Samurai Shodown Anthology (PlayStation 2)

Six Samurai Shodown games in one collection. Samurai Shodown V Special would have made seven...hmmm.

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Skill Lists#

Among the extra features that this compilation offers is skill lists that can be called up at any time during a game from their menu. Even the normally inaccessible characters in each game (except Gaoh in SS5 and Demon Gaoh in SS6) have complete, but unused, skill lists of their own.

Notes:

Included with each list is a Codebreaker v9+ code to access the character. The (M) code for use with Samurai Shodown 1-5 is 901260F0 0C046A58.
Some of the commands are misrepresented; correct commands will be in [brackets].

Samurai Shodown#

Amakusa (P1 press L2+Up)

E0020000 0034C458
D04AB882 0000FEEF
003DB7DA 0000000C

BODY SLAMS
PITCH WITH INTENSE POWER
near opponent ← or →+LK
SPECIAL MOVE
TRIANGLE JUMP
 input direction key to ↗ or → or ↘
DEADLY MOVE
HELL'S DEMON WAVE
 Keep pushing LA+LK+MK+MA
 for a while and separate
FORWARD EVIL HORNET GOUGER
 ↓↘→+LA or LK or LA+LK
BACKWARD EVIL HORNET GOUGER
 ↓↘→+MK or MA or MK+MA
HOLY SPIRIT SLICER
 ↓↙←+LA or LK or LA+LK
DARK DESTROYER
 when in TRIANGLE JUMP LA or LA+LK

Samurai Shodown II#

Mizuki (P1 press L2+Down)

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D04AB882 0000FEBF
003DB4DA 00000010

BODY SLAMS
DESTROYING DEMON GOD
 near opponent
 ← or →+LK or LA LK or MA or MKMA
DEADLY MOVE
EVIL CHORUS
 ↓↘→+LA or LK
HELL'S CIRCLE
 ↓↘→+MK+MA
FORWARD SATANIC TRANSMIGRATION
 ↓+LA+LK+MK
BACKWARD SATANIC TRANSMIGRATION
 ↓+LK+MK+MA
ALL-CONSUMING VORACITY
 ↓↙←+LA
WAIL OF OUR CREATOR
 ↓↙←+LK
THE CREATOR'S TRANSFORMING TRAUMA
 ↓↙←+MK
WEAPON-BREAKING SPECIAL MOVE
 (ANGRY GAUGE MAX)
IMPRISON SPHERE
 →↘↓↙←→+LA+LK
[→↘↓↙←→+LA]

Samurai Shodown V#

Sankuro (P1 press L2+Left)

E0020000 0034C458
D04AB882 0000FE7F
003E2AF3 0000000D

DEADLY MOVE
57
 ↓↙←+LA
18
 ↓↙←+K
AH-24
 ↓↙←+S
[↓↙←+MA]
EDO IS SUSHI
 ↓↘→+LA or K or LA+K
KNOCKING-ON-THE-SWORD MOVE
 (ANGRY GAUGE MAX OR ANGRY
 GAUGE BLAST)
MY TANEGASHIMA
 ↓↘→+S+MA
[↓↘→+K+S]

Yumeji (P1 press L2+Right)

E0010004 0034C458
D04AB882 0000FEDF
003E2AF3 0000000B

SNOWDUST FLASH
 ↓↙←+LA or K
 or LA+K
[↓↙←+LA or MA or LA+MA]
SOLAR FLAME
 ↓↘→+LA or K
 or LA+K
[↓↘→+LA or MA or LA+MA]
SWALLOW REVERSE
 ↓↘→+S
[←↙↓↘→+K]
MIND'S EYE BLADE
 ↓↙←+S
[↓↙←+K]
CRESENT MOON SLASH (sic)
 →↓↘+LA
VIOLETTE LUNGE
 →↓↘+K
[→↓↘+MA]
TRIPLE DEATH HACK
 →↓↘+LA+K
[→↓↘+K]
SHRIKE DASH
 near opponent →↓↘+S
[near opponent →↓↘+LA+MA]
LUPSHI KAMUI WHEH SANPEKOL
 ←↓↙+LA
[→↘↓+LA]
LUPSHI KAMUI WHEH SANPEKOL YAMBE
 ←↓↙+K
[→↘↓+MA]
CAMELLIAS
 ←↓↙+LA+K
[←↓↙+K]
LION JUMP LASH
 ←↓↙+S
[←↓↙+LA]
ANNU METSUBE
 ←↙↓+LA or K
 or LA+K
[←↙↓+LA or MA or LA+MA]
KNOCKING-ON-THE-SWORD MOVE
 (ANGRY GAUGE MAX OR
 ANGRY GAUGE BLAST)
HEAVENLY WAVE OF SOICHI JINMU
 ↓↘→+S+MA
[CPU only]

As stated above, Gaoh does not have his own skill list. Attempting to use him and view it will simply result in Haohmaru's list. If playing as Demon Gaoh in SS6, his list will still be inaccessible from the manual selection that the game uses.

Regional Differences#

Online multiplayer was in the Japanese version only.

v · t · e The Samurai Shodown series
Arcade	Samurai Shodown VI
Neo Geo	Samurai Shodown • Samurai Shodown II • Samurai Shodown III • Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge • Samurai Shodown V • Samurai Shodown V Special
Game Boy (Color)	Samurai Shodown • Nettou Samurai Spirits: Zankurou Musouken
Game Gear	Samurai Shodown
SNES	Samurai Shodown
Sega CD	Samurai Shodown
Neo Geo Pocket	Samurai Shodown! Pocket Fighting Series
3DO	Samurai Shodown
Neo Geo CD	Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits: Bushidou Retsuden
PlayStation	Samurai Spirits: Kenkyaku Shinan Pack • Shinsetsu Samurai Spirits: Bushidou Retsuden
PlayStation 2	Samurai Shodown Anthology
PlayStation Portable	Samurai Shodown Anthology

See Also
Fatal Fury • The King of Fighters • The Last Blade

Skill Lists#

Samurai Shodown#

Samurai Shodown II#

Samurai Shodown V#

Regional Differences#

References#