SNK continue to pump out their character trailers for the upcoming Samurai Shodown<\/em> in quick succession, having moved from once a week to seemingly once a day. It’s all good, it just means we get to see more of the stylish-looking fighter in action.<\/p> Here we see the return of Hanzo Hattori, who made his debut in the original Samurai Shodown<\/em> and is one of a handful of characters to appear in every release since. The most skillful member of the Iga ninja clan, Hanzo is a man of loyalty and honour, but his respectful nature should not be taken lightly, as he remains an efficient and deadly assailant.<\/p> <\/iframe> Samurai Shodown<\/em> launches on June 25 for PS4 and Xbox One. PC and Nintendo Switch ports will follow this Winter.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":239764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[267,1,105,97,101,137,99],"tags":[134,109,461,460,138],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":3,"display_name":"Chris Moyse","user_login":"Chris Moyse","user_nicename":"chris-moyse"}],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Samurai Shodown<\/em> is a fairly deliberately paced fighting game, but Hanzo has always been one of the series’ “faster” characters. Armed with a short sword and a variety of secondary weapons – such as shuriken and explosives – Hanzo can close the gap on his opponent with fast off-the-ground dash attacks, while controlling the skies with air projectiles and Izuna Drops grabs – similar to Street Fighter’s<\/em> Vega. If that wasn’t enough, Hanzo is also a master of teleportation, confirming his status as a highly dangerous opponent.<\/p>