SNK's Samurai Spirit franchise, known to us in the US of A as Samurai Showdown, has been slowly spilling on to the Xbox 360. The Xbox Live Arcade has seen a couple of classic ports and now Japan is set to get a full retail release in Samurai Spirit Sen, due out before the end of the year. That game is currently on display at Microsoft's booth at the Tokyo Game Show, so Erik popped by to give it a spin and see what all of the fuss was about.
GFB writes: "It's Thursday, which on our new schedule means it's time for the Cosplay Babe of the Week. This week we went with a classic from the Samurai Shodown series from SNK/Playmore. Mina Majikina gets this week's honor and after checking her out I think we can all agree she was a very good choice."
Some of the girls have white hair. But to be honest I would take the chick without the white wig on (One in the pic above). She is FINE!
Xbox Evolved writes:
"Samurai Spirits: Flash has finally made its way to North America. Samurai Shodown Sen brings the classic 3D fighting formula to the Xbox 360 and it's everything you would expect – or almost everything. "
yeah been waiting to see how this game was. Tired of these release day reviews publishers force on some people - I like to know ahead of time.
Anyway, looks like the game isnt too bad.
true...plus its $10 cheaper than this. What exactly is new in SSFIV anyway? I played the original.
some new fighters, modes, fighting system has been modified, and i think a bunch of other new stuff. Is it worth it if you have/played the original SFIV? That's what I want to find out
D+PAD Magazine writes:
The original Samurai Showdown (which was released over 16 years ago) was always something of a source of envy for this particular writer. While many of us were enjoying perfectly serviceable versions of Street Fighter II at home on our SNESs and Megadrives, Samurai Showdown and its host platform (the insanely expensive NeoGeo) were always beyond reach; the game was a strange fruit from a far off and exotic land that we would never be able to possess. Obviously, things have changed greatly since that time, with the golden era of arcade gaming long over and with the current crop of consoles more than capable of delivering near photorealistic visuals.
