Your character will perform a violent and stylish finishing move that kills the enemy. In spite of these little improvements, the game preserved (and improved a lot) many elements that did the previous one (Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood) a quite popular title, like the dodge move and the chance to choose between two versions of the fighter: the standard one and an alternative dark-styled one (SLASH and BUST, respectively). Use only in need because your rage meter will be removed for the rest of the match.Įxclusive to Samurai Shodown 5 Special is the return of the Fatality system from Samurai Shodown 4. In this state you can perform an Issen move by again pressing BCD. When you have lost one match and your life meter is down past the arrow it will turn blue and allow you to activate Circumstance of Nothing (a slow motion state) by pressing BCD together. The meditate meter is integrated with the life bar, look for the small arrow on top of it. Time your use of this right because once it's activated, the Rage Gauge disappears for the rest of the match.Ĭoncentration One/Circumstance of Nothing (Mu no Kyochi)īy meditating you can lower your rage meter while raising your meditate meter. And when it reaches MAX, the Sword Gauge maxes out, too.Īctivating the 'Rage Explosion' allows you to use invincible attacks that blow back an enemy attack even if you are taking damage, and it shoots the sword gauge up to MAX in an instant. As you take attacks and damage, the Rage Gauge increases.

When it reaches MAX, you can use Rage moves. Whenever characters take damage their Rage Gauge rises. The Sword Gauge falls with each slash or miss but climbs again with time. THE OTHER IMPORTANT RESULT: If youre playing a character with a fast air attack (such as Galford of Hanzo) you slash, it jumps, and then you hit Amakusa in. Striking an opponent with a low Sword Gauge level delivers little damage, but slash an opponent with the Sword Gauge at MAX and watch his life drop. GALFORD SAMURAI SPIRITS SAMURAI SHODOWN IV AMAKUSA'S REVENGE SNK TRADING card - 14.95. The Sword Gauge below the Life Gauge shows the character's attack strength.

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