An XBLA Threefer: RocketBowl, Samurai Shodown 2 and Shotest Shogi

by Dustin Burg { Sep 8th 2008 at 1:30PM }

For the second week in a row, we're being treated to an Xbox Live Arcade threefer. Because, you know, XBLA twofers are so 2007. And heading to the XBLA this Wednesday, September 10th will be D3Publisher's RocketBowl, the SNK Playmore 2D sword fighter Samurai Shodown 2 and AI Factory's chess-inspired Shotest Shogi. All games will cost 800 Microsoft points except Samurai Shodown 2, which will be available for the oh so nice price of 400 MS points.

Tags: ai-factory, d3publisher, rocket-bowl, rocketbowl, samurai-shodown-2, shotest-shogi, snk-playmore, xbla

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mauricio @ Sep 8th 2008 3:53PM

i fucking love Samurai Showdown 2. Spent quarters on it like crazy.

Paul @ Sep 8th 2008 1:48PM

hmm.....is it bad i have never heard of any of these?

Rommie @ Sep 8th 2008 1:53PM

Yes....

pasteymofo @ Sep 8th 2008 2:23PM

You haven't heard of Samurai Showdown 2? You must be a 90s baby.

http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/p-31.html

I'd say that Samurai Showdown 2 was to 2D fighters what Soul Calibur is to 3D fighters. It was also the only reaso to own a NeoGeo. ;)

eric @ Sep 8th 2008 2:07PM

"Add-on packs: Get the advanced Shogi teaching packs; it's the easiest way to learn."

Really? I have to pay more to get the tutorial?

Jonah Falcon @ Sep 8th 2008 4:02PM

Um, no. More like a strategy guide.

xenocidic @ Sep 8th 2008 2:27PM

I totally started the Wikipedia article on Shotest Shogi back on Feb 26th and it's culminated in the game's release!

Thanks, X3F !

Vaeric @ Sep 8th 2008 2:50PM

As far as I can tell, SSII will not have online play. Am I reading this correctly or has someone else gotten any concrete evidence otherwise? It would truly suck if it doesn't although I could see this being the reason it's only $5.

Dodo @ Sep 8th 2008 4:49PM

It has online play achievements...so def. online!!

Tyrone Rugen @ Sep 8th 2008 2:54PM

Too late, already bought SS2 on the Virtual Console last week, though I guess I paid, um... (/me performs complicated space bucks conversion) CDN$2.60 too much. Oh well.

dronesensor @ Sep 8th 2008 8:31PM

don't worry, the d-pad on the classic controller is 10 times better than that joke of a d-pad on the 360 controller. it doesn't even work well for games like metal slug or contra, let alone a complex 2d fighter that requires that amount of finesse.

unless you have an arcade stick...