SS Tenka is a budget re-release now, so if you did import it, you can find it for $30 or less. Here's the Play-Asia link:
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-40-49-en-70-1o8l.htmlThe game has almost no English text whatsoever, but FAQs and such should help. Really all you need to learn is which play style does what. I would absolutely recommend getting this game now (assuming you can easily play it on your slim PS2), since there is no telling when that SS Collection will ever come out, and if it follows the others, it will likely hit *Japan* this year and the U.S. sometime at the end of this year or next year. I don't know why SNK USA takes forever with their releases, but they do. Every game comes out incredibly late...KOF XI and NGBC were what....1.5-2 years after the Japanese releases?
I should do a google search for how many times I've reposted this post since January 2006.
Samurai Spirits Tenkaichi Kenkakuden.
Brief game info:
The game has a
HUGE roster, featuring every character from
all the 2D Samurai Spirits fighting games. Characters not seen in playable form since SS2, like Gen-An, Sieger, Nicotine, and Wan-Fu are all back. SNK also added bonus unlockable characters to the PS2 version, such as Kuruko. Even the courier has returned, running across he backgrounds, tossing out various items to use. You can select whether or not you want to use these items in versus mode.
There are six different fighting styles to choose from, based on all the past SS games. In addition, three bonus PS2-only styles can be unlocked as well. With these styles and the added fifth button (for dodging and countering), you get a host of game play features, like the return of the CD style combos from SS4.
Visually, the game looks better than the last few SS titles; colors are more vibrant, special attacks have been enhanced with transparancy effects, and the backgrounds are all high res 2D. The character sprites are the same as always, but the overall look of the game is very nice. There are no filtering options, and the game is lacking in blood and character deaths, however. You can choose between original and arranged soundtracks, view pictures in the gallery mode, unlock more modes like survival, and more. Load times are minimal at around 5-8 seconds per match.
Basically, SS Tenka combines all the 2D SS fighters into one excellent package. This game is by far the best SS game ever made, trouncing even the almighty SS2 in my book, and is the best 2D fighter out on home systems (so far) this year. With KOF XI coming out this week, it will be facing some stiff competion!
The new characters:
Old characters return to fight again. That's Nicotine, doing a super that turns him young, in the second picture.
Newcomers include Iroha, a snow maiden, and Ochamaru, a spirit trapped inside a mechanical body.
Sugoroku, whose attacks are based on items/traditions used in Japanese Matsuri (festivals)
Andrew is an American soldier who uses a musket.
More pics:
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