Mega Drive Longplay [391] Samurai Shodown

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[@AskMeddi]

This used to be so epic back in the day..., with the "cut-scenes" and the whole Japanese vibe.

[@ryzmaker11]

The game looks fantastic, easily one of the best-looking fighting games on a mainstream home system at the time (i.e. excluding the likes of the Neo Geo). And the sound is great, too! Impressive for a stock 1988 hardware. Just too bad that they didn't include Earthquake due to the developers cheaping out on the cart size (24 meg if I'm not mistaken, could have been 32 or 40 meg and thus included all the characters and moves). As someone who grew up with the Neo Geo version, I have to say that, if I didn't have a Neo Geo back then, I'd have been very happy with this version.

[@camulodunon]

You had a Neo Geo? What a lucky bastard.

[@Bloodreign1]

@@camulodunon Arcades had the original version, the Neo Geo if you will.

[@camulodunon]

@@Bloodreign1 ok captain obvious.

[@Bloodreign1]

@@camulodunon No problem Private No Clue.

[@camulodunon]

@@Bloodreign1 dude, I don't get where your going. How does calling someone lucky for having owned a Neo Geo signify that I don't know what this game originally came out on?

[@luke_y_444]

Perhaps the best adaptation of a Neogeo game on Mega Drive.

[@tunkunrunk]

the sprites are bigger and more detailed than the snes version , but the audio sounds like borrowed from 8 bits consoles

[@lemonsummer8484]

And Viewpoint

[@ChrisYoungGunn]

ippon sound is still badass

[@luisfernandomiguelpiris252]

ORMIGOTO

[@hnhussainali]

One of the memorable game of my childhood .. i really love all the musics in game and it was the most difficult game at that time and i think he did something to the game because it wasn't easy as it seems ..

[@Silanda]

Possibly one of the most technically impressive ports on the system (much more so than the Mega/Sega CD version), and a completely different approach to the SNES version. Big sprites, clever use of colour, and mid frame palette changes to keep the game as colourful as possible. The latter is something I'm surprised that more fighting games didn't do on the system. There were tradeoffs for doing that (CRAM dots), but it could be worth it. Unfortunately the cart just wasn't big enough and cuts to the moves were made. It's a shame it couldn't have had a 32Mb cart.

[@komangpradnyana939]

I miss this game so much... Kyoshiro and charlotte are my fav

[@samurizzy]

I can remember playing this as a kid and my jaw hitting the floor the first time I realized I cut my opponent in half.

[@raulbenevides]

Este jogo é um clássico. Mesmo no Sega Gênesis ele está muito bem feito. Joguei muito ele no Gênesis quando era criança. Hoje, tenho ele no Xbox One. Jogo direto! Excelente jogo.

[@riderseanr]

Just this intro has me shivering in nostalgia

[@PokemonTrainerVince]

Had this for the Sega genesis because it was such a great arcade game.

[@monskuuy]

Time flies so fast 😂

[@tay850dakid2]

Yes sir!!! This was definitely one of favorites when I was little Jubei Haohmaru & Ukyo my main 3

[@user-xr2lj7zh7u]

Сколько лет прошло, а она всё такая же прекрасная.

[@lsadin2457]

Last Blade is better than Samurai Showdown haha!

[@jason4275]

Wow love this game use to play it in the arcade back in the day

[@Cam-wn4mu]

I have this game when I was a kid.

[@eazypeazy]

good game. :)

[@mobytrice]

masterpiece of a game

[@kennydapooh20]

Tha good old days. Elementary school days. Nostalgia rite herre.

[@MrRubmeister]

By no means an arcade perfect port, but pretty repectable on its own compared to its SNES counterpart, with 6-button gamepad support, closed-in (No zooming in the 16-bit porfts) view for more detailed sprites, and uncensored blood/gore compared to the SñES "orange juice" and that awkward control scheme where you had to hold the L/R triggers to do the heavy attacks and zoomed out arena view. Only sad part is that Earthquake was omitted from this version, but the good far outweighs the bad.

[@Bloodreign1]

The Genesis version was cut so much though, all that to get bigger sprites. They should've just gone with a bigger cart size, because the amount of stuff they cut out of this version is astonishing.

[@AnimeAndFightingGames3000]

Im going to be honest. I enjoyed this version more then the snes version even tho im more a snes guy.

[@lsadin2457]

Better than Street Fighter!

[@elianandres4326]

Mortal kombat and street fighter are the top of this console en my opinion, but this is your opinion and is a good game.

[@Bloodreign1]

Far and away better, this has swords and fighting samurai ronin, ninjas, strange green wizards (Gen-An), demons (Amakusa), native Anui people (Nakoruru), Kabuki (Kyoshiro) to round out the cast. The entire Sam Sho cast had something the original Street Fighter 2 cast lacked, personality.

[@lsadin2457]

@@elianandres4326 Sry I am a SF & Kombat Fan too :D but the first SF2 is not the best BeatemUp :D but I know many other worst BeatemUps like Virtua Fighter Mega Drive (only for fans ok) but the worst BeatemUp ever is Pitfighter for me haha

[@021881mt]

SNK made way better characters and stage's at their best. Fatal Fury 2/Special and Samurai Showdown both had a flawless cast of characters who were all fun and interesting to play with. Even the parody ninja characters are still unique/different enough to not be a total parody. This ain't better than Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo though.

[@vinnyhaddad]

Last Blade is better than Samurai Showdown

[@BlackliztFelixErik]

30:15 is mai shiranui?

[@arielzarate6053]

Yes

[@Bloodreign1]

Her ancestor.

[@peedipiper9048]

I wish Snk make another Samurai Showdown game for the Ps4

[@PopeTheRevXXVIII]

I wish you spoke English.

[@kuriringdjdhc8352]

Well...

[@Imadeyourun]

You wish has been granted!

[@DSMTheEditor]

This week, lad! About time too!

[@sixgrave7972]

congrats, you're a prophet

[@Aberukun]

I hope someone will do Samurai Showdown RPG longplay.

[@TheVandal172LONGPLAYS]

Excelente Jogo. Good !

[@shedever]

I'm a Samurai. We must part. Be brave. And goes to Mai Shiranu))

[@Bloodreign1]

Mai's ancestor to be exact.

[@-resines]

Samurai recess

[@toshineon]

Damn, well played. I suck at fighting games.

[@021881mt]

Something has to be said for all the extra animations and details featured here for choosing to go big, the SNES version is extremely cut down graphically when it comes to the characters. SNES was great for giving you more of the arcade experience like the flawless cut scenes, win portraits, medium attack, Earthquake, and overall more frames and better backgrounds. To do what Sega did though would have required them to scale back tremendously as well, and viewing the arcade sized characters here really make up for what's missing kinda. Tie for me but SNES "technically" was better.

[@DaiquanAllen-sf1lj]

24:21 wan fu: oh yeah hey

[@Bloodreign1]

Another version of Samurai Shodown I own, though Earthquake is missing, the game is still fun. A little censored surprisingly on the Genesis (win quotes mainly), not really sure why though. Ah well, still good weapon based, sword slashing, fireball throwing, ninja action fun.

[@conradojavier7547]

Sega must be a Scott Steiner Fan, cuz of his Hatred of FAAAAAATASSES!

[@Bloodreign1]

@@conradojavier7547 You mean Takara and Saurus, who are behind this port.

[@Silanda]

The win quotes thing was really weird. The game has blood in it, and you can cut the opponent in half, but then you've got this weird NES era Nintendo type censorship where they can't mention anyone dying or say something as risqué (/s) as "breastplate".

[@Bloodreign1]

@goduskychris Chris Godusky But is the ugliest version of the game for a console (handheld versions look worse due to further limitations of the hardware), and in this day and age looks even worse. Yeah it was ugly back in the day too, but compared to MK 2 (which still looks good) on the Genesis, it is an eyesore to look at.

[@DaiquanAllen-sf1lj]

27:19 amakusa: no problem baby

[@tay850dakid2]

Oh hell nah I can't unhear it now LMAO!!

[@AJ-kj1go]

Reminds me of all the neo geo arcade fighters

[@CarbyGuuGuu]

The Bamboozler This is a Neo Geo fighter, it was ported to the Mega Drive.

[@luisfernandomiguelpiris252]

@@CarbyGuuGuuYOU ARE FROM PUYO PUYO

[@daiquanallen8100]

Amakusa fades when it says no problem baby lol😄

[@EDifyer881]

I had this for the game gear back then now I have it for the 3d0

[@dbzgames4315]

you are amazing

[@nope7832]

this game is so fucking hard

[@JayxemPoop]

what is with fighting games always having the best girls?

[@user-od4xk9rl8h]

awesome

[@bgasman]

I've played Samurai Shodown on the Genesis version for the first time!

[@elianandres4326]

Actually, is a good port.

[@SONICBOOM1889]

@@elianandres4326 Better than the SNES version, because the sprites are way too small in that version.

[@traindawg21]

I think Hanzo was far more of a pain in the ass than the final boss if you ask me

[@gabrielfigueiredodecarvalh8253]

Hanzo and Nakoruru

[@traindawg21]

@@gabrielfigueiredodecarvalh8253 that's the girl with the bird right?

[@gabrielfigueiredodecarvalh8253]

@@traindawg21 Right

[@traindawg21]

@@gabrielfigueiredodecarvalh8253 she was super annoying in Capcom Vs SNK 2 as well

[@thecowboy2]

Schlauchi, do you people at World Of Longplays have gamers that specialize in certain kinds of games, or are all your people each good at different game genres? I always wanted to ask.

[@MopedOfJustice]

+thecowboy2 It's mostly TAS'd

[@kibakim]

move list ? super moves ?

[@SlyBeast]

Don't be afraid of what I hold in my hands. - Jubei Tee hee hee...

[@supercool2999]

I use to think Amakusa was a man in drag 😂😂😂

[@MatthewDaSmitdog]

30:14 Oh hi Mai. :)

[@orangerocketgames1587]

I’m gonna try to get this game

[@augustodac.esilva5165]

The Samurai Show download, it's diferent of the Samurai Warriors!

[@lachana2692]

I'm getting this for my gen x console.

[@brogoram]

How mai get here? Main is not from this era

[@Bloodreign1]

Her ancestor.

[@PaulNat360]

This Is Probably The Only Arcade-To-Mega Drive Port/Game Where Each Character Has His/Her Own Ending. In World Heroes, You Beat The Final Boss And The Only Ending You Get Is A Statue Of Your Character And The Credits Roll. In Fatal Fury 2, You Beat The Final Boss And It Simply Says “And So [Character’S Name] Became The Strongest Fighter In The World”. And Then The Credits Roll. Though Fatal Fury 1 Had Unique Text Endings For Each Of The 3 Playable Characters Once You Beat Arcade Mode.

[@PaulNat360]

@Aaron Miles my bad... I meant neo Geo games...

[@ericcamello3247]

Genialll

[@daiquanallen8100]

Wan fu says hey! It was funny

[@lauragomezcastro3041]

a perfect arcade port for megadrive

[@Bloodreign1]

Nope, lots of stuff missing from arcades, do some research. No 16 bit port was perfect, the Sega CD port stunk, the 3DO port was a bit overrated, the Japanese PS1 version suffered from load times. The arcade version is only matched by the PS2 and Wii Sam Sho Anthology, which if memory serves me right, uses the AES version's (except SS 6, which ran on Atomiswave arcade hardware) and not the MVS versions.

[@Capcomgirl25]

@@Bloodreign1 First off, no one is denying the arcade versions is the way to go for most arcade fighters as nothing is cut and everything is as it should. However, for ports that saw cuts still manage to look good on their own merits considering 16-bit console's tech is from the mid 80s compared to more updated 90s tech as seen in the arcades. The only time console ports was better then the Original arcade versions was Contra, Super C, Ninja Gaiden and Double Dragon I and II but those are unicorns. When she meant "perfect port" she was referring to the fact it was good for the Genesis' standards and not comparing it to the arcade version. Now had she said this looks nearly as good as its Original then that be a different story. My point is yes these 16-bit ports are not perfect but for console standards they hold up on their own. I mean seriously you are acting as if this is a shitty port of Time Killers and World Heroes that Genesis got LOL.

[@Bloodreign1]

@@Capcomgirl25 Time Killers and World Heroes are atrocities that we should never EVER speak about.

[@adelsn]

pow?

[@Noname-tq7jf]

Tuve Snes y MD.Los Street fighter y Final Fight eran mejor en Snes.Los Mortal Kombat depende de la edicion y el gusto.Pero aca Megadrive tenia un juegazo como el Dragon Ball que daba gusto jugarlo.

[@Mai_Shiranui123]

Not Earthquake

[@P1mpMyBr1de]

Loved the arcade version but i was so disappointed with the mega drive version i remember 😢

[@Bloodreign1]

The massive amount of cuts they did to this version, they must've used Haohmaru's sword and went to town cutting out things just to fit in the bigger sprites. When you mention the cuts to people, they plug their ears and go "nyah nyah I can't hear you". Very annoying of course, but ultimately brings the game down several notches, but thankfully doesn't kill the game.

[@kevinthomas2906]

Hated Kyoshiro

[@carlossantavilla2997]

The SNES version despide the tiny graphics had more faithful backgrounds, color and the music was awesome, but the sound was just terrible, the sound of swords clashing was so diluted, and there were no slash sounds. The voices were a bit bad ported, some sounded as if they were inside a can. Genesis was way more solid in that part. I think SNES wins for the graphics, more detailed backgrounds and the music. Genesis because of the size of the characters and the sound, which adds a lot of emotion to the game. Despite Genesis version missed a lot of the original animations, it kept the arcade feeling by keeping the animation of the finger pushing the button rapidly during pressing attacks, the jump of the characters at the beginning of the match and yes, those fatalities. A 50/50 win un this case I believe.

[@Bloodreign1]

I find the more I play the Genesis version, the less faithful in gameplay it feels to the arcade original.

[@TrangleC]

I loved Gen-An, even though he was a bit of a Blanka ripoff.

[@reidocapslock6188]

The developer said he was supposed to be a monster-hero, and that his claws were based on Edward Scissorhands'. His spinning attack is quite similar to Blanka's, though.

[@TrangleC]

@@reidocapslock6188 Well, he is a green-skinned, half naked weirdo who crouches all the time. The comparison is obvious.

[@nopechy]

BAKUENRYU

[@MrMimikyu1998]

Where’s Earthquake?

[@steveafanador6441]

The genesis couldn't render that big of a sprite so he was cut out. 😔

[@adelsn]

meu tio se matava achando que dava pra dar especial kkkkk

[@carloshr2638]

Kkkkk todo mundo ! A barra só provoca mais dano kkkkk

[@judychen1038]

30:50

[@gochem3013]

No Dolby Surround? Shame. In other words, OHGETSUZA!

[@luisfernandomiguelpiris252]

Solo Esta En La Versión De Súper Nintendo.

[@gochem3013]

@@luisfernandomiguelpiris252 yo lo sé.

[@luisfernandomiguelpiris252]

@@gochem3013 Si

[@o.osuq-madiq2008]

Rented this cartridge several times Ukyo and gen-an were my go-to fighters

[@TheLordThunder]

As a lifelong SNES guy, this is one of the rare times I've seen the Genesis port absolutely blow the SNES out of the water. And before you say Mortal Kombat, the graphics and sound were a step below the SNES.

[@AguilaDeOnix85]

I also preferred Matt Furniss' music on the Genesis. Looking back at it, I don't think there was always that much disparity between the two systems. I had both and had SFII World Warrior and SCE, for example, and enjoyed the living hell out of both experiences.

[@INICIANTESDAARTE]

caraí de mega drive ė esse cara é viciado mesmo eu prefiro os de neo geo e sk

[@cesarbinho]

desenho realístico brasil não tem como comparar com o do neo geo, que tem um processador muito superior e com mais memória RAM. Dada as limitações técnicas do mega e levando em consideração que o mega só reproduz 64 cores ao mesmo tempo em cada tela, eles fizeram um milagre. O jogo é muito colorido, as músicas estão idênticas as do arcade e a jogabilidade é fluida. Faltou só o zoom e algumas cutscenes. A versão do mega tem só 24 megabytes de memória. E tendo esse espaço pra fazer a versão, acho que ficou perfeito

[@kjfromocpodcast1110]

Amakusa's laugh sounds like Kanye's laugh in Late (2005)

[@fabiocolombo21k]

No, wait a moment... where is Earthquake?!?! Are you kidding? :-O

[@camulodunon]

Sprite size limitations

[@Bloodreign1]

Happens when you use bigger sprites, the console wasn't capable of holding a sprite that size, especially if two people used him, or you faced him in 1 player mode, since you face everyone in this game.

[@supersmeister]

5:03 - GREEN HELL?! Um.....okay?!

[@omarsantana3680]

SNES version is better. more fluid animation & better sound even tho character depictions are smaller.

[@Bloodreign1]

Try telling that to people, and naming everything missing in this port, and people's panties twist into a knot. I once made a list of 11 things cut out from this game, buried somewhere on KZbin in someone's video of this port. The two things the SNES version did wrong was censorship (even for the Japanese version too, which is odd as no other SNK game got censored there), the lack of fatalities, and the bonus round never changing.

[@ebacalobato]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@germansherman7707]

i dont remember this game sounded that awful,

[@tetsuokenpachi]

Damn, what a terrible port...

[@Bloodreign1]

It's not great, but it's not bad either, it's still fun to play. It won't ever take the place of the MVS version, but it retains the arcade games atmosphere, which is important.

[@louiskeiflin5858]

@@Bloodreign1 True dat.

[@slapshot68]

Can’t select Earthquake

[@Bloodreign1]

@@slapshot68 Sprite sized limits due to the size of the characters. Had they gone with smaller sprites, then Earthquake would've been included.

[@louiskeiflin5858]

I prefer the snes version more.

[@Bloodreign1]

More animation and background detail helped the SNES version out. In Charlotte's stage, in the SNES version, you can see the entire background portrait on the wall, in the Genesis one, you can only see the bottom of it, even when both characters are in the air. All the other stages seem to have missing elements in them as well on the Genesis version, like no rain falling in Wan Fu's stage on the Genesis version. Bigger sprites meant that details and animations, as well as Earthquake were axed, such a shame as the game isn't too bad to play on the Genesis, and on the SNES.

[@Bloodreign1]

Ben, he's entitled to his opinion, like you are to yours, let it be.

[@evertonm1623]

SNES versão com aqueles personagens minúsculos ? Só pode ser fanboy mesmo kkkkk.

[@ebacalobato]

😂😂😂😂😂