Samuari Showdown II hitting the Wii Virtual Console on August 4th!

Written by Dan Zuccarelli

Friday, 01 August 2008 03:20

As far as the NEO-GEO arcade system went, Samuari Showdown was my favorite. I played a ton at our student center back when I was in college (missing one class often enough that dropping it was the only way to avoid failing). Sure there were other factors at play (like the pinball and pool tables), so it wasn't entirely the NEO-GEO's fault.

The inclusion of Samuari Showdown on the recent SNK anthology made me want to pick it up at some point, but now I'm thinking I may just pick up the superior sequel on the Wii virtual console next week for 900 points (9 bucks.)

The press release after the jump also mentions an anthology of Samuari Showdown games hitting the Wii later this year for $29.99. So, on second thought maybe I'll wait for that.... my Wii is filled to the brim and I just don't have anywhere to store stuff.

Full press release after the jump

SAMURAI SHODOWN II Coming to Wii™ Virtual Console™

Live by the Sword...Die by the Blade!

Wall, NJ - July 31, 2008 - SNK PLAYMORE USA CORPORATION, the U.S. publishing arm of the SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION, announced today the forthcoming release of SAMURAI SHODOWN II for Wii™ Virtual Console™ on August 4th 2008.

Regarded as one of SNK's greatest games ever produced, SAMURAI SHODOWN II successfully integrated a brand new, dynamic fighting system that was years ahead of its time. The fighting system introduced players to several new offensive and defensive maneuvers including the ability to roll both forwards and backwards, ducking to avoid high attacks, hopping to avoid low attacks and the implementation of a 'parry' system that would allow players to deflect incoming attacks at the last second if performed successfully. In addition to the newly revised fighting system, SAMURAI SHODOWN II also features 16 unique playable characters, hidden bosses, a two player versus mode and of course all of the wonderful translations fans have grown to love.

SAMURAI SHODOWN II will be available for Wii™ Virtual Console™ for only 900 Wii™ Points and has been rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB.

SNK PLAYMORE USA also plans to release SAMURAI SHOWDOWN ANTHOLOGY for Wii™ in Q4 of 2008 for $29.99. The collection will consist of 6 SAMURAI SHODOWN games: SAMURAI SHODOWN, SAMURAI SHODOWN II, SAMURAI SHODOWN III, SAMURAI SHODOWN IV, SAMURAI SHODOWN V, and SAMURAI SHODOWN VI.

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