NEWS | Samurai Shodown Switch available next month, pre-order now live with bonuses

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, January 8, 2020 - Pre-orders for Samurai Shodown for the Nintendo Switch is now live and pre-purchase the Nintendo eShop.

Weighing at 9.4 GB, pre-purchasing the game digitally on the eShop will receive a 10% discount and the Neo Geo Pocket classic Samurai Shodown 2 free of charge.

Pre-orders of the physical copy will include a controller skin featuring Haohmaru and Yashamaru. Samurai shodown will be available on February 25, 2020.

“Samurai Shodwons’s upcoming release on the Nintendo Switch will mark the first time the series will be available on a Nintendo console in over 10 years,” says Yasuyuki Oda, Lead Producer of Samurai Shodown. 

“Fighting game fans will soon be able to pass a Joy-Con to an unsuspecting rival and unleash their fury anywhere around the world.”

This latest entry keeps in line with the weapon-based fighting mechanics that the franchise helped popularize in 1993, as signature features like the Rage Gauge and Lightning Blade will return alongside a robust roster of new and familiar fighters. In addition to everything included above, Hisame Shizumaru from Samurai Shodown III will be included as a free character.

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