What's your favorite Samurai Showdown game?

[BrawlTheMan]

Somehow, my PSP works. I recently tried charging it, and the light went on. Might as well play all my old PSP fighting games, like Darkstalkers Chronicles:The Chaos Tower, Street fighter alpha 3 max and Samurai Showdown Anthology.

 

In speaking of the latter, which game in the series is your favorite?

 

My personal favorite is Samurai Showdown six. I found the AI easier in this game than in the other ones. I like a lot of the chars in it, like Earthquake, Wan-Fu, Tam Tam, and Gen-an, my favorite Samurai Showdown char and who also has possibly my favorite fighting game ending. It's funny and heartwarming at the same time. The final boss was tough, with a super move that kinda reminds me of M Bison's level 3 psycho crusher from SFA3. During the super pause, when he uses it while you're jumping, there's a brief moment where you PRAY that you're able to jump over it, and of course it hits you. To be honest, I never really played through the other games (except for 1) as thoroughly as this one.

 

So yeah. That was my favorite game. What is yours?

[Trinitronity]

Same with me, Samurai Spirits Tenkaichi Kenkakuden AKA Samurai Shodown 6.

Not only is almost everyone from the previous Samurai Shodown games playable, but I can even select between multiple modes, kinda like how I can select between Advanced Mode and Extra Mode in KOF97 and KOF98.

Said multiple mode selection really gives this game many plus points in terms of gameplay.

[Prodigal Trailblazer]

Samurai Gunn

[Trinitronity]

Get out.

[NotAGoodName]

Samurai Shodown 2.  6-button setup instead of that crazy stuff that's been going on since SS3.  Fairly simple gameplay, I guess.  Great music.  But really, the biggest thing is that I never even got to play anything but SS1 or SS2 until uh...2005?  Owned SS1 on Genesis and SS2 for PC.  Never seen a SS3 (or newer) arcade machine in my life.  Never had any chance at all to get adapted to how those games play.

[BrawlTheMan]

I had SS1 on my psp game "SNK Classics vol 1." The other ones I played on Samurai Showdown Anthology, also for the psp. How did six buttons work on the three button Genesis? I remember Street fighter 2 and Double Dragon 5 on the genesis had this system where you would hit the select button to switch between punches and kicks. There's always the use of a six button controller of course, so never mind. The genesis port of SS1 excluded Earthquake I think. Not that there's any big loss there, the big guy sucked in SS1. 

[Neo_Fire_Sonic]

my favorite samurai showdown game is the last blade 2

 

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[Trinitronity]

You need some sleep, Neo.

[NotAGoodName]

How did six buttons work on the three button Genesis?

 

I never used a 3-button controller for anything, but Samurai Shodown supported 3-button by means of having to push combinations.  I think it's...

AB = LK

AC = MK

BC = HK

 

Luckily, the special moves were all simplified (read: made more intuitive) so that you never needed to use more than one button (like f,hcf+LP+MK).

[BrawlTheMan]

 

Luckily, the special moves were all simplified (read: made more intuitive) so that you never needed to use more than one button (like f,hcf+LP+MK).

 

I really don't like it when games make you press two random buttons for a super/special like in Fatal Fury Special or World Heroes Perfect (tho they are great games). I'm fine with wacky combinations, like one of Octohead's moves from C2: Judgement clay is done Charge back, RDP+punch. I was fine with that, in fact I'd like to give a future char a combination like that. It just annoys me when a move is like QCB, DB, F+LP+MK. It's so hard to memorize. QCB, DB, F+Punch is enough to me. That's why I like Mouser's WHP chars. They are far and away from 100% accurate, but the supers are done with one button instead of two random ones and the hero moves are done with 2 punch or 2 kick (depending on the move) buttons instead of being done automatically.

 

Eh, I'm going off topic. I'll just  stop right there :P

[GuyZero32k4]

2 for me.

 

I really like the gameplay system in 6, but for me:

 

1. No blood or gore in 6 is what I don't like. 

2. Lack of stages.  For what there is they look nice though.

3. For me bad music.  I.E.  when the white house music played for the first time I heard it, I was fuck yeah.  Then, it changed to that     marching music,  I was like fuck....

[Eduardo-Merenda]

You just talking about the game that make me like of the realm of struggle (it came out of the Google Translator, but I liked of "realm of struggle").

Played much Samurai Shodown 4, but the first is better for nostalgic value.

 

Even if no one asked, I'd love a Samurai Shodown with the Sam Sho 2 gameplay and the more serious story of the 3rd title.