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Samurai Shodown Sen

Samurai Shodown Sen follows a young European girl named Suzu, rescued from a sinking ship off Japan's coast, adopted by the Amori Clan and raised as Princess Suzu. A decade later she saves Takechiyo, a…

53 10 December 2009

Samurai Shodown Sen is a fighting developed by K2, released 10 December 2009 on Xbox 360.

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What Samurai Shodown Sen is

Samurai Shodown Sen is a fighting game developed by K2 and released in 2009. It was published by Rising Star Games. It is available on Xbox 360 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Samurai Shodown Sen follows a young European girl named Suzu, rescued from a sinking ship off Japan's coast, adopted by the Amori Clan and raised as Princess Suzu. A decade later she saves Takechiyo, a self-proclaimed master of martial arts, after his ship sinks and he ends up washed on the beach; soon after this chance meeting, the tables turn when Princess Suzu mysteriously disappears and Takechiyo pledges to find his missing rescuer. Staying close to its roots, alongside Princess Suzu, Takechiyo and a host of new characters, a plethora of old favorites from the series have been faithfully incorporated, including Haohmaru, Galford, Hanzo Hattori, Nakoruru and Ukyo Tachibana- taking the…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Samurai Shodown series

Samurai Shodown Sen is the 22nd of 31 entries we hold in the Samurai Shodown series. It arrived a year after Samurai Shodown Anthology. The next entry was Neo Geo Mini in 2018. Its critic score of 53 is 17 points below the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 at 90.

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How it was received

Samurai Shodown Sen holds a critic score of 53 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 14 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Samurai Shodown Sen launched on 10 December 2009, within three weeks of Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Final Fantasy XIII and Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Final Fantasy XIII, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter.

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When did Samurai Shodown Sen come out?
Samurai Shodown Sen was released on 10 December 2009 for Xbox 360.

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