#Samurai Shodown V

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Game 14: Samurai Shodown V Perfect (2023) Judging Samurai Shodown V is a hassle because they are effectively 3 games that are exactly the same with minor differences that make 2 of them better than the first one, and largely it just comes down to game feel. V Perfect has everything that Special had as well as a story mode, kinda, and some more tweaks and balances of the cast. While I do think that V Perfect is a better version of V Special and V Special is a better version of V; I don't think V Perfect is (ironically) that special.

I think the major problem V Perfect has is that it can only improve so much on itself. Literally a game that feels like it cooked itself for too long that just feels like it should have been it's own game. Perhaps V Perfect's saving grace is simply that it's not packaged as a standalone game as it's paired with the Neo Geo Collection of Samurai Shodown rather than being sold separately. Like don't get me wrong here, I'm not saying V Perfect is a bad game, it's just how much can you really improve V Special before you just have a new game on your hands? V Perfect does have some nice text story to character endings, and some slightly better presentation tho. The problem is that, that's about it. V Perfect was made after Samurai Shodown VI, and thus has to work with the constrictions that come with that. While I do think you can replace V Special with V Perfect; really it just comes down to how much time you have had with either game. If V Special feels like it's version 1.5 of Samurai Shodown V then I'd say V Perfect is a 1.6 version.

Largely your enjoyment of V Perfect is the novelty of it. For those newer to the series, V Perfect is perhaps the best version to play Samurai Shodown V, and literally the latest version of said game. For those that had more time with V Special, I'm sure V Perfect just feels like a glorified patch that does some nice things for lore, but ultimately doesn't really make it worth the same amount of time you put in with V Special. Don't want it to seem like I'm not grateful for this game's existence though as going from the cancelled final game for Neo Geo to being a neat little bonus in the Neo Geo Collection is pretty great. Just don't expect a big jump in quality compared to it's previous versions.

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Mario girls cosplaying as various video game characters

1. Marisa - requested by sandrag1

2. Reimu - requested by sandrag1

3. Genie Enemy - requested by flutterbunny76

4 + 5. Elora - requested by neoduelgx

6. Aika - requested by roseprincessmitia

7. Bellena - requested by danfrandes

8. Fina - requested by roseprincessmitia

9 + 10. Mina Majikina - requested by ness122

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Searching4Rinoa Plays - Samurai Shodown V

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19 years ago today, Samurai Shodown V was released on the Neo Geo AES worldwide. It was developed by Yuki Enterprise and published by SNK.

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Console Fighting Games of 2003 - Compilation Part 4

Compilation of Fighting games released on consoles in 2003, this compilation is part 4 of 6 and features Onimusha Blade Warriors, Samurai Showdown V, Shin Gōketsuji Ichizoku Tōkon Matrimelee

0. Intro 00:00 1. Onimusha Blade Warriors 00:15 2. Samurai Showdown V 06:33 3. Shin Gōketsuji Ichizoku Tōkon Matrimelee 18:37 4. Outro 28:23

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サムライスピリッツ零SPECIAL

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I beat the arcade mode for SamSho V Special on stream today! Kusaregedo is a lot of fun, he may be the best grappler that's ever been in a fighting game, it's unreal how strong he is

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Mina expressions, for Samurai Shodown V.

Arcadia magazine No. 42 (Nov. 1, '03), pg. 185

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Game 12: Samurai Shodown V

For some context, my first actual play through was through a secret character, Poppy, and I didn't realize just how much of an oddity the story campaign of this game is. As this game effectively has no story on it's English version, but did get a translation for the Xbox Live version. So while I did not expect their to be a story for the secret character, I unknowingly omit what would effectively been a rather harsh criticism from this game, having no story at all. It does actively effective my view point of how Samurai Shodown V looks compared to the previous games in the series, and while I can still say it's better, that's all I can really give it.

Samurai Shodown V continues the trend of having better movement, controls, and characters from game to game. There is no doubt in my mind that Shodown V plays better than the previous games in the series, but as I look at previous playthroughs I noticed that it also has a lack of something the other games were building up, flair. The game looks good on the surface, but as you pay more attention to the backgrounds there is a definite lack of polish that was felt in the previous games. As well as the story being omitted in the English version; the credits are next to nothing in terms of style or substance. It's just a straight cut to all the names scrolling, and maybe putting your name in the hi score menu. The character selection screen is rather basic, and the most you get out of character interactions is a win quote. For the most part, there just isn't much there for the fifth sequel aside from the usual fundamentals you find in a fighting game.

Perhaps due to the new movement, the novelty of playing as a secret character, and simply the massive amount of new characters and stages got the best of me when I first played this game. There was a lot of new, but not a lot of substance or flair to what was added. The new characters were rather unbalanced, the final boss was too hard even with the regular characters, and most of the new stuff added didn't really feel all that impressive. Samurai Shodown V, by all means, is a fighting game that should work on a fundamental level. But as you play this game more and more, the wind of your sails grows weaker, and anything new becomes dull fast. Then when you sit there with what you have is basically just a fighting game that works and plays slightly better than previous games in the series, but compared to other fighting games doesn't have a charm to showcase. Samurai Shodown V is simply lacking.

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ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 1 and 2 announced for Switch - Gematsu

SNK has announced ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 1 and ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 2 for Switch. Both will launch on December 12 in Japan for 5,940 yen each. Each collection includes 10 games previously released digitally as ACA NEOGEO titles. Pre-orders are available now at retailers such as Amazon Japan and Biccamera reveal.

The included titles are as follows:

ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 1

Baseball Stars Professional

Fatal Fury 2

Ghost Pilots

Metal Slug 4

Mutation Nation

Neo Turf Masters

Samurai Shodown

Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad

Stakes Winner 2

The King of Fighters ’95

ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 2

Alpha Mission II

Garou: Mark of the Wolves

Metal Slug X

Riding Hero

Samurai Shodown V

Savage Reign

Shock Troopers

The King of Fighters ’94

Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy

Top Player’s Golf

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SamSho V Perfect FINALE [Amakusa/Zankuro/Gaoh/Mizuki Playthroughs]

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On this day a year ago, it was announced that Samurai Shodown V Perfect was going to have a arcade release, with the location test beginning the following day. In addition, an illustration for the game by Shirou Ohno was also released, as shown below.

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Console Fighting Games of 2003 - Samurai Showdown V

Four years after the most recent release and seven years after the release of Samurai Showdown IV a new entry in the series was release. Samurai Showdown V is a prequel with the game set before the events of the very first Samurai Showdown, hence why the Japanese title サムライスピリッツ零 translates to Samurai Shodown Zero. 

Samurai Showdown V is the first entry in the series to be developed by Yuki Enterprise after they acquired the Samurai Showdown IP. Prior to this Yuki Enterprise was known for Strategy games like Master Chess, Ultimate Mind Games and Jarinko Chie The Hanafuda. 

Samurai Showdown V debuted in Arcades in 2003, as with other main-line entries in the series it would release on the Neo Geo, again in 2003. A PlayStation 2 release would follow in 2004, with a port to the Xbox happening in 2006. The game would later be ported to the PS3, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Windows App store as well as Android and iOS. 

1. Intro 00:00 

2. Gameplay 00:15 

3. Outro 12:20 

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