Let’s Get Ippon

SNK has introduced the discharge date for the subsequent workforce of DLC fighters headed towards its fab scrapper The King of Fighters XV — Group Samurai, consisting of Samurai Shodown stars Haohmaru, Nakoruru, and Darli Dagger, will likely be obtainable to obtain on PC and console platforms from October 4.

The brand new faction is, clearly, one thing of a crossover affair, and can see the SamSho posse step as much as the plate in opposition to KoF‘s best. I’m not 100% certain how Queensbury Guidelines Darli’s huge saw-sword is in a fistfight, however on condition that the KoF krew have literal superpowers, we will in all probability let it slide. Whereas Haohmaru and Nakoruru are sequence veterans, that is solely Darli’s second gaming look, having made her debut within the ace 2019 Samurai Shodown launch.

Group Samurai will symbolize the fourth batch of DLC characters to affix KoF XV‘s huge roster because the title’s preliminary launch earlier this yr. The following season, which is able to kick off in 2023, has already promised to carry concerning the return of some KoF veterans. These embody Kyo Kusanagi’s well-meaning protege Shingo Yabuki, and the honorable taekwondo professional and legal reformer Kim Kaphwan. Given Road Fighter 6‘s imminent launch and its wickedly redesigned Juri, it appears like it’s going to be a high quality yr for windy, billowing taekwondo pants.

The King of Fighters XV is on the market now on PlayStation, PC, and Xbox Sequence X platforms — Moreover, Samurai Shodown 2019 will obtain a rollback netcode replace subsequent spring, which is able to hopefully carry a few resurgence of curiosity within the stable, if misunderstood, preventing title.