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, 2021 04:15 BST]: Super Smash Bros. isn't the only series getting DLC fighter passes - oh no, there are plenty of other fighting games out there doing the same thing. One other game that also hasn't stopped adding new characters since its arrival in 2019 is SNK's Samurai Shodown.
, it's now been announced Hibiki Takane from The Last Blade 2 will be arriving next week on 28th April. She's part of the third season pass and is the second character in the line-up.
Cham Cham and Hibiki Takane will eventually be followed by a character from the Guilty Gear series. This particular fighter will take up the fourth and final slot in Season Pass 3, and will be announced at a later date.
What do you think of the latest addition to the Samurai Shodown roster? Leave a comment down below.
[source twitter.com]
Comments 18
Welp time to buy the season pass everywhere I own this game. My lady Hibiki and I shall cut some fools.
As much as I like the new characters, at the very least add some new stages too SNK, seeing the same 12 stages just gets so old now. Y'all own The Last Blade 2 add at least one stage from that game to Samurai Shodown please.
Yeah it'd be cool to see some new stages, I think SNK is probably focused on KOF XV at the moment though.
This season pass is looking way better than season 2. Hopefully the rumours are true and Guilty gears rep is Baiken
Can't wait for the complete edition. Fighters passes are great for keeping players coming back & good revenue for the companies, but I still wish fighting games launched fully loaded. Events and new stages could keep people cominh back
If only fighting games took a leaf out of Smash Bros and gave you new music and definitely needed new stages. Seems lazy and cheap just to give you a character
Still haven't picked up the game. The english physical is sold out everywhere! Does anybody know if the Asian/JP version supports the US eShop?
@popey1980 SNK can't afford to do that. Smash has sold 22m copies, nearly all at full MSRP. I'd be surprised if Sam Sho has sold 500k, many deeply discounted - I got mine for $10 new.
Sumire Uesaka's the VA, awesome!
I don't know her, but the design looks cool
Don't mind me, I'm just geeking out...
HIBIKI! HIBIKI! HIBIKI!!!
@popey1980 Other fighters dont have Smash money.
The animations are so bad.
With all these DLC characters, the game will soon have a barely adequate roster!
@RudeAnimat0r I get that comparing this game to Smash as far as content isn't fair. However, the stages in Samurai Shodown don't have any unique gameplay interactions. They're essentially just scenery, so adding a few much stages should be pretty easy compared to the effort that goes into each new fighter.
The pricing for this game is just torturous. I know it's become par for the course for fighting games, but the wait for a "complete" edition is starting to sour me to the whole revival
My favourite genre in games are fighting games such as these but unfortunately I find that many of the fighting games which I like the most do not have great online like SF 30th Anniversary which has really terrible and laggy online and KOF 98 which doesn't even have online. I've been eyeing this game for a long time but my worry is that the online experience will be poor or the online community is almost non existent with no one in the lobbies. Does anyone know what online is like with this game?
They are fixing the excess of visual polution? This one looks the effects not hide the chatacter like many others.
I like this game, but I miss the pixel art from the Samurai Shodown's of yore.
This game is dead on PS4. How is it on Switch?
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