great games that they are.
we don't need these shovelware neogeo games on the switch.
@JoakimZ Yep, totally agree with you there, the mechanics are definitely Capcom's.
Actually, two of the best fighting games I've ever played were Capcom's: Capcom vs SNK 2 and Marvel vs Capcom 2.
However, back in the day, I still think that SNK had the edge on fighting games.
@vitalemrecords If you even bothered to use Google search, you would have seen Last Blade is on of the best fighting games.
if NES/SNES VC came out on Switch would be classified as shovelware?
I was waiting for the sequel, but there seems to be a lot of love for the original here
Finally! The very game I've been waiting for.
I might just pick this up although I really want the 2nd one. I'll get to practice up with Amano and Yuki while waiting for Hibiki from the 2nd one. The art direction and animation is fantastic, too!
@vitalemrecords bait harder, mate
YES!
Currently have the sequel on ps4, so I gladly welcome this.
Also, the author clearly had fun with this one lol
The series is a Neo Geo masterpiece. I was in college when this was released. And even then, I was amazed what SNK could do with the Neo Geo so late in the platform's life.
I still have the sequel on the Dreamcast. I won't be holding back when this hits the eShop.
@vitalemrecords Yes, we need AAA shovelware filled with loot crates, boxes, and slot machines.
The Last Blade is my favorite fighting game, so glad to see it get the ACA treatment. I think the first game had slightly better presentation. I also prefer the game play of the first, as they significantly changed the speed mode, which is the way I played the first game, primarily. I wasn't happy finding out that I'd need to make major adjustments to play the sequel, which is otherwise very similar to the first. That's just a matter of preference, and the second game is very good. It's just that people automatically assume the second game is better because it has more characters and came later.
One of my favourites.
looks pretty meh to me
Jet Li (Lee) is the only reason I play this game, didn't care much about the rest.
Hands down my favorite Neo Geo fighter and one of the finest ever made. It has plenty of depth, but also a simplicity that makes it much easier for newcomers to pick up and succeed than other NG fighters. It's near perfect.
@retro_player_22 I don't think I've ever seen someone use any other character at the arcade I used to go to. That said, those were some fierce battles back in the day.
Awesome game, I’ll definitely be picking it up. The Switch still needs Pulstar though.
The Last Blade is not only a fantastic fighter, its an amazing game period. Some of the best visuals on Neo Geo. I have 2 on my PS4 but being able to pass a joy con and play anywhere is making this an instant buy for me.
@vitalemreacords how can you say that?? Neo Geo is most definitley not shovelware. These games are absolute classics!!!
About time...
@masterLEON I got this on the Wii VC and I am only good with two characters: Lee because his moves are familiar to me and Hibiki just because I enjoy using her in Capcom vs. SNK 2.
My wildest "Rurouni Kenshin" fantasies, huh? Let's see:
Moriya = Kenshin
Akari = Kaoru
Juzoh = Sanosuke
Keiichiro Washizuka = Hajime Saito
Zantetsu = Jin-e
...and, um...
Okina = Okina
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