

Along with the standard versus mode is the survival mode, where you must defeat as many enemies as possible, receiving only small health recharges between bouts. The game also has a couple of interesting modes. Samurai Shodown 2 adds three characters over the last game, which appeared on SNK's older, black-and-white handheld.

While Samurai Shodown 2 for the Neo Geo Pocket employs this timed button press technique, it doesn't take too much away from the gameplay. The trouble with this method is that can hamper your reaction time, since moves don't come out the instant you push the button. This means you have to hold a button down a little longer than usual to get it to execute more powerful moves. The most popular method for using two buttons to execute different attacks is timing the length of each button press. Putting four-button fighting games on a portable system that only has two buttons is never an easy task.
