Samurai Shodown/Trivia

• Fan Nickname:
  • In Mexico, Kyoshiro was usually called "the clown" (due the face paint) and Amakusa "the witch".
  • Based on Sieger's Battle Cry, developers nicknamed him "BAAAAH!!!".
• Franchise Killer: Samurai Shodown Sen. Best described as a highly stripped down clone of Soul Calibur. Good luck finding a positive review.
  • Overall opinion of Warriors Rage (PS) is even less favorable.
• Hey, It's That Voice!: This franchise... provides a lot.
  • From previous SNK voice actors that voiced the majority of SNK-era characters:
    • Masaki Usui (Ryo Sakazaki) as Haohmaru, Earthquake and Wan Fu in the first game.
    • Kay Inage & Mantaro Koichi (Robert Garcia) as Galford (Mantaro for the fourth and fifth game, the rest is done by Kay).
    • Harumi Ikoma (King, Blue Mary) as Nakoruru, Charlotte and Mizuki.
    • Toshimitsu Arai (Heidern, Rugal Bernstein) as Hanzo.
    • Monster Maezuka (Benimaru Nikaido, Ralf Jones) as Kyoshiro.
    • Kong Kuwata (Geese Howard, Duck King) as Genjuro and Neinhalt Sieger.
    • Masahiro Nonaka (Kyo Kusanagi) as Basara.
    • Kaori Minami (Vanessa) as Shiki.
    • Eiji Yano (Kensou) as Amakusa.
    • For Gaoh, Kenji Utsumi in Samurai Shodown V and V Special. Akio Ohtsuka in Samurai Shodown VI.
  • Those who are more known in other medias (movie included, you might as well take pity at them for getting to such installment):
    • Wataru Takagi (Great Teacher Onizuka): Galford (in the movie).
    • Reiko Chiba (Mei/Pteraranger (actually a live-action role)): Nakoruru (in the movie). She does, however, voiced Cham Cham in the regular games.
    • Takehito Koyasu (too many to list): Tam Tam (movie).
    • Sakiko Tamagawa (Natsumi Tsujimoto): Charlotte.
    • Kazuya Ichijou (Zafira, Jhun Hoon): Asura.
    • Katsuyuki Konishi (Kamina): Hanzo in Warriors Rage.
    • Yumi Kakazu (Kula Diamond): Mikoto.
    • Hiro Yuki (Makoto Hyuga): Yoshitora in Samurai Shodown V.
    • Satsuki Yukino (Kaname Chidori): Mina in Samurai Shodown V.
    • Hitomi Nabatame (Amy Sorel): Rimururu in Samurai Shodown V.
    • Kenji Utsumi (Raoh): Gaoh in Samurai Shodown V.
    • Shizuka Ito (Hinagiku Katsura): Mizuki in Samurai Shodown V Special.
    • Mikako Takahashi (Rushuna Tendou): Nakoruru in Tenkaichi Kenkakyuuden.
    • Rie Kugimiya (Shana): Rimururu in Tenkaichi Kenkakyuuden.
    • Akio Ohtsuka (Solid Snake): Gaoh in Tenkaichi Kenkakyuuden.
    • Norio Wakamoto (too many to list. AGAIN): Golba in Edge of Destiny.
• Killer App: The original Samurai Shodown on the Neo Geo home console.
• No Export for You: The US version of the X-box 360 port of Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny is canceled; the Play Station 3 version is still coming eventually for what info we still have.
• Port Overdosed: The original Samurai Shodown is one of the more recent games to qualify, due to SNK's near-constant stream of compilations and re-releases over the last decade.
• Promoted Fanboy: Nobuhiro Watsuki, creator of popular anime and manga such as Rurouni Kenshin, Buso Renkin and Gun Blaze West, mentioned early in Rurouni Kenshin that he is hooked on the Samurai Shodown series and bought a Neo Geo CD just to play it. He continued to write Samurai Shodown-related notes in subsequent releases of Rurouni Kenshin manga. In 2003, SNK hired him to design new characters for Samurai Shodown V.
  • Subverted by Yasuhiro Nightow, Japanese mangaka and game creator who created the anime and manga Trigun. In his previous time as doujinshi artist, he created a Samurai Shodown-based manga book, yet later reflected that he isn't very proud of his work for that book and requested that there be no further reprints. Ironically, the book's notoriety is what caused SNK to notice his love for the series and later lead to his job for designing Youkai Kusaregedo in Samurai Shodown V.
• Too Soon: The global bowdlerization of Samurai Shodown V Special for the home releases was apparently spurred in part by the Sasebo Slashing.
• What Could Have Been: Sugoroku was originally supposed to be a pirate character, explaining the otherwise out of place pirate stage in Tenka. This was scrapped due to the fact that all of the preproduction designs strongly resembled Cervantes, and the design team couldn't think of something more creative before deadlines.