Category Archives: SNK

Million Arthur Arcana Blood – Iori Combo Exhibition

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Million Arthur Arcana Blood is a Square-Enix fighter slated to be released on Steam that has assists, air-dashes, and other facets, putting it firmly in line with the classification of an “anime” fighter.

Thanks to the collaboration between SNK and Square-Enix, Iori from The King of Fighters makes an appearance as a playable character, and he brings with him all the pain he’s doled out through his KOF tenure. Check out this Combo Exhibition to get an idea of what he, and the game, has to offer.

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Rest In Peace Ars Magna aka ImbuedGold

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Dream Cancel will like to express our deepest condolences to the recent passing of an EXTREMELY important KOF/SNK community member, Ars Magna aka ImbuedGold. He frequently shared many great fighting game videos on his youtube channel, especially those of the SNK brand.

For myself, his channel was one of the first KOF/SNK YouTube channels that I subscribed to years ago when I first started playing King of Fighters. I frequently checked his channel for obscure high level gameplay videos that I had trouble finding anywhere else on YouTube.

Below are tweets from the SNK/KOF community giving their condolences:

The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match Now Backward Compatible On Xbox One

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If you remember back in 2015, our good friends & KOF community partners at orochinagi.com, posted a poll for interest in backward compatible King of Fighters games on the Xbox One system:

http://www.orochinagi.com/2015/06/backwards-compatibility-kof-xboxone

Last year, King of Fighters 98 Ultimate Match was made compatible for Xbox One, and now, King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match is currently backwards compatible:

https://twitter.com/DeafGamersTV/status/834827610790232064

Hopefully, we might see future SNK titles backward compatible for Xbox One & hopefully some backward compatible titles for PS4 too!

Source: https://majornelson.com/blog/xbox-one-backward-compatibility/

SNK Classic Neo-Geo Titles King of Fighters 98, Waku Waku 7, Metal Slug 3, World Heroes Perfect & Shock Troopers Will Be Released On The Nintendo Switch

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Famitsu has reported that King of Fighters 98, Waku Waku 7, Metal Slug 3, World Heroes Perfect, and Shock Troopers will appear on the Nintendo Switch system soon! The Nintendo Switch will be released in March!

Do you think more SNK Neo-Geo titles will appear on the Nintendo Switch?

Source: Famitsu via Gato Ray Twitter

Fu’un Super Combo (Savage Reign & Kizuna Encounter) Gameplay Trailer Video Released By SNK

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Yesterday, SNK released the Japan only PS2 title Fu’un Super Combo which is a double pack compilation game of two Neo-Geo titles released in the mid 90s’, Savage Reign & Kizuna Encounter on PSN for PS4 players on PSN here in North America. USA players more than likely have played both of these titles on the Neo-Geo in the past either on it’s console or in the arcades.

Savage Reign was released in 1995. The player controls one of 9 characters (2 bosses). The most identifiable character players may recognize is Hayate who appeared as a unlockable character in King of Fighters XI.

Kizuna Encounter (Super Tag Battle) is the sequel to Savage Reign. It was released in late 1996. There are 10 playable characters, and it is tag-based; the players selects two characters on one team.

Both games are available now on PSN. Look under the catagory: PS2 on PS4 in the Games section to find it!

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/fu’un-super-combo/cid=UP0576-CUSA03784_00-SLPS257810000001

Samurai Showdown VI North American Version Now Available on PSN For PS4

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Samurai Showdown VI is now ready for purchase and download for PS4 here in North America!

The title is a US ps2 to ps4 port, so lacks netplay but it is very fun to play offline with friends!

If you’re looking for gameplay resources, we have a few here at Dream Cancel ALL the way from 2011 (the very first year this site opened!!):

Here is the forum section for SSVI: https://dreamcancel.com/forum/index.php?board=74.0
It has movelists, an a fair amount of gameplay discussion! Also, look for the video thread in that section that has many high level gameplay matches videos and archives from past tournaments, and arcade gameplay!

Here is our SSVI wiki: https://dreamcancel.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samurai_Shodown_VI
It has lots of information about each of the grooves featured in the game, but lacks individual character content unfortunately.

Enjoy the game! Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below!

Team Stories posted for KOF XIV

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SNK has updated the official King of Fighters XIV website with a section called Team Stories, detailing a small backstory for each of the 16 teams in the swiftly approaching game. The vignettes provide context and insight to the various character’s motivations on all the teams leading into the overall story of XIV. It also boasts a beautiful header image of Shun’ei seemingly by SNK legend Hiroaki Hashimoto who did the iconic art of 98UM, 2k2UM and loads of other SNK classics.

Wet your appetite for the 23rd and head over and read each team’s story here.

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