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It wasnвЂ™t until 1998, four years after its initial release, that it was ported to the PlayStation and bundled along with the first game in the Samurai Spirits Kenkaku ShinanВ pack. Samurai Shodown IIВ was one of SNKвЂ™s most popular games, so itвЂ™s curious that it didnвЂ™t receive any home ports at all at the time. There are also a few interesting gags, like the ability for characters to temporarily transform into a super deformed doll вЂ“ useless but cute вЂ“ or the hidden Alien (yes, from the movies) found simmering in the stew in Gen-anвЂ™s stage. ItвЂ™s still the most вЂњperfectвЂќ entry in the series, since every game afterwards added in unnecessary elements that didnвЂ™t add much to the gameplay. Samurai Shodown IIВ is pretty much the game that popularized the mold of weapon-based games, and really made SNK known.

Samurai shodown ii neo geo cd rom series#

ItвЂ™s no wonder it was a smash hit in arcades and considered a classic and one of the series best among its fan base. Graphically, Samurai Shodown IIВ is improved over its predecessor arenas are more detailed, colors more abundant and the character sprites are better animated. Each character also has a number of new defensive moves, including the ability to roll (double tap diagonally downward), hop quickly upward or backward (press B and C), and lie down flat on the floor to completely avoid projectiles (press down twice.) Hikyaku the delivery man still randomly tosses in items to assist or impede the players during combat. There are also more options during combat, such as the ability to destroy an opponentвЂ™s weapon rather than simply disarming them and the ability to taunt the opposing character. The twin slash/kick control system is identical to its predecessor, but there are additional special attacks when the POW meter is filled, which are politely displayed right above the gauge when it is maxed out. Add in Mizuki, the long-nailed, shape-shifting, monstrously difficult final boss, and there are seventeen characters total. This increases the character roster to fifteen playable combatants вЂ“ not including the judge, whoвЂ™s playable in the ports. It also keeps most of the characters from the previous game except for Tam Tam, who apparently has been turned into a monkey and fights alongside Cham Cham.

There are now four new playable characters вЂ“ Cham Cham, the cute, green haired, boomerang wielding catgirl HaohmaruвЂ™s rival Genjuro Kibagami Caffeine Nicotine, a tiny little old monk in a funny hat and Neinhalt Sieger, who wields a gigantic iron fist. Samurai Shodown IIВ improves upon the first game in several ways. The gameвЂ™s storyline revolves around the evil demoness, Mizuki, вЂњThe Marauding Deity.вЂќ The plot occurs in 1789, (a year after the events of the first game) and picks up after the unsuccessful attempt of Amakusa Shiro Tokisada to lead the world into ruin. Samurai Shodown IIВ (known as Shin Samurai Spirits: Haohamaru JigokuhenВ or вЂњTrue Samurai Spirits: HaohmaruвЂ™s Journey to HellвЂќ in Japan) was released in the arcades in 1994.