I’m hesitantly excited about the fact that the first two Samurai Showdown games are being considered as XBLA titles.

I liked the first two games a lot. Mostly, I liked that they were Street Fighter II rip-offs that had blood and the occasional dismemberment. I mean, they weren’t like Bloodstorm or Time Killers in terms of blood or anything, but they got the job done. I also liked that all the voiceovers remained in Japanese, making me feel all cool and cultured as a kid. And the characters got bigger and smaller depending on how far away they were from each other, and although I think that was started with Art of Fighting, that game mostly sucked.

In action:

And check below for some Bloodstorm action, while I’m at it: