The VC Advantage: Samurai Letdown

by JC Fletcher { Jun 18th 2008 at 9:00PM }

Consider this a sort of anti-VC Advantage, because it covers cheats that don't exist. If you're reading The VC Advantage and you own (or plan to own) the new VC release of Samurai Shodown, it's probably occurred to you to head over to GameFAQs and look for additional content that can be unlocked. If you've done so, you'd be pleased to find codes to unlock three additional characters.

You'd then be disappointed after trying them, because they're in error. The Shiki and Zankuro unlock codes originate from Samurai Spirits! on the Neo Geo Pocket Color, and the code to unlock the Kuroko judge character is from the Neo Geo Samurai Shodown II. It's easy to understand how the NGPC codes got mixed in: search engines and other automated systems wouldn't be able to tell between Samurai Spirits! and Samurai Spirits (the Japanese title for Shodown), making mixups easy.

You're free to use those saved five minutes however you please!

The VC Advantage is a weekly look at the secrets inside games -- not just cheat codes, but assorted trivia and oddities. We aim to bring back the feeling of the hint columns from game magazines, except when we do something else.

Tags: fighting, neogeo, samurai-shodown, snk

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mr Khan @ Jun 18th 2008 10:01PM

Damnit, now i want them to emulate Neo Geo Pocket Color

Thanks a lot...

Randy @ Jun 19th 2008 9:53AM

I downloaded Samurai Showdown. The game is not as pretty as I remember it (especially so on a 46" screen....)

I remember the Kuroko judge code was for SSII. I also remember that you can only play one match and then the game is over. I believe that he's the hardest hitting character in the game and the only reason to pick him is to cheese the person you're playing with.