This is my favorite Samurai Shodown. Though the later games added more strategy and technique, and were better balanced for the most part, the gameplay felt soft and syrupy in comparison to this game. SSII also has the greatest Engrish of all time!
This brings back major memories. I remember being a kid watching people play this on an SNK cabinet with Aero Fighters II and King of Fighters? II. Good times.
Samurai Showdown II really is an awesome game, it really improves on the characters, and furthermore some of those stages has incredible music. Charlotte's theme is this I think better than I, for it sounds more aggressive while remaining noble, but Cham-Cham's theme is awesome, it's like samba with middle eastern elements, it's very catchy, Furthermore, for anyone who plays the drums, her theme would make for an excellent drums cover.
Fun fact: Reiko Chiba,the voice of Cham Cham has played Mei,PteraRanger in the Super Sentai series that gave birth to Mighy Morphin Power Rangers: Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger.
Anyone else notice how Genjuro almost never shows both sides of his face? In all of his poses, the other half of his face is either hidden behind his arm or turned away from the screen.
Exactly, super easy indeed. The CPU rarely attacks. Good choice though. Genjuro is one of my favorites. Ukyo, Kyoshiro, Sieger and Wan-fu are the others. :)
One of the few post-Street Fighter 2 "tournament fighting" games I liked, and probably my favorite...if only because it was the only one I was good at. I couldn't stand the "secret" moves and especially the combo memorization of other games in this genre. But Ukyo Tachibana had terrific range and allowed me to play a tournament fighter the way I wanted: just basic attacks, no special moves, not even the POW. I got so good I could beat the game (Level 4) without continuing every time I played.
IMO this series was so much more badass than street fighter...although I never really got wtf was going on in the story cutscenes lol. Great graphics, music, characters, and unique gameplay at a time when every game tried to be street fighter...also didn't hold back with showing people getting killed
If only this game had Tam Tam:the only character from SS1 who isn't playable here, This really could have been that Definitive Samurai Shodown. I also perfer the previous narrator over this one, but that's just me.
I have this game with the original arcade cabinet at work. The only thing wrong with it is the screen. Kinda discolored, but other than that, it's fine. Don't usually get past the 1st stage, tho, when I play it.
Tem como lutar 3x na mesma ficha contra kuroko, basta derrotar o cpu no segundo round com um special quando O TEMPO estiver ABAAIXO DE 20 SEGUNDOS NA SEXTA luta(6)ou NA OITAVA luta(8)ou NA DECIMA luta(10) . Tudo testado, mais nao encontrei nada na net que esplique isso descobrir tentando......
So did you select Genjuro so he could back at Haohmaru for using him as a slashing bag during the initial tutorial? Just kidding ;) Great longplay as usual.
Hol up. During the character showcase in the credits, one of the background ninjas shows up and acts like one of the fighters. Complimenting this with the occasional times he pops out and says something random, is it possible that you're able to fight him as a secret boss, or unlockable as a secret character?
Utterly zen moments in this game. Street Fighter is frantic, struggling karate and wrestling. Samurai is more zen and decisive with deadly weapons. If the weapon or sword makes direct contact, the fight is nearly over. Hanzo is way cooler than Ibuki btw lol... awesome illusion ninjutsu.
What have we learn so far. In the end even the strongest man has a soft spot for a... ...I think it was a frog... Samurai Shodown Sen however... IS A EVIL, EVIL GAME.!!! >:-(
hi david curry please i want to know if you speak japanese or understand it when listening ? i see your comment in romaji and wonder... cause if it the case i have a question for you about samurai 2 . thank you.
@IceChateau777 This is true. There are always people looking for an opportunity to brag or at least trash the uploader. There may be some fighting game elitism in this case, but I think it's just as likely that some of these people have never played SSII.
It almost looks like the computer is set to SUPER EASY and player 1 has the handicap to the max. If I were playing Genjiro vs. Ukyo, 'twould be a much different outcome indeed.
@FMagl Some examples include that kyo user, and I see those comments on just about every game playthrough. Those comments blow my top, for it might hurt beginners and eventually scare them. They just don't understand how the game is played. If they do, they should shut up and enjoy the playthrough.
LOL cute little froggy hops tords teh winner winner says Im gonna kill you now and poor widdle froggy hops away and then he says fine have it your way and teh cute widdle frog hops to follow him =P
good hyper street fighter is different from SUPER STREET FIGHTER 2 TURBO. but that is the maximum level of that hyper street fighter xq is very different levels. .......... especially to be the perfect akuma xq doubt the hardest level 8 super street fighter impocible perfect to give him Akuma. quisas in this version is weaker than in the super street fighter 2 ,.............. in order for because the need to curse ...??? uneducated?
This game was at tro arcades near me, one was L4 and had very few people that would challenge you. The other was L2 and had a lot of people playing- the L4 one was certainly great training!
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This game is one of the toughest fighting games I've played... Never seen anyone beat it at the arcade machine.
This is my favorite Samurai Shodown. Though the later games added more strategy and technique, and were better balanced for the most part, the gameplay felt soft and syrupy in comparison to this game.
SSII also has the greatest Engrish of all time!
I agree this was one of the best SNK fighting games. Also, Creepshow was an awesome movie.
lisvender I agree.
“When you lose your sword in battle, you’ll be unarmed.”
Ah yes, the floor is made out of floor.
Still the best of the samurai Shodown Series
Yep, that's true, it's great.
This game was so butt fuckingly HARD it took me 100 tries to finish, this makes dark souls look like a pre school game,it's vintage Snk
powermaxx15 lol
This brings back major memories. I remember being a kid watching people play this on an SNK cabinet with Aero Fighters II and King of Fighters? II. Good times.
Samurai Showdown II really is an awesome game, it really improves on the characters, and furthermore some of those stages has incredible music. Charlotte's theme is this I think better than I, for it sounds more aggressive while remaining noble, but Cham-Cham's theme is awesome, it's like samba with middle eastern elements, it's very catchy, Furthermore, for anyone who plays the drums, her theme would make for an excellent drums cover.
Fun fact: Reiko Chiba,the voice of Cham Cham has played Mei,PteraRanger in the Super Sentai series that gave birth to Mighy Morphin Power Rangers: Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger.
one of my favorite games
LOL Smoked at 14:45. Would be nice if the player knew enough about how to play the game to demonstrate more of Genjuro's moves.
Anyone else notice how Genjuro almost never shows both sides of his face? In all of his poses, the other half of his face is either hidden behind his arm or turned away from the screen.
Samurai Shodown ... my fave fighting games from SNK
Exactly, super easy indeed. The CPU rarely attacks. Good choice though. Genjuro is one of my favorites. Ukyo, Kyoshiro, Sieger and Wan-fu are the others. :)
One of the few post-Street Fighter 2 "tournament fighting" games I liked, and probably my favorite...if only because it was the only one I was good at.
I couldn't stand the "secret" moves and especially the combo memorization of other games in this genre. But Ukyo Tachibana had terrific range and allowed me to play a tournament fighter the way I wanted: just basic attacks, no special moves, not even the POW. I got so good I could beat the game (Level 4) without continuing every time I played.
My top three favourite characters in the Samurai Shodown series are...
3.) Genjuro.2.) Haohmaru.1.) Nakoruru.
Hey guyes this part of the samura shodown serie has the most creative fighters, it would be cool to have one game with all fighters
Greycloudly SS6 basically has them all.
Hatori Hanzo. He was the name of the sword maker in Kill Bill.
Samurai Shodown 2... One of the best fighting games ever made.
Yeah it's an amazing game.
I like the shimpan in the backgrounds
don't be involved in "the troubles"
The "Ninjas" on the Background,how nice of them to keep it fair.
Neinhalt Sieger, Charlotte, and Earthquake were my favorite characters.
i had to look away when you were fighting Cham Cham....my poor little Cham Cham. :3
IMO this series was so much more badass than street fighter...although I never really got wtf was going on in the story cutscenes lol. Great graphics, music, characters, and unique gameplay at a time when every game tried to be street fighter...also didn't hold back with showing people getting killed
I use Charlotte, Ukyo, Nicotine, Haomaru, Nakoruru, Hanzo, Jubei, Cham-Cham, Galford, Genjuro, and Kyoshiro. And I like to play on at least level 5.
If only this game had Tam Tam:the only character from SS1 who isn't playable here, This really could have been that Definitive Samurai Shodown.
I also perfer the previous narrator over this one, but that's just me.
What i would do for a new Samurai Shodown on the PS3. My favorite SNK fighter and one of my all time favorite fighting game series.
What's up with the tiny little bug that always follows genjuro around?
They should do a reboot of this game. The potential is good.
hello from the future
I have this game with the original arcade cabinet at work. The only thing wrong with it is the screen. Kinda discolored, but other than that, it's fine. Don't usually get past the 1st stage, tho, when I play it.
Randy Dubin Is it set to level 8 or something?
Just dropping on by to say Hi. I have that on my Retropie.
what happened to wan fu's schimtar from part one?
@ AbhiB
The uploader probably has a UNIBIOS 2.0 or higher installed in his Neo-Geo.
Tem como lutar 3x na mesma ficha contra kuroko,
basta derrotar o cpu no segundo round com um special quando O TEMPO estiver ABAAIXO DE 20 SEGUNDOS
NA SEXTA luta(6)ou NA OITAVA luta(8)ou NA DECIMA luta(10) .
Tudo testado, mais nao encontrei nada na net que esplique isso descobrir tentando......
Wish I could switch the difficulty level from 4 to 1 like you did, but the mame dipswitches dont seem to go to difficulty level select.
they got a fighter called nicotine?
Caffeine Nicotine to be exact
What happened with that name? 33:47 😯
Hi friends in USA, would you mind tell mw what APP you use in Amercia for samurai shodown 2
MAME
Good playthrough, good skills ^^. That ending was weird... what was up with him and the frog? Did the frog owe him a G of flies or something?
Isn't Hattori Hanzo the name of the owner of the sword in Kill Bill or something?
7:54-7:56 I thought my AES had a problem, but seems to show up the same here, odd. The clouds get glitchy looking when the camera zooms out.
It’s a scaling issue on the hardware.
Muito bem feito. Rivaliza com mortal kombat 3 de arcade. Todos os lutadores bem equilibrados
@cubex55 But then wouldn't it be at the normal difficulty, level 4?
So did you select Genjuro so he could back at Haohmaru for using him as a slashing bag during the initial tutorial? Just kidding ;) Great longplay as usual.
I never could play as Genjuro,so Hanzo is my favorite!!!
So you forgot to tell the guy who played the Shinobi because finalize without spending a life is to be professional.
Samurai Shodown neo geo collection *coming soon*
That music!
That intro!
To this day I still can't beat Samurai Shodown any of them
Raise your hand if you want The Completionist complete and review Samurai Shodown II?
Was the character Jubie only in the first samurai showdown?
bobapep20 Jubei was in this game and returned in the later games, Sam Sho 6 brought everyone else back too.
I know you can play as Kuroko in a vs. match but is it possible to fight him?
+SolidSonicTH He can randomly fight you at any time. Last time I sloshed my way through, I did not meet him. In 3 though, he'll always challenge you.
Yeah, I know in III he's a sub-boss before Zankuro (although fighting him is meh because he just transforms into someone else).
SolidSonicTH Yeah in 3 I wish he stayed as himself, would make the fight that much more interesting (I still love 3 though).
Hol up. During the character showcase in the credits, one of the background ninjas shows up and acts like one of the fighters. Complimenting this with the occasional times he pops out and says something random, is it possible that you're able to fight him as a secret boss, or unlockable as a secret character?
I 1CC Samurai Shodown I and II as Nakoruru.
I guess Genjuro became your fave...any reason?
Level 1?! You’re such a master -_-
Could had done it on Level 4 at least, though I play it on Level 8.
I use Charlotte or Nakoruru in the first game. Nakoruru is my main.
memories, oh memories...
eita jogo da hora viu me lembro dos fliperama mortal Kombat Street fhaiter
Neo-Geo classic.
Level 1?? ho ho
This isn't a fight but a show of skills and bullying because he set the difficulty level to 1, being the easiest.
Utterly zen moments in this game. Street Fighter is frantic, struggling karate and wrestling. Samurai is more zen and decisive with deadly weapons. If the weapon or sword makes direct contact, the fight is nearly over. Hanzo is way cooler than Ibuki btw lol... awesome illusion ninjutsu.
So I said you've should've been on a diet. Hee hee hee hee hee! Genjuro is something else, huh?
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What have we learn so far. In the end even the strongest man has a soft spot for a...
...I think it was a frog...
Samurai Shodown Sen however... IS A EVIL, EVIL GAME.!!! >:-(
Oh, I see :)
The classics need an update!
Helll yeah!! Genjuro--- THE MAN!!!!
Aw, no "victoly"?
iza jinjou ni shoubu ari!!
hi david curry
please i want to know if you speak japanese or understand it when listening ?
i see your comment in romaji and wonder... cause if it the case i have a question
for you about samurai 2 .
thank you.
There is a cheat code to unlock the referee. I love this game.
VIP Gamer how ?
put the level on 4 and see what happens.
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@IceChateau777 This is true. There are always people looking for an opportunity to brag or at least trash the uploader.
There may be some fighting game elitism in this case, but I think it's just as likely that some of these people have never played SSII.
LOL @ Haohmaru as his first opponent.
lv 1 ?
Why do play with Level 1 ?
It almost looks like the computer is set to SUPER EASY and player 1 has the handicap to the max. If I were playing Genjiro vs. Ukyo, 'twould be a much different outcome indeed.
@FMagl Some examples include that kyo user, and I see those comments on just about every game playthrough. Those comments blow my top, for it might hurt beginners and eventually scare them. They just don't understand how the game is played. If they do, they should shut up and enjoy the playthrough.
level 1 se ta de brincadera gospe fixa kkkk mais vlw
KIBAGAMI GENJURO! He's just awesome. xD
Minuhodo shirasuwa!
LOL cute little froggy hops tords teh winner winner says Im gonna kill you now and poor widdle froggy hops away and then he says fine have it your way and teh cute widdle frog hops to follow him =P
hattory hanzo rules
good hyper street fighter is different from SUPER STREET FIGHTER 2 TURBO. but that is the maximum level of that hyper street fighter xq is very different levels. .......... especially to be the perfect akuma xq doubt the hardest level 8 super street fighter impocible perfect to give him Akuma. quisas in this version is weaker than in the super street fighter 2 ,..............
in order for
because the need to curse ...???
uneducated?
@vio2112 you mean 24 bit lol
I love your longplays, but I wish you didn't record them with a potato.
jajaja level 1 ??? uy no pense que seria mas interesante en level 8 .........
Yo juego en nivel 8 suscribete.
Really? Level 1?
THE BEST Game ever !!!!!!!!!!!! Sieger master !!!
Why did you play in level 1 ? hauahuahauha Oh man... put in level 4 or more... uaaaa !!
HORRIBLE ATMOSPHERE.
This game can get pretty brutal. I think some of the commenters who bring up the difficulty level haven't played it.
I have the Anthology on PS2
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Playing in Lv 1, anybody finish this game. Good palyers play in LV 4 or superior!
This game was at tro arcades near me, one was L4 and had very few people that would challenge you. The other was L2 and had a lot of people playing- the L4 one was certainly great training!
i pick the girl with boomerang and i couldnt for the life of me beat the ref
So I said you've should've been on a diet. Hee hee hee hee hee!
The boss of samurai shadown are very hard
I have ss1 and ss3 for the snes and the ps 1
bloddy boring, that was an super easy mode ?
Engrish at its best :D