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Samurai Shodown
Samurai Shodown

Samurai Shodown

2019 Athlon Games

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Single playerMultiplayer

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Main

00:45

Main +

05:15

100%

18:00

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First release date

June 25, 2019

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Summary

"A brand new title from SNK! A new Samurai Shodown is on the horizon! Since its birth in 1993, the Samurai Shodown series has been known as the premier weapon based versus fighting games, and was essential in cultivating the weapon based fighting game genre. As the first new release in the series in more than 10 years, Samurai Shodown is aiming to yet again push boundaries and deliver some serious samurai action! Developed using Unreal Engine 4 and utilizing a unique brushstroke graphical style to match the Japanese roots of the series, Haohmaru, Nakoruru, Galford and a whole cast of other popular characters will battle once again for victory!"

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OpenCritic reviews

116Reviews78Good score

DualShockers

June 24, 2019

Excellent

SNK's return to Samurai Shodown proves to be one of the best fighters this generation with unique gameplay and a gorgeous art style.

IGN

June 24, 2019

Great

Archaic story mode and load times aside, Samurai Shodown succeeds as a fundamentals driven 2D fighting game.

Forbes

March 22, 2020

Great

Overall, Samurai Shodown is very much true to its gaming lineage and works a lot better on the Switch than you would expect. So if you like quick paced fighting games with lots of vicious bladed weaponry and a surprising amount of tactics, then this is definitely worth a look.

Destructoid

June 24, 2019

Great

Above all, Samurai Shodown proves that SNK still has its fighting spirit. King of Fighters XIV wasn't an accident and it seems like any future games won't be, either. Now we just need to get Capcom back on track.

Hobby Consolas

February 25, 2020

Good

Samurai Shodown on Nintendo Switch suffers some of the common problems to this kind of ports, like longer loading times or an fps rate more unstable. Even with that, you can play almost perfectly and enjoy its fun and defying combat system, altough some newer and fresher modes would be appreciated.

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