In 1788, Amakusa is resurrected as an akuma from making a deal with the dark god Ambrosia by bringing the evil entity into the world by using the Palenke stone and its energy. Shiro Tokisada Amakusa, slain in Japan of 1638 by the forces of the non-fictional shogun dictator Tokugawa Shogunate for his part in the Shimabara tax revolt, is an actual person and Japan's most famous Japanese Roman Catholic martyr. When a player lands a successful hit, the referee lifts the corresponding flag, indicating who dealt the blow.Ī delivery man occasionally appears in the background and throws items such as bombs or health-restoring chicken, which can significantly change the outcome. During a match, a referee holds flags representing each player (Player 1 is white Player 2 is red). Focusing more on quick, powerful strikes than combos, slow motion was added to intensify damage dealt from hard hits.
The game quickly became renowned for its fast pace. A refined version of the camera zoom first found in Art of Fighting is used in Samurai Shodown true to its use of bladed weapons, the game also includes copious amounts of blood. The game uses comparatively authentic music from the time period, rife with sounds of traditional Japanese instruments, such as the shakuhachi and shamisen. The game is set in the late 18th century, and all the characters wield weapons.
In contrast to other fighting games at the time, which were set in modern times and focused primarily on hand-to-hand combat, Samurai Shodown is set in feudal-era Japan (similar to Kaneko's Shogun Warriors) and was SNK's first arcade fighting game to focus primarily on weapon-based combat. Released in 1993, it is the first installment in the Samurai Shodown series. Samurai Shodown is a competitive fighting game developed and published by SNK for their Neo Geo arcade and home platform. Kenji Shintani, Erina Makino, Eikichi Kawasaki. This game can be played also in a versions for Game Boy, Game Gear and SNES. The following emulators are available for this game: