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Haohmaru (覇王丸, Haōmaru) is the star character of the Samurai Shodown series and one of the series's most known characters, the other being Nakoruru. He was introduced in the first Samurai Shodown and continues to appear in every title of the series. His character origin was originally based around the famed swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi, a duelist who claimed to have never lost a match. He is visually modeled after Hyakkimaru from the manga Dororo. Though he is a swordsman with no loyalties to any lord (ronin), Haohmaru has a "samurai spirit" which is often stressed in the series. He is also often accredited to defeating most of the series's villains.

In Gamest's 1997 Heroes Collection, Haohmaru was tied with Ukyo Tachibana for 29th (out of 50) of the staff's favorite character rank. He was also voted as the second favorite character by the development team and fans in Samurai Shodown II. According to the Q&A page for Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, developers admitted that no matter what the fans wanted, they wanted to include Samurai Shodown characters and made Haohmaru's inclusion one of their top priorities in development. He also makes regular appearances in the series's merchandise and has at least two action figures.

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December 2014
 * The King of Fighters A-2012 has been re-released as a free app for Android to celebrate KOF 20th Anniversary.

August 2014
 * SNK Playmore is suing Square-Enix for copyright infringement found in one of their Big Gan Gan comic serializations, High Score Girl, a story about a boy gamer and his crush on the girl who beat him at his favorite games. The SNK Playmore representative claims characters and gameplay elements of Metal Slug Defense were used in the narrative without prior written consent, a stark contrast to the comic's previous collaborations with Capcom, Sega, and Bandai-Namco. Square-Enix has yet to issue a public reply. The PDF explaining the legal issue is the August 6, 2014 Press Release document on SNK Playmore's Japanese website.

April 2014
 * Mai Shiranui and Hanzo Hattori's parts can be collected by Wizardly Online players.

November 2013
 * The King of Fighters 97 has been released for iOS and Android.





 