Tag: Snk
Hardware Review SNK Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro - Better Than The Capcom Home Arcade?
UPDATE: 20 hidden games revealed!
After the initial flurry of interest in micro-consoles – triggered largely due to the release of the excellent NES and SNES Classic Editions – we've seen some pretty left-field entries into this niche sector of the hardware market. SNK's Neo Geo Mini added an
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...
Feature Why You'll Never Get To Play Your Favourite Retro Game On Switch
Companies really do want your money, but at the right price
A few weeks ago while scrolling through Twitter, a particular video clip caught our eye. It showed Slipstream, a 1995 F1 arcade game from Capcom. Using Sega’s System 32 board, it was produced in very limited quantities for the Latin American market and never saw wide release. As you can...
Reminder Select ACA Neo Geo Fighting Games On The Switch eShop Are Currently 50% Off
Celebrating the release of Terry Bogard in Smash Ultimate
Original Story Thu 7th Nov, 2019: At the beginning of yesterday's Terry Bogard showcase, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game director Masahiro Sakurai spoke in detail about the history of the character, including the system he started out on and the series he's featured in over the years. Mr...
Gallery Finally, Metal Slug Has The Official Book It Deserves
"Thank you!"
Metal Slug is arguably one of the few series from the '90s which has managed to endure and persist despite the passage of time and the advances of technology; it seems that blowing up 2D sprites has a timeless quality to it, and we've personally been really enjoying revisiting these classic games on Switch. If you're a fan of the...
Poll Come On, Tell Us If You've Been Playing As Terry Bogard In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Facing the fury
It's been an exciting week for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with the arrival of the DLC fighter Terry Bogard and Version 6.0. Despite some fans not knowing who the heck he was initially, this veteran fighter is here on behalf of SNK's
News SNK's T.N.K III Brings Tank Warfare To The Arcade Archives Series This Week
Destroy everything
This week, it's been a celebration of all-things SNK, with the release of Terry Bogard in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and select fighting games on the eShop currently half price until 20th November. To go out with a bang, Hamster has now added one of the company's top-down vertically scrolling shmup to the Arcade Archives...
News Kirby Transforms Into A Fatal Cutie When He Uses His Copy Ability On Terry Bogard
A smashing new look
We've seen some fatal cuties in certain other games in the past, but this one is perhaps the cutest of them all. Following the release of the DLC fighter Terry Bogard in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Nintendo Versus Twitter account has uploaded a few screenshots to showcase what exactly the pink puffball Kirby looks like as...
"I was often asked, 'Who is Samus?!'"
As part of today's presentation on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's newest fighter, Terry Bogard, series director Masahiro Sakurai spoke briefly about the younger generations' lack of knowledge surrounding the character, Fatal Fury, and developer SNK. It's a topic that became prominent within the Nintendo community...
Feature Just Who The Heck Is Terry Bogard, Smash Bros. Ultimate's New DLC Fighter?
Update: Terry comes to Smash today - but do you know who he is?
The news that Terry Bogard has joined Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has triggered some rather polarising responses from Nintendo fans. For gamers of a certain vintage, Bogard's name is synonymous with SNK's superb lineage of one-on-one fighting games, stretching all the way back to 1991's
News SNK Eager To Revive Metal Slug, But Still Unsure About One-Hit Mechanic
"We want to bring it back"
At the Tokyo Game Show last September, SNK's Game Division Deputy General Manager Yasuyuki Oda spoke about the possibility of reviving the Metal Slug series but questioned if modern audiences would be able to handle the ruthless one-hit-kill mechanics. He's now been asked again by Twinfinite if a Metal Slug revival is...
News SNK's New Neo Geo Might Not Be What You Were Expecting
Update: All pre-loaded games revealed!
Update (20th Sep, 16:15 BST): SNK has now revealed the 20 games that will be pre-loaded on the Neo Geo Arcade Stick Pro. Here's the full list: The King of Fighters '95 The King of Fighters '97 The King of Fighters '98 The King of Fighters '99 The King of Fighters 2000 The King of Fighters 2002 Fatal Fury...
Rumour The Next DLC Fighter For Smash Bros. Ultimate Might Be Representing SNK
Update: The page has been taken down
Update (1st Sep, 23:55 BST): The Challenger Pack 4 page appears to have been taken down from Nintendo's UK website. Original story (1st Sep, 21:15 BST): If Nintendo's UK website is anything to go by, it looks like the next DLC fighter coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate after Banjo-Kazooie could be from SNK...
The first of its kind
Remember when we told you about Bitmap Books' upcoming Metal Slug release a couple of months ago? Well, pre-orders are now live, so what are you waiting for? Metal Slug: The Ultimate History is an officially-licensed book which documents the franchise's creation and
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...
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...
Hardware Review You Don't Need The SNK Neo Geo Samurai Shodown Mini, But You'll Want It Anyway
Less a console, more an objet d'art
You might think that Nintendo has embraced the 'Classic Mini' craze with gusto thanks to its NES and SNES Classic Editions, but the company's efforts in this field pale in comparison to that of SNK, which has been pumping out miniature hardware with extreme prejudice for the past year or so. First, we had the Neo...
News SNK's New Neo Geo Console Will Boast "A Modern Design And Wonderful Play Feeling"
Will also connect to the Neo Geo Mini
Earlier this year, SNK announced that it was working on new console hardware after the Neo Geo Mini had sold better than expected. Two new system variants were confirmed, and it was stressed that these would be 'new' and would be independent of the existing Neo Geo Mini system. Today, the company has posted a...
News SNK's Action Game Victory Road Is The Latest Arcade Archives Release
And it's out today
Hamster's latest Arcade Archives release for the Switch eShop is this time the 1986 SNK action game, Victory Road. It's a sequel to Ikari Warriors, which was released on the Switch eShop earlier this year. This story continues on from the first game. After Ralf and Clark finish their mission, they suddenly find themselves dragged...
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...
News New Book Aims To Chronicle The Unseen History Of SNK's Metal Slug Series
Metal Slug: The Ultimate History will go behind the scenes
UK publisher Bitmap Books has announced that it is producing an officially-licenced history of SNK's beloved Metal Slug franchise, and has been given "unprecedented access" to the company's archives in order to compile the publication. Metal Slug: The Ultimate History is the first...
News SNK Is Making New Neo Geo Hardware, As Well As A New Metal Slug
Neo Geo '2 and 3' on the way, apparently
SNK is making a new version of its legendary Neo Geo system, it has been revealed. The announcement came from SNK Corporation chairman Ge Zhihui, who also revealed that a new Metal Slug title is in development for the new console, as well as other systems. The news came during an investor relations press...
News Samurai Shodown Neo Geo Collection Sharpening Its Blades On Switch This Fall
Hajime!
The next project to land on Nintendo Switch from Digital Eclipse is none other than a collection of six Neo Geo titles from the Samurai Shodown franchise. In the Samurai Shodown Neo Geo Collection you will be able to pick six games from the mainline slash'em up series: Samurai Shodown Samurai Shodown II
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...
Random Plush Neo Geo Mini Arrives To Steal Your Heart And Wallet
Falling asleep at the arcade was never this comfy
We're as partial as the next gamer to quality video game merch, however needless or useless it may be. Make a cool, smaller version of some retro hardware and we'll snap it up, as the growing collection of mini consoles around the Nintendo Life offices attests. We're also not averse to tiny rubber...
News A Garish Neo Geo Mini Christmas Edition Is On The Way With More Games Included
Now with 48 titles
SNK has announced that the Neo Geo Mini is set to receive a limited edition Christmas variant which will come with more games included. This edition has 48 games available to play, as opposed to the standard edition's 40. From the 48 titles set to be available in the Christmas edition, nine are not available on the standard and...
Retro gold from a pre-Neo Geo era
Although SNK is best known these days for its fantastic Neo Geo console and arcade systems – of which approximately a bajillion games are already available individually on the Switch – it's easy to forget that the Osaka-based company enjoyed 12 years developing games before the Neo Geo arrived in 1990. The SNK...
News SNK Producer Was Amazed How Audiences Reacted To "Fatal Cutie" Terry Bogard
Switching it up
SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy is a competent fighter but its "busty and over-sexualized characters might not be to everyone's taste in 2018" - as we noted in our September review of the game. SNK Producer Yasuyuki Oda even admit the fanbase was divided - with some delving deep into the game's fighting systems and others not wanting...
News Success Of Nintendo's Mini Systems Made It "Perfect Timing" For SNK To Release Its Own Device
Restoring the past
In the same interview with DualShockers where SNK Producer Yasuyuki Oda spoke about the possibility of bringing the newest entry in the King of Fighters series across to the Nintendo Switch, he also mentioned how the release of Nintendo's miniature line of systems made it "perfect timing" for the Japanese company to release the...
News SNK Producer Says King Of Fighters XIV "Would Definitely Be A Possibility" On Nintendo Switch
Technical hurdles need to be overcome
Up until the recent launch of SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, SNK’s focus has predominantly been on providing the Nintendo Switch with old school retro experiences - including the upcoming release of the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection. In an interview with DualShockers - as translated by Development Manager...
News Skullo Mania Joins The Cast Of SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy
"Enter the Skullolady"
The roster in SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy continues to expand. Leading up to the game's release earlier this month, SNK unveiled Square Enix's Thief Arthur would be added as a DLC fighter. In the latest trailer announcement, "Skullo Mania" - crossing over from Arika's Fighting EX Layer - has now be
News SNK's Yasuyuki Oda Unsure About One-Hit Mechanic In A Metal Slug Reboot
Could modern audiences handle it?
The first Metal Slug game was released by SNK way back in 1996. Back then, games were considered to be a lot more relentless. Commonly, a single hit would result in a character's immediate death. The Metal Slug series was not much different in this respect, but also upped the stakes with multiple enemies trying to...
News SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Adds Street Smart And Prehistoric Isle
More bang for your buck
The SNK 40th Anniversary Collection for Nintendo Switch will include multiple titles from the Japanese veteran's library of work. As the November release here in the west draws closer, another two games have now been introduced in trailer form as a part of the collection. The first is Street Smart, a 1989 beat 'em up about...
News ACA Neo Geo Game Sale Happening On The Switch eShop Right Now
Ends on 19th September
Atooi's titles aren't the only games on sale on the Switch eShop at the moment, with ten ACA Neo Geo classics 40% off from now until 19th September. Thanks to the price cut, each one is $4.79 / £3.77 instead of the usual $7.99 / £6.29. Below is the full list: Metal Slug King of the Monsters
News SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Gives You More Bang For Your Buck With DLC Games
Save your coins
The SNK 40th Anniversary Collection on Nintendo Switch is shaping up to be a retro blast including more than 13 classic titles from the Japanese veteran's library of work. As the November release for both Europe and North America draws closer, new information about the compilation is slowly being revealed. At this year's...
News Fatal Fury’s Terry Bogard Has Been Transformed Into A “Fatal Cutie” In SNK Heroines
"Terry... Is that you?"
The last SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy update was a new trailer highlighting the game’s story. According to the clip, the all-female cast of fighters had been kidnapped by a mysterious individual a few months after The King of Fighters tournament and had to fight their way to freedom. SNK has now released a n
Hardware Review Does The SNK Neo Geo Mini Outclass Nintendo's Classic Editions?
The Rolls Royce of micro-consoles is here
Nintendo may not have been the first company to come up with the ingenious idea of leveraging the unbridled nostalgia of your average gamer to sell bucketloads of ROM-filled micro-consoles, but the arrival of the NES Classic a few years ago certainly gave this previously niche sector of the market a swift...
News SNK 40th Anniversary Collection Will Hit Your Switch In Time For Christmas
Save those coins
SNK has revealed that its 40th Anniversary Collection - which includes some of the company's earliest arcade hits, such as Alpha Mission, Athena, Ikari Warriors, Guerrilla War, P.O.W., Prehistoric Isle, Psycho Soldier, Vanguard, and Victory Road - will arrive on Switch on November...
News Digital Eclipse Tackles SNK Rotary Joystick Emulation Challenge
What a twist!
Capcom and SNK's rivalry actually began a number of years before Street Fighter II and Fatal Fury arrived in the arcades. The "Look, we can do it too!" back-and-forth exchange translated into several classic hits from both sides, including Capcom's 1985 Senjō no Ōkami (better known in the West as Commando) and SNK's Ikari...
News SNK’s Official Neo Geo Mini Pad Will Be Available In Black And White
Inspired by a classic
SNK’s Neo Geo Mini online presentation has finally provided a glimpse of the official controller for the system. Available in black and white, the Neo Geo Mini Pad recreates the classic design of the Neo Geo CD, featuring the same button layout as the Neo Geo Mini system, and a modified stick design. Connecting it...
News These Are The Games Included In SNK’s Neo Geo Mini And Neo Geo Mini International
That’s quite the collection
If you’ve managed to refrain from purchasing classic SNK titles on the Nintendo Switch, your decision may have been a wise one if you plan on picking up the Neo Geo Mini or Neo Geo Mini International. Included are series like King of Fighters, Samurai Showdown, Metal Slug and The Last Blade as well as plenty of...
News SNK’s Neo Geo Mini Launches In Japan This Summer, Global Release To Follow
Pricing details in the near future
SNK’s Neo Geo Mini online presentation has just dropped, providing us with plenty of information and footage about the new device. The system will arrive in Japan this summer, with the price of the unit to be announced in the near future. A global release will follow at a later date. As previously...
Video Watch A Replay Of SNK’s Neo Geo Mini Online Presentation Right Here
The big reveal!
As you might have heard, SNK is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year with the release of the Neo Geo Mini. The company has released morsels of information about the system in recent times and now the official Neo Geo Mini online presentation is here to provide a more detailed rundown. Presented by American voice actor,...
News SNK Officially Announces The Neo Geo Mini, An Adorable Arcade Throwback
Yes, THOSE rumours were true
Last week Nintendo Life reported on a set of rumours that SNK was planning to launch a miniature console with 40 built-in games from its long history. We even had pictures and a list of said games to boot. Well, turns out those rumours were true, with SNK officially announcing the Neo Geo Mini. The firm has yet to...
Rumour The SNK Neo Geo Mini Is A Tiny Arcade Cabinet With 40 Built-In Games
A retro treasure trove
Last month SNK confirmed it was working on a 'Neo Geo Classic Edition' to mark its 40th anniversary, but bar an image showing 'something' draped mysteriously beneath a cloth we were left to wonder what such a throwback machine could be. YouTuber Spawn Wave may have potentially lifted the lid on these hotly-anticipated project,...
News Neo Geo Shooter Ghost Pilots Touches Down On Switch Next Week
Haunting the skies
HAMSTER has once again broken up its prolific Neo Geo fighting game streak with some shmup action next week as Ghost Pilots soars down onto the eShop on April 26th. This 1991 vertical scrolling shooter was very much a case of SNK going "Look, we can do it too!" at Capcom's 194X series and served as a truly effective hardware...
News SNK Is Releasing A "Neo Geo Classic Edition" To Mark Its 40th Anniversary
More competition for Nintendo's micro-consoles?
SNK has announced today that it will be jumping on the "Classic Edition" bandwagon with its own new system, which will come pre-loaded with beloved Neo Geo titles. For those who don't know, the Neo Geo was SNK's high-end home system from the '90s, which delivered arcade-quality gaming at eye-watering...
News Real Bout Fatal Fury Special Comes Out Fighting On Switch Next Week
Calling out all special wolves
HAMSTER's admirable Neo Geo streak returns next week with Real Bout Fatal Fury Special showing up in the Switch eShop on April 19th. In case you're wondering what makes this one 'Special', we are here for you. Along with the entire roster of the original Real Bout Fatal Fury, the game sees the return of fan...
News NIS America CEO Apologises For "Negative" PS4 Comments During Chat About SNK Heroines On Switch
Switch is getting the physical exclusive
NIS America CEO and president Takuro Yamashita recent gave an interview with UK trade publication MCV about his company's growing level of support for the Nintendo Switch. In the interview, Yamashita explained the situation with SNK Heroines, an SNK-developed game which NIS America is publishing on both...
News Save Your Loose Change With SNK 40th Anniversary Collection On Switch
Coming this fall
We're getting a handsome helping of arcade classics later this year thanks to SNK, which is celebrating its 40th birthday with a bumper compendium of its most famous coin-op games. Here's some PR: To celebrate the 40th anniversary of legendary studio SNK, a variety of classic arcade games from SNK's golden age comes back together...
