Samurai Shodown V
Samurai Shodown V brings back the classic side-scrolling action with a completely new storyline, new characters and new moves. A samurai's quest to prove himself against the Shogun leads to a gathering of the…
Samurai Shodown V is a fighting developed by Yuki Enterprise, released 10 October 2003 on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Neo Geo AES and Arcade.
What Samurai Shodown V is
Samurai Shodown V is a fighting game developed by Yuki Enterprise and released in 2003. It was published by SNK Playmore. It is available on PlayStation 2, Xbox, Neo Geo AES, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Neo Geo MVS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Samurai Shodown V brings back the classic side-scrolling action with a completely new storyline, new characters and new moves. A samurai's quest to prove himself against the Shogun leads to a gathering of the world's greatest warriors to compete for the right to be named the greatest.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Samurai Shodown series
Samurai Shodown V is the 18th of 31 entries we hold in the Samurai Shodown series. The next entry was Samurai Shodown V Special in 2004. Its critic score of 57 is 13 points below the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 at 90.
How it was received
Samurai Shodown V holds a critic score of 57 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 12 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Samurai Shodown V launched on 10 October 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom and Jak II. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Call of Duty, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, Jak II.
Official trailer
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