I've been playing a lot of Samurai Shodown II. Actually completely, 100% brand new to the game; I was always more of a Mortal Kombat/Street Fighter guy as a kid. Haha. I picked it out because it's cheap by AES standards and it seemed like the best entry to start exploring the series with from what I've heard others say (well, in the 2-digit price range, at the very least; V Special seems to have a good number of fans as well). The only one I've played at all is the first, and I could probably count the number of times I played it on one hand.
Very, very happy with my choice. Thinking I've settled on Charlotte as my favorite character to play as, though Cham-Cham is pretty fun too. Just need to pick up a second joystick so I can get some two-player matches going, or at least a couple of extension cables; picked up a SNES>NeoGeo controller converter when I got my AES to save on cash, figured I'd get a second official joystick later... didn't read the auction description for the converter closely enough. Turns out it's intended for CMVS/superguns with a more standard DB15 connector. It'll work on the AES, but I'll have to wait a bit until I can pick up some extension cables (which are useful anyway, so not a huge deal).
Curious to see how well the converter works. I'm concerned it's going to introduce too much lag to be fair in a one-on-one fighting game when it's up against a stock joystick, though it might at least be good enough for casual matches. That's what I'm hoping for, at least.
Very, very happy with my choice. Thinking I've settled on Charlotte as my favorite character to play as, though Cham-Cham is pretty fun too. Just need to pick up a second joystick so I can get some two-player matches going, or at least a couple of extension cables; picked up a SNES>NeoGeo controller converter when I got my AES to save on cash, figured I'd get a second official joystick later... didn't read the auction description for the converter closely enough. Turns out it's intended for CMVS/superguns with a more standard DB15 connector. It'll work on the AES, but I'll have to wait a bit until I can pick up some extension cables (which are useful anyway, so not a huge deal).
Curious to see how well the converter works. I'm concerned it's going to introduce too much lag to be fair in a one-on-one fighting game when it's up against a stock joystick, though it might at least be good enough for casual matches. That's what I'm hoping for, at least.