Samurai Shodown 5 Special [Arcade] - Zankuro 

This is a play-through using Minazuki Zankuro in the Arcade version of Samurai Shodown 5 Special. Read on below for more information...
Zankuro is the 2nd of 4 bosses in this game and can be selected from the start, which makes him a regular playable character.
===== About Zankuro =====
A mean-looking massive samurai with a very long-ranged sword. He definitely makes a good boss for the series but I've always thought that in his stance, the way he holds his sword looked a bit silly. He is re-used as a boss again for SS5S from SS4.
Gameplay-wise, his basic moves are quite long ranged and his standing Strong Slash is quite sickening. His special moves are also fairly good as well, particularly his Charge Punch. It should also be noted that he has less special moves than his SS3 counterpart.
===== About SS5 Special =====
The game is an upgrade/update to the original SS5. The most significant difference of this update is the addition of the boss characters Amakusa, Zankuro and Mizuki. However in return, the "sprite edit" mid-boss characters Sankuro and Yumeji, as well as hidden character Poppy of SS5, were removed to make way respectively.
Other changes include gameplay balance readdressing, a few new backgrounds, overkill moves and generic fatalities.
===== Additional Information =====
---- Nakoruru and Rimururu, who were both "immune" to fatality defeats in SS3 and SS4, are now able to have these fatality defeats happen to them at the end of a match if they lose. You even get violent death screams from them during the fatalities as well.
---- The fatality defeats and Near Death Secrets caused a lot of controversy back then. So much that it led to SNK Playmore censoring the AES cartridge version shortly after the real-life Sasebo slashing incident in 2004. This censorship caused some faults to happen in the game.
---- When the AES version of the game was approaching its release date, it was mysteriously delayed for a week. Then when it came out, players discovered that the generic fatality defeats were removed, and the Near Death Secret moves were toned down.
---- The discovery of the censorship caused criticism from the fans, which resulted in SNK recalling the cartridges and fixing the flaws caused by the original censorship. Character-specific Near Death Secret moves were restored, but only partially - the ones which had body decapitations were still excluded.
---- In the Japanese version of the game, there is an exclusive stream of dialogue for characters that have successfully performed the Near Death Secret move.
---- Samurai Shodown 5 Special is the last official game to be released onto the NeoGeo system.
---- A further upgraded version of the game called Samurai Shodown V Special: Final Edition was reportedly location tested, but never officially released.

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