Save those Wii Points: Samurai Shodown Anthology releases this winter

by David Hinkle { Sep 12th 2008 at 6:14PM }

When we found out that Wii might see the release of SNK Arcade Classics, we got all kinds of tingly and warm inside. We like those old school SNK games. But when it was confirmed, along with Samurai Shodown Anthology and King of Fighters: The Orochi Saga, well, we had to lock ourselves in a padded room for hours just to get the excitement out. Now we have a release window for Samurai Shodown Anthology.

As you might have guessed, the title is due to hit shelves sometime this winter, meaning it could be available anywhere from now to December 31st. For those of you who aren't in the know, Samurai Shodown Anthology will include 6 games from the classic fighter franchise and will probably be a little more than the cost of 2 SNK games on the Virtual Console.

Tags: 2d, fighter, fighting-game, neo-geo, neogeo, samurai-shodown, samurai-shodown-anthology, snk

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

clif @ Sep 12th 2008 6:28PM

This is awesome!! I remember this was supposed to come out last year. maybe they needed some more time to get the emulation better.

Being a huge samsho fan and not having to use mame to play a hopefully uncut version of samsho 5 would be awesome.

Magnus @ Sep 12th 2008 6:46PM

When is SNK going to release KOF Orochi Saga? The PS2 version got out in Japan years ago, it's time SNK releases a Wii version worldwide so the people can enjoy old SNK games again. And please do the same with the NESTS Saga (KOF99-2001) and with 2002,2003 and XI so we can get the entire KOF saga in Wii (and don't forget about KOF XII please)!

Mr Khan @ Sep 12th 2008 6:55PM

Really, the VC's only compelling wares are the Nintendo titles themselves, as everything else can be found elsewhere on the cheap.

Matthew @ Sep 12th 2008 8:30PM

Quick story. As a young lad, pizza pizza was 2 major blocks from my house and within that pizza pizza, not only did they have pizza but they had Samurai Showdown. I use to ride my bike, park it and play for HOURS. I literally played so much they gave me free pizza to keep up my strength. This series has such a nostalgic feel for me it's hard to describe. I won't go on record as saying it's the best series but it's damn near it. Anywho, a real point I'd like to make is, how great would this disc be if you could turn the games into downloadable channels. Obviously the convenience to access a channel is what beats the disc but the cost just doesn't sit well if you get em all >.<