Samurai Shodown Came Back to See Whose Blade is Still With The Shits

“Focus your mind. Draw your blade. Embrace death!”

When I recently got a PlayStation 4 I had games on deck: Spider-Man, God of War 4, Uncharted 4, Uncharted: Lost Legacy, Red Dead Redemption 2 (R.I.P. Arthur Morgan). My girlfriend and I would take turns playing but we both knew the time would come when we’d have to get a 2-player game, which more than likely would be a fighting type. Now, I like to get my fighting a bit different. Tekken, Injustice, and Mortal Kombat are too stiff for me, I need the flexibility of Street Fighter with the big weapon energy tension of Soul Calibur. I considered our options until I saw SNK’s trailer saying Samurai Shodown was back. Yeah, the decision was made for me right then and fucking there. First off, I remember the original Samurai Shodown on SNK. I liked it but wasn’t great at it, so the trailer for the remake made me want to buy this shit and become a master. My Ronin, they opened the trailer with Haohmaru back on his bushido code bullshit set to an 18th-era remix of DMX and Swizz Beat’s Ruff Ryders’ Anthem. *steps away from keyboard in disbelief* Sold. That’s it, you ain’t even gotta say no more, but Samurai Shodown still had more to say! They gave gameplay and characters’ super moves set to this remix and then had the gall to say, “Focus your mind, draw your blade, and embrace death!”. *slams open palm on table* That’s what I’m talking about! *clenches fist* That’s what the fuck I’m talking about!. That’s how you tagline a video game….