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Samurai Shodown 5 / Samurai Spirits Zero (JPN)
Fighting Game by Yuki Enterprise / SNK
Neo Geo
Japan
10/10/2003
Playstation 2
Japan
7/29/2004
Xbox
Japan
1/18/2006
Samurai Shodown Anthology, Samurai Spirits Rokuban Shoubu (Playstation 2)
Compilation release.
Japan
7/24/2008
Samurai Shodown Anthology, Samurai Spirits Rokuban Shoubu (Wii)
Compilation release.
Japan
7/24/2008
Samurai Shodown Anthology, Samurai Spirits Rokuban Shoubu (Playstation Portable)
Compilation release.
Japan
3/24/2009
Playstation Network
Japan
04/15/2015
ACA NeoGeo: Samurai Shodown V (PlayStation 4)
Worldwide
7/05/2018
ACA NeoGeo: Samurai Shodown V (Xbox One)
Worldwide
7/05/2018
ACA NeoGeo: Samurai Shodown V (Switch)
Worldwide
7/05/2018
Samurai Shodown: NeoGeo Collection (Windows)
Compilation release.
Worldwide
06/11/2020
Samurai Shodown: NeoGeo Collection (PlayStation 4)
Compilation release.
Worldwide
07/27/2020
Samurai Shodown: NeoGeo Collection (Xbox One)
Compilation release.
Worldwide
07/28/2020
Samurai Shodown: NeoGeo Collection (Switch)
Compilation release.
Worldwide
07/28/2020
ACA NeoGeo: Samurai Shodown V (Android)
Worldwide
09/13/2022
ACA NeoGeo: Samurai Shodown V (iOS)
Worldwide
09/13/2022

Fighters
Basara
Charlotte Christine Colde
Enja
Gaira Caffeine
Galford D. Weller
Gaoh
Genjuro Kibagami
Hanzo Hattori
Haohmaru
Jubei Yagyu
Kazuki Kazama
Kusare Gedo
Kyoshiro Senryo
Mina Majikina
Nakoruru
Poppy
Rasetsumaru
Rera
Rimururu
Sankuro
Shizumaru
Sogetsu Kazama
Suija
Tam Tam (SS5 Era)
Ukyo Tachibana
Yoshitora Tokugawa
Yumeji Kurokochi
Yunfei

Gameplay
Basara
Command Moves

Stabbing Feet / 刺し足
(in air)down+cbtn
On hit, Basara will hop off.

Suicide
backwardforwarddown+start
Basara slits his own throat with his blade.

Triangle Jump / 三角跳び
(in air)(wall)uforward
Special Moves

Airborne Slash / 空刺し
(in air)qcf+anyslash
Basara throws his blade downwards at an angle determined by button (must be performed near peak of jump).

Friendly Rip / 友引
(close)dp+cbtn
Basara grabs the opponent and drags them into his shadow. They fly back out moments later on the edge of his weapon, receiving a series of slashes.

Ground Slash / 地刺し
qcf+anyslash
Basara throws his blade up and forward, it travels in an arc and returns to him.

Shadow Exit / 影出
dp+anyslash
After entering his shadow, Basara reappears at the enemy's location with an uppercut slash.

Shadow Feint / 影騙し
rdp+abtn/bbtn/cbtn/abtn+bbtn/abtn+cbtn/bbtn+cbtn/bbtn+dbtn
A clone of Basara takes deceptive action depending on the button pressed. The clone turns into a bat and flies away after a moment. In Samurai Shodown 3 both Basara and the clone are visible but in all future games Basara becomes invisible until the clone disappears, making more effective feint.

Shadow Sucker / 影吸い
qcb+cbtn
Basara sinks into his shadow. You can move left or right for a few moments before rising again.

Soul of the Beast / 鵺魂(ぬえだま)
qcf+cbtn
A slow-moving electrical projectile that travels in an arc. After hitting it turns into a bat and flies away.
Super Moves

Shadow Dance Dream Pull / 影舞い・夢彈(ゆめびき)
qcf+cbtn+dbtn
A hop back then a leap forward. If unblocked Basara performs an elaborate combo ending with a grab; he ends with a wide slash in Kagaribi's memory.
Kusare Gedo
Special Moves

Doro Nage / 泥投げ
(weapon)dforwardhcfrdp+bbtn+cbtn
Gedo throws a ball of poo at the opponent, becoming extremely pleased with himself afterwards.

Evil Spirit Summons / Akuryou Yobi, 悪霊呼び
qcf+abtn
Gedo freaks out and slaps the ground, summoning hands at the opponent's location to hold them still.

Flesh Raiser / Niku Mochiage, 肉持ち上げ
(weapon)rdp+cbtn
Gedo lifts up his gut and slides forward, evading low and mid attacks.

Gastrorrhea / Ieki Haki, 胃液吐き
(weapon)qcb+abtn/bbtn
Gedo vomits on the ground.

Heretic Brand / Gedo no Rakuin Oshi, 外道の烙印押し
(weapon)(close)forwardbackwarddownup+cbtn
Command grab into jumping knee drop.
Super Moves

Flying Head Butt / Tobi Zutsuki, 飛び頭突き
qcf+cbtn+dbtn
Gedo launches his head from his body, it flies out and returns like a boomerang.

Heretic Hunt / Gedo no Emono Gari, 外道の獲物狩り
(weapon)(close)forwarduforwardupubackwardqc-b2dup+cbtn+dbtn
Super version of Heretic Brand, an even bigger pain to execute.
Poppy
Basic Moves

Silent Dog
(air)cbtn
Poppy momentarily teleports away, then pops back into the same position. If performed in the air, she reappears on the ground instead.
Special Moves

Machinegun Dog
qcf+abtn+bbtn
Poppy runs forward and mauls the opponent, stunning them briefly.

Replica Dog
qcb+anyslash
Poppy teleports above her foe and drops down with a rolling slash.

Rush Dog
qcf+abtn/bbtn
Poppy charges forward for a headbutt.

Strike Dog
(close)dp+cbtn
Poppy's ninja piledriver.
Super Moves

Mega Strike Dog
(close)qcf+cbtn+dbtn
Ninja piledriver with lightning strikes. Does 50% damage if landed.

Storyline
Samurai Showdown 5 / 1786
Blacker than pitch, a deep darkness of boundless nothingness.

It begins within this vortex.

A sinister presence quickens within its womb.

Its pulsing beat becomes an invisible, intangible wave drifting in the darkness,

and at the end of its roaming it reaches Japan.…



The year is 1786.

A time known to subsequent generations as the great famine of Tenmei.

Its vestiges still remain and the starving regions show no sign of relief.

In every region insurrection and destruction break out, spurring increasing ruin.

The people tormented by unprecedented misfortune scrape by, knowing not when it will all end. Today? Tomorrow?



The Shogunate's response to this crisis was nowhere near effective.

Before his country, buried in heaps of corpses and slowly dying away,

a noted general turns toward the heavens and roars:



"Oh, listen to my country's lamentations...You!

You Tokugawa trolls, enemies of my land-your folly ends here!

The time for action has come!

I, as a patriot, will reduce all you Tokugawa traitors to ash!"



This general assuming this fated role is named Gaoh Kyogoku Hinowanokami.



"Oh, brave warriors!

Follow your patriotic souls, you true soldiers of courage!

From the North's Ezo to the South's Ryukyu, come to me! Reveal your true mettle!"





Was it the result of Gaoh's aspirations, or mere coincidence-?

Entrusting their souls to their sword, devoting their lives to the way of the warrior, 24 warriors simultaneously clash in the turmoil of battle.



What will they finally master in the end?

The code of the samurai? Or the way of Asura?

Credits
Worldwide
Voice Actor

Masahiro Nonaka as Basara
Harumi Ikoma as Charlotte Christine Colde
Takeshi Watanabe as Gaira Caffeine
Mantarō Koichi as Galford D. Weller
Kong Kuwata as Genjuro Kibagami
Toshimitsu Arai as Hanzo Hattori
Dorio Takaya as Haohmaru
Atsushi Yamanishi as Kazuki Kazama
Gō Shinomiya as Kusare Gedo
Monster Maezuka as Kyoshiro Senryo
Satsuki Yukino as Mina Majikina
Harumi Ikoma as Nakoruru
Kyōko Hikami as Rera
Hitomi Nabatame as Rimururu
Naoki Oikawa as Sogetsu Kazama
Eiji Yano as Ukyo Tachibana
Hiro Yūki as Yoshitora Tokugawa
Mitsuki Saiga as Yumeji Kurokochi