Samurai Shodown V Special

Samurai Shodown V Special
Samurai Shodown V Special
Developers	Yuki Enterprise; exA-Arcadia (Arcade Perfect); Code Mystics (PlayStation Network); DotEmu (PC)
Publishers	SNK Playmore; exA-Arcadia (Arcade Perfect); Hamster Corporation (PS4/Switch/Xbox One)
Producer	Yasuo Tanaka
Designers	Dorio Takaya; Tōru Sakurai
Programmers	M. Kawamura; Yoshihiro Nakamura
Artists	Chihiro Takahashi; Taniuchi Yuho; T. Matsuura
Composers	Haruhiko Kuroiwa; Kennosuke Suemura
Series	Samurai Shodown
Platform	Arcade Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Neo Geo AES, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One;
Release	22 April 2004 Arcade JP: 22 April 2004; Neo Geo AES WW: 15 July 2004; Windows WW: 9 January 2016; PlayStation Network WW: 12 September 2017; AS: 14 September 2017; Nintendo Switch, Xbox One WW: 18 April 2019; exA-Arcadia WW: 29 September 2022; ;
Genre	Fighting
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Neo Geo MVS, exA-Arcadia

Samurai Shodown V Special is the ninth entry in SNK's Samurai Shodown series of fighting games. It is an upgraded version of the game Samurai Shodown V and is the last official game for the Neo Geo platform. A further upgraded version of the game had its location test abruptly canceled in late 2004 and wouldn't be officially released until 2020 as part of the Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection as Samurai Shodown V Perfect. A fully uncensored version of this final update was released only in arcades on exA-Arcadia on September 29, 2022.