

That night, they share a few drinks to celebrate their reunion after a long separation, and at dawn Haohmaru slips out unannounced to embark on his journey.Īccording to the story, Mizuki was a high priestess in a Shinto temple but she was possessed by the marauding deity.įollowing up on the extremely-enthusiastic fan reception of the first Samurai Shodown game, SNK rebuilt the sequel from the ground up, including almost all of its predecessor's cast, adding several new characters, and refining the overall gameplay with more responsive control, more moves, and a substantial number of Easter eggs. His master obviously knows more, but grows silent, and besides Haohmaru isn't listening anyway. While Haohmaru relates his story, his master's visage grows unusually grim. Ambrosia.lives.' The evil ones are after him! Haohmaru, sensing an evil force rivaling Amakusa, pays a visit on his old fencing master. The would-be assassin gasps a final promise to Haohmaru.

Haohmaru's attacker was clearly manipulated by someone or something - an evil force. But the one who was up easily defeated was not Haohmaru, but the sinister assailant.

This person deeply involved with the resurrected Amakusa, Haohmaru, was suddenly attacked one night. "Shiro Tokisada Amakusa, cause of the calamities occurring worldwide and driven to resurrect the Dark Deity Ambrosia, was slain by a single samurai whose existence was never recorded by history. The official story, as given by SNK, is as follows:

The story takes place between both of the previous games, focusing on a powerful sociopath known as Zankuro.
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The third installment of the Samurai Shodown series (and the prequel to Samurai Shodown II), the game features significantly updated visuals (redrawing all character sprites in a larger, more defined style) and a revamped roster (trading half of the older characters for some new ones, including new protagonist Shizumaru). Samurai Shodown III (known in Japan as Samurai Spirits: Zankuro Musouken, which is loosely translated to "Samurai Spirits: Peerless Blade of Zankuro", and in Korea as Fighters Swords) is a 2D historical-fantasy weapon-based fighting game developed and released by SNK for arcades (running Neo Geo MVS hardware) and the Neo Geo AES on December 1, 1995.
