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Arcade flyer, showing all characters. Illustration by Shinkiro & Senri Kita
Samurai Shodown, known in Japan as Samurai Spirits (サムライスピリッツ), is the first game of the Samurai Shodown series. It is the third game of the official chronology, succeeding Samurai Shodown (2019).
The game is set in the late 18th century, in the Edo period, and all the characters wield white weapons. The game uses comparatively authentic music from the time period, rife with sounds of traditional Japanese instruments, such as the shakuhachi and shamisen, and a refined version of the camera zoom first found in Art of Fighting. True to its use of bladed weapons, the game also included copious amounts of blood.
The game quickly became renowned for its fast pace, focused more on quick, powerful strikes than the combos. As to emphasize the distinction of this gameplay system, slow motion was added to intensify damage dealt from hard hits. Also during a match, a referee held flags representing each player (player 1 was white; player 2 red). When a player landed a successful hit, the referee would lift the corresponding flag, letting everyone watching know who dealt the blow. To lessen the repetition of fights, a delivery man running in the background threw items such as chicken (that healed) or bombs, which could significantly change the outcome of a play.
The cast of characters, like many other fighting games of its time, spanned from fighters across the globe, allowing a wide range of weaponry open for the players' enjoyment.
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August 2023
- SNK announces a new divison in Singapore, under the name SNK GAMES SINGAPORE (Link)
- The rollback netcode for Samurai Shodown (2019) will be available in September, 2023 (Link)
- The new Fatal Fury instalment will be called City of the Wolves (Link)
- Duo Lon is confirmed as a DLC character for The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- The King of Fighters XIII Global Match, with rollback netcode, will be released in November 16, 2023 (Link)
July 2023
- The second open beta of the rollback netcode for The King of Fighters XIII Global Match will be available from July 31 to August 6 (Link)
June 2023
- The East Asia Open Tournament for The King of Fighters XV will occurs in July 9 (Link)
- The crossplay of The King of Fighters XV is released in June 20, along with Goenitz's launch (Link)
- The second open beta of Samurai Shodown (2019) rollback netcode will be available from June 13 to 20 (Link)
- The first open beta of the rollback netcode for The King of Fighters XIII Global Match will be available from June 5 to 11 (Link)
May 2023
- Samurai Shodown (2019) has its rollback netcode postponed to late Summer 2023. A new open beta test will be announced in June 2023 (Link)
April 2023
- The open beta of the crossplay for The King of Fighters XV will be available from April 27 to 30 (Link)
- Goenitz is confirmed as a free DLC character in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard and Joe Higashi are officially confirmed in the new Garou game (Link)
- The King of Fighters XIII will receive a Global Match version, with rollback netcode, for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch ([1] Link)
March 2023
- SNK Wiki reaches the mark of 4000 pages!
- A new demo of The King of Fighters XV will be available next to the EVO Japan 2023. Shun'ei, Meitenkun, Benimaru Nikaido, Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami, Chizuru Kagura, Terry Bogard, Chris, Ryo Sakazaki, Athena Asamiya, Mai Shiranui, Isla, Dolores, Heidern and Kula Diamond are the characters available (Link)
- SNK leaves its famous headquarters in Esaka after 35 years (Link)
- SNK release its The King of Fighters XV Japan League, an official Japanese league with 16 top players (Link)
February 2023
- The King of Fighters XV is confirmed as a mainline title for EVO 2023 (Link)
- SNK will release a Special Program about the EVO Japan 2023. Haruna Ikezawa (Athena Asamiya's voice actress) and Sarah Emi Bridcutt (Blue Mary's voice actress) will be the hosts (Link)
January 2023
- Sylvie Paula Paula, Najd and two unknown characters are confirmed as DLC characters in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- The King of Fighters XV is confirmed as a mainline title for EVO Japan 2023 (Link)
November 2022
- The King of Fighters XV is nominated for "Best Fighting Game" in The Game Awards 2022 (Link)
October 2022
- The mobile games Metal Slug Defense and Metal Slug Attack will ends their support services in 2023
- SNK announces its Regional Bouts, an online tournament, with phases in Southeast Asia, Middle East, North America, Latin America, East Asia, Brazil and Europe (Link)
August 2022
- A new Garou/Fatal Fury game is in production (Link)
- The Samurai Team, formed by Haohmaru, Nakoruru and Darli Dagger, is confirmed as the fourth DLC team for The King of Fighters XV. Shingo Yabuki and Kim Kaphwan also are confirmed as solo DLC characters, along with the second DLC season of the game and crossplay for all platforms (Link)
- Samurai Shodown (2019) will receive rollback netcode in Spring of 2023 (Link)
June 2022
- The Awakened Orochi Team, formed by Orochi Yashiro, Orochi Shermie and Orochi Chris, is confirmed as the third DLC team for The King of Fighters XV, along with a new release of The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match for PS4, with rollback netcode (Link)
- SNK Wiki reaches the mark of 3000 pages!
May 2022
- SNK releases his own e-sports channel, with sponsored tournaments (Link)
April 2022
- The SNK Online Shop will be closing in June 17, 2022 (Link)
- SNK and Bitmap Books will releases the book The King of Fighters: Ultimate History, with all the series retrated officially (Link)
- The Saudi company Electronic Gaming Development Company (EDGC) is now the SNK's majority stockholder, with 96,18% of the shares (Link)
March 2022
- Omega Rugal is confirmed as a free DLC character in The King of Fighters XV, along with a new game mode: the Boss Challenge (Link)
- The King of Fighters XV is confirmed as a mainline title for EVO 2022 (Link)
February 2022
- SNK confirms in interview that an yet unnanounced title is currently under development using the Unreal Engine (Link)
- Rock Howard, B. Jenet, Gato, Geese Howard, Billy Kane and Ryuji Yamazaki are the first DLC characters confirmed in The King of Fighters XV. Both forms the Garou Team and the South Town Team, respectively (Link)
January 2022
- Elisabeth Blanctorche is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV and forms, along with Ash Crimson and Kukri, the Ash Team (Link)
- Kula Diamond is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV and forms, along with Krohnen McDougall and Ángel, the Krohnen Team (Link)
December 2021
- Maxima is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV and forms, along with K' and Whip, the K' Team. The three appears together as a team after 19 years (Link)
- Krohnen McDougall is a newcomer character confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- Second Open beta test of The King of Fighters XV will be available on December 17 and 18. Meitenkun, Terry Bogard, Ryo Sakazaki, Blue Mary, Antonov, Isla, K' and the newcomer Krohnen McDougall are the characters confirmed. Besides that, the PC purchases (Steam, Epic Games and Windows 10) are available now (Link)
November 2021
- Ángel is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- Whip is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
October 2021
- Kenji Matsubara, former president of Koei Tecmo and SEGA, is appointed as the new Representative Director and President CEO of SNK. In addition, Atsushi Morita, former director of SONY, Pasco Shikishima, ForwardWorks and KADOWAKA, is appointed as the new External Director (Link)
- The newcomers Isla and Dolores forms, along with Heidern, the Rivals Team in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- First Open beta test of The King of Fighters XV will be available on November 19 and 20. Shun'ei, the Team Sacred Treasures, the Team Orochi and the newcomer Dolores are the characters confirmed (Link)
September 2021
- PC version (Steam) of The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match (Final Edition) will receive a major update with rollback netcode (Link)
- Isla is one of the newcomers confirmed in The King of Fighters XV, during the TOKYO GAME SHOW 2021 (Link)
- One of the newcomers for The King of Fighters XV will be revelead on "KOF XV TGS SPECIAL PROGRAM" (Link)
- Kukri is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- The first playable demo of The King of Fighters XV will be available during the TOKYO Game Show 2021. Shun'ei, Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami, Terry Bogard, Leona Heidern, Athena Asamiya, Mai Shiranui and Isla are the characters available (Link)
- New informations about The King of Fighters XV will be available in TOKYO Game Show 2021 (Link)
August 2021
- The King of Fighters XV will be released in February 17, 2022. Ash Crimson, Heidern and two female newcomers are confirmed (Link)
- New informations about The King of Fighters XV will be revelead on Gamescon 2021, in August 25 (Link)
- Baiken, from Arc System Works' Guilty Gear series, is confirmed as a DLC guest character in Samurai Shodown (2019) (Link)
- Trailer of the new DLC guest character of Samurai Shodown (2019), a collaboration between SNK and Arc System Works (Guilty Gear series), will be released tomorrow (Link)
- Antonov is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV and forms, along with Ramón and King of Dinosaurs, the Galaxy Anton Wrestling Team (Link)
- Metal Slug Tactics will be released for Steam and Nintendo Switch in 2022 (Link)
July 2021
- Teaser of The King of Fighters XV's Story Mode is revelead in ChinaJoy 2021
- Athena Asamiya is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV and forms, along with Mai Shiranui and Yuri Sakazaki, the Super Heroines Team (Link)
- Kenji Matsubara, former president of Koei Tecmo and SEGA, is appointed as the new CEO of SNK (Link)
- The next character present in The King of Fighters XV will be released in ChinaJoy 2021, along with a beta of the game for anyone who will play The King of Fighters '97 or The King of Fighters XIV
- King of Dinosaurs is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- Ramón is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- The King of Fighters XV will be released for PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series X/S, Windows 10, Steam & Epic Games in the first quarter of 2022 (Link)
June 2021
- Vanessa is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV and forms, along with Blue Mary and Luong, the Secret Agents Team (Link)
- DotEmu announces Metal Slug Tactics, a turn-based tactical game developed by Leikir Studio in association with SNK (Link)
- Luong is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- Due to the rising number of cases of COVID-19 in Japan, The King of Fighters XV is postponed, and will be released in the 1st Quarter of 2022 (Link)
May 2021
- Blue Mary is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- Ralf Jones and Clark Still are confirmed in The King of Fighters XV and forms, again, the Ikari Warriors Team, along with Leona Heidern (Link)
- Shiro Tokisada Amakusa is confirmed as a DLC character in Samurai Shodown (2019) (Link)
- Samurai Shodown (2019) is officially announced for Valve's PC platform Steam, in June 14, 2021 (Link)
- Ryo Sakazaki and Robert Garcia are confirmed in The King of Fighters XV and forms, along with King, the new Art of Fighting Team. The three appears together again as a team after 22 years (Link)
April 2021
- Chris is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV and forms, along with Yashiro Nanakase and Shermie, the Orochi Team, marking the return of the team in a canonical game after 25 years (and in a mainline game after 20 years) (Link)
- Shermie is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- Badr Hamoud A AlBadr (MiSK Foundation's CEO), Jeff Peters (former EA Studio Director and Executive Producer) and Philip Earl (former Activision Blizzard Executive Vice President) are appointed as SNK's new Executive Directors (Link)
March 2021
- King is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- Yashiro Nanakase is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- Terry Bogard is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV and forms, again, the Fatal Fury Team, with Andy Bogard and Joe Higashi (Link)
- Yuri Sakazaki is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- Andy Bogard is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
February 2021
- A character from Guilty Gear series' (Arc System Works) will be available in DLC Season 3 of Samurai Shodown (2019) (Link)
- Chizuru Kagura is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV, after 18 years without being in a canonical game. She forms, along with Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami, the Sacred Treasures Team (Link)
- Joe Higashi is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match is officially released for PS4
- Iori Yagami is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
January 2021
- Shun'ei, Meitenkun and Benimaru Nikaido are officially confirmed as the new Hero Team in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- Meitenkun is officially confirmed in The King of Fighters XV (Link)
- The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match will be released for PS4 (Link)
- SNK announces the Ultimate Version of The King of Fighters XIV for PS4, with all the DLC content released (Link)
- Cham Cham and Hibiki Takane, from The Last Blade 2, are confirmed as DLC characters in Samurai Shodown (2019) (Link)
- First trailer of The King of Fighters XV is officially revealed after leaked photos, with Shun'ei, Kyo Kusanagi, Benimaru Nikaido, Leona Heidern, K' (already confirmed) and Mai Shiranui (confirmed in this trailer). More details will be available weekly (Link)
- SNK postpones the announcement of The King of Fighters XV and Samurai Shodown (2019)'s Season 3 DLC characters (Link)
December 2020
- SNK announces a brand-new console, with a system to bridge the needs between passionate fans and console gaming enthusiasts. More details in 2021 (Link)
- The King of Fighters XV is officially announced. Shun'ei, Kyo Kusanagi, Benimaru Nikaido, Leona Heidern and K' are the first confirmed characters
- Samurai Shodown (2019)'s DLC Season 3 characters will be announced on January 7, 2021, along with the first trailer of KOF XV, with the The Last Blade series guest character
November 2020
- The Saudi company Electronic Gaming Development Company (EDGC) buys 1/3 of SNK's shares
October 2020
- An original character from The Last Blade series is confirmed in DLC Season 3 of Samurai Shodown (2019) (Link)
- Tapas Media announces partnership with SNK to adapt The Last Blade into a webcomic (Link)
- SNK announces the Christmas Edition of NEOGEO Arcade Stick Pro
September 2020
- Charlotte is officially confirmed as a DLC guest character in Tecent's game Honor of Kings
August 2020
- New SNK e-Sports Support Program is officially released, with focus in online tournaments
- Iori Yagami, Leona Heidern, Orochi Chris, K' and Kula Diamond are confirmed in Moonton's game Mobile Legends
- DLC Season 3 of Samurai Shodown (2019) is officially confirmed
July 2020
- A new CG movie, The King of Fighters: Awaken is currently in production by Joy Pictures, Original Force and iDragons. It's expected to premiere in 2022
- Gongsun Li, from Tecent's Honor of Kings game series, is the new DLC guest character in Samurai Shodown (2019)
- New DLC guest character of Samurai Shodown (2019), a collaboration between SNK and Tencent (Honor of Kings), will be a free character
- Announced a collaboration between Samurai Shodown and Tecent's mobile game Honor of Kings
- Athena Asamiya, Leona Heidern and Kula Diamond are confirmed as DLC characters for Marvelous' game Senran Kagura: New Link
June 2020
- SNK announces Metal Slug Code: J, a game produced by TiMi Studios (Tencent Games) for mobile devices
- Warden, from Ubisoft's For Honor game series, is confirmed as DLC guest character in the Season 2 of Samurai Shodown (2019)
- The penult character of DLC Season 2 of Samurai Shodown (2019) will be revealed on NEW GAME+ EXPO (NGXP)
May 2020
- Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection is confirmed for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Steam and Epic Games
- The PC version of Samurai Shodown (2019) will be released in June 2020, for Epic Games
February 2020
- SNK postpones its World Championship Finals, due to Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic
- Samurai Shodown (2019) has been selected as main tournament title at EVO 2020
January 2020
- Sogetsu Kazama and Iroha are confirmed as DLC characters in Samurai Shodown (2019)
November 2019
- SNK Wiki has reached 2,000 articles!
October 2019
- The King of Fighters All Star is officially available for pre-registration. The global launch announced for October 22, 2019
September 2019
- SNK announces, officialy, his World Championship, with the Samurai Shodown (2019) and The King of Fighters XIV
- Terry Bogard is confirmed as a DLC character for Nintendo's game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate!
August 2019
- Shizumaru Hisame and Mina Majikina are confirmed as DLC characters in Samurai Shodown (2019)
- SNK has announced that The King of Fighters XV is now in development, during EVO 2019 finals
- Haohmaru is confirmed as a Guest character in Bandai Namco's game Soulcalibur VI
June 2019
- Rimururu, Basara, Kazuki Kazama and Wan-Fu are confirmed as DLC characters in Samurai Shodown (2019)
- Samurai Shodown (2019) is confirmed for Google's platform Stadia
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