Athlon Games and developer SNK announced today that a new character named Shizumari Hisame will be joining the growing roster of Samurai Shodown on September 16 as a free downloadable character.
Here’s an overview of Samurai Shodown, via SNK:
Officially a prequel to the original 1993 Samurai Shodown, the latest title’s Story Mode allows players to choose any character and experience their journey—from franchise favorites like Haohmaru and Charlotte to newcomers like Wu-Ruixiang and Darli Dagger. Several other modes will be present as well, including a Training Mode, Online Play and the all-new Dojo Mode.
As fighters continue to play and level up their skills, the game is watching, learning, calculating and mapping its user’s playstyle in the offline battle modes in order to create an online “ghost” that replicates that style in Dojo Mode. Players can take on their own AI-derived avatar for better insight into their own weaknesses, or download the ghost of a favorite player from the cloud for a fresh challenge. These intelligent AI ghosts promise to change the way fighting game aficionados train and compete forever.
“Dojo Mode has been a franchise aspiration for the team for some time now and an evolution to the fighting genre that we’re very proud of,” said SNK lead producer Yasuyuki Oda. “Not only will it give players the opportunity to play against the ghosts of some of the best Samurai Shodown players in the world, but playing against your own ghost will prove an amazing tool to learn more about your own playstyle.”
Samurai Shodown is available now for PS4 and Xbox One worldwide and will launch for the Nintendo Switch on December 12 in Japan. The Samurai Shodown Shizumaru DLC will be available on September 16. A PC version is supposed to be released sometime in Q4 2019. Don’t forget to check out our review of Samurai Shodown for more information about the game.
Check out the Samurai Shodown Shizumaru Trailer:
