![]() ![]() Yet despite being one of SNK’s most-respected properties, little is known about the original Samurai Shodown development team, Samurai gumi. While the series has lost momentum over time, in part due to not keeping up with increasingly advanced hardware, few would dispute it still sits - especially in its first two entries - at the table of hallowed 2D fighters like Street Fighter, The King of Fighters and Guilty Gear. ![]() A bona fide fighting game legend, the game in its heyday was renowned for intense swordplay and large, beautifully-animated 2D sprites. In 1993, SNK released Samurai Shodown, a pioneering weapons-based 2D fighting game set in 18th-century Japan, featuring iconic characters like Haohmaru the wandering ronin, Galford the ninja from California and Nakoruru the Ainu falconer.
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