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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...
News The Garment-Matching Madness Of Gururin Is Next Week's ACA Neo Geo Release
Shuffling people around
After some intense fighting and shmuping retro weeks, a change of pace is in order: a match-three puzzle game is on the menu for next week's HAMSTER Neo Geo release. Developed by Face, and published in 1994, Gururin sees you trying your best to match at least three people wearing the same colour vestments with a literal...
News Aero Fighters 3 Flying High Next Week On Switch
The power of dolphin strikes back
Shmup fans rejoice because next week HAMSTER is bringing Video System's Aero Fighters 3 (Sonic Wings 3 outside the US) to the switch eShop on 15th March under the ACA label for the price of $7.99/€6.99/£6.29. Both fresh and old faces (worry not, Spanky the Dolphin is back) are up for grabs on the player...
News HAMSTER Drops Next Batch Of ACA Neo Geo Titles (And The Mic)
SNK: The future is the past
Warning: Spoilers ahead! If you want to be surprised every week with upcoming Arcade Archives Neo Geo titles you should click onto the next article. If you're okay to living a life without weekly eShop surprises, read on. Coinciding with Nintendo Switch's very first anniversary, HAMSTER has revealed the upcoming ACA Neo...
News Sengoku 2 Arrives Next Week, Marking A Year's Worth of Neo Geo Ports On Switch
Severe cases of split personality ahead
Next week a rather unique feat will be accomplished by HAMSTER: the company has managed to release a Neo Geo game every single week for an entire year! You read that correctly, Nintendo Switch's first anniversary is coming up fast and there will be no less than 56 Neo Geo games available on the system! If you...
"I think you can call it a spiritual successor to Gals Fighters"
Of all the titles announced in January’s Nintendo Direct, one of the biggest surprises was SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. An all-female fighter featuring 2-vs-2 action and a cast of some of SNK’s best-loved characters, wrapped up in over-the-top costumes and candy-coated style, SNK...
News Get Ready To Batter Up, 2020 Super Baseball Is Coming To Switch Next Week
Home plate or land mine? Only one way to find out!
Hey batter, batter, batter... please swing and miss my face! Baseball fans (with very, very loose regulations) rejoice for Hamster is bringing SNK's classic 2020 Super Baseball to Switch next week under the Arcade Archives label. Going for the futuristic sports trifecta along with Soccer Brawl...
News EVO Japan Trailer For SNK Heroines Turns The Fan Service Up To Eleven
Now with added Nakoruru from Samurai Shodown
SNK has published a new trailer for its upcoming fighting title SNK Heroines to coincide with EVO Japan 2018, and the level of fan service on display is off the chart. As well as showing plenty of gleefully bouncing flesh, the trailer also details how you can customise your fighter and gives a little bit...
News Samurai Shodown II Slashes Its Way To The Switch eShop Next Week
February with a slice of 1789 swordplay
Hamster is bringing SNK's 1994 title Samurai Shodown II to the Switch eShop. If the first game was revolutionary this first sequel somehow managed to surpass expectations thanks to gameplay refinements such as the very welcomed inclusion of rolling and ducking which enable you to safely dodge...
News World Heroes 2 Brings The Pain Next Week On Switch
If at first you don't succeed...
Fighting is once again in the cards next week as Hamster is adding ADK's 1993 World Heroes 2 to the Nintendo Switch eShop. As per sequel mandates, this second entry in the series features six all new characters (Captain Kidd, Ryoko Izumo, Mudman, Erick, Shura Nai Khanomtom, Johnny Maximum and all new boss Dio) and a...
News SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy Brings Two-On-Two Fighting Action To Switch
A dream finish
SNK is bringing some of its most famous female characters to Switch in the two-on-two fighter SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy. Expected to launch this summer, SNK Heroines is the spiritual successor to SNK Gals' Fighters, a title which appeared on the Neo Geo Pocket Color way back when. Players will be able to activate a variety...
Rumour SNK Is Readying a New Switch Release for 2018
Get the salt ready
Any of you who have taken the time to browse the Switch eShop have no doubt taken notice of the staggering amount of Neo Geo games which have been re-released for the platform. SNK—the original company behind the Neo Geo—may no longer be the force they once were, but the company still maintains a dedicated following and...
News The Next Batch Of ACA Neo Geo Titles For Switch Has Been Revealed
Kaiju wrestling, baseball and some fighting
Warning: Spoilers ahead! If you want to be surprised every week with upcoming Arcade Archives Neo Geo titles you should click onto the next article. If you're OK to living a life without surprises, read on. Hamster has revealed the next batch of up and coming Neo Geo re-releases under the ACA label on the...
News Top Hunter Is Your Next Neo Geo ACA Release On Switch
Grab it, attack it.
Looks like Hamster is starting of December in a big way with SNK's 1994 delightful (and somehow still sadly overlooked) dual plane grab'em up Top Hunter: Cathy & Roddy as they try to "grab" (arf!) our hard earned eShop funds on December 7th. Taking control of the titular bounty hunters, it is your mission to take on the evil...
Book Review Neo Geo: A Visual History
The future is now
We'll spare you the traditional spiel about how the Neo Geo was the pinnacle of gaming back in the '90s – if you own a Switch then chances are you're already intimately familiar with the amazing library of this beast, thanks to the fact that Japanese firm Hamster has been pumping out a stream of Neo Geo titles on the Switch eShop...
News Art of Fighting 3 Is Your Next HAMSTER ACA Release on Switch
Skiping AoF2 and straight to the finishing line
Further evidence that HAMSTER simply does not care about continuity, next week the Switch eShop will be graced with none other than the final episode of Ryūko no Ken, better know among us westerners as Art of Fighting. We assume we will see Art of Fighting 2 somewhere in 2018. Despite the cast...
News The King Of Fighters '95 Is Your Next HAMSTER ACA Release on Switch
"Break a spine, R..."
HAMSTER's strange and random time-hopping will return in the coming week when The King of Fighters '95 joins the Switch eShop line-up on 12th October. The second game in the series brings a rather welcome option that would go to become a series staple: You are not confined to pre-determined teams, so you can pick any...
News SNK Teases "New Classic NEO GEO Project" To Be Revealed During EVO 2017
Will be shown at the "ATLUS/SEGA - SNK" booth
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
News Former SNK Staffers Are Bringing A New Fighter To The SNES
Say hello to Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter
A team of ex-SNK staffers are working on a one-on-one fighter for the SNES called Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter. Yes, you read that right, the SNES. The project has passed under the radar somewhat, and only came to light thanks to a recent Facebook post regarding the game's playable debut at the...
Hardware Classics SNK Neo Geo AES
The future is now (even more expensive)
The SNES and Mega Drive / Genesis may have dominated the console landscape in the early '90s, but they were by no means the most powerful machines of their era. That distinction goes to SNK's Neo Geo AES, often described as the "Rolls-Royce" of game consoles. It's a good analogy to make, as the machine was...
News SNK Playmore Rebrands As Plain Old SNK
What once was old is new again
SNK Playmore has announced that it is dropping the "Playmore" from its name and will once again be known as SNK. Founded in 1978 as Shin Nihon Kikaku, the company produced arcade hits like Ikari Warriors and Alpha Mission before creating its own coin-op standard in the form of the Neo Geo system. Titles like King of...
News SNK Playmore's New Chinese Owners Aim To "Do A Marvel" With Its Famous Franchises
$63.5 million paid for 81.25 percent of the gaming veteran
SNK Playmore has been acquired by a group of Chinese investors, Gameindustry.biz is reporting. Ledo Millennium has paid $63.5 million for 81.25 percent of the company's shares, purchased from former SNK CEO Eikichi Kawasaki and his wife Natsuyo Kawasaki. Chinese companies Oriental...
Hardware Classics SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color
I'm not boy
As the '90s drew to a close Nintendo's massively popular Game Boy handheld — which was almost a decade old and had already seen away more powerful rivals like the Atari Lynx and Sega Game Gear — was about to face a fresh wave of competition. The Bandai WonderSwan was perhaps the most interesting challenger — on paper, at least —...
News Samurai Shodown IV Europe-Bound Next Week
Unsheathe your sword
Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge will slice up Wii's Virtual Console next week. The Neo Geo fighter launches on 8th March for the usual 900 Nintendo Points. It's most notable for introducing brothers Kazuki and Sougetsu Kazama, as well as alternative endings based on clearance time and an overhauled combo and Rage system...
News Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge Rated for VC
Slice of the action
The Australian classifications board has rated Neo Geo scrapper Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge for Wii's Virtual Console service. Amakusa's Revenge introduced brothers Sogetsu and Kazuki Kazama, an "honorable death" move and even featured fatalities under certain conditions. We've already got Samurai Shodown,...
News GunLord Offers Conclusive Proof That You Can't Keep a Good Console Down
NG:DEV.TEAM has yet more SNK goodness on the way
As you're probably already aware, we love SNK's Neo Geo. For so long a tantalising glimpse of how the other half lived, this powerhouse of a machine remains a status symbol amongst hardcore gamers - despite the fact that it's now possible to enjoy many classic titles from its library for fraction of...
