ACA Neo Geo: Samurai Shodown (2016) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

ACA Neo Geo: Samurai Shodown

Samurai Shodown is a fighting game that was originally released by SNK in 1993. The game features 12 swordmasters, each with their own unique personality. They will battle it out among each other before taking…

8 December 2016

What ACA Neo Geo: Samurai Shodown is

ACA Neo Geo: Samurai Shodown is an arcade game developed by SNK and released in 2016. It was published by Hamster Corporation. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Samurai Shodown is a fighting game that was originally released by SNK in 1993. The game features 12 swordmasters, each with their own unique personality. They will battle it out among each other before taking on Shiro Tokisada Amakusa in the game’s climax. One of the unique characteristics of this game is the Rage Gauge which fills up as the player takes damage. Once that gauge is full the character’s attacks do more damage, keeping the battles tense and exciting.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

ACA Neo Geo: Samurai Shodown launched on 8 December 2016, within three weeks of Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Pokémon Moon and Pokémon Sun. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian, Pokémon Moon, Pokémon Sun.

ACA Neo Geo: Samurai Shodown — frequently asked questions