I've always considered Samurai Shodown to be one of SNK's coolest franchises. I remember thinking the original game was just about the best thing I'd ever seen when I was a kid. While it was ultimately eclipsed by Soul Calibur in the sword based fighting game department, Shodown is of undeniable importance to the genre as a whole.
Unfortunately, SNK Playmore's last attempt at keeping the franchise relevant didn't pan out. 2008 saw the release of Samurai Shodown Sen, a negatively reviewed 3D fighter that generally flew under the radar. Regardless, I'd love to see them give it another shot.
Something along the lines of Street Fighter IV or the Xbox One Killer Instinct that uses stylized 3D character models on a traditional 2D plane would probably work wonderfully. In fact, there's a recent bit of CG rendered Samurai Shodown footage that gives us brief glimpses of exactly that. When viewed out of context, it looks pretty promising. You can check it out below:
Unfortunately, this was merely created as a fancy trailer for a freaking Pachinko slot machine. Geez, SNK. My emotions!
I suppose it's nice to see anything related to the Samurai Shodown franchise at this point, but I sure would have loved seeing that trailer aside a new game announcement instead. Sigh. Maybe one day.
If you're curious to see the Samurai Shodown Pachinko machine in action, look no further:
PS: Fatal Fury recently got the Pachinko treatment as well. How fantastic.
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