Samurai Shodown: Tales of the Bushido, as the translation renames the game for English-speaking audiences, adheres to RPG tropes of the era while also introducing several wrinkles inspired by its roots.
The player is given the choice of six classic Samurai Shodown characters — Haohmaru, Genjuro Kibagami, Nakoruru, Cham Cham, Ukyo Tachibana, and Galford D. Weller — with which to start the game, each with their own openings as well as unique dialogue and cutscenes (the basic narrative remains the same no matter who you choose at the outset).
Additionally, powerful skills analogous to magic spells in other RPGs have instead been modeled after party members’ special moves from the fighting games, and these moves can even be performed using traditional fighting game inputs like quarter-circles.
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