GameOn writes: "The Samurai Showdown games aren't a set of games that I have ever heard of. I checked out the facts online and found out they have been going for 15 years. The Samurai Showdown Anthology brings each one together into one tidy package and here I am, discovering a set of games 15 years in the past on a new age console, the Playstation Portable.
With the games originally being released on a console known as The Neo-Geo; one that I have never seen or heard of, this still left me in the dark about what to expect. Upon loading up the game (which took some time) I found myself asking numerous questions as to what I was about to embark on. "Would the game be any good?" was the most frequent one that popped into my head. The title menu appeared and I was presented with a choice, the choice to play one of the 6 games. As the anthology was created to celebrate the first game, I chose that one. Arcade mode was what I chose after another lengthy loading screen and the game began."
VGChartz's Adam Cartwright: "The Neo Geo was something of an oddity in the gaming market – a family of systems that included the MVS arcade machine, AES home console machine, and a number of short-lived experiments such as the Neo Geo CD and Neo Geo Pocket. What tied these all together were the brilliant 2D titles created by SNK, which included a number of the most enjoyable fighting games of their time. Thanks to the company’s resurrection in recent years and some internal cheerleaders at Sony, the Vita has been home to a great number of Neo Geo games, although sadly it hasn’t received the brilliant Arcade Archives series by Hamster, meaning it's an incomplete library."
The switch is also another portable NeoGeo, lots of incredible games on it. If you like old school beat them ups and fighting games, as well shoot them ups, it's the place to be. The Vita will go down as an incredible piece of tech that got overlooked. Still playing mine to this day.
Cmack of Play Legit Writes "The Japanese have a long history of developing great games, franchises, and consoles, but they also have an even longer history of great warriors"
Honorable Mentions: Auron from Final Fantasy X, Jetstream Sam from Metal Gear Rising
Also:
Date Masamune(Sengoku Basara).
Ryoma(Power Stone).
Bishamon(Darkstalkers).
Damn, the three of them from Capcom, lol.
The definitive list:
1. Oda Nobunaga
2. Hideyoshi Toyotomi
3. Saigo Takamori
4. Takeda Shingen
5. Miyamoto Musashi
My Take Radio's Rich shares his list of memorable fighting games that he feels should be refreshed for the current generation of consoles.
I would love a Rival Schools 3 or an HD remake of Rival Schools 1 and 2. I loved those games and they never appeared on the PSN store. What's up with that Capcom?
