Overview:
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 3/10 (Personal Opinion) (Trophy Difficulty Rating)
- Offline trophies: 15 (15)
- Online trophies: 3 (3 )
- Approximate amount of time to 100%: 5 Hours (Estimated time to 100%)
- Minimum number of playthroughs: 18 Arcade Mode Playthroughs
- Number of missable trophies: 0
- Glitched trophies: None
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: No
- Do trophies stack?: N/A
- Do cheat codes disable trophies?: N/A
- Additional peripherals required?: N/A
Samurai Shodown V Special originally released in 2004 for Japanese arcades and the Neo Geo. It was the last official game for the "Neo Geo" platform. Upon its initial release, there was much controversy surrounding the level of violence and gore portrayed through the games various fatalities, which led to some censorship once it reached home consoles, but thanks to the efforts of SNK and Code Mystics, the game has been released on PS4 and PC maintaining the uncensored glory that previously only arcade players were able to enjoy. SSV Special comes complete with new gameplay features such as Overkill Mode, Rage Explosion, Concentration One, and also features an Online Mode to test your skills worldwide.
In terms of trophy difficulty, SSV is one of the easier Samurai Shodown titles to 100%. The 100% will only require you to beat Arcade Mode with 18 of the characters, and then win 20 online matches while also winning 10 of those matches in a row. Arcade Mode is easy enough to complete with basic strategies. The fact that the difficulty for Arcade Mode can be set to "1" (the easiest difficulty) and there are no limits imposed on continues mean that you can force your way through without too much trouble. SSV is also easy to boost with others since you can see what room you're joining before accepting a match, allowing you to find your partner with ease. Overall there is nothing really challenging about this list, making it another easy 100% for you to collect.
Input Notation:
Input notation is used in fighting games like Guilty Gear, Persona and Blazblue to convey combos and inputs in an organized fashion, since writing down move names isn't visually appealing. In this Guide I will reference moves in this format a few times. If you don't know how to read it, the reading input notations are as follows:
1 = Left + Down
2 = Down
3 = Right + Down
4 = Left / Back
5 = Neutral / No input
6 = Right / Forward
7 = Left + Up
8 = Up
9 = Right + Up
J = Jump
Default Control Layout:
= Light Slash [A]
= Medium Slash [B]
= Kick [C]
= Special [D]
= A+B
= B+C
= A+B+C (Rage Explosion)
= B+C+D (Concentration One)
= Provocation
As you take hits, the meter located at the lower left corner of the screen will start to build. Once it is filled, you will notice that your character's sprite will have turned red, allowing you to deal increased damage to the opponent. Once the rage meter is full, you also have the option to press in order to activate Rage Explosion. Rage Explosion will cause your character to perform an invincible explosion that will blow back the opponent. In application it is similar to "Bursts" from Guilty Gear or Blazblue. While you're in Rage Explosion, you can perform Overkill attacks (fatalities). Overkill can only be used on the final round of a match and the opponent must have more concentration gauge than life. Perform 214CD to activate the Overkill animation. Alternatively, you can use a full rage meter to activate Concentration One, which allows you to temporarily slow down the opponent, allowing you to move at normal speed and perform previously impossible combos. Note that Concentration One can only be activated on your losing round, and when you have more blue health than regular health.
Step 1: Complete Arcade Mode with 18 out of the 28 characters
In this first step you want to focus on playing through the Arcade Mode with 15 of the regular characters and the 4 boss characters. In Arcade Mode, you will fight seven battles until you reach the final boss. One of the more confusing things that you'll notice when you get to the character select screen is that none of the character's have their names listed next to them, so unfortunately you'll have to reference the trophy tiles with the faces of each character to make sure you're only beating Arcade Mode with the characters that you need. Keep in mind that you can make this step go significantly faster by going to Options from the Main Menu and adjusting the Game Options to "Difficulty Level: 1" and "Match Point (CPU): 1". After a continue you, will be placed at the match you were on prior to losing, but with a different opponent, so feel free to use as many as you need while you feel out how to play as each character. For character specific strategies, please refer to the trophy guide below.
At the end of this step, you will have earned the following trophies:
A close fight! Let's go again!
Feel the wrath of Mother Nature!
Prepare to be annihilated!
Justice is both swift and true!
....
Death is the final curtain.
Swatted like a fly!
Do not be afraid...The darkness grows.
Yagy? Shinkage-ry? is unstoppable!
Au revoir! I have no time to play!
Was it good for you?
No one can snuff my flame!
Well, that was disappointing...
Get up! I'm not done with you!
Like an SNK Boss!
Step 2: Multiplayer Mode
Now that you've completed all of the Offline content, you can move on to the Online trophies. In order to obtain all of the Online Trophies, you need to win a total of 20 matches, while winning 10 of these matches in a row. Against random players online, this can be difficult if not impossible due to the laggy connections and dead online activity. While boosting with a partner though, this step should only take you about 30 minutes to an hour in order to unlock the trophies for both players. Once you have unlocked all of the Multilayer trophies, you will have obtained the 100%.
At the end of this step, you will have earned the following trophies:
Swordsman
Sword Master
Sword Saint
[PST would like to thank Monarch for this roadmap]