Shin Samurai Spirits: Haohmaru jigokuhen

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1994

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Shin Samurai Spirits: Haohmaru jigokuhen (1994)

In Samurai Shodown II players take on one of the roles of fifteen warriors, fighting their way through the land to defeat Rashojin Mizuki, who was thrown into the sea when she was a little g... Read allIn Samurai Shodown II players take on one of the roles of fifteen warriors, fighting their way through the land to defeat Rashojin Mizuki, who was thrown into the sea when she was a little girl and since then became a servant of the dark god Ambrosia.In Samurai Shodown II players take on one of the roles of fifteen warriors, fighting their way through the land to defeat Rashojin Mizuki, who was thrown into the sea when she was a little girl and since then became a servant of the dark god Ambrosia.

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Masaki Usui

Haohmaru
(voice)
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Harumi Ikoma

Nakoruru
(voice)
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Toshimitsu Arai

Hanzo Hattori
(voice)

T. Inage

Galford
(voice)
(as Kazuhiro Inage)

Toshikazu Nishimura

Wan-Fu
(voice)
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Eiji Yano

Ukyo Tachibana
(voice)
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Monster Maetsuka

Kyoshiro Senryo
(voice)
(as Atushi Maezuka)
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Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Jubei Yagyu
(voice)
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Kong Kuwata

Genjuro Kibagami
(voice)
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Reiko Chiba

Cham Cham
(voice)

Kenji Ikeda

Paku Paku
(voice)

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RickyK777

One of SNK's greatest fighting game masterpieces.

Even though I have not played the original Samurai Shodown, I think the second one looks and plays much better and has much more beautiful graphics than the original. I like this game because it has refined play mechanics, great controls, awesome voice acting, and great characters, full of life and 3-dimensional. My personal favorite characters are Haohmaru, Ukyo, Earthquake, Nakoruru, Jubei, Wan-Fu, and Gen-An. The final boss, Mizuki, is one tough boss, because she starts out cheap and insanely hard to beat in the start, but as soon as I get the hang of it, I beat her easily. I use Earthquake to beat her because I go twice as cheap as her, and beat her by using my boda (chain with sword blade) to beat her. This game is definitely one of SNK's masterpieces of the fighting genre.

My score: 10/10

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Narration: Long long ago, there were a man who try to make his skill ultimate. Because of his bloody life, it's no accident that he was involved in the troubles.

Alternate versions
The US home version changes the blood color from red to green and removes any fatality which can split an opponent in half. The home version also uses Japanese text instead of English text, like in the arcade version. You can change the blood back to red, restore cut-opponent-in-half fatalities, and change the Japanese text to English text with a simple code.