Samurai Shodown II
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Samurai Shodown II is an arcade developed by SNK, released 28 October 1994 on Xbox One, Wii, Xbox 360 and Neo Geo AES. The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.
What Samurai Shodown II is
Samurai Shodown II is an arcade game developed by SNK and released in 1994. It is available on Xbox One, Wii, Xbox 360, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, Android, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Neo Geo MVS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Samurai Shodown II, known in Japan as Shin Samurai Spirits: Haōmaru Jigokuhen, is a 1994 fighting game developed and published by SNK for arcades. It is the second entry in the Samurai Shodown series.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Samurai Shodown series
Samurai Shodown II is the third of 31 entries we hold in the Samurai Shodown series. The next entry was Samurai Shodown in 1994. Its critic score of 80 is 10 points above the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 at 90.
How it was received
Samurai Shodown II holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1994 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 3 hrs, roughly 3 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Samurai Shodown II launched on 28 October 1994, within three weeks of Donkey Kong Country, The Lion King, Super Punch-Out!! and Killer Instinct. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a Xbox One launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Donkey Kong Country, The Lion King, Super Punch-Out!!, Killer Instinct.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Samurai Shodown II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
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Quick answers
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