Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny

[wyrmqueen]

So Nakoruru and Galford don't fight with pets?

[jinjin45]

@wyrmqueen Nakaruru can still hang on to her bird, and attack from it. I dunno about Galfords wolf tho.

[TheAxelay]

Although the graphics are fine and the game is so-so...It will never beat the original or the sequel on the original NEO CEO....Could be worse as I got it for $20 bucks, when playing this I try not to think about the titles I just mentioned and you'll be fine...

[spritsengiggle]

WHERE IS PUPPY?!???? :=

[imbeavis123]

how come every time snk comes out with a 3d game it turns out to be a complete failure

[neeper2006]

very disappointing.... I loved this series, mainly for its Street Fighter, yet samurai-esque vibe it had going. Now it looks like Virtua Fighter...

[sunlightforever00]

where is Galford's dog?

[KosukeKGA]

why aren't you chopping his head off

[Webbula]

Another beat 'em up? Really?

[TekkenGod9]

Wow it looks like a ps2 game... play tekken or street fighter instead the fighting game gods will shine on you for it.

[memorx669]

They killed Samurai Shodown =(...oh well.

[shenmueryu]

I'll just get anthology I guess. Not too sure how this will do, it could be deceptive to the eyes but rarely is that the case.

[beigemore]

@memorx669 They killed SS4 by releasing SS5 and everything after it.

[reavenon]

PLAYER 2 Defesa e pra traz ok uhuhauhauha

[VirtualDynamite]

Eugh..this game looks just horrible.

If i want a 3d sword fighter ill just go play soul calibur.

[LelricS]

Apparently they removed the animal spirits. But seriously Galford is blind how the hell would he be able to fight?

[eddye85]

NEver knew he was blind hahaha...

And actually I didnt know this game was in 3D also...

[baboetoe]

Hey Where do you get that from that he is blind?

[LaoboyardEE]

Where the hell is Poppy?

[givmespace]

oh yea , this game is real crap.

snk just miss all the time.

[ksidemonslayer]

uh huh, thats why you havent even played it yet. and the old samurai showdown on sega ROCKED u bitch.

[givmespace]

dont have a cow over my opinion. you loser.

the older versions were far to slow in gameplay and they had 1 button that did loads of damage.

but im flattered you care so much, nerd boy .ha :D

[ksidemonslayer]

if im having a cow... then why the hell did you respond to my comment, queer bitch.

[givmespace]

um ,funny yea, if i m queer for replying then queer i am. but then so are you...right?

but i replyed to yor reply so, arnt you the queer one for replying to a comment that wasnt directed at you in the first place.?

dont reply dumb ass.

[ksidemonslayer]

go eat a niggers dick, faggot nigger lover yes you are!

[givmespace]

yea...clever but no offense you seem kinda gay so im gonna stop talkng to homos from now on.

[antonioooc4]

what platform is this ?? ps2, ps3, xbox 360, pc ????? please i need an answer

[uouvictuorxD]

Exclusive for Xbox 360

[SHUNT311]

I used to fuck ppl up on the pld arcade

[MrGunpowder44]

Wow,No blood,No 2D wtf is this ?

[bloodydragon]

its like a battle version of tenchu XD i like it

[Steril707]

Some things are just not meant to be 3D...

[Doca]

Dude what the f, this is not samurai shodown it's samurai shitdown.

[GameCrawler]

Samurai Shodown is one of the best fighting games ever,i loved playing the 2d ones BUT NOW THEY GO 3D!!.My dream of playing a brnd new Samurai Shodown is over.

[german085]

LOOK A LIKE A PS2 GAME

[BaconStrip78]

OMFG, WTF is this 3d bullshit?!?!

NOOOOOOOOO, another piece of my childhood has died.

[ImTooAwesum]

man this game is gonna fail so fuking bad like the other 3d samurai shodowns, wonder y they decided to go 3d again i just they would go back to 2d

[hotwhire]

this game looks awesome

[Jhedan]

Totally agree with you, this is lame.they could at least follow th steps of guilty gear x, blazblue or kof 12.

[Epyongndm]

mmm yeah yusman is kinda right

[yusman]

the game is just like KOF maximum impact: bad conversion from 2D to 3D, with bad graphic but same gameplay.

[Gvuz]

I really liked KOF:MI and MI2 and liked the graphics as well as gameplay. I guess since I was never a fan of its 2D sprites and only played one of them I have a different view.

This version of Samurai Shodown disturbs me though -.- I only played SSIV and loved it.

[danju2]

arent you a scrub.

[Sepheriel]

Jesus... learn to block or something.

[GamesPlayer1]

look at the top right corner..it says "press start"..that means he's playing againt the CPU and probably on easy mode...

[2SidesOfAShinyCoin]

you guys act like i said all snk games are crap... i didnt and never would say that, im just saying i prefer capcom...

[yoanasrimenez]

is this better than sou calibur IV?

[Xerosch]

After buying the Samurai Showdown Anthology I was sure I'd buy everything with the characters in it. But this looks... if it was like Street Fighter 4 (3D models, 2D gameplay) 'd like it more.

[BallerC95]

I wonder why SS didn't do what SF did that was great way to do classic 2D games.

[Xerosch]

You're right. Usually I don't like 3D fighters (I'm a 2D fan), but Street Fighter VI did a great job to create kind of a 2.5D gameplay. I'd like to see more of that!

[2SidesOfAShinyCoin]

street fighter will always be king!!!

[snkfiend]

Why you always on a SNK page trolling bitch it's looks like you like SNK fighters and always being a SF spammer bitch crawl out your hole and blurting out bullshit.

[BallerC95]

somebody sounds mad hmm.

[yoanasrimenez]

actualy I think you missspelled TEKKEN

[2SidesOfAShinyCoin]

i think you misspelled misspell....

[rattmice]

I want cham cham to be in the game.

[str8kila]

it's cool that they made a 3d version but the 2d versions will always be my favorite.

[kohakx]

Where is Galford's dog Poppy was it, he was what made Galford cool.

[BradRy2]

Why does this now feel like Soul Calibur?....I'd rather have the 2D fighting.

[lSeKToRl]

@BradRy2 I'd rather have the tits of Dead or Alive...

[Icedude32]

the game looks like Soul Calibur. I might get it if it is released in europe

[IronClawNinja]

Jesus christ! Cancel this game already. Just use the same engine as in KOFXII you bastards! Or just keep the game in a 2D plane like SFIV if you want to use 3D models SNK.

[AegisNeglector]

This game looks terrible. A. It doesn't have the refined look that Street Fighter IV has shown us that 2D-turned-3D can have, ESPECIALLY considering that it uses the Type-X2. B. Even if this game is trying to be taken seriously as a 3D fighter, it doesn't look like it's going to stand the test of time that VF, Tekken, and Soul Calibur have. Frankly, I think SNK should've just stuck to their forte which is true, classic-style 2D fighters. KoF XII is looking to be very promising.

[PieSniper]

You are probably right. Seems a waste to spend their valuable time on 3-D Samurai Showdown when they could be cranking out, say, Psycho Soldier 2? A new Twinkle Star Sprites? Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves Special Edition? There are so many better things they could do...

Momoko's Dance-Off? That would be a freaking sweet party game if I ever saw one!

[nooblet911]

where is the blood? ss is supposed to be a bloody fighter

[PieSniper]

The only reason I don't immediately JUMP on Samurai Showdown is that very thing. I don't want to see cute little Nakoruru getting cut into pieces. :( Or worse, her little sister, Rimururu? Horrible. ;_;

So no blood is a good thing for me, but still, this doesn't look amazing. Of course, show me some cutey-cute characters that can't get cut to pieces and we might have ourselves a deal here.

Anyway, blood in 3-D means an M rating, so that's why it's not there. They don't wanna drop sales.

[nooblet911]

that's not completely true. mk vs dc has blood and finishing kills and it's teen rated. but of course they didn't make it over-the-top.

also if you look at the first ss, it had no cute characters. I think they should cut out the cute ones here too

[PieSniper]

Well, probably not very much blood in that game, right? I don't think very much would fly in a 3-D fighter without an M rating.

Hmm... I don't know how I feel about no cute characters, though. Really, I only get games that have cuteness or other visual appeal (like Flower, for instance), or fighting games. But fighting games with cuteness are the best.

[FuckedYourDad]

are u gay? its the best killin the little kids

[PieSniper]

You mean stupid gay or homosexual gay?

I don't see what either has to do with not wanting to kill little kids. How is that the best?

[FuckedYourDad]

i dunno it just sounds gay how u said "I don't want to see cute little Nakoruru getting cut into pieces. :( Or worse, her little sister, Rimururu? Horrible. ;_; So no blood is a good thing for me"

and its the best cause its the best

[PieSniper]

How can u haet teh cute childrenz?

[FuckedYourDad]

easy, because their like WAAAAH I WANT ICE CREAM and im like I WANT A NICKLE CAN I HAVE A NICKLE then they cry its like shut up

[PieSniper]

That's if they're raised wrong.

[OrganOwner]

I like the blood. It makes the games look more realistic. And I personally hate Nakoruru. She's annoying. I love killing her in SamSho5 Special. I also hate Rimururu just as much and I also love chopping her up. I mean, of all the kid characters to bring back they bring HER? They should've brought back Shizumaru (he's my favorite character actually). Or at least Cham-Cham.

[PieSniper]

Realistic, sure. But it's NOT realistic for people to be randomly killing each other with swords and whatnot.

Why do you hate them? What did they ever do to you?

[OrganOwner]

Well, it's set in the feudal era of japan. That's around the same time as the wild west in the eastern hemisphere and people were randomly shooting shooting eachother dead. Plus, they're fighting with BLADES. If they get hit, they should be bleeding. If they get hit hard, they deserve to get decapitated.

And as stated before. they're simply annoying. Rimururu isn't even 'fighter' material (like Bao from KOF). And her fuckin Ice Crystal, what the fuck is up with that?

[PieSniper]

Sadly, I've yet to have the opportunity to try playing as Bao.

Anyway, look at it this way: unless you're evil fighting all good guys or good fighting all bad guys, it makes no sense to cut each other to ribbons.

[OrganOwner]

Bao's debuts in KOF 99/evolution. So if you have an emulator, go for it.

"Good" and "evil" are just cookie-cutter words. If someone wields a sword and is aiming to take you down, that person is your enemy. It doesn't matter if the person is 'good' or 'evil'. They're trying to kill you. And that's exacly what your opponent is thinking about you--an enemy.

[PieSniper]

Emulator my foot. Emulators killed SNK once. I'll be finding the real game, thank you. ;p

The reason WHY that person with a sword is after you will DEPEND on good and evil. You missed that first step.

[OrganOwner]

KOF evolution is for the sega dreamcast. I know this because I own the game and the system.

Good and evil have nothing to do with it. You and someone else can both be good, but if that person is antagonizing your goal, that makes him your enemy. Or to make it more clear, Genjuro and Kusaregedo are both evil but if they ever crossed paths, they won't be shaking hands--there's gonna be a fight(my money's on Genjuro). It's not about good or evil. It's about friend or foe. And there's a difference.

[PieSniper]

Sure, but here's the thing. Evil will kill anyone, but good is only gonna kill evil. Otherwise, one or both is actually evil.

[OrganOwner]

Actually, evil won't kill ANYONE. They might need some people and avoid others. So the only way for people to completely NOT try to kill eachother, is if they are working towards the same goal. So yeah the two of you may be fighting for your sense of justice, but if they aren't for YOUR justice, they're against you. Take Kazuki and Sogetsu in SS4 for example.

[PieSniper]

Evil won't kill ANYONE? Doubtful.

Okay, then, but the matchups in SS surely cannot all be people against each other enough to be cuttin' each other up.

[McFisticuffs]

I don't think a philosophical argument about good and evil should be had over a series where "dweebenheimer" has been used as an insult between characters.

[OrganOwner]

Damn good point. All in all I don't wanna see hit-sparks when someone gets hit with a sword, I wanna see blood.

[DjhYde07]

aww,,,,,why isnt this game out for US =(

[strikerk]

I'm a huge Samurai Shodown fan, but this is just not what I'm looking for. They really should bring back the bloodplay (Who didn't first look at Samurai Shodown back in the 90's and go "Oh DAMN, he cut him in half! Oooooh!!~~!"

Seriously, where is the "wow" factor in this?

[merkury313]

took the words right out of my mouth.

[Doggieworld3]

I believe the blood/fatality (cut death) stuff is NOt in the Japanese version

[skykid]

This reminds me of SoulCalibur, but with worse graphics. Of course all the fanboys are gonna flame me for this...and maybe it feels different when you actually play it...

[RELLlK]

while id love an hd 2d remake, this seems pretty good to me.

never actually played ss in 3d.

[Jaggnathar]

beeing a longtime SS fan ill give it a chance. im not affraid of something new.

[creed180]

o you snk fanboys shut the fuck up im a big capcom and snk fan but i know for a fact street fighter 4 is going to be one of the best fighters of 2009 its the only fighter i know that was a 2d franchise and went to 3d and is going to be hot unlike the fucking snk games ok so shut the fuck up and stop hating on street fighter 4

[snkfiend]

Fuck you CRAPCOM FAGGOT SF4 is like a another fucking SF2 bitch. And a another thing Fanboy KOF 12 looks 10 times better than that shit so you stop hating on KOF and get the fuck off the page.

[BaconStrip78]

Yes, KOF looks so awesome when PS magazine and OXM gave it scores in the 6's.

Always a good sign.

[snkfiend]

Damn going by the no gamer critics ha ha ha wow you are a idiot. PPL don't give a shit but noobs like you would. So to say nice comment and have fun spamming fireballs with no skill on SF when I play fighters thats skilled like Blazblue, KOF and others fighters rather playing crappy ass crapcom unbalanced fucked up programming fighting games.

[DAIBIJINCATCHER50]

lol @ Crappy ass crapcom! Ever since I played Blaz Blue, I refuse 2 play SF4....Seriously, played BB allday hed2hed and then put in SF and I realized something..."this game is slow as hell! and I really don't care about most of the characters on the game...most of them are crap compared to BB, KOF, SS, etc"

This game looks good, but I must say I'm diappointed by KOF12...SNK have let me down-BIG time...

[Montegrano]

To be fair, BlazBlue has some serious balancing issues, to the extent that some of the matchups are virtually unplayable. Try Nu vs. Tager; it's a 9/1 matchup, Nu all the way. SNK screwed over Last Blade 2 with severe imbalances (Mukuro anyone?) but even so it's a great game. Capcom is really no different--the problem will always be there. Also, look at Namco and Tekken (Eddy Gordo) and Soul Claibur 4 (Xianghua), plus KOF has always had issues with an overpowered Iori and cheap Billy Kane.

[silencer2494]

eddy gordo's in no way overpowered. only noobies will get owned by him. not like paul or jin in old school games and steve/nina in these new school ones.

[Montegrano]

Didn't say he was overpowered ;) just a pain because noobs can pick him up and win. I sincerely hate that, but on the bright side it encourages them to play the game.

[silencer2494]

yeah. i totally agree with that. i hate when noobs just pick him and press kicks and they luckily beat you they're all like "yeah man, cuz i'm so bad ass"

[givmespace]

yea but beginners luck is still alive and well.

i had a mate who played with ken for like the first time ever and kicked me and everyone one in the rooms asses. constantly winning fihghts.

and two of us were kings of the game. x_x

but i love pick up and play games.

[Montegrano]

I have a friend who was king at his house with Hakumen at first. All he did was spam C and that was enough to pressure everyone.

Thing is, someone new to the game will find a few moves he likes and can win with and will use those until he can't win anymore as easily. Once you pick apart his game it's not so fun for him anymore. In other words, if someone is getting hit by the same move over and over there's a reason for that--most likely, they just need to learn the matchup.

[givmespace]

true true. i am in the presence of a fellow gamer i see. i agree fully.

[BallerC95]

stop crying about skilled fighter and what street fighter doesn't have just say you suck at it you talk so much stuff about sf when I bet I could pick up any kof game or guilty gear and blast you so please stop hating on CAPCOM

BTW I like Samurai shodown as much as next person its just in my opinion Street fighter the best fighter and not every character can shoot projectile also I known people who spam with andy and iori so chill out.

[silencer2494]

my thoughts exactly. every game has their tiers and every game has their strategy. if you don't like one, go to the other, but still respect all fighting games for the pros that they do have. they're all badass in their own way.

[gadra86]

what happen to his puppy?

[Bossrah]

word, what did happen 2 his puppy???

[CHOUSASUKE]

he still has poppy but you only see him when you motion the move for him to attack!

[ultm8ninja]

lifebars are too small in this or haohmaru has low defense

[cheeseluvva]

That, or human beings can't really resist the stamina sapping power of being sliced...

[RELLlK]

yeh, when comes out better have a life amount option, not just defense level.

[jenaro21]

for wich console is this?

[nightsdreamparadox]

It's a pity... SNK got KOF XII so completely right, but the new Shodown so completely wrong.

[GamingQueen88]

If they are bringing this game to next gen, it's going to be 3d, it's going to change. This is the next generation of games, instead of complaining about it, don't look at it, go play the old Samurai Shodown and leave the new games to the people who aren't nostalgia whores and cry babies like people with Mortal Kombat and Sonic games. If anyone knew anything, you'd know that Soul Calibur was based off of SS64's style of play. All I need in a Samurai Showdwn game is the difficult gameplay again.

[TSukigo]

3D is not next genereation !!! i m a samurai spirit fan.. i hope they will make the next one on 2d ..just look kof XI or XII or guilty gear serie those games must stay in 2d fighting and leave the 3d to namco (^_^) and we are still waiting for our NEW GARU DENSETSU :D ps: street fighter IV is a shit game :p

[GamingQueen88]

If they make it 2d I'm not playing it because I'm tired of 2d games. KOF Maximum Impact was a game that required more skill and it was more fun than it's 2d counterpart, and Guilty Gear sucks. Street Fighter 4 is only shit to projectile throwing, one move wonder pansies, who won't have a chance in hell against skilled fighting game players.

[TSukigo]

kof 95 still require more skill then kof maxImp "talking about pvp" and kof XI and 98 are the best

[Vash397]

Boo. Why are they turning it into a 3d fighter?? Bad idea, SNK

[perezf10]

Yeah! Haven't they learned anything from Street Fighter IV. Get with the program people.

[sokaiiya]

It's not a bad idea. The bad idea is several things. First not having any imagination to changing these characters looks even slightly is a bad idea. Changing the game into Soul Calibur is another bad idea instead of a 3D version of what this game was originally. All those cheesy eletric and game screens are bad idea. It doesn't look like Samurai Showdown.

[Vash397]

Shut up. I wasn't asking for YOUR opinion.

[sokaiiya]

Why don't you hang yourself right now you useless fuck?

[Vash397]

haha lawl

[GamingQueen88]

Samurai Showdown is using the gameplay style it originated in ss64. Soul Calibur copied it.

[sokaiiya]

Soul Edge came out before SS64. SS64 isn't remarkably like Soul Edge either nor is this version of the game. It's more of the Toshinden era of crap.

[sonicsnake9]

SOUL EDGE-96 SS- 94

[xXxTheSorrowxXx]

I judge, when I played the game. Think about it.

[haohmaru12]

they fucked the series since samsho 3 , it's the end for samurai spirits , maybe a capcom vs snk 3 would make them look better

[snkfiend]

Man you is a lie they did not fuck the game up since 3 you dumb ass noob. And you fake SS ass play with a capcom version of haohmaru that BS. Also your dumb ass comments don't mean shit here.

[OLDSNAKEFF]

SC 4 is very good,but I am tired of the series.I will give a chance to this SS.

[TheElectricHeat]

I don't have a problem with polygons if the original gameplay is intact, KOF2006 almost pulled it off. But this looks too much they tried to make a new Soul Calibur

Then again the first KOF in 3D was terrible, with a much improved sequel. Maybe the next SS will be better?

[michiyoyoshiku]

KOF MI 2

KOF 2006 DOES NOT EXIST in this world.

[ace0135]

That match was kinda ass. Too one sided. Unless Haohmaru was a CPU or the player didn't do anything on purpose.

[ninjadx79]

This game is a bit lacking, and the developers were just trying to buy off the "3d fighter hype".

This game will fail because: There are no fireball based projectile attacks, no companions for galford and nakoruru, a lot of the attacks are missing or have been dumbed down or simplified for the 3d environment.

It's just a new (read: failed) attempt at a 3d fighter that features some of the Samurai Shodown characters. This series should stay away from the 3d world.

[Infame16]

Give it a chance.

[Sablicious]

Have you played it already....? Maybe the console versions will address these 'deficiencies'. Either way, it seems better than that mash-fest Soul Calibur.

[ninjadx79]

Yeah, it's out as a "New Game" according to the sign on the machines here in the arcades in Tokyo.

The problem is, there is only ONE new SamSho machine at EVERY OTHER major arcade. Needless say, this game isn't getting much attention compared to the rows of Tekken and Virtual Fighter machines on hand.

I've been a big fan of the series since SamSho2, but this one just doesn't do the title justice.

Oh, and having Poppy in only for a single attack and not a companion is a bit hard for me bear.

[Sablicious]

That's sad that you say it ain't that great. : (

I got pretty excited when I first stumbled upon this news - I've been wanting a next-gen SS for ages. (Getting sick of all the KoF re-hashes... though 'XII' looks promising).

Galford aside, how does it PLAY? Does it 'feel' like SamShow? I mean, is it the deliberate, timing based game of say 2 & 3 or is it a more a mash like Soul Calibur? Does it still have joystick-button intensive commands or have they been dumbed down for today's mainstream?

[servimp]

I think the same, the 2d based fighting style of Street Fighter IV with 3d graphics looks great ad that should be the way for this game.

[1Ice1]

I don't understand why the 3d " sprites " have to take up so much space on the screen. Makes it seem closed and too tight. Would be a nice change if they zoomed out a bit.

[guildmewmew]

With 3D graphics will this stay the same as the original 2D Samurai Showdown? Probably not though I hope it's not hindered by being in 3D.

[Climax1989]

Samurai Showdown appeared long before Soul Calibur so you can't really compare them but its good to see people are still being graphic whores even after they see such graphics that people though were never gonna be possible.

[BIGNAVBIG]

its a cheap version of soul calibour

[hybridflare]

I love Samurai Shodown but Soul Calibur 4 has better looking graphics.

[SUSHIroyalee]

Doesn't that blond guy suppose to have a dog?

[aquaalchemist16]

If that's Galford then yeah, he's supposed to have his dog Poppy. But I can't tell if that's him or not...

[SaveT3hQueen]

Yeah you're right aquaalchemis16, it's him, says so in Japanese next to his picture

[jm1681]

Is it just me or is Haohmaru about 1-1/2 feet too tall?

[ThundercatVIII]

Can anyone say, Samurai Showdown 64 part 2?

[NumberOneBOB]

3, actually.

[ThundercatVIII]

Oh really, they made two of them on the 64?

[NumberOneBOB]

Yup. The second one didn't get any real acknowledgement over here, because it was Neo Geo ONLY.

[ThundercatVIII]

Well I hope it's better than it looks, I wouldn't say I'm a HARDCORE Samurai Showdown guy, but I did enjoy Samurai Showdown II in the arcades, I'd like them to make a game that makes me relive that experience. Unfortunatly I don't believe Edge of destiny will be it.

[MinotauroNog]

I'm disappointed, this doesn't look like Samurai Shodown, it looks like tekken/soul caliber. They should have kept the 2d gameplay and made it 3d and pretty with some new extras. But no, they fucked it up again....

[aquaalchemist16]

That's exactly what I was thinking. The graphics and the replay thing remind me of Tekken. I dont like this either. I love Samurai Showdown but this one and the Warriors Rage for N64 are almost kind of annoying to watch cuz it really doesn't look like SS

[Kenyatta101]

damn it to hell.. :(

[Kenyatta101]

damn it to hell.. :(

[killergene24]

Bout time thats all i can say

[adidas1984x]

i want this game

[vegasan9]

Yup, looks like Soul Calibur 3 but with a strange combo system.

[Kenyatta101]

is this game going to be for ps2 and if so wen is it comming out?

[Rice9999]

Next gen systems..