KOF 98 has a release date according to snk/playmore

[muckson]

WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!

http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/consumer/playstation2.php

next all i have to wait for is the samurai showdown collection.

[MoxManiac]

It seems confirmed for a US release too, since it's on SNK's US site.

[bork]

Man, how many times have I told you that already?    

June 26th.  Same day as Basara X from Capcom (It's Capcom's "Samurai Shodown!") and the Sunsoft Neo-Geo collection.

[ferrarimanf355]

As soon as the SamSho collection hits, I can forget about Soulcalibur IV. 

[bork]

As soon as the SamSho collection hits, I can forget about Soulcalibur IV. 

It would be a lot more exciting if they released it for systems with online play. 

Samurai Spirits Sen (the new Soul Calibur-style game) is supposed to be released in arcades this week. 

[Enl]

It would be a lot more exciting if they released it for systems with online play. 

All these compilations are becoming meanlingless to me without online play. Buying KoFXI and Battle Coliseum only reminded me how alone I am as a gamer in this town. Everytime I try to get my friends to jump in and play me for a few rounds they give up and want to switch to Tekken instead. Samurai Shodown 2 can't come to XBLA soon enough.

[bork]

It would be a lot more exciting if they released it for systems with online play. 

All these compilations are becoming meanlingless to me without online play. Buying KoFXI and Battle Coliseum only reminded me how alone I am as a gamer in this town. Everytime I try to get my friends to jump in and play me for a few rounds they give up and want to switch to Tekken instead. Samurai Shodown 2 can't come to XBLA soon enough.

I don't know if this was confirmed or it's just a rumor, but I heard they cancelled SS2 on XBLA.     Sucks so bad if true.

What REALLY sucks is that all of SNK's PS2 games since 2004-2005 have had online play, but only in Japan.  This includes all of the classic game compilations; in fact they're called the "Neo-Geo Online Collection" here.  They are restricted to using a monthly pay-to-play service with KDDI for 900 yen a month.  I think this applies to all games, so if you have a ton of them, that's not so bad.  I'm kind of tempted to try it and see if a decent number of people play online, assuming it works through the PS3. 

Just wish they'd hurry the hell up and start releasing these games on 360/PS3.  Screw '98 Ultimate on PS2...release it for the next-gen platforms instead with full online.  Hell it could be a downloadable title. 

But whatever...'98 UM is the last "new old" game.  After that it's Samurai Spirits Sen and KOF XII, two games that are definitely going to get next-gen home releases. 

[muckson]

Man, how many times have I told you that already?    

June 26th.  Same day as Basara X from Capcom (It's Capcom's "Samurai Shodown!") and the Sunsoft Neo-Geo collection.

oh don't you worry about it lyte since i'll be getting basara musou 2 (or whatever it's called) and checking out the new fighting game basara x.  i can't pretend i care about the sunsoft collection though. 

[Enl]

I don't know if this was confirmed or it's just a rumor, but I heard they cancelled SS2 on XBLA.     Sucks so bad if true.

Nah, I think might've been from a paranoid post I wrote when here and that other forum when Microsoft rejected Dodonpachi because of their new "no arcade ports policy". I mentioned that I would be genuinely pissed if SamSho2 was next but as far I know there's been no word of its cancellation. It's still my most anticipated arcade title for this year.