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Title: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Roman55 on September 10, 2018, 12:58:40 pm


Unreal Engine powered, coming 2019.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: T. Vinceson on September 10, 2018, 01:25:01 pm
Oh, man. Loving this~! Another arcade fighting game icon returns!
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Post by: Byakko on September 10, 2018, 01:30:03 pm
Wow, that's some work on the backgrounds and the filters.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Seadragon77 on September 10, 2018, 02:30:57 pm
I really hope to god that this game gets a Western release... after the mess that Sen was, it would be great to see Samurai Shodown make it's triumphant return.

It's great to see classic characters as well. I saw at least 5 (Haohmaru, Jubei, Nakoruru, Earthquake and Galford) and if this is a reboot of the series, then most of the classic cast should return.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: SnkLover on September 10, 2018, 02:53:07 pm
Full image of the illustration that appears on the side screens of the Sony pre-show while the trailer of the new Samurai Shodown was shown:

(https://scontent.fsdu2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/41450649_1050453925122676_537954957450543104_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=8ae376f5bcb634f8066c84dde5be6030&oe=5C2EF63C)

https://twitter.com/HBJohnXuandou/status/1039102198582407168

Screenshots:

(https://i.imgur.com/W2aTHy9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/LozlA3f.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YmPWUIS.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Cia4MlT.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qcbo6k0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xBHsTwz.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ERO6uFD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Z7iEshY.jpg)

https://moca-news.net/article/20180910/2018091019480a_/01/
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on September 10, 2018, 03:10:42 pm
Full image of the illustration that appears on the side screens of the Sony pre-show while the trailer of the new Samurai Shodown was shown:
11 characters ? That sounds rather short unless it's really a reboot of the first game. I just want Kazuki but that's not looking too good for him.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mysticus92 on September 10, 2018, 04:23:50 pm
I can't believe SNK is making another Samurai Shodown! It's been 10 long years since "6"!
I'm so happy!
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: GalFord on September 10, 2018, 04:32:11 pm
YEEEEEESSSSS!!!

Finally, my favourite series might be able to regain some respect after Sen. Does look like a reboot of the first game, but I'm eager to see more... so glad of Galford's looks, but oddly... I'm really looking forward to seeing Charlotte or Gen-An. :)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on September 10, 2018, 04:49:22 pm
hope there's gore in this one.

it looks good i was expecting janky animations and weird faces like kof 14.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on September 10, 2018, 06:07:52 pm
It looks a lot like Street Fighter 4 graphically.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Person Man on September 10, 2018, 06:09:56 pm
^ There’s a part in the trailer where Nakoruru stabs someone and gets covered in blood spatter, so there’s definitely some level of gore happening here.

Getting some Street Fighter IV vibes from the art style.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on September 10, 2018, 07:18:13 pm
Well most big cuts have a giant blood spatter (almost as big as the characters) coming with it so yeah, there's blood, but do people get actually cut in half and such ? That'll be the question.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on September 10, 2018, 08:49:50 pm
I don't think thay want to get a PG-18 rating.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: GalFord on September 10, 2018, 09:49:07 pm
I think the sumi-e/Street Fighter 4 style really suits Samurai Spirits, I'm really hoping that the soundtrack is similar to the originals too, I loved SS4's OST.

EDIT: (Just realised, the picture that states the characters is wrong... it's not Genjuro in the bottom left corner, but Wan-Fu. Genjuro has his giant ponytail, whereas Wan-Fu was almost bald.  So, the base cast is the entire SS1 line up at least!)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on September 10, 2018, 10:03:29 pm
This one does have a ponytail.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: morbidjoe on September 11, 2018, 04:52:01 am
Getting this when it comes out
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mgbenz on September 11, 2018, 05:05:52 am
Street Fighter IV invented the calligraphy art style apparently.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Duos.act on September 11, 2018, 07:35:26 am
Daigo Ikeno (SF4 artist) is the art director for the game sooooooooooo...
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: crimson_snow on September 11, 2018, 02:12:53 pm
It takes place in 1787, a year after the events of SS5 and before the events of SS1. It is also blatantly referenced at the beginning of the trailer.

Also, despite not most likely playable (unless DLC), Gaoh (SS5 Boss) makes a cameo at the beginning.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on September 11, 2018, 10:18:45 pm
EDIT: (Just realised, the picture that states the characters is wrong... it's not Genjuro in the bottom left corner, but Wan-Fu. Genjuro has his giant ponytail, whereas Wan-Fu was almost bald.  So, the base cast is the entire SS1 line up at least!)
This one does have a ponytail.
Eventhubs has a much better screenshot
https://www.eventhubs.com/imagegallery/2018/sep/10/samurai-spirits-trailer-characters/1/
Obviously Genjuro (also obviously Tam Tam on the top left despite Eventhubs thinking it might be Wan Fu).
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: GalFord on September 11, 2018, 11:10:31 pm
Ah so it is, thanks for showing me the better image Byakko. It's a lot clearer!  I do hope they add more of the cast, it would be good to see Kazuki or Sougetsu again. Does seem a little odd that Gen-An wasn't in that first line up, but hey...
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: no1wammy on September 11, 2018, 11:53:57 pm
Genan has not played a major role in the series since appearing in the first game.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 12, 2018, 12:57:53 am
iirc genan is mai's great grandfather, give a few generations.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on September 12, 2018, 06:49:52 am
Oh man, i'm so happy! SamSho will back!! :D :D

Well, as it seems, will be the second prequel of the series since will be the direct sequel of SamSho V / Samurai Spirits Zero.
I hope this could be great, SamSho deserves a glorious comeback.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on September 12, 2018, 04:07:57 pm
What do we know from the trailer:

* The game will be set in 1787, one year after SS5 and one year before the original game.
* Haohmaru, Jubei, Nakoruru, Earthquake and Galford are confirmed.
* That picture on the trailer shows almost the entire cast from the original game plus Genjuro, with the only missing characters being Gen-An, Wan-Fu and Amakusa.
* We'll have blood. Tons of blood.
* Those grayscale on red background cut-ins will probably be fatalities/finalizations.

My predictions:

* We'll be getting the entire cast from the original game.
* Either we'll be getting a new boss, or it'll be Amakusa again.
* Since Genjuro will definitely be in as well we'll probably be getting some of the newcomers from II, III and IV as well (they're pretty much fan favorites so there's no reason to not include them).
* I doubt we'll be getting any of the newcomers from Samurai Shodown V, though since the story seems to involve him directly Yoshitora may be coming back, but that's it.
* Also doubt any of the Tenkaichi newcomer's we'll be coming back, since this game wasn't canon.
* Maybe we could get some of the characters from the 64 games, though I highly doubt it.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 12, 2018, 05:14:30 pm
I am placing bets on whether or not iroha will make it.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: GTOAkira on September 12, 2018, 05:53:21 pm
Cant wait to see how Sieger looks in 3d
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Retro Respecter on September 12, 2018, 06:25:08 pm
That's a HUGE speculation there.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 12, 2018, 09:14:22 pm
Like, speculating diago was the director, the director is still oda and it seems like it's being made by the same team as kof14 and heroines, his tweet is hard to read.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on September 13, 2018, 01:17:13 am
* We'll be getting the entire cast from the original game.
* Either we'll be getting a new boss, or it'll be Amakusa again.
* Since Genjuro will definitely be in as well we'll probably be getting some of the newcomers from II, III and IV as well (they're pretty much fan favorites so there's no reason to not include them).
* I doubt we'll be getting any of the newcomers from Samurai Shodown V, though since the story seems to involve him directly Yoshitora may be coming back, but that's it.
* Also doubt any of the Tenkaichi newcomer's we'll be coming back, since this game wasn't canon.
* Maybe we could get some of the characters from the 64 games, though I highly doubt it.

* Surely they'll be in. But specially i want to see Amakusa!
* These are my predictions about the characters (except Genjuro since he's already confirmed) > Amakusa, Genan, Wan-Fu, Sieger, Cham Cham, Gaira Caffeine, Rimururu, Basara, Kazuki, Sogetsu, Yoshitora and MAYBE Iroha instead she's from SamSho VI which is non-canon but Iroha is a fan favorite. I hope that Shiki will be in too, she's such a badass and a fan favorite aswell.

Don't think that Nicotine Caffeine and Rasetsumaru will be in. Yunfei, Yumeji and Mina are canonically dead so they won't be in for sure. And just forget Kusaregedo. :P
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on September 13, 2018, 01:29:26 am
Shiki is a fan favorite but it always feels weird and disconnected when they just dump her in a game without going over the whole Asura storyline (i.e. almost all the games she ever showed up in), so I dunno, I feel she deserves to be kept off for a fleshed out sequel where she's actually part of the story.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: crimson_snow on September 13, 2018, 10:18:25 am
Although Sen is universally reviled. I think one character might possibly make it. It may be Kim Hae Ryeong. Thanks to Kim Kaphwan (and to some extent, Kim Sue-il), he'll easily translate into 2D-style gameplay.

BTW, Yumeji is still alive (as a monk or something), based from Rasetsumaru's Ending.

Since the leaker got some things right, I think we'll get Shiki along the way (whether part of the initial roster or DLC, it remains to be seen).
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on September 13, 2018, 11:45:40 am
hope they update charlotte's ugly ass armor and movesets .
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: -Ash- on September 13, 2018, 11:48:19 am
What about some guest characters from The Last Blade!? :thinking:
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on September 13, 2018, 11:52:40 am
that's actually a great idea. but that's a full hundred years.  but seeing nakoruru is in kof14 why not.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on September 13, 2018, 09:23:29 pm
* We're likely getting the original cast save for Amakusa who has not been resurrected yet and Gen-An who is kinda a maybe because of his lack of popularity in japan.

* Genjuro, as usual, is the only character from 2 that's getting in the base game. Though Cham Cham is a very likely DLC candidate.

* Rimururu, Sogetsu, and Kazuki are safe bets as they're series staples. Shizumaru is a possiblity. It would be great now that the technology they have isn't as limited as it was back when they had to cut Shizumaru from 64 because his Umbrella was tricky for them to render.

* It is with a heavy heart I must say that my man Basara is not getting in. There doesn't seem to be a plot reason to include him and he's not exactly a very popular character in the series. My hopes are not even remotely up for him...

* I strongly doubt we're going to see anyone from 5, save maybe Rera as an alt costume or DLC. They're all either busy with more peaceful professions, dead, imprisoned, or in Rasetsumaru's case: is a severed head.

* Nobody introduced in 6 is likely to make it because the game is not canon.

* Nobody from 64 is making it in because Shiki is the only one anybody remembers and she would likely be too young to fight in this game's timeline. Nobody from Sen is going to be in either because Suzu is the only character the fans didn't hate and if she was in this game, she would be like, 4 years old or something. Those two could be DLC though, where it doesn't have to make sense. Just ask Rock.

So my prediction for the line-up is Haohmaru, Genjuro, Ukyo, Charlotte, Tam Tam, Wan Fu, Earthquake, Hanzo, Galford, Nakoruru, Rimururu, Jubei, Gen-An?, Gaira?, Kyoshiro, Kazuki, and Sogetsu. The rest of the cast is new characters.


Also, from gameplay observations I can see that Issens will be back meaning we're getting rage explosion and possibly concentration 1. Also, that stab move Nakoruru does hints to either the return of Zetsumei Ougis or the introduction of max supers. Characters get drenched in blood as the fight goes on so I don't doubt there's going to be death animations at the end of a fight regardless. The heavy hitstops on fierce slashes are back, now with instant replays (assuming that wasn't cool editing) which hints towards the return of classic Samurai Shodown gameplay.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on September 14, 2018, 06:10:08 pm
I'm interested in seeing new characters too, they must have some.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Zenotron on September 15, 2018, 08:39:09 pm
Canon or not canon, Iroha will most likely make it in considering how popular that character is. Pretty sure SNK can find a way to fit her into the timeline.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 15, 2018, 09:36:55 pm
She not being canon makes it easier to fit her in, actually.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on September 15, 2018, 10:08:09 pm
Uh ? Iroha is not canon ? How is that ?
She's from... VI, right ? I never followed the Samsho timeline but Eventhubs says that's in 1799, with this game happening in 1787, that's... Well who cares she's a crane spirit right ? I don't remember her story particularly limiting the time frame in which she could possibly appear, it shouldn't be a problem to have her just be around already.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Foobs on September 15, 2018, 10:17:47 pm
I'm interested in seeing new characters too, they must have some.
They surely have at least a couple of new characters approved by Chinese focus groups.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on September 16, 2018, 02:13:51 am
it'll be a young hipster looking character i'm sure of that.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on September 16, 2018, 02:39:14 am
Uh ? Iroha is not canon ? How is that ?
She's from... VI, right ? I never followed the Samsho timeline but Eventhubs says that's in 1799, with this game happening in 1787, that's... Well who cares she's a crane spirit right ? I don't remember her story particularly limiting the time frame in which she could possibly appear, it shouldn't be a problem to have her just be around already.

truth to be told a lto fo people are saying taht samsho tenka/iroha are not canon and I did not bother to check if it was true. As you said, she being a crane , the timeline does not matter.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Lichtbringer on September 16, 2018, 08:57:23 am
I hope Ryuhaku Todoh has a cameo again.  ;D
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on September 16, 2018, 10:12:30 am
Uh ? Iroha is not canon ? How is that ?
She's from... VI, right ? I never followed the Samsho timeline but Eventhubs says that's in 1799, with this game happening in 1787, that's... Well who cares she's a crane spirit right ? I don't remember her story particularly limiting the time frame in which she could possibly appear, it shouldn't be a problem to have her just be around already.
6 is a dream match game with no actual bearing on the story, so as it stands she is currently non-canon along with Magaoh, Andrew, Ochamaru, and Suguroko. Granted this game can change that.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: SkySplitters on September 16, 2018, 02:09:02 pm
You all know what character is the best and most worthy choice of them all;

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/snk/images/5/5d/Kusaregedoss5.gif/revision/latest?cb=20100515235623)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Lichtbringer on September 16, 2018, 04:03:14 pm
You all know what character is the best and most worthy choice of them all;

I just guess that is a Joke right? ö.ö
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on September 16, 2018, 04:19:19 pm
You all know what character is the best and most worthy choice of them all;

I just guess that is a Joke right? ö.ö

I don't see why not.

Uh ? Iroha is not canon ? How is that ?
She's from... VI, right ? I never followed the Samsho timeline but Eventhubs says that's in 1799, with this game happening in 1787, that's... Well who cares she's a crane spirit right ? I don't remember her story particularly limiting the time frame in which she could possibly appear, it shouldn't be a problem to have her just be around already.

To recap, Tenkaichi only has a small excuse that Yoshitora and Andrew are hosting a festival to sign good relations between their countries. Iroha, Sugoroku and Ochamaru are basically staff of this festival, not having much story beyond that. Demon Gaoh on the other hand is just a space flea. As said before, the game is a dream match with the entire roster of the previous five games, influding the canonically dead characters.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on September 16, 2018, 04:54:58 pm
You all know what character is the best and most worthy choice of them all;

I just guess that is a Joke right? ö.ö

no kink shaming is allowed here , let the man enjoy what he wants to enjoy.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on September 16, 2018, 05:49:50 pm
I hope Ryuhaku Todoh has a cameo again.  ;D

And Mai Shiranui too if Genan is on the game.

You all know what character is the best and most worthy choice of them all;

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/snk/images/5/5d/Kusaregedoss5.gif/revision/latest?cb=20100515235623)

Please... No. :P
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: SkySplitters on September 16, 2018, 06:09:22 pm
Haha, of course it was a joke.

Still, there are some other SNK owned characters that I'd love to see crossing over to the Samurai Shodown universe. These are actual personal wants. I might just go through some from the actual series soon.

From the Last Blade franchise;

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/snk/images/2/2a/Kaede-sprite2.gif/revision/latest?cb=20080625233709) Kaede.

(http://www.neogeoforlife.com/images/photoalbum/album_165/zantetsu.gif) Zantetsu.

And

(http://www.vgmuseum.com/rips/neogeo/Hibiki.gif) Hibiki.


From World Heroes;

(https://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters/fuma-and-hanzou-special.gif) Hanzo or Fuuma.

and/or

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/snk/images/2/2a/Janne-sprite1.gif/revision/latest?cb=20080716030810) Janne.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on September 16, 2018, 06:42:00 pm
What's with the Kusaregedo hate? Did you all get rolled over by good 'Gedo players when SSVSP came out on PSN :3c? He's a much better character than Iroha anyways.

I will admit he has like, zero chances to be in this game sadly.

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on September 16, 2018, 07:21:23 pm
It's unfortunate, but his chances are pretty much 0% since Earthquake is in. BAA
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Lichtbringer on September 16, 2018, 07:30:25 pm
Haha, of course it was a joke.
;D

Still, there are some other SNK owned characters that I'd love to see crossing over to the Samurai Shodown universe. These are actual personal wants. I might just go through some from the actual series soon.

From the Last Blade franchise;

Kaede.

Zantetsu.

And

Hibiki.


From World Heroes;

Hanzo or Fuuma.

and/or

Janne.

They are all good choices and if they put Last Blade Characters into the Game as non-canon DLC, then they probably add Kaede.

I would realy like to see Shikyoh/Mukuro and Akari, they have fighting styles that are not already featured in Samurai Showdown in some way.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on September 16, 2018, 07:52:34 pm
It's unfortunate, but his chances are pretty much 0% since Earthquake is in. BAA
They're completely different archetypes to be fair, but if this game is to have a grappler it's gonna be Gaira and any new characters long before 'Gedo.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Iced on September 16, 2018, 08:30:02 pm
Gedo is just an uncool design, he has no cool poses or anything, even earthquake has some, Gedo is just ugly.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on September 16, 2018, 08:39:37 pm
Nothing is cooler (And more adorable) than the Shark Butt.
(https://i.imgur.com/5GybZC0.png)
It's ok buddy I'll protect you from these unenlightened guilders just don't bite my fingers off as I pet you...
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on September 16, 2018, 09:31:55 pm
Kusaregedo isn't meant to be cool, he's meant to be creepy and funny, and he succeeds at both.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: rgveda99 on September 16, 2018, 09:57:04 pm
Isn't he cheap? Or just top tier?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: SkySplitters on September 16, 2018, 11:47:39 pm
Kusaregedo won't happen if even Gen-An can't get into the reboot(?).

(https://orig00.deviantart.net/f6b4/f/2013/023/0/a/pretty_boys_by_blackorb00-d5sgbsp.jpg)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Seadragon77 on September 17, 2018, 02:42:16 am
Isn't he cheap? Or just top tier?

I don't know about top tier, but he can be cheap... the CPU loves to abuse his command throw. Woof... that move does a metric shit ton of damage.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on September 17, 2018, 02:45:45 am
Kusaregedo is top tier in Samurai Shodown 5 and 5 special. He's bottom tier in Samurai Shodown Tenka.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Seadragon77 on September 17, 2018, 04:44:00 am
Kusaregedo is top tier in Samurai Shodown 5 and 5 special. He's bottom tier in Samurai Shodown Tenka.

Really? Is that because of the command throw shenanigans or is your favoritism for Kusaregedo showing up again?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on September 17, 2018, 05:31:04 am
It's not my tier list, I'm citing japanese tier lists. It's the Sharkbutt into 'Gedo slam,  his stupid good normals, he can control how you can even approach him with his vomit, and his range more than offsets his total lack of mobility with the fact that you are in danger absolutely everywhere.

In Tenka though, he's nerfed and just total juggle bait.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on September 18, 2018, 06:44:35 pm
will they add any sen characters in this game? i really like suzu's design and weapon.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on September 18, 2018, 08:39:37 pm
More than likely not, given that Sen killed the franchise and this game is trying to revive it. It is true that Suzu is the one thing fans remember about the game but she would be like, 4 years old in this timeline.

...Wait I mean what the heck is Samurai Shodown Sen. That game never happened.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on September 18, 2018, 09:06:30 pm
who cares about the timeline as long as fans are pleased.

sen was a good game , the problem why it didn't do so good in sales is it's an xbox exclusive game. if it was on ps we might've seen a different outcome.

i did like the gore in that game it was limited to 3 or 4 death scenes and no special ones for each character like the older ones but at least they have it.

i don't think sen killed the franchise imo it was 6
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on September 19, 2018, 06:39:07 am
Had Samurai Shodown Sen actually existed, it would've flopped horribly not only because it was exclusive to a console that wasn't very popular in japan but also because the radical departure from its roots to be more like a flawed Namco fighter would cause a number of fans to feel like SNK landed a fierce slash in their backs.

Luckily, Samurai Shodown Sen never happened and it was 6 that the franchise died. Again. Though as a series swan song it wouldn't be a terrible one. Like, having all the characters with some new ones and the grooves gave fans a content packed game and the revamped combo mechanics interested some non fans.  A shame about the loss of blood and death animations due to modern japanese arcade game content policies but what'ya gonna do.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: SnkLover on December 05, 2018, 11:40:16 pm
Samurai Shodown is coming for PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC in Q2 2019, the game is 95% developed, Charlotte is confirmed and the game will have +18 rating, with amputation effects.

(http://img.ruliweb.net/data/news19/12m/05/multi/snk18.jpg)

(http://img.ruliweb.com/data/news19/12m/05/multi/snk17.jpg)

Source: https://twitter.com/TeamPowerGeyser/status/1070185155409661952

https://twitter.com/TeamPowerGeyser/status/1070328692969275393

https://twitter.com/gatoray_kof/status/1070505141772607488?s=19
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Retro Respecter on December 06, 2018, 08:17:11 pm
A new potential game for my Nintendo Switch?! >:)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on December 06, 2018, 11:48:57 pm
PC bros rejoice
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: drewski90 on December 07, 2018, 12:07:55 am
what are amputation effects? breaking bones right?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Seadragon77 on December 07, 2018, 12:23:01 am
what are amputation effects? breaking bones right?

If it's getting an 18+ rating (which I believe is the Japanese equal to our 'M' rating), then I have reason to believe that the effects are going to be cutting off arms and legs for finishing moves. It's not like this series hasn't dabbled in that before.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on December 07, 2018, 12:45:14 am
actually the samsho  games where you can't cut people in half, behead or amputate are the exception, not the rule.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: yaret on February 27, 2019, 04:13:43 am
 :) early summer
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: morbidjoe on February 27, 2019, 08:38:12 am
Damn i was about to upload the vid lol still looks great
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: -Ash- on February 27, 2019, 09:01:55 am
That damage output, wtf...
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: rgveda99 on February 27, 2019, 01:03:26 pm
Is that a normal to special cancel?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on February 27, 2019, 02:08:58 pm
The second one is after a disarm so maybe Galford had reduced defense, and the first looks like normal to super cancel ?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on February 27, 2019, 02:36:54 pm
That damage output, wtf...
Have you ever seen SamSho's characters in MUGEN? They do a shit ton of damage.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: -Ash- on February 27, 2019, 02:44:14 pm
Actually, I never played a SamSho character in mugen, still tho, seems too much even for SamSho standards.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on February 27, 2019, 02:46:13 pm
well its over the top in the spirit of the games so im fine with it
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: GalFord on February 27, 2019, 02:57:36 pm
Don't forget the damage output when you have a full super bar is always daft in SamSho. You had to make sure you didn't leave yourself wide open for a heavy slash or worse when the opponent had full meter.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: TiE on February 27, 2019, 03:04:43 pm
In samsho3 you wasted any opponent with 3-4 hard (C) slashes. When you countered this way, it worked even faster.
I always thought this being a "tribute" to the sword wielding in that game & made it rather tactical.

This new installment looks great & far more fluid than the combo system in samsho4.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on February 27, 2019, 03:13:03 pm
yeah samsho is a pretty fast paced game one wrong whiff and you could instantly die.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on February 27, 2019, 03:23:16 pm
-Ash- you clearly never played a Samurai Shodown game period.

Haohmaru's steel breaker slash always did that.
(https://i.imgur.com/bfMVmuV.png)

The series usually is not really about combos (Though links and hitconfirms still exist, contrary to what a number of mugen creators strangely seem to believe) as much as it about spacing, good neutral, making good reads, and landing devastating punishes.

From what it looks like in the trailer, not only do we have classic Samurai Shodown gameplay back, but notice Jubei and Haohmaru's DPs at the beginning. We're apparently getting rage enhanced special moves (A mechanic introduced in 4 and dropped beginning with 5) back.

Is that a normal to special cancel?
Yes. And those are a thing in the series. Again, contrary to what some MUGEN converters seemed to assume.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: yaret on February 27, 2019, 03:39:16 pm
Damn i was about to upload the vid lol still looks great

internet my friend.xD
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on February 27, 2019, 04:16:12 pm
The series usually is not really about combos (Though links and hitconfirms still exist, contrary to what a number of mugen creators strangely seem to believe) as much as it about spacing, good neutral, making good reads, and landing devastating punishes.
One of the reasons I kinda like its simplicity, shame I never understood how to execute their fatalities.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Lichtbringer on February 27, 2019, 08:23:17 pm
One of the reasons I kinda like its simplicity, shame I never understood how to execute their fatalities.

Samsho fatalities always had some extra requirements that needed to be fulfilled in the battle before you where even able to use them if i remember it right.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Inactive user on February 27, 2019, 10:17:55 pm
i think more samsho chars must be converted to CVS style or another modern style too.

sometimes the creators forget to use other chars for convertion and repeating the same chars at inumerous versions.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on February 27, 2019, 11:51:48 pm
One of the reasons I kinda like its simplicity, shame I never understood how to execute their fatalities.

Samsho fatalities always had some extra requirements that needed to be fulfilled in the battle before you where even able to use them if i remember it right.
I thought it was just activate some rage mode or something, but even then, I couldn't pull it off.

i think more samsho chars must be converted to CVS style or another modern style too.

sometimes the creators forget to use other chars for convertion and repeating the same chars at inumerous versions.
Well, Warusaki3 made CvS versions of SamSho characters which actually appeared in CvS, as well as some original ones, the thing is: lots of creators try to "convert" characters and end up making crap versions of them.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Seadragon77 on February 28, 2019, 12:16:52 am
In IV, it was a special motion you did in the deciding round only if the final hit makes the opponent lean forward. Then you do down, down, up, forward, forward+C for the finisher (or it was known in this game, a 'No Contest' move)

In V Special, you had to go into rage mode, then do D, DB, B+CD for your finishing move.

Outside of those two games, finishing an opponent tends to be random.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on February 28, 2019, 01:29:35 am
i think more samsho chars must be converted to CVS style or another modern style too.
No.

Now on the actual topic of talking about Samurai Shodown and not someone's MUGEN wish list...

I am assuming Macaulyn97 is referring to Samurai Shodown 5 special's Zetsumei Ougis.

*You need to be on your match deciding round.
*Your opponent's life bar must be at the point where it's glowing blue.
* You must be in Rage Explosion (A+B+C) and you must execute the Zetsumei Ougi before the meter runs out.
* Enter QCB, C+D on someone that's either really distracted, slow to react, or really committed to a false move.

I must wonder if that mechanic will return in this entry given the game's rating and that clip of a blood drenched Nakoruru reluctantly stabbing someone off camera.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on February 28, 2019, 03:49:09 am
The blood splatters remaining on the attacking character's face during the match is already pretty brutal. Like battle damage but with your enemy's blood. It looks to me like they're going all in with that stuff, so anything's on the table IMO, as long as they're ready to model it for everyone. And since they're also going for that "classic" appeal, I'm expecting heads to pop and bodies to be sliced open.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on February 28, 2019, 06:58:51 am
Sooo have they revealed stuff on rosters? Seems like the SS1/SS2 crowd are shoe-ins. I'd like to see Enja, Yoshitora, Andrew, Sieger and a couple others.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on February 28, 2019, 07:05:58 am
Nothing new so far. I feel like the roster is gonna pretty much be most of the original cast (Likely no Amakusa and probably no Gen-An though), Genjuro, maybe Rimururu, maybe the brothers Kazama, and new guys. My hopes are not high for anyone from 5 or 6. Also, my hopes are not high for my boy Basara ;_;
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on February 28, 2019, 07:09:28 am
I always forget about Rimururu, its like she's constantly living in Nakoruru's shadow.

A Basara rendered like the models in this game would be sick. Genjuro and the brothers are also likely choices. I'll honestly be happy with just my ride or dies Gen-An and Kyoshiro tho
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on February 28, 2019, 07:28:43 am
Kyoshiro is a safe bet. He's a mainstay since the original game, absent only from 64, 64-2, and Warriors Rage (All of which being early 3D games when SNK was just learning that stuff so probably not wanting to render his hair at the time)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: lui on February 28, 2019, 07:34:19 am
we gonna get mina again so someone can report the game for brutalizing their favorite waifu?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on February 28, 2019, 07:39:26 am
Pffft hahahahaha! Sadly she kinda already killed herself after having to put down Chample so likely no.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: TiE on February 28, 2019, 08:38:44 am
IIRC, the rage-enhancement was there since samsho3.
I recall Kibagami to have a devastating uppercut move. Including a second swirl & a bat down with the girl's face in the fx for it.

Also I'm pretty sure the "no contest" finisher was even shown on screen & was the same for all chars in samsho4.

IMHO samsho4 was the first to break with the basic charm of the series.
Having the "no contest" move & a combo-launcher. But it allowed for extremely long ones, when additionally enraged.
Though the damage dampening on them still had the normal heavy slash being favourable on damage output against a careless opponent.

Most underrated move was the half-circle forward for parry throughout. Hope that one is still in this upcoming installment.
Using that even boosted the counter percentage..

Never got into 5 myself, so I can't tell for that one.

I also guess, the cast should have the stickies. So I hope they count in Hanzo & Galford as well & my favorite of samsho3 (felt kinda nerfed in 4) Tachibana Ukyo.

Always loved Basara myself, but always hated the move separation. Usually I played the bust setup, but loved the vanishing move & the special on normal way more. The former being rather pointless used against the CPU...
If they would bring TamTam back, that would be awesome as well.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on February 28, 2019, 09:08:56 am
Samurai Shodown 3 didn't have rage enhanced specials. The enhanced Genjuro DP was in 4.

Also Deflects are back, as Haohmaru pulls one off on Galford in that trailer.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on February 28, 2019, 10:00:47 am
mina was a cool character in tenka. now i wanna play tenka again, i had it on the wii. wonder if theres a netplay community
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: TiE on February 28, 2019, 10:29:53 am
@Alpaca-San
Okay. Wouldn't have layed my hand into the fire for that, anyway.
 :yuno:
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Lichtbringer on February 28, 2019, 01:04:57 pm
I'm curious if Rera will be playnable at some point or if they just go for the "Purple Nakoruru" in that game.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on February 28, 2019, 03:10:43 pm
Honestly, it would be pretty bullshit if they didn't include the whole original cast sans Amakusa maybe, this game being set right before the first game and all.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on February 28, 2019, 03:30:17 pm
all this talk about samsho makes me miss the old arcade joint i used to hangout. they got a pretty decent collection too.

hope they keep some engrish dialogues for the characters , haohmaru's let's blade boogie and galford's saying hey poppy and WRECK!!!!! everytime he does his fatality..
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on February 28, 2019, 03:32:39 pm
galford can be heard speaking some (i think, it sounds approximate)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: rgveda99 on February 28, 2019, 03:43:24 pm
Now I'm curious if this game will be jump in combo friendly playing more like a CPS2 Capcom game. I remember doing  a lot of jump in combo with Haohmaru in the SNES version.

all this talk about samsho makes me miss the old arcade joint i used to hangout. they got a pretty decent collection too.

I missed the old days of 2D but SNK China has to make more money. At least they've learned their lesson not to make another inaccessible game like NBGC or SVC targeted solely to the SNK/KOF purist market.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on February 28, 2019, 04:10:55 pm
didn't like ngbc , but they have cool looking protags too bad their movesets are lazy and awful looking.

hope they add at least one last blade character even if it's a dlc. i'll gladly pay for it. or suzu from samsho sen.

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on February 28, 2019, 04:13:36 pm
I had the same problem wiht nbc that i had with svc; it feels liek crippled kof. AOF, samsho, fatalfury , they all feel like their own games, nbc and svc feel like kof with less mobility.


Honestly, it would be pretty bullshit if they didn't include the whole original cast sans Amakusa maybe, this game being set right before the first game and all.

First time I hear that, good to know, tho I wish it was set far back enough so that they can add some characters from the prequels.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on February 28, 2019, 06:37:39 pm
Now I'm curious if this game will be jump in combo friendly playing more like a CPS2 Capcom game. I remember doing  a lot of jump in combo with Haohmaru in the SNES version.
Jump-Ins are a fighting game thing in general, not just a capcom thing. SNK definately loves its jump-ins with KOF. Samurai Shodown is actually not an exception. Charlotte is known for doing some nasty jump-ins do to her cross-up friendly air heavy and her hefty yaccel. My Basara tactics often utilize the soul sphere and a wall jump cross-up jump heavy. Ideally, the jump heavy connects, then the Soul Sphere, and then I do another heavy which won't actually make the opponent fall because it doesn't count as doing 2 heavies in a row: meaning I have mix-ups. It's just you can't air block so you can't just attempt jump-ins whenever you want.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on February 28, 2019, 06:52:25 pm
First time I hear that, good to know, tho I wish it was set far back enough so that they can add some characters from the prequels.

V was the only prequel and was set two years before the first game. This one is set between the two.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on February 28, 2019, 07:07:02 pm
iirc, were not ukyo and nako supossed to have died in 2 and so 3 also comes before 2?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on February 28, 2019, 07:17:13 pm
Ukyo keeps thinking he's going to die from his illness but he ends up not dying.

Nakoruru doesn't actually die so much as transcends humanity and becomes one with nature to heal it from the damage caused by Mizuki's attempt to merge earth with the demon realm. Basically, she becomes an avatar at the end of 2. She can regain her physical form during times of need such as the events of Samurai Shodown 64 and 64-2.

The timeline order goes
5
This upcoming one
1
3
4
2
64
64-2
Some terrible nightmare of a game that never actually happened.
Warriors Rage

5 Special and 6 are dream match games and not really part of the time line.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on February 28, 2019, 09:58:09 pm
Thanks for the timeline.

Now I want iroha to be there, if just because snk needs to sell extra merchandise.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on March 01, 2019, 02:01:15 am
She can regain her physical form during times of need such as the events of Samurai Shodown 64 and 64-2.
Or when KoF needs a new team.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on March 01, 2019, 06:02:14 am
Thanks for the timeline.

Now I want iroha to be there, if just because snk needs to sell extra merchandise.

iroha actually had a pretty cool moveset
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: crimson_snow on March 08, 2019, 12:36:39 pm
Publisher confirmed...

https://gematsu.com/2019/03/samurai-shodown-to-be-published-by-athlon-games

Actually, they are also owned by SNK's owners (Leyou Technologies).
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Retro Respecter on March 08, 2019, 09:14:27 pm
Looks like SNK's owners are doing this one on their own and not lending outside to publish.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: crimson_snow on March 22, 2019, 05:54:18 pm
https://twitter.com/gatoray_kof/status/1108310816942493696
Coming to Xbox One, Rated M
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on March 25, 2019, 02:43:07 pm

play of game

People are also saying that Shiki and Yoshitora are confirmed but I don't have enough time to watch all 44 minutes to confirm.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on March 25, 2019, 02:52:43 pm


Yes they're 100% confirmed!!!
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: morbidjoe on March 25, 2019, 02:53:02 pm
https://twitter.com/gatoray_kof/status/1108310816942493696
Coming to Xbox One, Rated M

Almost gave me a little heartattack thought it was only xbox til i clicked the link

Like Charlottes new look
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mgbenz on March 25, 2019, 04:32:53 pm
Great to see Yoshitora and Shiki. I'm relived the roster won't be limited to the earlier games.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: RagingRowen on March 25, 2019, 05:16:25 pm
I wonder if Kuroko is gonna make it and do moves from newer SNK chars like Shun-Ei and Najd?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on March 25, 2019, 06:27:51 pm
Yoshitora and Shiki getting in dispells my theories on who will and won't be in the line-up which is actually really good. It opens the door on some really pleasing surprises.

Or would if we didn't only have 1-2 unrevealed returning characters left. DLC will be fun though.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: -Ash- on March 25, 2019, 07:26:47 pm
I wish they put more emphasis on the finalizations.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on March 25, 2019, 08:10:18 pm
Cool to have Shiki in a Samurai Shospirits game for once.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on March 25, 2019, 08:36:38 pm
Damn, look how high Haohmaru flies with his Kogetsuzan.
And that Senpuu Retsuzan tornado effect reminds me of Joe's tornado in CvS2, visually.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: FirePony on March 25, 2019, 08:54:00 pm
give me the renders
xD
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on March 25, 2019, 09:40:42 pm
still no hanzo F
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 2Dee4ever on March 25, 2019, 09:50:11 pm
He is there 0:45
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on March 25, 2019, 10:52:10 pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLQb3U98wHk[/youtube]

Yes they're 100% confirmed!!!
Why the fucks is Tam Tam using shorts?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 26, 2019, 12:34:20 am
it's a 3d game, magical skirt won't cut it.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: ShiroTori on March 26, 2019, 12:56:38 am
They did a great job capturing the look of the old games in current gen graphics, this game looks fantastic! It's oozing with style.

Like Charlottes new look

Agreed!  :smitten:
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: T. Vinceson on March 26, 2019, 01:00:12 am
Wonder who will be the boss of this game?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: R565 on March 26, 2019, 01:03:38 am
Wonder who will be the boss of this game?

I pray to god it's Mizuki. Or whats his name, cause I draw a blank with him.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on March 26, 2019, 01:33:53 am
it's a 3d game, magical skirt won't cut it.

And because of Sony new policies I wouldn't be surprised.   
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: T. Vinceson on March 26, 2019, 01:59:37 am
Wonder who will be the boss of this game?

I pray to god it's Mizuki. Or whats his name, cause I draw a blank with him.

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: oraora? on March 26, 2019, 02:51:16 am
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLQb3U98wHk[/youtube]

Yes they're 100% confirmed!!!
This looks hot  :truestory: I am surprised to see Shiki in, now this makes me wonder if there will be a chance to see Asura in, maybe he might be DLC character  :P
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on March 26, 2019, 04:09:05 am
I believe this will have a new boss, like it always happened in previous games. Would be cool if Ambrosia finally appeared as an actual boss.

I'm also hoping they announce Gen-An and Wan Fu, so far they're the only characters from the original cast still missing.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Seadragon77 on March 26, 2019, 04:32:14 am
I'm kind of hoping they bring back Zankuro for the final boss. He was a legit threat as a big man who could swing a mean sword.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on March 26, 2019, 05:13:36 am
it's a 3d game, magical skirt won't cut it.
A loincloth would.

it's a 3d game, magical skirt won't cut it.

And because of Sony new policies I wouldn't be surprised.
I doubt this bullshit will actually take place in most games, besides, was it ever confirmed that DMC5's censorship was Sony's fault?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: R565 on March 26, 2019, 05:23:39 am
Wonder who will be the boss of this game?

I pray to god it's Mizuki. Or whats his name, cause I draw a blank with him.

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada?

Yup.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on March 26, 2019, 06:16:03 am
i missed the half second clip of hanzo. does this mean gen-an is the only original rep left to be confirmed? or did i somehow miss him too
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on March 26, 2019, 12:46:55 pm
did i just saw shiki?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on March 26, 2019, 02:51:54 pm
i missed the half second clip of hanzo. does this mean gen-an is the only original rep left to be confirmed? or did i somehow miss him too

Gen-An and Wan Fu.

did i just saw shiki?

Yes you did.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on March 27, 2019, 01:42:25 pm
I don't think the antagonist is going to be a returning character. Charlotte's stage, being a callback to her stage in Samurai Shodown 2, has a big mural where the cast is gathered against what looks to be some kind of winged, angel-like figure. I am pretty anxious to see what the heck that will turn out to be.

I will say from watching all this gameplay footage again and again to get a feel for the system, I do have my worries about the loading times (Is this playstation Samurai Shodown 3 all over again?) and the launch Street Fighter 5 levels of content (Literally the same number of characters and stages slated to be available at launch). Other than that, the system itself appears solid. It looks like a good mixture of the first 2 games in terms of footsies emphasis and 4 in terms of overall system but without the stupid dial-combos and hopefully nowhere near as stupidly broken, and apparently the exceeds from SVC Chaos because why not.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Niitris on March 27, 2019, 08:55:27 pm
The load times are likely because the game hasn't been optimized yet, KoF XIII had similar loading issues before its console launch.

Neo_G considers SSII to be his favorite, he's very much about the classics in game design. I hope they get the online right from the get-go this time with no bugs. And rollback netcode but that's a bit optimistic.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: no1wammy on March 30, 2019, 10:37:02 pm
We have a new character in the game:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: RagingRowen on March 30, 2019, 11:07:21 pm
Making brand new characters is a curious decision seeing this is set between SS5 and 1.
I makes you wonder what their place is in the next chronological games.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Baby Bonnie Hood on March 30, 2019, 11:18:26 pm
She wields a great sword?

Sold.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on March 30, 2019, 11:28:32 pm
Making brand new characters is a curious decision seeing this is set between SS5 and 1.
I makes you wonder what their place is in the next chronological games.
Based on her design ? "She went back to some other country / her home country / wandering the sea" sounds like an easy guess (I know, SamSho has a bunch of "foreigner" characters who stick around)

All the super moves so far :

(thumbnail is misleading, no Yoshitora or Hanzo) (I realize that there was a 44 minute long gameplay video earlier, I didn't watch much of that because fuck watching a 44 minute long video, so I'm not sure if all of that footage was already there)
You know, seeing so much blood splattered all over everyone's face, up close and moving around, is getting a little bit unsettling, that's good enough for that R rating despite the apparent lack of dismemberment action (I almost thought Shiki beheaded Yoshitora in that trailer sequence, but no).
BTW that music for the trailer is real nice.

edit - checking out Maximilian's video about it, he says you can chop people in half after all ? Dunno why they haven't advertised it yet since that's a fairly big thing in SamSho.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: R565 on March 31, 2019, 12:06:46 am
Yeah, when you finish a match with a heavy slash, your opponent's body gets cut up but without the cinematic finish. I think only cinematic supers got that special finish anyway now that I think about it. I love the new character's design, I just hope people can warm up to the idea of new characters in the timeline.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on March 31, 2019, 12:19:31 am
Really ? I'm checking out some more gameplay vids and I'm not seeing anything like that, and I'm seeing a bunch of heavy finishing hits. Is it something that can be turned off and they're just not showing it right now for some reason ? Is there any video that actually shows it ?

(I don't like this new version of Nakoruru's theme)

edit - oh, yeah, I see it. https://youtu.be/TpYMgRVvsBQ?t=1115 it's a lot more subtle than I expected. Wouldn't notice if I wasn't looking for it...

Ah, thanks. Yeah, that's a bit tame and anticlimactic.
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Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: -Ash- on March 31, 2019, 12:31:56 am
https://youtu.be/zSAllpsiBec?t=929

In this one you can have a better look, nothing impressive imo, they could've made it more dramatic like in the old games.
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Post by: Byakko on March 31, 2019, 12:59:08 am
Lol Earthquake's version (https://youtu.be/zSAllpsiBec?t=1637). Oh well.
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Post by: MAO11 on March 31, 2019, 08:31:20 am
darli dagger's design looks like northern tribemen from luzon or taiwan.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on March 31, 2019, 02:26:49 pm
She wields a great sword?

Sold.
Pretty sure that's a saw.
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Post by: Magma MK-II on March 31, 2019, 03:30:46 pm
She wields a great sword?

Sold.
Pretty sure that's a saw.

Pretty sure that's a cleaver.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on March 31, 2019, 03:52:28 pm
She's a carpenter/shipwright. She also has four chisels strapped to her leg and two nails in her mouth.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on March 31, 2019, 03:55:50 pm
The pirate symbol on her saw has a (carpenter) hammer and a saw too.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Rai Tei on March 31, 2019, 11:58:15 pm
She wields a great sword?

Sold.
Pretty sure that's a saw.

Pretty sure that's a cleaver.

A great cleaver saw, everyone happy?
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Post by: Cyberman on April 01, 2019, 04:45:02 pm
I prefered to say it's a saw-bladed sword. Good design BTW, reminds me of KOF's Zarina (an ancestor maybe??)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mgbenz on April 01, 2019, 05:03:43 pm
Making brand new characters is a curious decision seeing this is set between SS5 and 1.
I makes you wonder what their place is in the next chronological games.

SSV was a prequel to every other game in the series and that game had many new characters.

This game is set between that and the first game.
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Post by: no1wammy on April 01, 2019, 07:59:37 pm
I preferred to say it's a saw-bladed sword. Good design BTW, reminds me of KOF's Zarina (an ancestor maybe??)

Maybe not. According to this thread by Art-Eater, he suggests Darli may have ties to French Polynesia (https://twitter.com/Richmond_Lee/status/1112199716807163909). I'll quote from the thread he started on March 30:

Art Eater said:
Darli Dagger's style of dress and weapon strongly recall Polynesian cultures, who have their own very cool warrior cultures which were actually sometimes inclusive of women!

Darli Dagger's weapon is obviously NOT a dagger. In fact I'd wager it was inspired by real life Polynesian cultures which often made use of shark teeth in their weaponry!
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on April 01, 2019, 08:15:58 pm
I was thinking SEA too.
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Post by: videoman on April 03, 2019, 10:44:44 pm
Silhouette's of the three new characters, from Famitsu. I can tell one of them is Darli Dagger and the other two is one female and one male.

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
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Post by: Byakko on April 03, 2019, 11:26:30 pm
Visuals for all 3 will be unveiled on April 5. Get on Youtube.
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Post by: Macaulyn97 on April 04, 2019, 12:10:10 am
I like the girl that seems to be using a mirror, but I wonder how will she slash people with it, maybe magic? The other guy seems pretty generic, but they can always surprise me.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mgbenz on April 04, 2019, 10:49:20 am
That's a Japanese lantern. Not a mirror.
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Post by: Basara Lapis on April 04, 2019, 05:29:38 pm
A Chinese one I must say. Judging for the silhouette, clearly the other girl must be from China, since I saw a qipao dress and the imperial haircut on her (as I saw them in Chinese historical drama series), seems like she could be a dancer or something. I can't wait for tomorrow to see all the new characters :D (the male one is another samurai/ronin I guess)

Also, I miss Gen-an :( I hope SNK can get him back as DLC at least
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Post by: videoman on April 05, 2019, 04:10:29 am

Stream is up now

June 27!

also coming to arcade along with the XboxONE, Switch, PC, and PS4 versions
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Post by: Macaulyn97 on April 05, 2019, 04:29:47 am
Excellent, it didn't take too long, at least, the girl with the lantern is Wu Ruixiang and the ninja guy is Yashamaru Kurama.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on April 05, 2019, 05:34:24 am
 .
Excellent, it didn't take too long, at least, the girl with the lantern is Wu Ruixiang and the ninja guy is Yashamaru Kurama.
Looks like Wu uses a gong as weapon instead of a lantern.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on April 05, 2019, 11:19:05 am
https://www.snk-onlineshop.com/item_list.html?siborikomi_clear=1&keyword=%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%94%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%84

Do the 2d stand things (someone tell me what they are called) confirm Cham Cham, Iroha, Mina and Rimururururu as dlc characters?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on April 05, 2019, 12:02:55 pm
Here's all the translated info from the stream.
https://gematsu.com/2019/04/samurai-shodown-launches-june-27-for-ps4-and-xbox-one-in-japan-summer-for-arcades-and-winter-2019-for-switch-and-pc

Also the profiles of the three new characters.
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
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Post by: Mgbenz on April 05, 2019, 02:25:02 pm
https://www.snk-onlineshop.com/item_list.html?siborikomi_clear=1&keyword=%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%94%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%84

Do the 2d stand things (someone tell me what they are called) confirm Cham Cham, Iroha, Mina and Rimururururu as dlc characters?

All four are the most popular waifus in the series besides Nakoruru. That doesn't mean anything. Kuroko also has his own stand.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on April 05, 2019, 03:47:22 pm
That's a Japanese lantern. Not a mirror.

it's chinese. japanese ones are cubes.

here's the trailer , it's a bit wonky.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on April 11, 2019, 12:41:39 am

Nakoruru and Mamahaha trailer
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Post by: SkySplitters on April 11, 2019, 03:32:52 am
THAT WAS EPIC

I really hope they do this with all the characters.
The theme was pretty dope as well.
And of course, Tam Tam; "Oogah Boogah".
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: yaret on April 12, 2019, 06:09:41 pm
mechanics and controls of Samurai Shodown 7   :nuttrox:
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: no1wammy on April 18, 2019, 02:04:30 am
Meet the darling Dagger:

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on April 18, 2019, 06:13:32 pm
she was everything i was expecting and more. that grinding effect looks so cool.

her voice sounds familiar is her VA kobayashi yu?
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Post by: videoman on April 19, 2019, 04:51:06 am
(https://preview.redd.it/g9y4jv9gp1t21.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1961d623ccea54eb2d03910cf29a2991acc3c1e0)
Ask and you shall receive!!
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Inactive user on April 22, 2019, 06:52:04 am
if this new samurai was converted for mugen, it was missing only the three new chars, but the other characters could be converted to a fullgame of this title in 2d.

this game in 2d will look awesome, maybe we could see it soon.

(https://i.servimg.com/u/f41/19/90/12/32/ss5col10.png)
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Post by: videoman on April 25, 2019, 03:42:16 am

Tachibana Ukyo
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Post by: Byakko on April 25, 2019, 03:49:15 am
The music is still great but it kinda sounds like it's always the same track...
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on May 01, 2019, 03:10:35 pm
Ask and you shall receive!!

That's why SNK deserves attention again. They listen to the fans. :)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: k6666orochi on May 02, 2019, 12:33:58 am
Shiki trailer
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on May 02, 2019, 01:56:42 pm
my peepee is hard.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: SkySplitters on May 03, 2019, 09:14:24 pm
Shiki is looking pretty amazing!
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on May 04, 2019, 04:02:02 am
ESRB rating is up! As obvious it's rated M
Quote
"This is a one-on-one fighting game in which players engage in matches featuring characters and settings from feudal Japan. Players use swords, daggers, spears, and hooks to attack opponents and drain their health meters. Fights are highlighted by cries of pain, slashing/impact sounds, and large blood-splatter effects. Each character can perform dramatic special moves, shown in brief cutscenes; some special moves involve repeated slashing of opponents; stabbing/impaling; tossing of bombs. Special-move sequences sometimes depict slow-motion effects and close-up camera angles; several moves result in large blood-splatter effects and occasional dismemberment (torsos). One female character is depicted partially nude—her breasts and groin covered by arms or wisps of hair."


http://www.esrb.org/ratings/Synopsis.aspx?Certificate=36205&Title=Samurai+Shodown
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Post by: no1wammy on May 04, 2019, 05:29:23 am
ESRB said:
One female character is depicted partially nude - her breasts and groin covered by arms or wisps of hair."

I don't think Charlotte, Nakoruru, Shiki, Darli Dagger or Wu-Ruixiang have that kind of hair.

Looks like another female character's coming in...
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on May 04, 2019, 05:47:55 am
ESRB said:
One female character is depicted partially nude - her breasts and groin covered by arms or wisps of hair."

I don't think Charlotte, Nakoruru, Shiki, Darli Dagger or Wu-Ruixiang have that kind of hair.

Looks like another female character's coming in...
I thought the roster was already fully revealed, no? If there are still some characters missing, then maybe a woman covered only by arms or hair isn't referring to a playable character. Basara, one of the playable characters in many games, had his dead wife, Kagaribi, appear in intros and winposes, sometimes using a robe that didn't cover much, but other times, completely nude, with her hair and arms covering her:
(https://i.imgur.com/2IanaVP.jpg)

This could mean that either Basara will be playable or he and his wife will appear as a cameo. I must say, if she appears nude, it really bothers me even more that they put shorts in Tam Tam, seriously, one character will appear fully naked and Tam Tam must swap his underwear for shorts? Fuck you, SNK.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on May 04, 2019, 06:04:44 am
I'd love to see Basara get in as DLC. Apparently I'm not the only one judging by a recent poll.

I'm thinking though that character might be the boss? Like, that mural in charlotte's stage shows some weird winged thing.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: lui on May 05, 2019, 08:32:44 am
This could mean that either Basara will be playable or he and his wife will appear as a cameo. I must say, if she appears nude, it really bothers me even more that they put shorts in Tam Tam, seriously, one character will appear fully naked and Tam Tam must swap his underwear for shorts? Fuck you, SNK.

are you seriously complaining that snk might not make a quick little winpose fully nude and that tam tam has shorts?? thats a bit creepy.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: ShiroTori on May 05, 2019, 09:30:31 am
are you seriously complaining that snk might not make a quick little winpose fully nude and that tam tam has shorts?? thats a bit creepy.

He was complaining about how they might not be changing Basara's wife's nudity if she does appear, yet Tam Tam has to have shorts on under his loin cloth now. Looking at his avatar, dude seems to like guys who show some skin!

Hey, I'm not about to knock him for it.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on May 05, 2019, 06:21:35 pm
Ya that guy regularly just focuses on scantily clad muscular men, I guess it’s refreshing tho after watching the nerd rage over MK11’s designs for the women characters
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on May 06, 2019, 01:21:59 pm
lol when did mk had good design? except 11.
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Post by: TiE on May 06, 2019, 02:01:51 pm
Since MK4, imo.
Never was a photorealistic chars fan myself.
But c'mon MK9 is beautiful.

I'd also like Basara returning & agree on that being the most relevant sprites for that explanation...
Funny that they don't just cast shadows about Tam Tam's joystick, like before.
One should expect a little loosening the restrictions now... Though, IIRC you actually never saw his ding-dong...

I mean even Germany allowed the legal distribution of MK X as the first of that franchise in this country & now they complain about nudity?

Weirdos.

I'm stoked they have Ukyo back!
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on May 07, 2019, 03:59:43 am
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Arcade version location test
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on May 07, 2019, 05:35:17 pm
Since MK4, imo.
Never was a photorealistic chars fan myself.
But c'mon MK9 is beautiful.

I'd also like Basara returning & agree on that being the most relevant sprites for that explanation...
Funny that they don't just cast shadows about Tam Tam's joystick, like before.
One should expect a little loosening the restrictions now... Though, IIRC you actually never saw his ding-dong...

I mean even Germany allowed the legal distribution of MK X as the first of that franchise in this country & now they complain about nudity?

Weirdos.

I'm stoked they have Ukyo back!

they just suck to me , animation wise they are completely a mess , from their weird stance and wobbly upper body and still lower body. and don't get me started with their normal attacks, mk11 still has these problems but at least their character design isn't so bland anymore. and they gave liu kang a proper non generic stance. and mkx's switch stance is pointless. same goes for the injustice series.



and i just noticed that this game is coming out in june? i thought this game would be out late this year.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on May 08, 2019, 07:02:18 pm

Charlotte
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Post by: videoman on May 14, 2019, 04:33:05 pm

Return of a Legend

Will be out June 25 (Two days before the Japanese release) if you buy before June 30th you be able to get the season pass for free!
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: SkySplitters on May 14, 2019, 06:39:09 pm
Whoa! That Dojo/Ghost thing is very interesting! Love the idea, and it will for sure make it more challenging, but more rewarding!

Also their #embracedeath sounds very suicidle lol
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: R565 on May 14, 2019, 07:14:04 pm
Whoa! That Dojo/Ghost thing is very interesting! Love the idea, and it will for sure make it more challenging, but more rewarding!

Also their #embracedeath sounds very suicidle lol

To live by the sword, you must also die by the sword. To embrace death, is to not fear it as well, that is what a true warrior must do to surpass others.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on May 15, 2019, 08:05:48 pm
Haohmaru trailer
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Post by: videoman on May 22, 2019, 07:52:46 pm

Yashamaru trailer
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Post by: Macaulyn97 on May 22, 2019, 09:03:26 pm
I just want to know the system requirements for this game on PC.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: -Ash- on May 22, 2019, 09:18:41 pm
PC release is later this year I believe.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on May 29, 2019, 04:57:31 pm


Yoshitora Tokugawa trailer

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on June 06, 2019, 03:15:58 pm

Tam-Tam Trailer

Samurai Showdown (2019) will be playable on Google Stadia.

They better have joystick support.
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Post by: RagingRowen on June 09, 2019, 07:56:06 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VuBmDjDnwg
This just dropped on the E3 Youtube thing.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on June 09, 2019, 08:02:03 pm
Oh, so there still are characters that haven't been hinted at yet !
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on June 09, 2019, 09:02:38 pm
https://www.snk-onlineshop.com/item_list.html?siborikomi_clear=1&keyword=%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%94%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%84

Do the 2d stand things (someone tell me what they are called) confirm Cham Cham, Iroha, Mina and Rimururururu as dlc characters?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: RagingRowen on June 09, 2019, 09:09:43 pm
Maybe one of them could make it, I'm predicting at least one brand new character in the pass.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on June 09, 2019, 09:11:32 pm
https://www.snk-onlineshop.com/item_list.html?siborikomi_clear=1&keyword=%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%94%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%84

Do the 2d stand things (someone tell me what they are called) confirm Cham Cham, Iroha, Mina and Rimururururu as dlc characters?
If you're talking about those ones (https://www.snk-onlineshop.com/item/4580015692774.html), then the Iroha, Cham Cham, Mina ones are labeled サムライスピリッツ天下一剣客伝  = Samurai Spirits Tenkaichi Kenkakuden = Samsho 6.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on June 09, 2019, 09:13:24 pm
You're right.

There was also a leaker on 4chan who leaked Rimururu, Iroha, Basara and a new character, plus Focus being the publisher of the game in Europe, so let's see if he was right or a fraud.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on June 09, 2019, 09:20:42 pm
Found the Rimururu one (https://www.snk-onlineshop.com/item/4580015692750.html), it's just labeled 侍魂, which is very unspecific, but I really don't think SNK's own shop would be dumb enough to sell something they haven't even revealed yet for an upcoming game. edit - Kuroko has the same label, and I don't expect he'll be playable, it's probably not supposed to mean anything.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Lichtbringer on June 10, 2019, 08:17:25 pm
Rimururu Trailer
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Post by: Warden-San on June 12, 2019, 03:15:21 pm
I was never a fan of the direction Yuki Enterprise took her but I'm glad to see her back. A Samurai Shodown line-up really does feel empty without her.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on June 12, 2019, 03:53:14 pm

Galford & Poppy trailer
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Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 12, 2019, 08:12:19 pm
I hate how they say we can buy before June 30th for the Season Pass, but they haven't released the damn PC requirements yet, how am I supposed to buy it without knowing that?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on June 12, 2019, 11:22:25 pm
I was never a fan of the direction Yuki Enterprise took her but I'm glad to see her back. A Samurai Shodown line-up really does feel empty without her.
You'd rather have a Nakoruru headswap?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on June 13, 2019, 05:14:33 am
You'd rather have a Nakoruru headswap?
Yes. The 5 design is that bad.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Basara Lapis on June 13, 2019, 05:17:38 am
I liked the new Rimururu design, has the SS64Bust/WR/V/VI outfit with the III/IV haircut, not bad. I also wait for Basara as possible DLC, but I would be more happy if Gen-an got a place there

If you're talking about those ones (https://www.snk-onlineshop.com/item/4580015692774.html), then the Iroha, Cham Cham, Mina ones are labeled サムライスピリッツ天下一剣客伝  = Samurai Spirits Tenkaichi Kenkakuden = Samsho 6.
I loved those mini-tokens from the SNK store, they made for characters from all SNK games, so i don't think they mean something as spoilers for possible DLC (I loved the Gai Tendo one (https://www.snk-onlineshop.com/item/4580015692835.html) since they used Buriki One art, if I could, I'd totally buy it)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on June 13, 2019, 03:49:17 pm
I hate how they say we can buy before June 30th for the Season Pass, but they haven't released the damn PC requirements yet, how am I supposed to buy it without knowing that?

if your pc can run sfiv then you could probably run it on pc.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 13, 2019, 04:07:42 pm
I hate how they say we can buy before June 30th for the Season Pass, but they haven't released the damn PC requirements yet, how am I supposed to buy it without knowing that?

if your pc can run sfiv then you could probably run it on pc.
I would hope so.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on June 13, 2019, 04:40:23 pm
good thing pc parts are cheap in my country plus i know a good place that sells them even cheaper. you can build a good rig for less than $500,

if you know how to haggle you can even get a keyboard or mouse ... the best i got was a lg monitor that cost $30 , i still have it on my shop.


did they announce how many dlc characters they gonna do?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 13, 2019, 04:49:57 pm
Nothing is cheap where I come from, darling, my options in gaming are quite restricted.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 13, 2019, 04:55:38 pm
did they announce how many dlc characters they gonna do?

Four for the first round, we don't know if they will have more rounds ( like in snk heroines ).
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 13, 2019, 05:11:36 pm
I wonder if the rumors about a Soul Calibur guest are true. That would certainly be interesting to see.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on June 13, 2019, 07:41:26 pm
https://twitter.com/gatoray_kof/status/1139027757122277376
You don't have worry if Samurai Showdown will be a epic game store exclusive SNK just turned them down.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 13, 2019, 08:20:22 pm
https://twitter.com/gatoray_kof/status/1139027757122277376
You don't have worry if Samurai Showdown will be a epic game store exclusive SNK just turned them down.
How to elegantly shit on Epic Games' face.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Lichtbringer on June 14, 2019, 08:50:57 am
https://twitter.com/gatoray_kof/status/1139027757122277376
You don't have worry if Samurai Showdown will be a epic game store exclusive SNK just turned them down.

Just one Reason more to Buy the game, ;D
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on June 14, 2019, 01:48:47 pm
i don't get pc exclusivity deals ... don't you want more people playing your product? and even if epic and tencent gave them couple of millions that's nothing compare to multitudes of possible sales.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mgbenz on June 14, 2019, 03:10:28 pm
This game takes place directly after SSV and SSIII takes place years later. So it makes sense for Rimururu to still be using her SSV design and be this young.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on June 14, 2019, 05:16:42 pm
Trophy list leaked, but it has zero spoilers: https://www.exophase.com/game/samurai-shodown-psn/trophies/

This game takes place directly after SSV and SSIII takes place years later. So it makes sense for Rimururu to still be using her SSV design and be this young.

3 takes place only a year and half after this game.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Lichtbringer on June 14, 2019, 11:22:05 pm
This game takes place directly after SSV and SSIII takes place years later. So it makes sense for Rimururu to still be using her SSV design and be this young.

The Timeline from this games is to confusing for me. xD
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on June 16, 2019, 03:26:36 pm


Wu-Ruixiang & Ukyo gameplay


Hanzo & Dagger gameplay
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on June 18, 2019, 02:56:41 am

 Jubei Yagyu Trailer
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on June 19, 2019, 04:38:14 pm

Hanzo Hattori Trailer
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on June 20, 2019, 03:15:02 am

Earthquake Trailer
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: T. Vinceson on June 20, 2019, 03:18:52 am
Read online that someone was also able to get an in-game screenshot of a character in this game named "Shizuka."

A handful remarked that this Shizuka could be this game's boss.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 20, 2019, 04:43:13 pm
Kyo's mom is not THAT old.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on June 20, 2019, 04:56:58 pm
Wiki says it's a name that was given to Shizumaru (before Shizumaru).
I'm a little bit annoyed that there's zero info on the DLC. They're showing the trailers for each character one by one which is a fair strategy to drum up the hype, but it's really not working so well for some reason ? I don't see a lot of movement around the game. They could try talking about the DLC to correct course.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 20, 2019, 06:11:06 pm
Kyo's mom is not THAT old.
Could be an ancestor. A character called Kim Hae-Ryong, from Samurai Shodown Sen seems to have part of his moveset inspired by Kim Kaphwan, which, along with the name, could imply ancestry. I wouldn't be surprised if other characters from SamSho appeared as ancestors of KoF characters.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 20, 2019, 06:27:35 pm
Yah, genan is mai's ancestor. tho, when I google shizuka I also got as result amakusa's stge.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 20, 2019, 06:35:26 pm
Yah, genan is mai's ancestor. tho, when I google shizuka I also got as result amakusa's stge.
Actually, the Wiki says the exact opposite:
Genan Shiranui's SNK Wikia page said:
Genan Shiranui (不知火 幻庵, Shiranui Gen'an) is a character from the Samurai Shodown series, introduced in Samurai Shodown. Like Earthquake, he is a character that was dropped after Samurai Shodown II and only makes cameos in other characters' endings in other games. Both of his endings feature characters from other SNK games (Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting). Although they share the same family name, he is in no way related to Mai Shiranui.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 20, 2019, 09:12:44 pm
first time I hear that.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on June 20, 2019, 09:36:32 pm
i believe gen-an was actually murdered by someone who closely resembled mai. maybe an ancestor
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Speedpreacher on June 20, 2019, 09:44:49 pm
I always got the idea that was another member of the clan cleaning house because Genan was basically just killing

And that she was definitely Mai's ancestor
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 20, 2019, 10:25:18 pm
The only ways they can't be related is that either mai married into shiranui, which is not the case , or that genan married into shiranui and somehow became the leader. And of course, that they are two completely unrelated shiranui clans.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on June 20, 2019, 10:51:32 pm
Clans in Japan just adopt left and right whenever they need fresh blood, people with the same name may very well have zero blood connection. That may partly explain why there's a much lesser taboo about incest, because it wasn't necessarily actual incest. And then there's also the possibility that Gen'an has a brother. Or even an uncle. It just depends by what you mean when you say they're not related, they may be a different branch of the same clan.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on June 21, 2019, 02:14:55 am

Kyoshiro Senryo trailer.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: senorfro on June 21, 2019, 07:04:28 am
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16U3FraBYVPzC_pmtn3V0Ny5fjJSg515klk46QC6ph8A/edit

A pre-release guide.  Interesting for what it has, so far.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 21, 2019, 04:18:31 pm
Clans in Japan just adopt left and right whenever they need fresh blood, people with the same name may very well have zero blood connection. That may partly explain why there's a much lesser taboo about incest, because it wasn't necessarily actual incest. And then there's also the possibility that Gen'an has a brother. Or even an uncle. It just depends by what you mean when you say they're not related, they may be a different branch of the same clan.

Yes, by related I mean long distance cousins, not grandchild and granddaughter. the other options are the way in which either mai has no shiranui blood (I forgot about adoption, yeah, that one is on the table too) or genan has no shiranui blood. I don't know where the not-related bit came from, since the wikia has no sources on that.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on June 21, 2019, 05:28:22 pm
Gen-An's backstory states his clan has two warring factions, one with half-demon blood (of which Gen-An is a part of) and one without. The Mai lookalike at the end of the first game is part of the latter and kills Gen-An to rid their clan of their demonic blood. On his ending in the second game he gives up on his demonic blood and has a normal looking son.

Really, it's not that hard to see how they're related.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on June 22, 2019, 04:39:05 pm

Wu-Ruixiang Trailer

https://streamable.com/v97uv
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: SnkLover on June 25, 2019, 05:47:51 pm
All endings of the game:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Darkflare on June 25, 2019, 06:33:37 pm
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1143540861633875969?s=19

Season pass is free for everyone as long as you claim it on time.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 25, 2019, 06:37:36 pm
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1143540861633875969?s=19

Season pass is free for everyone as long as you claim it on time.
I'm happy now.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on June 25, 2019, 06:56:35 pm


Wan-Fu and Basara f*** yeah!
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 25, 2019, 07:06:26 pm
basara was pretty much confirmed since the rating-review that mentioned a fully nude character covering it's privates with hair.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on June 25, 2019, 07:18:08 pm
(I don't have my copy yet)
So the boss is Shizuka Gozen ? As in the wife/mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune ? What's she up to ?
Uh, "Yashamaru Kurama" is that his full name ? I assume there's a connection with the Kurama temple, Yoshitsune, and Shizuka, then ? Maybe even the Tengu design, except Yashamaru is a Karasu Tengu and Soujoubou is usually a regular long nose tengu, not a karasu.
Those endings are pretty but they're kinda boring and don't say much in term of story.
lol Charlotte's ending show a French ship with the blue-white-red flag, nice try but that's a few years too early.

basara was pretty much confirmed since the rating-review that mentioned a fully nude character covering it's privates with hair.
Psych

It was Shizuka.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 25, 2019, 09:21:45 pm
All DLC characters revealed: https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/06/25/snk-kicks-off-samurai-shodown-with-launch-trailer-full-dlc-reveal/

Rimururu
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48123322476_a60a968308_h.jpg)

Basara
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48123351928_b31722f99c_h.jpg)

Kazuki Kazama
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48123417687_c5849f1529_h.jpg)

Wan-Fu
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48123352148_bcf775550d_h.jpg)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 25, 2019, 09:27:10 pm
(I don't have my copy yet)
So the boss is Shizuka Gozen ? As in the wife/mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune ? What's she up to ?
Uh, "Yashamaru Kurama" is that his full name ? I assume there's a connection with the Kurama temple, Yoshitsune, and Shizuka, then ? Maybe even the Tengu design, except Yashamaru is a Karasu Tengu and Soujoubou is usually a regular long nose tengu, not a karasu.
Those endings are pretty but they're kinda boring and don't say much in term of story.
lol Charlotte's ending show a French ship with the blue-white-red flag, nice try but that's a few years too early.

basara was pretty much confirmed since the rating-review that mentioned a fully nude character covering it's privates with hair.
Psych
[youtube]Etfz2KLnvXI[/youtube]
It was Shizuka.

nice, reality becamse better than fiction (since we got both).
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: GalFord on June 25, 2019, 11:23:45 pm
Got my copy today, it's fun. The CPU isn't too crazy on default, but SNK aren't disappointing with the annoying boss mechanics.  Still, I've only done the one run through (With Galford, Of Course...) so I'm actually looking forward to playing with the other characters later on.

As for the season pass... Kazuki, but no Sougetsu? Not a complaint just an observation, as I'm stoked that Basara and Wan-Fu are in there!

Really enjoying it so far. :)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 26, 2019, 06:04:59 am
Well, it says in the post that its a Season 1 Pass. I assume we'll have another, maybe it will include Sougetsu. I'm kinda surprised to not see Iroha, they could have easily put her in just for the fanservice, and she has a pretty fun playstyle too. Personally, I'd love to see an obscure character being brought back to light, maybe from the N64 games or from SamSho Sen, I know that SNK most likely needs relatively popular characters to be succesful DLCs, but I still think it would be cool.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on June 26, 2019, 06:29:48 am
Basara
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48123351928_b31722f99c_h.jpg)
I am whole once more...
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: SnkLover on June 26, 2019, 07:31:31 am
Complete OST:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 26, 2019, 04:25:56 pm
Basara
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48123351928_b31722f99c_h.jpg)
I am whole once more...

Can you release that private version you have for MUGEN to celebrate?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: SnkLover on June 26, 2019, 10:14:53 pm
All Prologues:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Cutscenes:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on June 26, 2019, 10:21:58 pm
Can you release that private version you have for MUGEN to celebrate?
My vastly superior idea of a celebration is all of us getting naked.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 26, 2019, 11:10:20 pm
Can you release that private version you have for MUGEN to celebrate?
My vastly superior idea of a celebration is all of us getting naked.

That idea is amazing, but mine is easier, don't you think? I appreciate naked men, but I also appreciate good MUGEN characters.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 27, 2019, 07:20:51 pm
I have read a few reviews and ti looks like this is a good samurai spirits game, but nothing beyonf that; but I sine have not seen it mentioned, does this game keep the weapon clashes ?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: GalFord on June 27, 2019, 08:17:27 pm
I have read a few reviews and ti looks like this is a good samurai spirits game, but nothing beyonf that; but I sine have not seen it mentioned, does this game keep the weapon clashes ?

Yep, Weapon Clashes, Blade Catches/Parry are in there.  Each Weapon Flipping Attack and Super Special command is identical for everyone, but much like the previous games, it's very footsie orientated. :)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on June 27, 2019, 09:48:17 pm
thanks.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on July 03, 2019, 06:52:49 am
Samurai Shodown Is Beating Mortal Kombat 11 at EVO 2019


Luckily SNK doesn't have to do much other than to improve the presentation to make themselves relevant. 
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on July 03, 2019, 04:14:33 pm
Considering how fighting games play nowadays samsho must feel like a breath of fresh air.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: -Ash- on July 03, 2019, 04:30:39 pm
Opinions on the game have been pretty polarized so far, plenty love, but some others hate because it slow and lack fancy combos.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on July 03, 2019, 04:47:45 pm
Opinions on the game have been pretty polarized so far, plenty love, but some others hate because it slow and lack fancy combos.
That's public opinion of the Samurai Shodown series always and forever.

Also holy cow. I know 11 is kinda big step down from MKX but that's still impressive.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MightyKombat on July 03, 2019, 05:55:56 pm
Yeah, samsho being more "one wrong move and you die as opposed to doujin fighter hour long comboes is probably why people hate it.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on July 03, 2019, 09:28:31 pm
I have samsho 1 (2?) memories of doing a jump-in  C wiht haohmaru, p2 forgot to block/failed his dp, then I would follow up with a stand C; that did 60% + damage and set dizzy, so I could just do the "combo" again.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on July 03, 2019, 10:30:11 pm
Opinions on the game have been pretty polarized so far, plenty love, but some others hate because it slow and lack fancy combos.
I used to avoid SamSho characters in MUGEN because I thought their damage was excessive and didn't know how to perform combos, only to later find out that they were meant to not have combos and thats why their damage was big. Its definitely different than anything other games have nowadays, even though some franchises, like Mortal Kombat and Soul Calibur, reduced the combo length in their latest games, they're still not completely gone.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on July 04, 2019, 12:06:43 am
There are combos in Samsho as [E] pointed out, usually comboing off jump Cs with maybe one or two normals. Or you can combo into Issens, or in the case of SSVSP, you can activate a slow time mode that allows you to do combos. However the point of Samsho has always been patient, slow methodical gameplay based around footsies, reads and punishes.

Desk found some cool stuff including a Ruixiang 100%

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on July 16, 2019, 12:31:44 am

Samurai Showdown news
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on July 16, 2019, 12:40:19 am
If there's actual news in this beyond the 10 seconds I listened to, can we get it without the terrible commentaries ?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on July 17, 2019, 02:48:14 am
https://mobile.twitter.com/samuraishodown/status/1151265755716968449

Patch 1.03 details
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on July 23, 2019, 12:48:21 am
Alex Valle (13K Galford) vs. Romance (Charlotte)

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: oraora? on August 03, 2019, 04:22:08 am
Rimururu's footage in evo2019: https://twitter.com/BearikaKof/status/1157350648997978113
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on August 05, 2019, 12:24:59 am
Hot off the EVO press: Shizumaru is coming as free DLC next month and Mina is gonna be in season 2 next year.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: RagingRowen on August 05, 2019, 12:26:38 am
Also Haohmaru coming to SC6.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: oraora? on August 05, 2019, 04:26:41 am
Hot off the EVO press: Shizumaru is coming as free DLC next month and Mina is gonna be in season 2 next year.
For a moment, I thought Basara will be next  :P
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on August 05, 2019, 04:32:26 am
Trailer
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on August 05, 2019, 09:17:18 pm
Ugh, Mina...  :shifty:

Goddammit SNK, give me Gen-An already.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: morbidjoe on August 06, 2019, 12:50:50 am
Ugh, Mina...  :shifty:

Goddammit SNK, give me Gen-An already.

Im surprised they havent added him since we was in the first one
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on September 12, 2019, 07:03:35 am

Shizumaru trailer.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: SnkLover on September 17, 2019, 12:03:36 am
Shizumaru OST:



Shizumaru's Prologue, Rival Battle Cutscene and Ending:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: SnkLover on October 15, 2019, 08:15:55 am
Basara OST:



Basara Prologue and Ending:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: senorfro on October 25, 2019, 03:54:45 am
https://twitter.com/mayotaru12/status/1187368906488455168?s=19

Hmmm...wonder if it's legit
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on November 16, 2019, 04:03:50 am
Kazuki is out

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: SnkLover on November 18, 2019, 10:34:14 pm
Kazuki OST:



Kazuki Prologue, Rival Cutscene and Ending:

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on December 16, 2019, 03:28:32 am
Wan-Fu trailer!

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on December 16, 2019, 05:29:39 am
Both Wan-Fu and Kazuki looks badass!
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: RagingRowen on January 25, 2020, 10:48:09 am

Season Pass 2 coming up: Waifus and a Water boy confirmed.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bejeeta on January 25, 2020, 12:45:51 pm
I guess pc version was canceled.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: -Ash- on January 25, 2020, 01:13:32 pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqpdDGkZe0A[/youtube]
Season Pass 2 coming up: Waifus and a Water boy confirmed.

Ok, but what about Gen-An!?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on January 25, 2020, 03:21:17 pm
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqpdDGkZe0A[/youtube]
Season Pass 2 coming up: Waifus and a Water boy confirmed.
I wonder if the last one is a guest or a new character. It would make sense if they brought someone from Soul Calibur, since Haohmaru was also revealed to be a guest DLC for Soul Calibur 6, but that silhouette doesn't look remind me of anyone in particular.

I guess pc version was canceled.
Well, technically there is the Stadia version, I hope they didn't make an exclusivity deal with that garbage, since Stadia seems to want some timed exclusives to improve its library. Then again, they DID refuse the Epic Games deal down, so you never know...
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mgbenz on January 25, 2020, 03:49:19 pm
Stadia can't in any way be considered a pc. It's a service that just so happens to be available on pc but it's also available on other platforms like phones. So no there is no pc port yet. SNK are idiots for even thinking about porting to a shitty service that was obviously going to fail.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on January 25, 2020, 03:57:32 pm
I think the PC version in still in the cards and it definitely it will be on Steam. It's just not ready yet.

As for the 4th character it might be Mai's not ancestor Genan to bring the first game's roster if not Cham Cham or aleast some one green.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on January 25, 2020, 06:27:43 pm
Such wonderful cast of characters for this Season Pass 2. :)

And i'm still hope for the PC version.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on January 25, 2020, 06:46:16 pm
The last character is on green background, just like Zankuro(u)'s intro in SS3. Is it wrong to hope?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: DauntlessMonk7 on January 25, 2020, 07:01:01 pm
Stadia can't in any way be considered a pc. It's a service that just so happens to be available on pc but it's also available on other platforms like phones. So no there is no pc port yet. SNK are idiots for even thinking about porting to a shitty service that was obviously going to fail.

I’m willing to bet the only reason SNK bothered with Stadia is because Google promised them a big pay out for doing so. From what i can tell, that’s sort of the way Google operates these days: promise companies a lot of money for using below average services.

EDIT: Also, Season Pass 2 seems to have some pretty good choices, though i’m not really much of a SamSho guy. If i had to take a guess, the next character is probably going to be Cham Cham, since A: the background is green, and B: Cham Cham’s apparently a really popular character in SamSho. At least based off the fact that they added her to the PS1 version of 4.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Zenotron on January 25, 2020, 07:51:40 pm
They showed paw prints during the trailer. Cham Cham could most likely end up being a free DLC character like Shizumaru, with the 4th character being someone else. Personally, I'm hoping for either Asura or Sieger.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on January 25, 2020, 08:05:46 pm
so who's the fourth one ? hope it's a new character.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mysticus92 on January 25, 2020, 10:45:27 pm
I haven't following SamSho for a long time.
What happened to Mina's eye?

And as for the 5th DLC, I bet it's gonna be Suzuhime.
If anyone doesn't know, she's from a Xbox 360 SamSho game which flopped pretty much.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on January 25, 2020, 10:46:23 pm
I haven't following SamSho for a long time.
What happened to Mina's eye?

And as for the 5th DLC, I bet it's gonna be Suzuhime.
If anyone doesn't know, she's from a Xbox 360 SamSho game which flopped pretty much.

she most likely took a lot of damage fighting chample
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on January 25, 2020, 10:58:46 pm
About the paw prints, Sogetsu has a water animation and Iroha has a feather, and the paw prints is immediately followed by Mina's arrow, so I figure it's just the paw prints of that pet thing she has... which is apparently based on those Ryukyuuan "dogs" that resemble the classic Chinese lion statues ? I really don't think they'd still hide the last one yet make it that easy, and it seems pretty clear that the paw prints are coming together with the arrow.
Not saying it won't be Gen-an or Cham Cham, I just don't think the paws are about the 4th character.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on January 26, 2020, 06:11:04 am
I haven't following SamSho for a long time.
What happened to Mina's eye?

And as for the 5th DLC, I bet it's gonna be Suzuhime.
If anyone doesn't know, she's from a Xbox 360 SamSho game which flopped pretty much.
That shadow looks like a male with muscular arms, unless Suzu receives the same treatment Ed did in Street Fighter V, that is not her.

(https://i.imgur.com/yNOsHfx.jpg)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on January 26, 2020, 08:23:09 am
she most likely took a lot of damage fighting chample

Also it was confirmed few hours ago that yeah, Mina managed to bring Chample back to his shisa form after fighting his true form, losing her right eye during the battle.
I'm glad that all ends well both to Mina and Chample.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on January 26, 2020, 04:14:07 pm
I'm not. I wished she stayed dead.

And the last character better be Gen-An.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: RagingRowen on January 26, 2020, 04:30:11 pm
I'm intrigued by the collar on the silhouette.
Unless it's just a simple "Mystery Man" placeholder.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on January 26, 2020, 07:15:07 pm
Here's hoping for a brand new character.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: no1wammy on February 21, 2020, 03:41:44 am
Mina Majikina trailer is out:

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Nate on February 21, 2020, 03:53:59 am
in my opinion, i think the ??? character is Asura, because of the neck scarf and the way the hair is
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Kolossoni on February 21, 2020, 06:07:16 am
Mina is a great addition to the roster I think.
She's cool, sassy but also cute and pretty design wise.

SNK is doing the right thing with adding old characters. All I need is Amakusa and I'll be satisfied :D
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on February 21, 2020, 04:20:07 pm
Mina is a shallow fanservice character with a annoying sidekick and broken gameplay. At least they seem to have fixed the gameplay part by removing the zoner normals.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on February 21, 2020, 04:31:41 pm
Mina is a shallow fanservice character with a annoying sidekick and broken gameplay. At least they seem to have fixed the gameplay part by removing the zoner normals.
Who exactly wasn't shallow in SamSho before now? I mean, it's not like the story was incredibly fleshed out before for anyone to be seen as anything more than an anime stereotype.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on February 21, 2020, 08:02:12 pm
Shallow stereotype isn't the same as shallow fanservice. Kusaregedo is not the same kind of shallow as Mina.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: lui on February 21, 2020, 10:59:25 pm
Eh Mina is fanservicey but shes far from the shallow type imo. She atleast has a story arc.

Speaking of, I remember seeing that SNK said that Mina survived her suicide attempt after killing Chample:s demon form and I guess that ties into his seal on his forehead, meaning she sealed the demon away at the cost of her eye I am guessing.


If we are gonna talk about characters who literally were made as shallow fanservice, just look no further than Iroha. Her whole character is designed to *be* fanservice.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on February 21, 2020, 11:21:54 pm
Shallow stereotype isn't the same as shallow fanservice. Kusaregedo is not the same kind of shallow as Mina.
You're right, a shallow fanservice at least gives you something to look at on top of the boring stereotype.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on February 22, 2020, 01:14:41 am
If we are gonna talk about characters who literally were made as shallow fanservice, just look no further than Iroha. Her whole character is designed to *be* fanservice.

This I can agree with.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on February 24, 2020, 01:37:20 am
Speaking of, I remember seeing that SNK said that Mina survived her suicide attempt after killing Chample:s demon form and I guess that ties into his seal on his forehead, meaning she sealed the demon away at the cost of her eye I am guessing.

And you're right bro. The new canon for Mina is that instead of commiting suicide after killing Chample, she fights Chample's demon form and attempt to defeat and seal him, losing her right eye in the battle.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Joey S. on March 23, 2020, 03:52:59 pm
So much for waiting months on end for it to have its own steam page.

Fuck you too, Epic.

https://www.vg247.com/2020/03/23/samurai-shodown-pc-epic-store/ (https://www.vg247.com/2020/03/23/samurai-shodown-pc-epic-store/)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mgbenz on March 23, 2020, 04:23:16 pm
No it's entirely on SNK. They went for that sweet sweet exclusivity money. Something that they said they would never accept just last year. Hooray for their Chinese overlords!
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: DauntlessMonk7 on March 23, 2020, 05:27:32 pm


There is absolutely nothing in this video that suggests that Samurai Shodown (or any of the other games, for that matter) will be exclusive to EGS. No little blurb saying "exclusive to Epic Games Store!", no announcement from SNK themselves, nothing.

We shouldn't be jumping to conclusions based on a 1 minute trailer, especially considering there are games that are on both platforms (the Batman Arkham games, Watch Dogs, Death Stranding, etc).
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mgbenz on March 23, 2020, 06:10:45 pm
You don't know how Epic Store's exclusivity contract works do you? Epic themselves give money to them to artificially inflate the game's sales in exchange for the game being only on the Epic Store for at least a year. By the time they would release it on Steam interest in the game would already be so low that only a few would be playing it online let alone buy it in the first place. They already shit the bed for PC gamers when they released it on Stadia and then they go do this. It's rather obvious they did all this just to get Google and Tencent's money.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on March 23, 2020, 06:43:13 pm
Nope, Epic never said it would be exclusive, and SNK themselves never said anything. People are just assuming that based solely on Epic announcing it first (before even SNK themselves).
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Good_Wall533 on March 23, 2020, 07:02:15 pm
Nope, Epic never said it would be exclusive, and SNK themselves never said anything. People are just assuming that based solely on Epic announcing it first (before even SNK themselves).

Then why didn't SNK announce it themselves if the PC version isn't EGS exclusive then? Like, this doesn't make sense to me. All they're doing is making people who were waiting for the PC version angry and confused.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mysticus92 on March 23, 2020, 07:15:26 pm
Excuse me but what the actual hell...
Epic Games keeps ruining since 2017.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on March 24, 2020, 04:46:38 am
If I were to guess, I think Epic wasn't even supposed to make this announcement in the first place. SNK's offices are closed down due to COVID-19.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on March 24, 2020, 10:24:41 am
well snk is owned by chinese guys and epic is 40% owned by tencent. but if they want more profit i don't think snk will have exclusivity deals with epic.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Good_Wall533 on March 26, 2020, 02:34:22 am
https://imgur.com/a/Pw0H1Sq

According to SNK Brazil, The reason why SS is releasing on Epic instead of Steam (or even both) is because they weren't satisfied with the release of SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy on Steam. Sales on the platform were pretty low compared to the Switch and PS4 version, even though they just dropped the thing on Steam out of nowhere with almost no advertising and also at full price too. Hope they're happy too, cause I'm pretty sure this game is gonna sell even worse on EGS.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on March 26, 2020, 04:44:51 am
lol wheres the source on this besides a random facebook page
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on March 26, 2020, 05:07:59 am
According to SNK Brazil

Which is just a Facebook fanpage with no connection with SNK themselves, and who are also just speculating. SNK still hasn't made any official announcement so far.

On other news:

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: DauntlessMonk7 on March 26, 2020, 06:30:31 am
According to SNK Brazil
Which is just a Facebook fanpage with no connection with SNK themselves, and who are also just speculating. SNK still hasn't made any official announcement so far.

Yeah, "SNK WORLD" has absolutely no connection to the actual SNK, from what i can tell.

And i find the idea of SNK dropping Steam just because of SNK Heroines to be questionable, especially considering all the games that SNK have published on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=_ASC&force_infinite=1&snr=1_7_7_230_7&publisher=SNK%20CORPORATION&page=1

Like Magma said earlier, Epic probably made the announcement before SNK were ready and before they wanted them to do so.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Good_Wall533 on March 26, 2020, 12:18:03 pm
According to SNK Brazil

Which is just a Facebook fanpage with no connection with SNK themselves, and who are also just speculating. SNK still hasn't made any official announcement so far.

On other news:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K27LQwf1gzM[/youtube]

I know but I forgot to clarify that in my post, my bad. But like I said in my earlier post, SNK is only making people angry and confused by not saying anything.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on March 26, 2020, 02:53:18 pm
heroines was to be expected to do bad and was treated as a novelty game. it actually did good imo. they used recycled assets and probably made a profit.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 26, 2020, 09:20:51 pm
The thing is, what do you do when the exclusivity payment is bigger than your expected steam profit?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on March 27, 2020, 08:55:42 am
then it's stupid business to give that much money just for exclusivity and bragging rights. epic would have no profit if they do such kind of business.
i'm not against epic and i actually love to see something to rival steam , but they aren't doing it right. they can't be called rivals if they have the same prices. epic should focus selling games in much cheaper value and stop squandering their money on exclusivity. if i were epic i would give money to help developers rather have exclusivity deals and hinder the overall sales of games i would have a deal with them that they could sell their games cheaper.

it's a win win situation epic gets it's investments back and make a clear profit , developers and companies have better overall sales.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: walt on March 27, 2020, 05:03:55 pm
then it's stupid business to give that much money just for exclusivity and bragging rights. epic would have no profit if they do such kind of business.
Don't assume as much, you would be surprised to know what a company as big as Electronic Arts with successful IPs like FIFA, MADDEN, STAR WARS, BATTLEFIELD, THE SIMS, ETC. would be willing to shell out as a tax deductible marketing expense just to be able to say they have a product that can compete with Steam (even if it actually can't, but don't tell anyone).

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on March 27, 2020, 05:09:51 pm
Epic isn't EA. But Epic is massively lucrative off Fortnite alone.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Bastard Mami on March 27, 2020, 06:49:54 pm
then it's stupid business to give that much money just for exclusivity and bragging rights. epic would have no profit if they do such kind of business.
Don't assume as much, you would be surprised to know what a company as big as Electronic Arts with successful IPs like FIFA, MADDEN, STAR WARS, BATTLEFIELD, THE SIMS, ETC. would be willing to shell out as a tax deductible marketing expense just to be able to say they have a product that can compete with Steam (even if it actually can't, but don't tell anyone).

And it's the gamers that think they have to compete with steam, as far as we know, maybe their only goal is to be profitable and they don't care for steam; that works for microsot bing after all.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: RagingRowen on May 07, 2020, 02:01:21 pm

Iroha Gameplay Trailer inbound...
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on June 22, 2020, 05:43:23 am
https://twitter.com/SNKPofficial_jp/status/1274884815125278721

Last DLC character will be revealed during the New Game+ Expo on tuesday.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EbFIPanVAAA7TBu?format=jpg&name=medium)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mgbenz on June 22, 2020, 12:26:17 pm
Apparently it's Warden from For Honor from the look of the silhouette.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: k6666orochi on June 23, 2020, 03:57:20 pm
:o
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on June 23, 2020, 04:44:45 pm
:o
[youtube]https://youtu.be/3_gB9dHvV_g[/youtube]

>character says hanase
>subs say fire
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 23, 2020, 04:45:31 pm
I guess this will make the two people who still play this game happy.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on June 23, 2020, 06:55:52 pm
>character says hanase
>subs say fire
I don't see the problem. That rock is clearly on fire.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on June 23, 2020, 07:06:48 pm
How do you set a rock on fire anyway? Why isn't his WFT chinder chander ninjer dagger?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on June 23, 2020, 07:27:12 pm
Seriously... I didn't like this at all guys, sorry. :(
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 23, 2020, 10:05:54 pm
Seriously... I didn't like this at all guys, sorry. :(
Me neither, For Honor barely has a playerbase anymore, SNK had just partnered with Bandai-Namco to add Haohmaru to Soul Calibur, why not pick someone from that game? Or, well, literally anyone else, maybe Tecmo-Koei's Warriors series, or even Dark Souls would be better choices than this crap. It's not even a recognizable character, generic soldier doesn't even have a fucking name.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: [Judas] on June 23, 2020, 10:15:40 pm
...and they didn't add a character from the SAMURAI faction why?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: RockHowardMX on June 23, 2020, 10:43:06 pm
>character says hanase
>subs say fire
Nope, it isn't "Hanase"(話せ), but "Hanate!" (放て!)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: lui on June 23, 2020, 11:20:49 pm
...and they didn't add a character from the SAMURAI faction why?

because that would be redundant in a game full of samurai
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: RagingRowen on June 23, 2020, 11:24:26 pm
While I don't mind it too much, for me it's kinda redundant with there being 1 crossover character, if there were 2 it would be more diverse and symmetrical (If you get what I mean with the latter).
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: [Judas] on June 23, 2020, 11:25:46 pm
because that would be redundant in a game full of samurai
heaven forbid they add another samurai to a game called samurai shodown, right?

this is right up there with Negan in terms of "but why, though?"
still gonna try him out because i bought the season, but meh. a counter-guest soulcalibur pick would have been preferable, sure, but there are also still a TON of absent samsho reps.

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: lui on June 24, 2020, 12:03:17 am
They've since reworked things to not be heavily P2P anymore and it's, well, doing fine since. It's not gonna be heavily highlighted in gaming news and it doesn't need to be. It knows it's a niche game and it caters heavily towards the people who still enjoy it. It's doing fine. Plenty of people still play it.

EDIT: aw fuck i accidentally replaced my previous post while quoting this section to reply again, please ignore this. for anyone reading rn, I basically just said that the point is that it's something surprising rather than sticking with what people expect.

The Warden looks cool, they kept his Shoulder Bash from the game and the catapult being there is a nice touch. His VA being the official Japanese VA is appreciated.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on June 24, 2020, 12:12:57 am
>character says hanase
>subs say fire
Nope, it isn't "Hanase"(話せ), but "Hanate!" (放て!)
I think you're right about it being hanate, but I thought it was 放せ, not 話せ.
...and they didn't add a character from the SAMURAI faction why?

because that would be redundant in a game full of samurai
There's only one actual samurai in SS.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: lui on June 24, 2020, 12:28:51 am
I know that alot of characters are technically ronin, etc. but my point is that they went for something different from what's expected of the norm.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on June 24, 2020, 12:33:17 am
Well, i rather see Siegfried or Hilde from SC than Warren. Warren's gameplay is ok but i still think that wasn't a good choice at all.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on June 24, 2020, 12:39:05 am
I'm fine with him.

Most people complaining about its inclusion are just "because its not the character I wanted".
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on June 24, 2020, 01:02:25 am
Seriously... I didn't like this at all guys, sorry. :(
Me neither, For Honor barely has a playerbase anymore, SNK had just partnered with Bandai-Namco to add Haohmaru to Soul Calibur, why not pick someone from that game? Or, well, literally anyone else, maybe Tecmo-Koei's Warriors series, or even Dark Souls would be better choices than this crap. It's not even a recognizable character, generic soldier doesn't even have a fucking name.

What is it with you and talking out your ass? For Honor has several thousand people on PC alone a day and has a big console userbase.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Orochi Gill on June 24, 2020, 01:09:29 am
If anyone has like $75-$80 they want to blow, Limited Run opened up orders for physical PS4/Switch versions until 7/26.
https://limitedrungames.com/collections/neo-frontpage/products/samurai-shodown-neogeo-collection-switch
https://limitedrungames.com/collections/neo-frontpage/products/samurai-shodown-neogeo-collection-ps4
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: [Judas] on June 24, 2020, 01:11:15 am
it's just... an odd crossover choice. i'd almost rather them throw in a newbie that's literally the same character without the tie-in. i mean...
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/snk/images/f/f0/Walter.jpg/)
lame as he may be, he's at least technically samsho.

but then, i've been anti-guest in non-crossover games for a while now. my opinion on this means little. if people enjoy him, sweet. happy for you, dudes.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 24, 2020, 01:21:18 am
Seriously... I didn't like this at all guys, sorry. :(
Me neither, For Honor barely has a playerbase anymore, SNK had just partnered with Bandai-Namco to add Haohmaru to Soul Calibur, why not pick someone from that game? Or, well, literally anyone else, maybe Tecmo-Koei's Warriors series, or even Dark Souls would be better choices than this crap. It's not even a recognizable character, generic soldier doesn't even have a fucking name.

What is it with you and talking out your ass? For Honor has several thousand people on PC alone a day and has a big console userbase.
Keep thinking that if it helps you sleep at night. Won't make the game become big.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: lui on June 24, 2020, 01:38:31 am
Seriously... I didn't like this at all guys, sorry. :(
Me neither, For Honor barely has a playerbase anymore, SNK had just partnered with Bandai-Namco to add Haohmaru to Soul Calibur, why not pick someone from that game? Or, well, literally anyone else, maybe Tecmo-Koei's Warriors series, or even Dark Souls would be better choices than this crap. It's not even a recognizable character, generic soldier doesn't even have a fucking name.

What is it with you and talking out your ass? For Honor has several thousand people on PC alone a day and has a big console userbase.
Keep thinking that if it helps you sleep at night. Won't make the game become big.


What part of

They've since reworked things to not be heavily P2P anymore and it's, well, doing fine since. It's not gonna be heavily highlighted in gaming news and it doesn't need to be. It knows it's a niche game and it caters heavily towards the people who still enjoy it. It's doing fine. Plenty of people still play it.

did you not really get? It's not trying to be "big."

It's doing fine on just the Steam version alone, and like Ume said, other platforms have a bigger base.
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/318794843293876235/725131616598360064/unknown.png)

Hell it's doing just as good as Tekken 7 on Steam.

(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/318794843293876235/725132028403515433/unknown.png)

please. do some research. i guess that's assuming if you're capable of doing so in the first place.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: hatter on June 24, 2020, 01:49:51 am
What is it with you and talking out your ass? For Honor has several thousand people on PC alone a day and has a big console userbase.
Keep thinking that if it helps you sleep at night. Won't make the game become big.

Damn guys, looks like it's time to pack up and roll out. The game won't ever do well after this. :<
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: FeLo_Llop on June 24, 2020, 01:59:13 am
Or someone from SamSho Sen. Kirian would be a nice add, just making him more "Raphael Sorelle" and hyping him a bit. And an actual Spaniard in SamSho would be cool(technically, Earthquake IS Spanish, since the year the game takes place in, that area was, indeed, Spain).
Also, Ashura, Yuuda or else.

Or if they want go with crossover and something not THAT samurai, Ivy, Sophitia, Nightmare, etc would be pretty epic here.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 24, 2020, 02:05:58 am
Long post
Darling, I don't think you get the point here, the one relevant to the SamSho DLC, at least: it doesn't matter whether one calls it "niche audience" or "dead game", in both cases, it means that not many people will give a shit. There is also the matter of who is being included as DLC, because it's not like it's even a recognizable character, it's literally a generic knight (by the way, to the one who suggested a generic samurai from For Honor, that is an even worse idea, since at least generic knight has the slight distinction of being a knight in a samurai game, instead of being a generic samurai in a samurai game full of recognizable characters). Literally any other choice would be better, the guy doesn't even have a name to be remembered, and he is certainly no Master Chief to be memorable and nameless.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on June 24, 2020, 02:35:59 am
Seriously, this discussion is just the "nobody cares for Terry" all over again.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 24, 2020, 03:19:47 am
Seriously, this discussion is just the "nobody cares for Terry" all over again.
Who even said that? There is a big difference between Terry and generic knight.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Niitris on June 24, 2020, 03:46:51 am
Seriously the worst guest reveal I can think of since Cole McGrath, one of the many great ideas from the masterpiece known as Street Fighter X Tekken. Numerous other characters to choose from and they decided to go with... some faceless derphead from a B-rate game, where neither fandom cares much about the other. That's cool, I suppose.

Iroha hype was fun while it lasted. :(
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 24, 2020, 04:12:57 am
Seriously the worst guest reveal I can think of since Cole McGrath, one of the many great ideas from the masterpiece known as Street Fighter X Tekken. Numerous other characters to choose from and they decided to go with... some faceless derphead from a B-rate game, where neither fandom cares much about the other. That's cool, I suppose.

Iroha hype was fun while it lasted. :(
That is another thing, if they added an obscure character from a fighting game, at least there was a bigger chance of the players bothering with it, since both games would be from the same genre, but For Honor isn't even a fighting game for that to be even remotely interesting for either playerbase. Also, I don't think Cole MacGrath was as bad as Shit-Megaman and those two cats, sure, it was meant to be a joke (apparently they had an actual Megaman game in development at the time, but it got cancelled), but when all we got at the time from Megaman was that crap, it felt like a slap in the face.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Seadragon77 on June 24, 2020, 05:09:05 am
Is For Honor even popular anymore... or ever?

I give credit to SNK for thinking outside the box, but... I don't know. This might go down as a bad guest character. Nothing like, say, Yoda, Darth Vader and Starkiller in SC IV... more like what Niitris said: Cole McGrath in Street Fighter X Tekken - A choice that's outside of the box, yet never exactly fits in.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: JustNoPoint on June 24, 2020, 05:16:52 am
When I saw the trailer I didn't know the Knight was a guest char and I'd never heard of For Honor. I thought it was cool they were putting a knight in the game. For people that don't know anything else about him they could think the same and how he actually plays will determine if he was a good addition or not.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: lui on June 24, 2020, 05:20:28 am
Is For Honor even popular anymore... or ever?

See here:

They've since reworked things to not be heavily P2P anymore and it's, well, doing fine since. It's not gonna be heavily highlighted in gaming news and it doesn't need to be. It knows it's a niche game and it caters heavily towards the people who still enjoy it. It's doing fine. Plenty of people still play it.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on June 24, 2020, 05:28:52 am
When I saw the trailer I didn't know the Knight was a guest char and I'd never heard of For Honor. I thought it was cool they were putting a knight in the game. For people that don't know anything else about him they could think the same and how he actually plays will determine if he was a good addition or not.
That still means they could have added a more well-known knight. Like I said, they had partnered with Bandai-Namco for Haohmaru to be in Soul Calibur, there was Siegfried, Nightmare, Hilde...

Is For Honor even popular anymore... or ever?

See here:

They've since reworked things to not be heavily P2P anymore and it's, well, doing fine since. It's not gonna be heavily highlighted in gaming news and it doesn't need to be. It knows it's a niche game and it caters heavily towards the people who still enjoy it. It's doing fine. Plenty of people still play it.
And again, niche audience means small audience. Makes this character a terrible choice because of how many people will care about it, specially considering they're different genres.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: JustNoPoint on June 24, 2020, 06:05:29 am
They could have added a more well known knight. My statement wasn't actually a defense. I will even admit that my personal hype went down just a bit when I found out he wasn't a new SS knight char because if he's fun he won't ever even get to come back.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on June 24, 2020, 06:24:50 am
From what I understand, these characters are basically blank slates that you're supposed to customize so that in the hands of SNK devs is at the very least intriguing. But yeah that...caught me off guard.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on June 24, 2020, 06:26:15 am
For Honor indeed still popular nowadays but the choice to Warren it's... meh. If it's the case to choose a well known knight, still think on Hilde or Siegfried.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Ziltoid on June 24, 2020, 08:50:27 am
Guest character choices are marketing choices that go both ways. SamSho has a bigger audience and For Honor's popularity it's going down. So the inclusion of this guy is probably not a way to please SamSho players with a "popular choice", but it's much more likely a publicity stunt to make For Honor known among SamSho players and hopefully attract them towards the game. ...not a very clever choice anyway, imo.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on June 24, 2020, 05:30:43 pm
Seriously... I didn't like this at all guys, sorry. :(
Me neither, For Honor barely has a playerbase anymore, SNK had just partnered with Bandai-Namco to add Haohmaru to Soul Calibur, why not pick someone from that game? Or, well, literally anyone else, maybe Tecmo-Koei's Warriors series, or even Dark Souls would be better choices than this crap. It's not even a recognizable character, generic soldier doesn't even have a fucking name.

What is it with you and talking out your ass? For Honor has several thousand people on PC alone a day and has a big console userbase.
Keep thinking that if it helps you sleep at night. Won't make the game become big.

Not only are you blatantly wrong, you're being condescending while you're wrong as usual. Do I need to restrict you from another fighting game thread?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on June 25, 2020, 05:28:47 am
Personally it's weird because I am well aware of the much better choices it's just...Warden is such a bizarre inclusion that I can't be mad at it. Right now I'm experiencing Warden saying things to the likes of Genjuro, Basara, and Shiki and accepting that's actually a thing now.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Knuckles8864 on June 25, 2020, 10:27:03 am
It's a weird choice indeed, but we also live in a world where someone like Negan from the Walking Dead is a fighter in Tekken.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on June 25, 2020, 03:38:44 pm
Its a guest, it doesn't really have to make that much sense. Plus, as far as guests go he at least doesn't  look too out of place.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Retro Respecter on June 25, 2020, 10:19:29 pm
But hey, at least For Honor gets exposure.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on June 25, 2020, 11:31:38 pm
They could have added Niehart Sieger but I give Warden a shot. Before the reveal I thought it would be him with full armor.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on June 26, 2020, 12:42:04 am
But hey, at least For Honor gets exposure.

Well, like me and Lui also pointed out For Honor still popular nowadays tho.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Lichtbringer on June 26, 2020, 12:51:39 am
They could have added Niehart Sieger but I give Warden a shot. Before the reveal I thought it would be him with full armor.

I'm happy to see Warden over Sieger, I always have to cringe if I hear the full name. xD
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on July 26, 2020, 09:33:47 am
I'm surprised this wasn't posted here yet: https://twitter.com/SNKPofficial/status/1286496324855029761

SNK Global said:
The silhouette for our newest DLC character has been revealed! Plus, they'll be completely free to own as a special thanks to our fans out there! We hope you look forward to it! #SNK #SAMSHO #HonorofKings

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdgMKczUMAE7TCa?format=jpg)

EDIT: According to multiple people on Twitter, the silhouette belongs to the character Gongsun Li
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRrTrWzfVtFijXZ5ulIcZkyU9bANqMoQb0_wQ&usqp=CAU)

Yeah, it's a crossover with a meh chinese mobile MOBA.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on July 29, 2020, 09:51:59 am
wouldve been better if it's a last blade character.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on July 29, 2020, 10:13:50 am
If they wanted to add a MOBA character controlled by Tencent, they should have went with fucking League of Legends. Otherwise, literally anything else would have been better than this shit.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on July 29, 2020, 03:20:04 pm
It will be free, so no point in complaining.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on July 29, 2020, 04:50:59 pm
Darling, spraying perfume on shit doesn't make it less of a shit, even if it smells slightly better.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Ziltoid on July 29, 2020, 05:43:21 pm
It will be free

So is putting shit in my socks and wear them. The fact that it's free doesn't mean I have to like it.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: RagingRowen on July 29, 2020, 06:13:01 pm
Well I assume they didn't think people would pay for a char from a game like this, maybe reverting to the For Honor thing.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on July 29, 2020, 06:47:31 pm
Well, they succeeded in one thing: I no longer think the For Honor guy is the worst possible guest anymore. Also, yeah, I doubt this character would be a success if it wasn't free, and, again, why the shitty mobile game? I wouldn't actually expect a League of Legends character, but if we got one, it would at least come from the leader of the genre, and it's still Tencent, so they probably COULD have done that instead of going for this forgettable trash.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: PBRTODD101 on July 29, 2020, 09:56:29 pm
That MOBA is probably huge in China and that's why she was chosen :mwhy: , which is one of three places where KoF and SNK are the biggest and is arguably the one where it has the biggest presence (the other two being Latin America and Japan). This is weirder than For Honor guy and Thief Arthur though.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on July 29, 2020, 11:06:26 pm
And why are people assuming it will be this character in particular anyway? From what I saw this game has quite a bunch of characters, many which could fit that silhouette.

So is putting shit in my socks and wear them. The fact that it's free doesn't mean I have to like it.

Putting shit in your socks is a dickish move and doesn't really have anything to do with giving sonething away for free. This is a really poor comparison.

As goes the saying, "you don't look the teeth of a given horse". Sure, you can not like it, but there's no real point in complaining.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Ziltoid on July 29, 2020, 11:27:53 pm
Putting shit in your socks is a dickish move and doesn't really have anything to do with giving sonething away for free. This is a really poor comparison.

Let me rephrase that for you. Having something for free doesn't mean it's inherently a good thing. I can put shit in my own socks and wear them for free, but the fact that it is free doesn't make it pleasant or intelligent. And the fact that Samurai Shodown is "polluted" by characters from franchises I don't care about and/or don't fit kinda spoils the game in its entirety for me.

And yes, complaining has a point because the developers clearly aren't listening to the fanbase, and are putting guest characters for commercial purposes instead of focusing their efforts in developing characters old SamSho fans such as myself actually want.

Why I said "commercial purposes", you may ask? Well, why do you guys think they're putting characters from relatively obscure franchises (at least, among fighting game players)? My two cents is that the publishers of these games took arrangements with SNK to advertise their games through the presence of their characters in a (relatively) well known game. If no one asked for a guest, then it's not fanservice (as with MK's guests, mostly), it's marketing.

In short, these characters are ads. Which is by itself despicable.

Edit: Sorry, I ended up ranting
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Miru962 on July 29, 2020, 11:30:10 pm
The main disappointment in my mind is less that it's a Tencent character and moreso that Cham-Cham gets snubbed once again in favor of another guest. Poor Cham-Cham... honestly, she and Chico (Puyo Puyo) could be good buddies. She does fit in quite a bit better than the For Honor dude, design-wise. And SNK Heroines also had a bunch of weird guests in DLC, it's just that these ones are slightly weirder. If we're getting any additional guests going forward, I'd like to see Peko Pekoyama (Danganronpa) and Samurai Jack make the cut. Insofar as more Samsho and/or other SNK characters; in addition to Cham-Cham, I feel like representatives for Warrior's Rage and Sen could be nice to see, even if Sen killed the franchise for a decade, and I agree on the sentiment about Last Blade characters. Maybe Jeanne (World Heroes), considering they already have a model of her from SNK Heroines? Or perhaps even a Fu'un character?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: PBRTODD101 on July 30, 2020, 02:52:29 am
I love how little we all care for For Honor dude so much that we don't even bother to know his name lol
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on July 30, 2020, 03:12:04 am
And why are people assuming it will be this character in particular anyway? From what I saw this game has quite a bunch of characters, many which could fit that silhouette.

So is putting shit in my socks and wear them. The fact that it's free doesn't mean I have to like it.

Putting shit in your socks is a dickish move and doesn't really have anything to do with giving sonething away for free. This is a really poor comparison.

As goes the saying, "you don't look the teeth of a given horse". Sure, you can not like it, but there's no real point in complaining.
Yeah, no, it couldn't, you can see that Gongsun Li fits the silhouette perfectly, and it was already confirmed by people who play that shitty mobile game. Also, there is no "given horse" here, sure, you can download her for free, but there is the cost of the developer not putting their effort in someone that people actually care about, whether its a guest from a game that people actually play or even a returning character from SamSho itself. I bet most people would rather pay for a returning character than get this forgettable one for free, I know I do, and I'm short on money.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on July 30, 2020, 05:23:30 am
Let me rephrase that for you. Having something for free doesn't mean it's inherently a good thing. I can put shit in my own socks and wear them for free, but the fact that it is free doesn't make it pleasant or intelligent. And the fact that Samurai Shodown is "polluted" by characters from franchises I don't care about and/or don't fit kinda spoils the game in its entirety for me.

See, now this is a proper argument, though I don't think one forgettable guest is enough to spoil a game.

My two cents is that the publishers of these games took arrangements with SNK to advertise their games through the presence of their characters in a (relatively) well known game. If no one asked for a guest, then it's not fanservice (as with MK's guests, mostly), it's marketing.

It's pretty much a given that this is purely meant to advertise the mobile game. And honestly I don't even think they originally intended to add any more characters in this game at all.

The main disappointment in my mind is less that it's a Tencent character and moreso that Cham-Cham gets snubbed once again in favor of another guest. Poor Cham-Cham... honestly, she and Chico (Puyo Puyo) could be good buddies. She does fit in quite a bit better than the For Honor dude, design-wise. And SNK Heroines also had a bunch of weird guests in DLC, it's just that these ones are slightly weirder. If we're getting any additional guests going forward, I'd like to see Peko Pekoyama (Danganronpa) and Samurai Jack make the cut. Insofar as more Samsho and/or other SNK characters; in addition to Cham-Cham, I feel like representatives for Warrior's Rage and Sen could be nice to see, even if Sen killed the franchise for a decade, and I agree on the sentiment about Last Blade characters. Maybe Jeanne (World Heroes), considering they already have a model of her from SNK Heroines? Or perhaps even a Fu'un character?

Couldn't care less for Cham-Cham. The one character this game is sorely missing is Gen-An, who is the only character from the original game still missing (not counting Amakusa, who isn't in for obvious lore reasons). Sen and Warriors Rage characters won't happen, Sen takes place in a different timeline which isn't canonical and Warriors Rage takes place very far in the future of the series.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on July 30, 2020, 06:25:10 am
Sen takes place in a different timeline which isn't canonical and Warriors Rage takes place very far in the future of the series.
Warriors Rage being in the future is a good argument for the characters to not appear, Sen being a separate canon isn't relevant at all, as those characters could easily be adapted to the current one.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: RagingRowen on July 30, 2020, 12:21:48 pm

Confirmed folks.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Ziltoid on July 30, 2020, 12:36:45 pm
Oh well, at least she has a unique looking weapon.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on July 30, 2020, 02:59:07 pm
Oh well, at least she has a unique looking weapon.
Shizumaru

Her lines are so generic. "Please enjoy ! Please enjoy !"
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: PBRTODD101 on July 30, 2020, 03:41:51 pm
At least it’s not something incredibly stupid like Negan in Tekken, could’ve been worse
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Seadragon77 on July 30, 2020, 03:59:00 pm
Oh well, at least she has a unique looking weapon.

Yeah... I'll give her that much. I mean... Yeah, this one is a far bigger stretch then Warden was (or could ever be). But, I understand that it's probably aimed towards the Chinese population and/or fans of the game she came from.

At least it's free.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Ziltoid on July 30, 2020, 05:36:49 pm
Shizumaru

I stand corrected. I forgot about the boi.

Overall, despite what I wrote earlier, I don't despise her. Her looks at least is consistent-ish with the rest of the cast (ears aside). I guess I'll have to ignore the fact that she's a playable ad, and pretend I don't see the bunny ears.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on July 30, 2020, 05:57:47 pm
Yeah, I thought she was actually a decent fit next to the other new glasses elemental Chinese girl.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Miru962 on July 30, 2020, 06:02:29 pm

The main disappointment in my mind is less that it's a Tencent character and moreso that Cham-Cham gets snubbed once again in favor of another guest. Poor Cham-Cham... honestly, she and Chico (Puyo Puyo) could be good buddies. She does fit in quite a bit better than the For Honor dude, design-wise. And SNK Heroines also had a bunch of weird guests in DLC, it's just that these ones are slightly weirder. If we're getting any additional guests going forward, I'd like to see Peko Pekoyama (Danganronpa) and Samurai Jack make the cut. Insofar as more Samsho and/or other SNK characters; in addition to Cham-Cham, I feel like representatives for Warrior's Rage and Sen could be nice to see, even if Sen killed the franchise for a decade, and I agree on the sentiment about Last Blade characters. Maybe Jeanne (World Heroes), considering they already have a model of her from SNK Heroines? Or perhaps even a Fu'un character?

Couldn't care less for Cham-Cham. The one character this game is sorely missing is Gen-An, who is the only character from the original game still missing (not counting Amakusa, who isn't in for obvious lore reasons). Sen and Warriors Rage characters won't happen, Sen takes place in a different timeline which isn't canonical and Warriors Rage takes place very far in the future of the series.

Him too! Big time. Miss him a lot. But didn’t Cham-Cham rank pretty high in the official polls? She even got a spinoff pachinko game, too. I want them both. I understand that about Warrior’s Rage characters not being able to show up (bar time travel shenanigans), but I could see them partially canonizing Sen (where was it stated as a non-canon entry?), or even using “alternate dimensions” to bring them in. (Even Iroha started off outside of canon)

Anyways, our new guest looks and sounds pretty cute so far. I don’t mind her, unlike with the Warden, better known as simply “For Honor dude“. Though an actual SNK guest would have been even cooler, she looks like a fun addition in and of herself. And she’s very much free.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on July 30, 2020, 06:50:08 pm

The main disappointment in my mind is less that it's a Tencent character and moreso that Cham-Cham gets snubbed once again in favor of another guest. Poor Cham-Cham... honestly, she and Chico (Puyo Puyo) could be good buddies. She does fit in quite a bit better than the For Honor dude, design-wise. And SNK Heroines also had a bunch of weird guests in DLC, it's just that these ones are slightly weirder. If we're getting any additional guests going forward, I'd like to see Peko Pekoyama (Danganronpa) and Samurai Jack make the cut. Insofar as more Samsho and/or other SNK characters; in addition to Cham-Cham, I feel like representatives for Warrior's Rage and Sen could be nice to see, even if Sen killed the franchise for a decade, and I agree on the sentiment about Last Blade characters. Maybe Jeanne (World Heroes), considering they already have a model of her from SNK Heroines? Or perhaps even a Fu'un character?

Couldn't care less for Cham-Cham. The one character this game is sorely missing is Gen-An, who is the only character from the original game still missing (not counting Amakusa, who isn't in for obvious lore reasons). Sen and Warriors Rage characters won't happen, Sen takes place in a different timeline which isn't canonical and Warriors Rage takes place very far in the future of the series.

Him too! Big time. Miss him a lot. But didn’t Cham-Cham rank pretty high in the official polls? She even got a spinoff pachinko game, too. I want them both. I understand that about Warrior’s Rage characters not being able to show up (bar time travel shenanigans), but I could see them partially canonizing Sen (where was it stated as a non-canon entry?), or even using “alternate dimensions” to bring them in. (Even Iroha started off outside of canon)

Anyways, our new guest looks and sounds pretty cute so far. I don’t mind her, unlike with the Warden, better known as simply “For Honor dude“. Though an actual SNK guest would have been even cooler, she looks like a fun addition in and of herself. And she’s very much free.


https://snk.fandom.com/wiki/Samurai_Shodown_(series)#Plot

Sen takes place in 1791, one yeah after Asura Zanmaden. At that point in time in the main timeline both Genjuro and Ukyo were already dead and both Jubei and Hanzo had already retired. The main problem with introducing Sen characters is how their backstories are intrinsically connected with Sen's events, which means they would have to be completely rewritten. Its a different case from Iroha for example, who despite coming from a non-canonical title never had any backstory to begin with, so she was easily adapted.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Warden-San on July 30, 2020, 07:33:20 pm
*Shrugs* she's a character I guess. I mean, she's a hell of a lot better than the disgusting interspecies romance freak we got a couple DLCs ago.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Roman55 on July 31, 2020, 06:37:33 am
Honestly yeah she looks fine? She seems consistent with the style of the game.

And idk, but I'd rather have an unorthodox guest that looks fun like her and Warden over some one that isn't at all good.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: MAO11 on July 31, 2020, 06:26:03 pm
ok her gameplay looks interesting. thought she was holding a giant bottle of mayo for a second there.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: walt on July 31, 2020, 06:43:40 pm
I like her design and gameplay showcase. I like the fact that she's free. I like these cross-promotion characters to reach a wider audience.

All this h8 over "She's taking my favorite character's spot!" is nonsense :)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Retro Respecter on July 31, 2020, 11:46:05 pm
Good post, walt.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: RagingRowen on August 01, 2020, 03:33:25 am
Not much from the Roundtable, but they announced a Season Pass 3, outlasting KOF XIV which only had 2, if it gets made.
Still nothin' for XV, but they sorta implied it saying something was in development which was announced at EVO.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: walt on August 01, 2020, 04:01:52 am
3 DLC Seasons is indicative of commercial success. I'm glad this game struck a cord with the FGC. Probably because its gameplay is relatively simple to grasp.

Good post, walt.
Thank you Uche, your support and approval is the wind beneath my wings

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on August 14, 2020, 07:06:33 am


Isn't specifically about the most recent SamSho, but it's still a great video and it uses the latest game a lot.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: oraora? on October 29, 2020, 03:13:08 pm
Behold, another guest character from the SNK franchise is coming to Season 3: https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2020/oct/29/samurai-shodown-last-blade-update/
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on October 29, 2020, 05:00:41 pm
I think Hibiki has a very high chance, she is probably the most recognizable character from Last blade.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on October 29, 2020, 07:10:58 pm
Swords up for Kaede
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: ComboAssassin20 on October 29, 2020, 09:28:32 pm
technically yuki, who else?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on October 30, 2020, 12:17:33 am
Technically based on what?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on October 30, 2020, 03:11:56 am
Whichever character it is, will they bother explaining its presence in the story, considering The Last Blade takes place a few centuries after the Samurai Shodown series?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on October 30, 2020, 11:35:28 am
Did they bother explaining Warden's presence in the story ?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on October 30, 2020, 03:06:51 pm
Or the shitty mobile character?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Miru962 on October 30, 2020, 04:41:42 pm
I don’t think there was ANY story material regarding either shitty AAA character For Honor Dude or Mobile Vulgaris Gongsun Li. Perhaps with an actual SNK character it will be different? Would be crazy to see the futuristic Fu’un series represented as well.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on October 30, 2020, 05:03:09 pm
Is there any character from Last Blade that is immortal, perhaps? Maybe they could be included if popular enough.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: walt on October 30, 2020, 08:52:53 pm
AKARI IS AN ALIEN SORCEROR, she could be immortal
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on October 30, 2020, 09:33:44 pm
I think Kagami Shinnosuke is functionally immortal, but he was still born in 1833. Personally, I absolutely loved the two Shinsengumi. Minakata was cool too.
Musashi is the actual Musashi but he was dead inbetween his time and Shinnosuke reviving him. Okina is 128 years old so he should fit the era, but then he'd be young and that's not happening and there won't be any story about when they lived.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: GalFord on October 30, 2020, 10:17:54 pm
I think we all know it's gonna be Hibiki, although Setsuna would be another favourite. Kaede, Lee, Yuki and Akari seem to turn up as guest appearances/characters but I guess it's just waiting to see.  I hope it isn't Hyo.. XD
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on October 30, 2020, 10:22:30 pm
Why do people say Hibiki ? Because of CvS2 ? Yuki is currently in the mobile game SNK All Star, if you want recognizability. You may say SNK All Star has little popularity power, but here's a reminder that CvS2 was about twenty years ago.
edit - oh wait, SNK All Star also has Lee and Kaede. Is that what you meant ?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: CinderFallFan on October 30, 2020, 10:41:34 pm
Only Moriya is more recognizably to me, I think it was maybe because of Neo Geo Battle Colosseum I dunno.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Miru962 on October 31, 2020, 12:08:20 am
Akari's had the most crossover appearances, but I feel like they could use Yuki's sacrifice in TLB2 in order to try and link her into Samsho's storyline.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: GalFord on October 31, 2020, 10:18:13 pm
Why do people say Hibiki ? Because of CvS2 ? Yuki is currently in the mobile game SNK All Star, if you want recognizability. You may say SNK All Star has little popularity power, but here's a reminder that CvS2 was about twenty years ago.
edit - oh wait, SNK All Star also has Lee and Kaede. Is that what you meant ?

I'm played SNK All Star at the moment, it's an interesting game. Main reason I said Hibiki is that most people that I've seen online call out for her like they do Iroha. I dunno, it's like some weird cult. XD
I'd prefer Yuki as I used to main her and Lee.

All in all though, I'm just glad that SamSho2019 is still going! :)  I'd love to see Amakusa as playable, but I'm sure there's many other worthy characters to be bought back. :)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on January 07, 2021, 10:44:23 pm
A few screenshots were leaked earlier today showing one of the new characters for the next season pass
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: GalFord on January 08, 2021, 03:11:14 am
Trailer is out for KOV XV along with a bunch of other stuff including two of the Season 3 characters. I kinda guessed Cham Cham, but the Last Blade character I was kinda hoping for someone else, but hey... it's more support for this game!
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Seadragon77 on January 08, 2021, 04:16:51 am
I'll take Hibiki since she is one of the more popular characters from the Last Blade... but, Cham Cham??

UGH! When am I gonna get my Seiger?!?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on January 08, 2021, 04:28:08 am
cham cham is def a fan favorite in the series, sieger is pretty obscure in comparison
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Lichtbringer on January 08, 2021, 05:10:58 am
Soo Here is the short teaser trailer.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on January 08, 2021, 06:09:23 am
Still waiting for Gen-An.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mysticus92 on January 08, 2021, 09:17:37 am
Last time Hibiki Takane's appeared in CvS2 was way back in 2001.
A wise choice indeed.
But I'm still waiting for Suzuhime.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on January 08, 2021, 09:48:59 am
I'm sorry for doubting all you CvS2 fans.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: GalFord on January 08, 2021, 03:48:03 pm
Whilst I've always been a Galford main, with Charlotte and Amasuka secondary's... I'd love to see Gen-An, Sieger or Gaira.

Still, regardless of who is revealed, I'll be glad for more characters added. :)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: yaret on January 09, 2021, 04:13:37 am
they didnt say anything about the game on steam :/
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: walt on January 11, 2021, 03:57:12 pm
I wouldn't get my hopes up man.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Mysticus92 on February 21, 2021, 12:30:07 pm
Cham Cham is coming on March 16.
Also a character from Guilty Gear series is teased.
https://www.gematsu.com/2021/02/samurai-shodown-dlc-character-cham-cham-launches-march-16-character-from-guilty-gear-teased
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: videoman on February 21, 2021, 02:07:01 pm
Cham Cham is coming on March 16.
Also a character from Guilty Gear series is teased.
https://www.gematsu.com/2021/02/samurai-shodown-dlc-character-cham-cham-launches-march-16-character-from-guilty-gear-teased

I would like A.B.A but she wouldn't fit into the game maybe Anji Mito or Baiken.

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Kirishima on February 21, 2021, 06:11:32 pm
My guess is Nagoriyuki and it can be a good way to promote Strive.  They way he plays in Strive along with his unique blood gauge feature could be tweaked to fit it with Samsho's gameplay.  Baiken makes sense too but I feel like she would require several changes to even work here compared to Nago.

My other guess is Dizzy and I'm only throwing it out there as this would not be the first time she's interacted with someone from Samsho. Yea that was non-canon but neither was Hibiki in CvS2.  How would she play here, I have no idea.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on February 21, 2021, 09:28:56 pm
Honestly, if they add anyone that isn't Sol or Ky, it will likely be Baiken.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: senorfro on February 21, 2021, 09:51:00 pm
Axl because time travel
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Momotaro on February 21, 2021, 10:28:00 pm
Axl because time travel

Yes, definitely!

Baiken, for the type of character, Axl for his time travel, if they want some kind of logic.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Kirishima on February 21, 2021, 11:08:22 pm
Well, Nagoriyuki is an ageless vampire samurai thing so he may have existed for more than a millennia and his involvement in SamSho could serve as a prequel to his arc before his involvement in Strive lore.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: no1wammy on February 21, 2021, 11:15:34 pm
Cham Cham Gameplay Teaser

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on February 21, 2021, 11:46:53 pm
Well, Nagoriyuki is an ageless vampire samurai thing so he may have existed for more than a millennia and his involvement in SamSho could serve as a prequel to his arc before his involvement in Strive lore.
Nagoriyuki is a new character that people don't yet give a shit about. I wouldn't expect him of all Guilty Gear characters as a guest in another game.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: oraora? on February 22, 2021, 03:35:18 pm
Cham Cham is coming on March 16.
Also a character from Guilty Gear series is teased.
https://www.gematsu.com/2021/02/samurai-shodown-dlc-character-cham-cham-launches-march-16-character-from-guilty-gear-teased
That's a big surprise  :o
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on February 22, 2021, 05:46:07 pm
Does SNK got some fixation with Cham Cham's crotch?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Momotaro on February 23, 2021, 08:08:34 pm
Does SNK got some fixation with Cham Cham's crotch?

What was the problem with crotch? I didn't followed anything about her.
True that I was surprised she didn't gor the usual "boy shorts" every freaking girl wear now in fighting games (beside of DOA and SoulCa)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Kirishima on March 16, 2021, 09:25:38 pm
Spoiler: Upcoming Samsho DLC datamined (click to see content)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Seadragon77 on March 16, 2021, 10:11:40 pm
Spoiler: Upcoming Samsho DLC datamined (click to see content)

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on March 17, 2021, 07:14:25 am
Spoiler: Upcoming Samsho DLC datamined (click to see content)
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on March 18, 2021, 02:06:42 am
Spoiler: Upcoming Samsho DLC datamined (click to see content)
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty

Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: walt on March 18, 2021, 04:39:56 pm
https://www.reddit.com/r/SamuraiShodown/comments/bf9thx/japanese_samsho_character_poll_final_tally/

Apparently people just want him for completionism's sake. He's really bottom of the barrell, popularity wise.

SNK is thinking in terms of what could make the game sell, so they're focusing on hype level rising variables, like crossovers.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on March 19, 2021, 12:56:59 am
That's just Japan tho, pretty sure he's much more popular in the west. I for one would prefer him over Cham Cham, Mina or Iroha, who all seem to only be popular because fanservice.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: walt on March 19, 2021, 04:11:19 pm
Fan Service ... sells.

Game Dev is a business. It's not that hard to understand their intentions when including popular characters.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: oraora? on March 22, 2021, 09:40:19 am
Spoiler: Upcoming Samsho DLC datamined (click to see content)
Spoiler, click to toggle visibilty
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on April 22, 2021, 04:49:50 am
Hibiki trailer

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on April 22, 2021, 04:55:09 am
That's just Japan tho, pretty sure he's much more popular in the west. I for one would prefer him over Cham Cham, Mina or Iroha, who all seem to only be popular because fanservice.
Samurai Shodown is beyond niche in the west, and Gen-an is a niche character to boot. I cannot imagine Gen-an is more popular than any of those three in the West
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on April 22, 2021, 06:11:07 am
Samurai Shodown is beyond niche in the west
As niche as most other fighting games. This game is quite successful.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Umezono on April 22, 2021, 06:48:39 am
yeah, this game. im talking about the series in general. samurai shodown as a franchise, as a community, doesnt even register on the same scale as the heavy hitters of the genre.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Kolossoni on April 22, 2021, 08:30:56 am
The franchise was a total success in its first release waayyyy back in 1993 despite being a simple filler game.
Then it met its downfall ever since the whole Nevada-chan murder in Japan. The government started to heavily censor much of Japanese games' violence.

and now, even though it's still somewhat popular, it's never recognized as a leading franchise for SNK.
It's the same with Soul Calibur and Bandai Namco.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on April 22, 2021, 08:41:41 am
Hibiki trailer
Here's one without the stupid age restriction :


nice counter
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: GTOAkira on April 22, 2021, 08:42:18 am
I think the biggest issue to the game being more popular in the fgc is simply the netcode. That and not being on steam. Both really hurts the game growth competitive wise. Its still nice to see its doing well even with those issue
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Good_Wall533 on May 17, 2021, 04:38:03 am
Shiro Tokisada Amakusa has been revealed. His release date was also revealed. June 14. Another interesting piece of news is that on the same day that Shiro comes out, a Steam version will also be available. imo, if the Steam version doesn't include the DLC and/or isn't heavily discounted then they shouldn't even bother. SNK basically killed PC players interest by making this a timed exclusive on EGS. Oh, it's also going to release 3 days after Strive comes out so I hope Timmy's Epic Fortnite money was worth it at least.

https://www.siliconera.com/shiro-tokisada-amakusa-joins-samurai-shodown-as-dlc/
https://twitter.com/SNKPofficial/status/1394110420894507008
https://twitter.com/SNKPofficial/status/1394110672418394114
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on May 17, 2021, 04:55:13 am
RIP Gen-An
You'll be dearly missed
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: yaret on May 17, 2021, 05:12:51 am
Finally.!
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: oraora? on May 17, 2021, 09:12:03 am
Shiro Tokisada Amakusa has been revealed. His release date was also revealed. June 14. Another interesting piece of news is that on the same day that Shiro comes out, a Steam version will also be available. imo, if the Steam version doesn't include the DLC and/or isn't heavily discounted then they shouldn't even bother. SNK basically killed PC players interest by making this a timed exclusive on EGS. Oh, it's also going to release 3 days after Strive comes out so I hope Timmy's Epic Fortnite money was worth it at least.

https://www.siliconera.com/shiro-tokisada-amakusa-joins-samurai-shodown-as-dlc/
https://twitter.com/SNKPofficial/status/1394110420894507008
https://twitter.com/SNKPofficial/status/1394110672418394114

exactly the same as the rumor leak shown there: https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2021/mar/16/samurai-shodown-guilty-gear-leak/ so next is Baiken I suppose :P
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Kolossoni on May 17, 2021, 10:19:36 am
Oh, wow is Amakusa coming back? My favorite SamSho char is making a return!

But I guess he was hinted in the ending so it was guaranteed...
All we need is Mizuki and I'll be happy.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: karl_eichholtz_13 on May 17, 2021, 02:54:15 pm
Since the game is on Switch, I hope Krystal from Star Fox makes it in.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: 【MFG】gui0007 on May 17, 2021, 03:47:25 pm
exactly the same as the rumor leak shown there: https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2021/mar/16/samurai-shodown-guilty-gear-leak/ so next is Baiken I suppose :P

Yes, even the rumors about the Steam release were right. So pretty much the next reveal will be Baiken.
Glad that Amakusa is officialy confirmed.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on June 03, 2021, 04:45:13 am
Amakusa looks sick!

Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Kolossoni on June 03, 2021, 08:01:30 am
Sadly, I find his new VA's voice a bit underwhelming...
He sounds bored the entire time.

I liked his old high pitched voice more hahaha
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Byakko on June 03, 2021, 08:56:25 am
The non age restricted Youtube version :
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on August 16, 2021, 05:26:54 am
Final character trailer will drop tomorrow.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8z36mVVIAIOwmi?format=jpg&name=large)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Santtu on August 16, 2021, 12:55:57 pm
:innocent:
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Karl/Karla on August 16, 2021, 01:15:10 pm
So... how long ago was this predicted? 6 months now...?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Macaulyn97 on August 16, 2021, 04:06:49 pm
I mean, she was perfect for it, she is Guilty Gear's samurai. It was so obvious.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on August 16, 2021, 05:36:24 pm
From the official site:



The trailer was accidentally leaked earlier and that fake channel posted it without authorization.
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Karl/Karla on August 16, 2021, 08:18:21 pm
From the official site:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7hM2Et_Wlo[/youtube]

The trailer was accidentally leaked earlier and that fake channel posted it without authorization.

Wait, what?
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: walt on August 16, 2021, 11:49:37 pm
Yeah, it was going around from a non-official Youtube account. Leaked early, SNK had to release it officially 11 hours earlier
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Magma MK-II on August 05, 2022, 11:59:50 pm
Rollback update announced

(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/617924322362654731/1005230666004299786/FZbaktbUUAQO3Z-.jpg)
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: TrinitroRoy on August 06, 2022, 10:22:42 am
damn, no Rollback for the Switch version :(
Title: Re: New Samurai Spirits announced
Post by: Kolossoni on August 06, 2022, 10:24:13 am
Coming 2023...

Really?