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A new Art of Fighting game and a Samurai Shodown action RPG are currently in development at SNK, according to the studio’s Joshua Weatherford. “There’s a lot of stuff in the works,” Weatherford said. ...

The city of Kumamoto is steeped in the spirit of its samurai past, which many of its citizens point to as a major influence on their hometown to this day. In addition to its famed castle, the city ...

Rurouni Kenshin, popularly known as Samurai X, is a manga series written by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story of Rurouni Kenshin begins in the Meiji Period when a famous assassin named Hitokiri Battosai ...