
SNK's Neo Geo system is one of gaming's true legends, but since it was released the company has been through some real ups and downs. However, things are looking positive for the firm these days; it now has the financial backing of a huge Chinese conglomerate and has recently dropped the "Playmore" part of its name - a throwback to the bad old days when the company almost vanished forever.
2017 has seen a surge of interest in all things SNK and Neo Geo, with Hamster's range of ACA NEOGEO titles on Switch effectively turning Nintendo's console into a portable arcade unit. We've also got the official NEOGEO: A Visual History from Bitmap Books to look forward to - but that's not all. SNK has just announced that it will be lifting the lid on a "new classic Neo Geo project" at this year's EVO event.
What could this be? Are we talking about a new game here - most likely a fighting title, given the choice of event - or could it be a new system like the ill-fated Neo Geo X - but perhaps more in the style of the NES Classic Mini? Let us know your predictions by posting a comment below.
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1st Atari and now SNK.... Wow the mystery.. ?? what could it be?? I doubt it will be the NEOGEOX, probably a SNK multi game pack with physical release?
Neo Turf Masters 2?!?!?!?
Whatever it's going to be, it's definitely going to hurt some wallets if they keep this up, @NEStalgia's included...
Real Bout 3 ! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
"Garou: Mark of the Wolves 2: Revengeance of the Wolves"
... in all Shiryusness, this might be the reboot of "Samurai Shodown" the KOF XIV team wanted to tackle next.
@Luneth this would be amazing
Neo geo mini?
A new fatal fury
Art of fighting 4
King of the monsters
Brain over load boom
Come on Neo Geo Classic!
Baseball Stars I. Pleeeeeease!
@Shiryu KOF XVII?!?
@BionicDodo My bad, my bad...
Emulation box more than likely. Here's hoping a new home console with HDMI output and physical re-releases.
I will give them bonus points if their "project" box includes a 240p line doubler & tripler pass through function for my NES and SNES.
Well I can dream... and hey I had to make this relevant to nintendo in some way, this isn't neo geo life afterall.
Interesting...
SNK dropped the Playmore part of their name to signify them leaving the Pachinko business behind to focus on the gaming market like in the old days. So far, we only have KOF XIV and the Eshop rereleases to show for it so I'm interested in seeing where they're heading next.
Breath bated.
Online mode for their games would be greatly welcomed.
I'd love to see some new games on new hardware. They don't even need to be pushing for the latest tech, just aslong as they can make games with good looking 2D or cell shaded games. And a decent emulator for their previous consoles.
King of Fighters 2018 for switch?
Very eager to hear. Either console or new game sounds good to me. Guessing a console would use their Neo Geo CD controller with the unique D Pad.
well after the crap they pulled with neogeo x. Im not holding my breath
It would be great to see a new AOF game. I just bought AOF 2 on the Xbox one along with Samurai Showdown. I still have my Neo Gel cart and CD systems. And it nice to see that SNK are doing well these days. I always loved their games and believed that they were better than Capcom's especially their fighting games. Can't wait to see what they have in store for us!
I wanna know what it is so bad.
All new projects were let downs. SNK is dead, that is. Luckily good games survives over companies.
https://blog.us.playstation.com/2017/07/13/arcade-legend-samurai-shodown-v-special-coming-to-ps4-vita/
It's this. Samurai Showdown V for PS4 and Vita.
@Anguspuss They didn't, Tommo suckered them from appearances. Once they found out how problematic it was and the anger it caused buyers they killed the contract and shut them down which is why it dropped off the market. They care to some degree, even if it is at least some cover your ass type moves.
I don't see them getting back into full scale hardware as it's been too long, but if they got a group (or their Chinese overlords own something already) together and did a proper mini-console launch of their old stuff in a locked or not style box it would be welcome as long as Tommo is kept a mile away at all times.
Seems like the Switch audience would totally be primed for this (and it's on the Vita)...the age old question again - why not have a port for the Switch?
Maybe since it's just a port it's planned for the Switch Hamster ACA releases? They have so far in much lesser time got the most releases/unique releases over Sony and MS.
OK, so Im an old man at 34 but Im an SNK nut! Anything SNK makes me open my wallet on the spot. Im a HUGE collector, fan and player of the Home-Cart (ROM/AES) and CD (CDZ) systems and have been buying Cart and CD games for the last 27 and 24 years respectively. Since 2004 we've had a handful of 'non official SNK' releases, but should we get a new official SNK Home-Cart release, I'll loose my mind!! Im SO EXCITED! MJ
Whatever it is I will likely buy it.
Edit: Vita? Sigh. Nevermind.
It better be a KOF15 for Switch, if not that then maybe a Samurai Shodown 7 for Switch. Either one is okay with me, also SNK better go back to the awesome hand drawn HD sprite work of KOF12 & 13. Those PS2 style cookie cutter 3D models of KOF14 was lame and uninspired (not that it makes the game bad though), give us the hand drawn HD sprites and I'll buy the game day one just like I did KOF12 & 13. There's a reason I didn't buy KOF14 and Samurai Shodown Sen and if SNK continues to give us lame 3D fighters, I'll probably keep avoiding those til they listen.
@retro_player_22 It's Samurai Shodown V Special for PS4 and Vita
If you want to play it on PC/Mac/Linux, SNK released it on Humble Bundle over 18 months ago:
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/samurai-shodown-v-special
Be warned, it is a bare bones standalone emulator.
I say HOPEFULLY this comes out as an ACA NEOGEO title. It was the last NEOGEO title ever produced, so it still counts!
@masterLEON Meh if it's just Samurai Shodown V Special then I'll pass. Just so you know I already got every main Samurai Shodown games (including SSV Special) I ever need on the MAME emulator for PC anyways which runs very good already. Besides Samurai Shodown V Special doesn't had much to offer other than the boss characters and those hard to pull off fatalities. I think I won't be missing much by skipping on that one. Until Samurai Shodown 7 exist, I'll just continue wasting my time with these HAMSTER release or go back to the Samurai Shodown Anthology game on Wii or PSP.
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