

The game has appeared on test and the feedback was optimistic. All of the Shodowns moved at a pace all their own, but this 3-D version simply feels like it's underwater. It seemed a bit slow, even by Samurai standards. The one downfall of the version shown at this year's AMOA was the gameplay. Shiki (pictured lower right) is a mystical ninja and Kazuki Kazama is a Dragon Ball-style character who uses a samurai short sword. There are new characters in the game as well. There are still Slash and Bust versions of each character, and many of the characters who appeared in the previous games return for the latest installment of the series. The rendered character models are beautiful and their animation is extremely fluid. With the power of Hyper Neo-Geo 64 behind it, the game looks incredible.

Now, this fifth installment has given the graphics and game engine a major facelift. Samurai 4 was back to the basics and was a very good game. When the third game was released, it was getting a little old and the engine was not nearly as good as in two, but it did introduce good and evil sides (Slash and Bust) of your favorite characters. Samurai 2 was more of the same and an excellent game in its own right. Weapons had been attempted before but never on this scale and never as successfully. Community Links FightCade : An online plateform for arcade gaming, where people gather to play online and chat about the game. Samurai not only introduced us to a brand-new story with new characters and abilities but it also gave us a new innovation-WEAPONS! Samurai Shodown 4 was SNKs followup to the seemingly rushed Samurai Shodown 3 game, not only addressing the problems but adding additions to the gameplay.

Street Fighter II was still hot, of course, but fighting games were just going nova and gamers were starving for more. version) Banned Zankuro Top Nakoruru (Slash) Sogetsu (Bust) Genjuro (Bust) Sogetsu. At the time there was not a lot of competition. Samurai Showdown 4 was snks followup, seemingly samurai showdown 3. It's been quite some time since Samurai Shodown first entered arcades.
