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Samurai Shodown!

Iza To! En Garde! Dude! Twelve of the mightiest samurai, ninja, knights, and warriors from Japan, France, the United States, and China lock swords in NEO GEO's SAMURAI SHODOWN. With blades, bare knuckles…

25 December 1998

Samurai Shodown! is a fighting, released 25 December 1998 on Neo Geo Pocket.

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What Samurai Shodown! is

Samurai Shodown! was released in 1998. It was published by SNK. It is available on Neo Geo Pocket only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Iza To! En Garde! Dude! Twelve of the mightiest samurai, ninja, knights, and warriors from Japan, France, the United States, and China lock swords in NEO GEO's SAMURAI SHODOWN. With blades, bare knuckles, rage, and various Methods of Mayhem, fight your way to the final battle with Satan's Shogun. Use all powers at your disposal to get a head!
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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.

Where it sits in the Samurai Shodown series

Samurai Shodown! is the 12th of 31 entries we hold in the Samurai Shodown series. The next entry was Samurai Shodown! 2 in 1999.

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What it launched against

Samurai Shodown! launched on 25 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil.

Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil.

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When did Samurai Shodown! come out?
Samurai Shodown! was released on 25 December 1998 for Neo Geo Pocket.

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