(LAST UPDATE: 7/12/09)
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Developer(s): SNK
Publisher(s): SNK
Platform(s): Neo
Geo Pocket
Release: 1998
Characters:
Haohmaru,
Galford,
Ukyo,
Hanzo,
Nakoruru,
Genjuro,
Rimururu,
Sogetsu,
Amakusa,
Jubei,
Shizumaru,
Kazuki,
Zankuro
Related Games:
Samurai Shodown, Samurai Shodown
2, Samurai Shodown 3, Samurai
Shodown 4, Samurai Shodown 5, Samurai
Shodown 5 Special, Samurai Shodown 6, Samurai
Shodown 64, Samurai Shodown 64 - 2, Samurai
Shodown 2 Pocket, Samurai Shodown Warrior's
Rage, Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny, Samurai
Shodown Anthology
Review: Samurai
Shodown: Pocket is exactly what it sounds like, the first ever handheld
version of SNK's arcade hit franchise, Samurai Shodown.
Samurai
Shodown Pocket adds characters from
Samurai Shodown
2 all the way up to Samurai Shodown 4, and much
like the rest of the fighting games on the Neo Geo Pocket; the characters
are in their super-deformed chibi style.
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The classic
Samurai Shodown gameplay transferred into handheld form fairly well, but
certainly didn't feel much like the Neo Geo arcade. The gameplay is MUCH
slower and very simplified for this version. Characters retain most of
their special and super moves, but the strategies from the arcade games
are pretty much gone. It's an all new game all together, and it's nothing
spectacular, but it's good fun... the nostalgia is definitely there at
the least.
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6 / 10 |
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Closing Comment:
Samurai Shodown Pocket is a "cutesy" yet undeniably cool tribute to the series...
but definitely
not a serious or hardcore fighting game by any means. The sequel, Samurai
Shodown 2 Pocket, added more characters; and the gameplay was also
a tad better. ~F.Yagami,
Webmaster
of TFG
