Sentences written about this title, gathered by type from the Japanese and English Wikipedia articles (as of 2026-8-30).
GameSpot said "This 2D fighting game is a real blast from the past, but its big cast of fairly interesting characters and its online play can make it worthwhile for NeoGeo fans.
IGN said "It's got lots of moves, a deep fighting system, and the online play is a big plus, but it really isn't that enjoyable in the end.
GameSpy summarised it as "A competent port of an iffy game in a good series", while EGM said "this classic weapons-based fighting series has lost much of its soul.
The Official Xbox Magazine said it was "an obsolete relic".
Separately from this "ACA NEOGEO" version, the game is included as one of the 1 titles in Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection, the compilation SNK released in 2020.
Separately from the PC/Steam and PS4 single releases above, this game is also included as one of the 1 titles in Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection, noted in the port section for the original Zero.
It was later formally announced, in 2020-5, that the game would be included as one of the 1 titles in the multi-platform home release Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection; the PC version followed in 6 of the same year, and in 7 came its first port, for the PS4 and the Switch.
The gore in the home Neo Geo version was fixed at the equivalent of arcade gore level 1 (no gore effects, no "finishing move" effects, and no way to change the setting) out of regard for the killing of a grade-6 girl by a classmate at a Sasebo elementary school on 2004-6-1, before release, but because there was no notice at all before release, buyers complained in numbers and it became a matter of controversy.
A petition was raised in protest, but SNK Playmore refused to accept it on the grounds of protecting personal information.
It was the first home version to port the arcade game as it was, with no censorship.
At release it was the same as DotEmu's Humble Bundle build, but an update in mid 2019-6 changed the Windows version alone to the Code Mystics build used for the Steam version (the price was also raised a little to match the Steam version).
It had originally been location-tested for a very short period at a few arcades around the end of 2004-10.
It was further announced in 2021-8 that an arcade version was planned for 2022.
It was the first home version to port the arcade game as it was, with no censorship.
It was later formally announced, in 2020-5, that the game would be included as one of the 1 titles in the multi-platform home release Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection; the PC version followed in 6 of the same year, and in 7 came its first port, for the PS4 and the Switch.
It was one of the last games to be released on the Neo Geo.
The data for the English version for outside Japan is also on the same ROM, as Samurai Shodown V Special, but it was never actually released outside Japan.
Never released for the MVS or the Neo Geo.
The data for the English version for outside Japan is also on the same ROM, as Samurai Shodown V Special, but it was never actually released outside Japan.
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