Hyper Drive 2020: Samurai Shodown V Special Finals

Hyper Drive is our SNK centric fighting game tournament which took place on Feb 1-2, 2020 at Esports Arena Orange County.
Players enjoyed community nights leading up to Hyper Drive such as Weds Night Fights, Barcode Thursday Night Casuals, Chapter One Pre-party, and much more for a welcoming and fun experience in SoCal.
The King of Fighters XIV & Samurai Shodown are official qualifiers for the SNK World Championship taking place in Japan.
Tournament Details:
smash.gg/hyperdrive
Sponsored by:
SNK - Hyper Drive is an official World Championship Qualifier for KOFXIV & Samurai Shodown. SNK also supported a prize bonus to every game title.
HyperX - Audio in every tournament set up and prizes for winners. Visit our friends at Hyper X at: hyperx.gg/LU2020
HORI - Supports Hyper Drive with prizes for the winners and cool deals on their Fighting EDGE and RAP4 KAI. Visit HORI at bit.ly/2GBWnfr
Level Up Productions:
Alex Valle - CEO
Jimmy Nguyen - President
Stream Producer:
Kiyobi
Stage Manager:
Billy Huynh
Bracket Admins:
Boone
Phwowniix
Administration:
Bane
Graphics:
Anna Heart
Boone
Photography:
Tobechi Ugwumba
Trailer:
Nostalgic Gamer
Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at / leveluplive

[@MarkLoweCEO]

Love Samurai Shodown and watching this live was intense! Hyper Drive is an excellent event

[@pizzahighfive2612]

Best Samurai Showdown still

[@poison6084]

V Special will forever be the best samsho

[@NationalistAF]

SNK # 1

[@onurB-_-]

Esse samurai shodown V é o melhor é o mais top ❤

[@adohitokirix4788]

Love this game

[@doublestarships646]

I'm new to this game and this looks leagues better than the new one. It's visually pleasing to look at.

[@montelhelem8707]

Wrong

[@kai1x_]

Agreed. I been thinkin bout getting 5 special and fight'n rage. I dont like how the new one plays

[@europexiii3915]

2D Fighting games are way superior to 3D ones on visual feel, period.

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen320]

It would be visually pleasing if the screen didn’t flash on every hit

[@extremepop324]

​@@montelhelem8707 Seems like you're in the minority.. I also think sam sho 5 Special is the best visually

[@vers1fier]

SNK's TRUE answer to Third Strike.

[@mariapsps5481]

Alex valle vai precisar praticar mais

[@kai1x_]

That kazuki was cleann

[@ConejoZing]

When in doubt return to the blood bath battle fields.

[@Khinh-xq6lx]

V Special is like upgraded version of 2

[@bigsmoke9209]

The dude killing himself in finals xD

[@GlaZim]

Are they playing the ps4 remaster version?

[@pako7278]

Yes

[@user-zu8tw9nk7x]

Nice. This game is still better than new samsho)

[@montelhelem8707]

Wrong

[@aryanburnwal2371]

Both are good

[@europexiii3915]

@@aryanburnwal2371 when talking about the visual feel only one is good, the 2D one. I own both but it is way more pleasing for the eye to play V special.

[@dejiko]

Why do they all look so greasy

[@rich213sal]

The tournament should include old school championship consisting of a cabinet, 2 players standing shoulder to shoulder...now thats a real champ that can win there in my opinion, sitting down with a stick on ur lap is totally a slap to the face of OG laundry mat neo geo machinces w the stripes n 4 choices

[@Xande-Samurai]

Isso é um jogo estranho da peste 😂😂

[@dandydanker]

This game looks like it was a fast pace game

[@Pax_Mayn3]

It wasnt, that's what made it good.

[@jeremybriggs6951]

I hate to be “ that guy” but those first couple of matches I can do much better.

[@ilovekatsumi]

They also have to concentrace, one damage could just turn into a combo etc.

[@poison6084]

But when they switched to kazuki and hanzo they played very well

[@thegamerfe8751]

@@ilovekatsumi Combos aren't really SmaSho's thing but a fight can be over in just two to three well timed hits.

[@poindextertunes]

sounds like you love to be “that guy”

[@jeremybriggs6951]

@@poindextertunes sound like it but I'm not, and I'm far from being a tournament level fighter.

[@hunjseattle]

No Kudo player, no fun.

[@thiagoferreira5210]

Basic players 😆