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==Localisation comparisons==
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===Mega Drive version===
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====Sega logo====
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{{Comparison
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Sega Logo JP.png
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| image2=Samurai Shodown MD, Sega Logo US.png
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| image3=Samurai Shodown MD, Sega Logo EU.png
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| game1=JP version
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| game2=US version
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| game3=EU version
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| desc=The Western versions include a ™ symbol next to the Sega logo. The Japanese and European versions include falling cherry blossom leaves, since the Sega logo fades directly into the scrolling introduction text.
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}}
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====Takara logo====
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{{Comparison
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| image1=BlankScreen MD.png
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| image2=Samurai Shodown MD, Takara Logo US.png
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| image3=BlankScreen MD.png
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| game1=JP version
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| game2=US version
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| game3=EU version
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| desc=The US version has an additional screen for Takara, which published the game in that region.
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}}
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====Title screen====
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{{Comparison
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| image1=SamuraiSpirits MD JP TitleScreen.png
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| image2=SamuraiShodown Title.png
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| image3=SamuraiShodown MD EU TitleScreen.png
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| game1=NTSC-J
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| game2=NTSC-U
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| game3=PAL
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| desc=The title is ''Samurai Spirits'' in Japan and ''Samurai Shodown'' in Western regions.
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}}
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===Game Gear version===
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====Sega logo====
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{{Comparison
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| image1=SamuraiShodown GG JP Sega.png
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| image2=SamuraiShodown GG US Sega.png
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| game1=JP version
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| game2=US version
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| desc=The Western versions include a ™ symbol next to the Sega logo.
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}}
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====Title screen====
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{{Comparison
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| image1=SamuraiSpirits GG JP Title.png
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| image2=SamuraiShodown GG US Title.png
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| game1=JP version
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| game2=US version
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| desc=The title is ''Samurai Spirits'' in Japan and ''Samurai Shodown'' in Western regions.
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}}
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==Version comparisons==
 
==Version comparisons==
 
===Title screen===
 
===Title screen===
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===Amakusa stage===
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===Character select===
 
{{Comparison
 
{{Comparison
| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Amakusa.png
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Character Select.png
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Amakusa.png
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| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Character Select.png
| image3=Notavailable.svg
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| image3=Samurai Shodown GG, Character Select.png
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game2=Mega-CD
 
| game2=Mega-CD
 
| game3=Game Gear
 
| game3=Game Gear
| desc=Final boss Amakusa is not playable in the Mega-CD version of the game.
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| desc=
 
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===Charlotte stage===
 
===Charlotte stage===
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Charlotte.png
 
| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Charlotte.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Charlotte.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Charlotte.png
| image3=Notavailable.svg
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| image3=Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Charlotte.png
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game2=Mega-CD
 
| game2=Mega-CD
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Galford.png
 
| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Galford.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Galford.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Galford.png
| image3=Notavailable.svg
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| image3=Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Galford.png
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game2=Mega-CD
 
| game2=Mega-CD
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| desc=
 
| desc=
 
}}
 
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===Genan stage===
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===Gen-An stage===
 
{{Comparison
 
{{Comparison
 
| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Gen-An.png
 
| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Gen-An.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Gen-An.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Gen-An.png
| image3=Notavailable.svg
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| image3=Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Gen-An.png
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game2=Mega-CD
 
| game2=Mega-CD
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Hanzo.png
 
| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Hanzo.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Hanzo.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Hanzo.png
| image3=Notavailable.svg
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| image3=Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Hanzo.png
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game2=Mega-CD
 
| game2=Mega-CD
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Haohmaru.png
 
| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Haohmaru.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Haohmaru.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Haohmaru.png
| image3=Notavailable.svg
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| image3=Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Haohmaru.png
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game2=Mega-CD
 
| game2=Mega-CD
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Jubei.png
 
| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Jubei.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Jubei.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Jubei.png
| image3=Notavailable.svg
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| image3=Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Jubei.png
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game2=Mega-CD
 
| game2=Mega-CD
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Kyoshiro.png
 
| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Kyoshiro.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Kyoshiro.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Kyoshiro.png
| image3=Notavailable.svg
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| image3=Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Kyoshiro.png
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game2=Mega-CD
 
| game2=Mega-CD
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Nakoruru.png
 
| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Nakoruru.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Nakoruru.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Nakoruru.png
| image3=Notavailable.svg
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| image3=Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Nakoruru.png
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game2=Mega-CD
 
| game2=Mega-CD
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Tam-Tam.png
 
| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Tam-Tam.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Tam-Tam.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Tam-Tam.png
| image3=Notavailable.svg
 
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game2=Mega-CD
 
| game2=Mega-CD
| game3=Game Gear
 
 
| desc=
 
| desc=
 
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Ukyo.png
 
| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Ukyo.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Ukyo.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Ukyo.png
| image3=Notavailable.svg
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| image3=Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Ukyo.png
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game2=Mega-CD
 
| game2=Mega-CD
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Wan-Fu.png
 
| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Wan-Fu.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Wan-Fu.png
 
| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Wan-Fu.png
| image3=Notavailable.svg
 
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game1=Mega Drive
 
| game2=Mega-CD
 
| game2=Mega-CD
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| desc=
 
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===Amakusa stage===
==Localisation comparisons==
 
===Mega Drive version===
 
====Sega logo====
 
 
{{Comparison
 
{{Comparison
| image1=Notavailable.svg
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Amakusa.png
| image2=Notavailable.svg
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| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Amakusa.png
| game1=JP version
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| image3=Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Amakusa.png
| game2=US version
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| game1=Mega Drive
| desc=The Western versions include a ™ symbol next to the Sega logo.
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| game2=Mega-CD
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| game3=Game Gear
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| desc=Final boss Amakusa is not playable in the Mega-CD version of the game.
 
}}
 
}}
 
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===Bonus stage===
====Title screen====
 
 
{{Comparison
 
{{Comparison
| image1=SamuraiSpirits MD JP TitleScreen.png
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| image1=Samurai Shodown MD, Bonus Stage.png
| image2=SamuraiShodown Title.png
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| image2=Samurai Shodown MCD, Bonus Stage.png
| image3=SamuraiShodown MD EU TitleScreen.png
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| game1=Mega Drive
| game1=NTSC-J
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| game2=Mega-CD
| game2=NTSC-U
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| desc=The Game Gear version has no bonus stages.
| game3=PAL
 
| desc=
 
}}
 
 
 
===Game Gear version===
 
====Sega logo====
 
{{Comparison
 
| image1=SamuraiShodown GG JP Sega.png
 
| image2=SamuraiShodown GG US Sega.png
 
| game1=JP version
 
| game2=US version
 
| desc=The Western versions include a ™ symbol next to the Sega logo.
 
}}
 
 
 
====Title screen====
 
{{Comparison
 
| image1=SamuraiSpirits GG JP Title.png
 
| image2=SamuraiShodown GG US Title.png
 
| game1=JP
 
| game2=US
 
| desc=
 
 
}}
 
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Latest revision as of 08:16, 9 October 2023

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Localisation comparisons

Mega Drive version

Samurai Shodown MD, Sega Logo JP.png

JP version

Samurai Shodown MD, Sega Logo US.png

US version

Samurai Shodown MD, Sega Logo EU.png

EU version

The Western versions include a ™ symbol next to the Sega logo. The Japanese and European versions include falling cherry blossom leaves, since the Sega logo fades directly into the scrolling introduction text.

BlankScreen MD.png

JP version

Samurai Shodown MD, Takara Logo US.png

US version

BlankScreen MD.png

EU version

The US version has an additional screen for Takara, which published the game in that region.

Title screen

SamuraiSpirits MD JP TitleScreen.png

NTSC-J

SamuraiShodown Title.png

NTSC-U

SamuraiShodown MD EU TitleScreen.png

PAL

The title is Samurai Spirits in Japan and Samurai Shodown in Western regions.

Game Gear version

Sega logo

SamuraiShodown GG JP Sega.png

JP version

SamuraiShodown GG US Sega.png

US version

The Western versions include a ™ symbol next to the Sega logo.

Title screen

SamuraiSpirits GG JP Title.png

JP version

SamuraiShodown GG US Title.png

US version

The title is Samurai Spirits in Japan and Samurai Shodown in Western regions.

Version comparisons

Title screen

SamuraiShodown Title.png

Mega Drive

SamuraiShodown MCD US Title.png

Mega-CD

SamuraiShodown GG US Title.png

Game Gear

Notavailable.svg

Arcade

Notavailable.svg

3DO

Notavailable.svg

FM Towns

Notavailable.svg

Neo Geo

Notavailable.svg

Neo Geo CD

Notavailable.svg

Neo Geo Pocket

Notavailable.svg

Super NES

Character select

Samurai Shodown MD, Character Select.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Character Select.png

Mega-CD

Samurai Shodown GG, Character Select.png

Game Gear

Charlotte stage

Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Charlotte.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Charlotte.png

Mega-CD

Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Charlotte.png

Game Gear

Galford stage

Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Galford.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Galford.png

Mega-CD

Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Galford.png

Game Gear

Gen-An stage

Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Gen-An.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Gen-An.png

Mega-CD

Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Gen-An.png

Game Gear

Hanzo stage

Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Hanzo.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Hanzo.png

Mega-CD

Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Hanzo.png

Game Gear

Haohmaru stage

Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Haohmaru.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Haohmaru.png

Mega-CD

Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Haohmaru.png

Game Gear

Jubei stage

Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Jubei.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Jubei.png

Mega-CD

Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Jubei.png

Game Gear

Kyoshiro stage

Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Kyoshiro.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Kyoshiro.png

Mega-CD

Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Kyoshiro.png

Game Gear

Nakoruru stage

Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Nakoruru.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Nakoruru.png

Mega-CD

Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Nakoruru.png

Game Gear

Tam Tam stage

Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Tam-Tam.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Tam-Tam.png

Mega-CD

Ukyo stage

Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Ukyo.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Ukyo.png

Mega-CD

Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Ukyo.png

Game Gear

Wan-Fu stage

Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Wan-Fu.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Wan-Fu.png

Mega-CD

Amakusa stage

Samurai Shodown MD, Stages, Amakusa.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Stages, Amakusa.png

Mega-CD

Samurai Shodown GG, Stages, Amakusa.png

Game Gear

Final boss Amakusa is not playable in the Mega-CD version of the game.

Bonus stage

Samurai Shodown MD, Bonus Stage.png

Mega Drive

Samurai Shodown MCD, Bonus Stage.png

Mega-CD

The Game Gear version has no bonus stages.

References


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SamuraiShodown Title.png

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