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Samurai Shodown Anthology on Wii

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Samurai Shodown Anthology is a Fighting game available on the Wii.

Samurai Shodown Anthology is a Fighting game. Fighting games revolve around the interaction of two or more characters in some form of physical combat. Players learn to control characters through either memorisation of button combinations to access more advance moves, or by their reactions and accurate timing.

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Teen Gamer review Sat, 01 Aug 2009

Being new to the Samurai Shodown games, and I have little experience with fighting games in general, so I was pretty confused when I first played the Samurai Shodown Anthology. However, with a bit of online research, I was able to understand why the game will be enjoyable for many, and why it appeals to its fans. The first Samurai Shodown game was released in 1993 for the Neo Geo console, and the Anthology covers this and five others.

Samurai Shodown was the first game to break from the Street Fighter II mould, and was also unique for its focus on weapon based combat, rather than hand-to-hand fighting. In the Anthology, all of this has been kept, with all of the original characters appearing. Samurai Shodown 2 adds several things to this, like the ability to do a roll or a small jump, which was meant for avoiding low or high blows. Although when I played it, I couldn't hope to avoid a single attack, I'm sure that this addition (along with a parry mechanic that was adopted later by Street Fighter III) added a new level of strategy for fans. Apparently this is considered one of the best Samurai Shodown games.
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