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Samurai Shodown Storming North American Store Shelves In November

August 05, 2009 in News comments 4

It's Samurai Shodown's 15th anniversary this year and you bet SNK is going to celebrate it by releasing Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny for everyone to experience it. SNK have confirmed that North America will be receiving the game before the end of the year, in November.

In addition to patching The King of Fighters XII, SNK is also developing Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny. The game, which was made to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the swordfighting series, is scheduled to arrive in North America this November.

Ignition is taking care of the Xbox 360 port. The home version has 24 fighters, just like the arcade release. Eleven are classic characters like Haohmaru, Hanzo, and Charlotte. Thirteen are new to the game.

Edge of Destiny is also quite different from the standard Samurai Shodown games since it’s a 3D fighting game. Think Samurai Shodown 64 with K2, the team behind Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven.

Hopefully, SNK learned a thing or two about their netcode with The King of Fighters XII and refine Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny’s online mode before it arrives in stores.
McClubbin via siliconera.com »
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    Storm Aug 6, 09
    And the surplus of fighters continue to spread the 2009 market. Jeez, spread these titles out, please. Ah well, hope Sogetsu is in this, miss the SS series.
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      McClubbin Aug 6, 09
      Haha tell me about it. I think they're taking the "year of the fighters" thing a bit too far, although it's justified in Samurai Shodown's case since it's the 15th anniversary. But seriously, what are fighting fans supposed to look forward to next year?
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        Celes Leonhart Aug 7, 09
        The worst thing is, I'm buying and whoring out all of these fighters too. I'm going to have absolutely nothing to play in the coming years. All I've got to look forward to past this and King of Fighters is the (hopefully) EU releae of BlazBLue. I've got several titles I still need to get on the arcade but that's hardly much for real games (SSII, KoF98, that latest Fatal Fury, SSFIIHDR) :/
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    conel3 Aug 6, 09
    hmm that's a bit sudden, I hope they don't rush it and make a good game.

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