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Wednesday28th Sep 2022
News SNK Celebrates Art Of Fighting 30th Anniversary With A New Illustration
The original game launched in 1992
Last week SNK celebrated Art of Fighting's 30th anniversary. This particular fighter was first released for Neo Geo and arcades in September 1992. It helped pave the way for the genre and eventually got a second game (1994) and third game (1996). SNK shared this special occasion by sharing a new drawing by SNK...
Sunday7th Aug 2022
Round Up EVO 2022 - Every Nintendo Switch Announcement & More
New fighter DLC, arcade cabinets, game updates!
EVO 2022 is taking place this weekend, and as part of this fighting game celebration, various companies have been announcing all sorts of related news. This includes plenty of news related to the Nintendo Switch. Here's what's been revealed so far. If there's more, we'll be sure to add it to this...
Tuesday17th Aug 2021
News SNK's Final Season Pass 3 Fighter For Samurai Shodown Has Been Revealed
Baiken is back!
SNK has revealed its latest fighter on the way to the 2019/20 Nintendo Switch release, Samurai Shodown. Fans already knew the fourth and final slot in Season Pass 3 would be filled by a character from the Guilty Gear series and SNK has now confirmed it will go to Baiken. This fighter is scheduled to arrive later this week on 19th...
Wednesday9th Jun 2021
News SNK's Third Season Pass 3 Fighter For Samurai Shodown Arrives Next Week
Welcome back Amakusa
SNK recently revealed the latest fighter on their way to the 2019/20 Nintendo Switch release, Samurai Shodown. Welcome back Shiro Tokisada Amakusa - the third DLC character to join the Season Pass 3 lineup. He's known in past entries as a recurring boss and occasionally playable character. He'll be joining the Samurai Shodown...
Thursday29th Apr 2021
News SNK's Second Season Pass 3 Fighter For Samurai Shodown Is Out Now
Hibiki Takane returns from The Last Blade 2
Update [Thu 29th Apr, 2021 00:30 BST]: Hibiki Takane - the second fighter in season pass 3 - is now available in Samurai Shodown. SNK has also released the Version 2.20 patch notes, which you can view on the official game page. Original story [Thu 22nd Apr, 20
Sunday21st Feb 2021
News SNK's First Season Pass 3 Fighter For Samurai Shodown Arrives This March
And a Guilty Gear character will fill the fourth slot
Update #2 [Sun 21st Feb, 2021 14:30 GMT]: SNK has now locked in a release date for Cham Cham. This fighter will be arriving in Samurai Shodown on 16th March as part of Season Pass 3. See her in action in the trailer above. In addition to this, it's also been revealed the fourth Season Pass 3...
Friday4th Dec 2020
News SNK To Reveal Samurai Shodown Season 3 Pass Fighters In January 2021
Alongside King of Fighters 15
The Nintendo Switch is home to a number of amazing games, but one we would highly recommend perhaps spending some more time with is Samurai Shodown. Like many fighters nowadays, it'll be receiving some extra character DLC in the future. During a special King of Fighters 15 video announcement, SNK producer Yasuyuki Oda...
Thursday30th Jul 2020
News Samurai Shodown Is Getting A Free DLC Fighter From Tencent's Honor Of Kings
Update: It's Gongsun Li!
Update: The free DLC fighter from Honor of Kings is Gongsun Li, who launches on August 5th. Original Story [Fri 24th Jul, 2020 13:30 BST]: SNK's Samurai Shodown has been a worthy addition to the collection of fighters currently on the Nintendo Switch, so it's great to see the company supporting the game with ongoing free...
Friday3rd Jul 2020
News EVO 2020 Has Been Officially Cancelled
Update: The online event has now also been axed
Update (Fri 3rd Jul, 2020 05:15 BST): EVO 2020's online replacement tournament has now been officially cancelled. The CEO, Joey Cuellar, will no longer be involved with the event after serious allegations of sexual misconduct. Tony Cannon will be replacing him in this role. Below is the full...
Wednesday24th Jun 2020
News Samurai Shodown's Next DLC Character Is A Crossover From Ubisoft's For Honor
Say hello to Warden
Like many one-on-one fighters, SNK's Samurai Shodown reboot is getting a bunch of DLC characters, and during yesterday's New Game+ Expo live stream, it was confirmed that the next character is Warden from Ubisoft’s For Honor. The character will be made available today (June 24th). Warden, as you can see from the video above,...
Tuesday12th May 2020
News SNK Deletes "Inappropriate And Offensive" Samurai Shodown Tweets, Offers Apology
"Please accept our sincerest apologies"
The 2019 version of Samurai Shodown has become something of a hit, offering fans a solid reboot of the classic fighter while serving as the perfect jumping-on point for newcomers. It's also been supported by some post-launch DLC characters, the latest of which has caused quite a stir online. Newly-released...
Thursday19th Mar 2020
News EVO 2020 Will "Move Forward" With Its Plans, As It Continues To Monitor COVID-19
Fighting fit
Despite a number of high profile video games event such as E3 cancelling plans for this year to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it appears this year's EVO Championship series in North America is still "moving forward" with its plans. The official Twitter account for EVO 2020 explained how it would continue to actively monitor updates...
Thursday27th Feb 2020
Nintendo Download 27th February (Europe)
Metro! Metro Again! Samurai Shodown! Two Point Hospital!
The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail - New Releases: Rune Factory 4 Special...
News Samurai Shodown Version 1.60 Brings A New DLC Fighter And An Important Fix For Galford's Pooch
"Go Poppy!"
Samurai Shodown has been updated to version 1.60, and the headline news here is that a new DLC character is now available. Mina Majikina joins the likes of Rimururu, Basara, Kazuki Kazama and Wan-Fu as a paid-for fighter, and will be followed by Sogetsu Kazama, Iroha and one more yet-to-be-revealed character as part of the game's...
Thursday20th Feb 2020
Nintendo Download 20th February (North America)
Mega Man! Samurai Shodown! Devil May Cry 3!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Nintendo Switch: Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection...
Wednesday5th Feb 2020
News Full EVO 2020 Line-Up Revealed, Smash Bros. Ultimate Will Represent Nintendo
Mortal Kombat 11 gets dropped
It's been revealed the king of fighters Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is returning to this year's EVO Championship Series. Apart from Nintendo's all-star brawler, the following games have been locked in once again: Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late,
Sunday26th Jan 2020
News SNK Reveals Second Season Of DLC Fighters For The Samurai Shodown Reboot
And one extra mystery character
This weekend at EVO Japan 2020, SNK released a trailer for the second Samurai Shodown season pass. Yep – even though it's still not available here in the west on Nintendo's hybrid platform, it's already up to its second lot of downloadable content. The brief clip shows off the previously confirmed character Mini...
Friday10th Jan 2020
Gallery Unboxing Samurai Shodown's Japanese Limited Edition
To call it "awesome" is an understatement
There's not long to wait for Samurai Shodown's Switch release in the west, but if you're willing to pay a little more over the odds and like getting limited edition junk, then you might want to invest in the Japanese version – known as Samurai Spirits – which comes with full English language support (it...
Tuesday7th Jan 2020
News Samurai Shodown Launches In The West Next Month On The Nintendo Switch
Ready your blade
One of the many games to look forward to on the Switch this year is Samurai Shodown. SNK's latest entry first arrived in June last year on multiple other platforms and followed with a Japan-only Switch release in December. The game was targeting a Q1 2020 release here in the west, and now Nintendo's official North American website...
Saturday7th Dec 2019
News Get 50% Off The First Three Samurai Shodown Games On The Switch eShop
Slashed prices
If you love old school SNK fighters, there's a sale happening right now on the North American and European Switch eShop that you might want to check out. You can get the Arcade Archives versions of Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown II and Samurai Shodown III for 50% off the regular prices. Thanks to the price cut, each one is £3.14 /...
Wednesday20th Nov 2019
News Samurai Shodown Is Still On Course For 2019 Release In Japan, Pre-Load Now Available
While the western version is scheduled for early 2020
Update (Wed 20th Nov, 2019 18:00 GMT): The news that the western launch of Samurai Shodown wouldn't be happening until 2020 had some people assuming the that the Japanese version – pencilled in for 12th December – would also be impacted. However, that's not the case and you can pre-load the...
Thursday29th Aug 2019
News SNK's Samurai Shodown Reboot Scores December Switch Release Date In Japan
Update: Check out the official Switch trailer
Update (29th Aug, 06:45 BST): SNK has now uploaded the first Switch trailer of the game to its official YouTube channel. See it for yourself in the video above. Original Article (28th Aug, 17:00 BST): Originally launching on PS4 and Xbox One in June this year, SNK's Samurai Shodown reboot now has a...
Thursday8th Aug 2019
News Samurai Shodown Director Says A Perfectly Balanced Fighting Game Would Be Boring
"we're never going to make it completely flat"
While games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate strive to be as balanced as possible, one fighting game not as concerned about keeping the playing field level is the Samurai Shodown reboot, coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year. Following on from six Genjuro Kibagami players making the finals...
Monday5th Aug 2019
News SNK Announces A Second Season Of DLC For The Samurai Shodown Reboot
Game arrives on Switch later this year
In case you forgot, the Samurai Shodown reboot slashes its way onto the Switch in the fourth quarter of 2019. Despite the fact Nintendo fans are still waiting for the base game to be released, SNK at EVO 2019 announced a second season of DLC for the game. It includes four additional characters and will arrive...
Saturday11th May 2019
News SNK Releasing Transparent Neo Geo Mini To Celebrate The Samurai Shodown Series
See everything
Ever since the release of the Nintendo Switch in 2017, SNK has worked hard to make its retro library of Neo Geo games readily available on the eShop. In between all of these classic and slightly enhanced releases, the Japanese company found time to release two different miniature systems. Now, in an attempt to build hype for the...
Monday25th Mar 2019
News SNK's Samurai Shodown Reboot Slashes Its Way Onto Switch In Q4 2019
Hitting PS4 and Xbox One in June
SNK has confirmed that its Samurai Shodown reboot will be coming to Nintendo Switch in Q4 2019, slightly after the release of the PS4 and Xbox One versions. Powered by Epic's Unreal Engine 4, the title is set in-between the events of the original Samurai Shodown and its fifth mainline entry. 16 fighters will make...
