GamerDad writes: "Recently I picked up Samurai Shodown Anthology, a collection of SNK's series of 2-D one on one fighters. It's available for Wii, PSP, and PS2 I believe. I got the PS2 version because it was only 15 bucks. And as I always like to do with these things, here's a blog detailing the games on this collection (SS 1 through 6), plus a little info on the series and my favorite characters.
While each Samurai Shodown game has its own tweaks and differences, they all share some common traits. Instead of battling each other with fisty punches, spinny kicks, and the occasional pooped out fireball, SS games are weapons-based fighters. You could even get your sword knocked out of your hand and would have to go pick it up if you wanted to continue to fight effectively. Also, most SNK fighters at this time had crazy 'Engrish' win quotes, but they seemed more prevalent and memorable in the Samurai Shodown games! Just go to any zany video game quote sites and spot a few for a good laugh!"
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?
We need a new Samurai Showdown on the PS3, 360, and Wii.
You would think by now we would have a better port or new version of this game. Unbelievable that the best is on a console from the 90's still. In all fairness it was a really expensive console, but still...
-Death