Classic Game Room HD - SAMURAI SHODOWN for Sega Genesis

that 2 sword guy is on my neogeo snk vs capcom game. bonus olympic mode. ;D

yes it does

street fighter sucks balls

how can you call this game obscure? this is one of the greatest 2d fighting franchises ever.

@TheSchoolWorld Go to your local GameStop, stay for an hour, and ask people if they've ever heard of Street Fighter and/or Samurai Shodown. Come back here when you have the numbers.

gszx1337- i didn't say it was more popular than sf2. i said it was one of the greatest franchises. learn to read. i bet if you ask those sf2 fans they'll all say they've heard of  samurai shodown. most people have. calling sam showdown obscure is ridiculous.

@TheSchoolWorld Looks like you need to learn to read. I said to see if they've heard of Street Fighter, not Street Fighter 2. I never implied that you said that SS was more popular than SF2. The point I was trying to make was that gamers know of two fighting franchises: Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter. Many gamers do not know of Samurai Shodown.

Samurai Shodown may not be as obscure as Waku Waku 7 or Truxton, but it's still obscure.

gszx1337- my point is that sam sho is just as famous in the gaming community as sf and mk. obviously, people know of street fighter if there's a 2. if it was an obscure game, it wouldn't have more sequels than the sf series. it's still running today. [and its gotten better. unlike mk] anyone that has owned a genesis knows of sam show. they might not have owned it personally, they might list it third after sf and mk, but they know of it. an obscure game is more like darkstalkers or vectroman.

@TheSchoolWorld It's not just as famous as SF or MK. It seems to be in the same field as Gradius and Sam and Max. If the person in question knows about the genre, they know of the game (people who aren't into point and click games probably don't know about Sam and Max). SS wis known amongst fighting fans, but a gamer that's not into fighters probably doesn't know about it.

Also, just because it has sequels, doesn't mean it's not obscure. (Darius and Gradius have about the same number of games)

I don't know about Darkstalkers, but I think Vectorman sold pretty well, so I'm not sure if that game would be obscure.

Obscure is a relative term. Some people consider anything that isn't as big as Halo or Ratchet and Clank as obscure, and some wouldn't even list Radiant Silvergun or Astal as obscure games.