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Samurai Spirits (Samurai Shodown)


Samurai Spirits (Known here in the US as Samurai Shodown) was one of the first of SNK's fighters to hit the big time in this country.  It did so with an eclectic group of characters ranging from a boisterous ronin to a laconic kensai.  From an enormously fat ninja from Texas, to a green demon with a glove Freddy Krueger would die for.  The series has survived four games on the Neo*Geo hardware, two on the Hyper Neo*Geo 64, and now even two games on the NeoGeo Pocket.  It was the first fighting game in which the characters all took up weapons to do battle, and it created a new genre.  Featured in Dream Tournament III, the characters developed wonderful personality, and a great deal of appeal.  This list of characters does not include the additions from the NeoGeo Pocket, or Hyper Neo*Geo 64 games, because I haven't been able to see them.  Currently, the series is kindof MIA, but rumors of a Samurai Shodown 5, supposedly a remix of Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge abound.

 


 
Characters
Amakusa Amakusa Shiro Tokisada-A Shrine
Cham-Cham
Charlotte
Earthquake
Galford
Gen-An
Haohmaru The Haohmaru Element
Hattori Hanzo
Hisame Shizumaru Shizumaru Central
Kafuin Gaira
Kafuin Nicotine
Kazama Kazuki Kazuki's Inferno
Kazama Sogetsu
Kibagami Genjuro
Kubikiri Basara
Kuroko
Minazuki Zankuro
Nakoruru
Neinhalt Sieger
Rashoujin Mizuki
Rimururu Rimururu's Rimururu Shrine
Senryo Kyoshiro
Tachibana Ukyo Tachibana Ukyo Forever
Tam-Tam
Wan-Fu
Yagyu Jubei


 


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