big shmeaty hitboxes
FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING BTW

Samurai Shodown rips bro. Like throat-wise I mean. It's a game from another era that managed to return in 2019 with a modern entry, and rollback on the way THIS YEAR. So I wanted to properly appreciate the series history, its aesthetic elements, and its design, which work in harmony to produce one of the sharpest fighting game series ever made that any person can functionally play. We're getting weird, we're getting niche, we're getting slain in 4 swings.

For perspective, I'm not discussing the game from a competitive play perspective. I think there's a lot to appreciate in the smaller aspects of play. The video is appropriately chaptered if you're looking for topics of interest.

This was a community effort, so I'm extending special thanks to Yeetkunedo, who helped me better appreciate the games and got me practiced up, Ryan Mori Brooks for assisting with footage as well, and FGC creator + genuine talent @Stumblebee for dropping in to talk Samsho 2019! Also, special thanks to Fist Will Fly, at This Location for linking the collected Samsho backgrounds to me for use in-video! The channel is linked here:
   / @fistswillflyatthislocation  

If you'd like to help support the show, find me here:   / kbash  

Some clips sampled from these channels - and thank you to people who upload footage of Samsho 64. It's wildly inaccessible and its emulation is still incomplete.
   / janet-vc2  
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0:00 The Pitch
3:09 A Tapestry Soaked in Blood (the brief history)
11:00 A Heritage in Frames (aesthetics/lineage)
33:37 The Pointy End (mechanics)
44:43 Samsho 2019 owns

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