Samurai Shodown (2019)/Trivia


 * Although this game is advertised as a reboot, this is very unlikely, since the game apparently happens after the events of Samurai Shodown V (the first game chronology in the story) but before the events of the first Samurai Shodown.
 * A cinematic after the Story character ending plays heavily implies Ambrosia's influence being the cause of Shizuka's corruption, and with the appearance of the Palenke Stone, foreshadows Amakusa's introduction into the lore and confirmation as the DLC character in the game, cementing its chronological timeline.


 * Of all the DLC characters, the existence of Sogetsu Kazama being a DLC character was accidentally discovered in the release of arcade version of the game, with his graphical assets already officially created ahead of the eventual reveal. Sogetsu's existence was also speculated by fans due to the fact his brother Kazuki has been released as a DLC character in Season 1, before the aforementioned leak, culminating finally with the official announcement at EVO Japan 2020.
 * Still about the other DLC entries, the existence of Amakusa and Baiken as DLC characters was showed in a tweet leak, which shows the characters that would be present in DLC Season 3 of the game. Each character was represented by three letters, and the two last three letters are AMA and BIK, referencing the two characters.


 * When the player chooses Hibiki, in any version, the round narration changes to the style used in The Last Blade series (ie.  Iza Jinjou ni Shoubu!  becomes  Shinken Shobu Hajime!  ). However, it is possible to use the original narration instead by accessing the game's option menu.


 * The options of the "Stage Select" menu are inspired in the Hanafuda, a very popular Japanese playing cards game in the Edo period, when the series takes place.


 * The way how the character interact in with the fateful battles and intros is similar to the one seen in Samurai Shodown Sen and KOF: Maximum Impact series.
 * The same thing also can be seen in The King of Fighters XV, particularly individual Round 1 intro (except against bosses) and special intros.


 * In the main menu, the characters who appears in the screen are the latest which the player used.
 * Haohmaru appears when the game is used for the first time. The final boss, Shizuka Gozen, appears after the player have finished the Story Mode.


 * This is the only game of the series with the DLC Season Pass system. The same system can be seen in KOF XIV and KOF XV.
 * However, this is the fourth SNK game (third considering that KOF XIII was produced by SNK Playmore) to use DLC content.


 * This is the only game of the series to receive characters from the other franchises, whether from the company itself or from other companies.
 * This makes the game, along with Fatal Fury Special, Art of Fighting 2, Metal Slug 6, Metal Slug 7, Metal Slug XX and Metal Slug Defense the only non-crossover games to receive characters from the other franchises.


 * About the win quotes in the game, only the new characters added in every DLC season earns specific win quotes. This is due to how winning quotes in the game are actually spoken (like all SNK games released after 2016), and creating new win quotes for existing characters requires a new recording session with the voice actors. The table shows the following informations: