Samurai Shodown

Description

In early Japan, a man named Shiro Tokisada Amakusa preaches a heretic religion. Little does anyone know that Amakusa is really a servant of the evil Ambrosia, who took over Amakusa's body. Ambrosia wishes to shroud the world in darkness. Now, choose between 12 warriors (and 3 bonus characters) to fight for the honor of destroying Amakusa, and fulfilling a mission.

Alternate Titles

• "侍魂" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "Samurai Spirits" -- Japanese title
• "Samurai Shodown! - Pocket Fighting Series" -- Neo Geo Pocket title
• "Samurai Shodown 1" -- Informal name
• "Nettou Samurai Spirits" -- Japanese title (Game Boy)
• "サムライスピリッツ" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Games made into movies
• Samurai Shodown series

Merchant Title Platform Price   Samurai Shodown Game Boy $4.74   Samurai Shodown 3DO     Samurai Shodown Genesis     Samurai Shodown SNES $1.45   Samurai Shodown     Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Other Worldwide Not an American user?

User Reviews

Samurai [NOW LOADING] Shodown!	3DO	Fake Spam (94)
A great translation of the Neo Geo original.	SEGA CD	Luis Arocho (3)
The original, and not a bad one at that.	Game Boy	Zorgob (24)

The Press Says

FLUX	3DO	Oct, 1994	A	100
Power Unlimited	SNES	Feb, 1995	9.6 out of 10	96
Sega-16.com	Genesis	Sep 12, 2005	9 out of 10	90
Flying Omelette	SNES	2005	4 out of 5	80
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	3DO	Feb, 1995	8 out of 10	80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	3DO	Jan, 1995	7.6 out of 10	76
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Genesis	Nov, 1994	7.6 out of 10	76
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Game Boy	Nov, 1994	7.4 out of 10	74
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	SNES	Oct, 1994	7.4 out of 10	74
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	Genesis	Dec, 1994	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

The Neo Geo version was named Fighting Game of the Year in the 1993 GamePro Editors' Choice Awards (Vol. 6, Issue 2)