Samurai Shodown 3 [PS1] - play as Zankuro in single-player mode
75This is a play-through using Minazuki Zankuro in Story Mode in the PS1 version of Samurai Shodown 3: Blades of Blood. Read on below for more information...
Zankuro is the one and only boss of this game. He is an unlockable playable character, but he cannot be used in a single player game.
===== Additional Information =====
---- As an unplayable character in single-player mode, some flaws can occur, including a messed up Here Comes A New Challenger victory screen.
---- In single-player mode, when you get to Kuroko (the mirror match character), the game will freeze after he flaw-morphs into Zankuro (notice how he uses Haohmaru's morph animations). Because of this, you cannot progress. However, you can use the Stage Select feature to bypass him, which you can set in the Option screen.
---- When you reach the end and defeat CPU Zankuro, you'll just continue fighting him over and over again, meaning you cannot end the game with him.
===== About Zankuro =====
A mean-looking massive samurai with a very long-ranged sword. He definitely makes a good boss for the series but I've always thought that in his stance, the way he holds his sword looks a bit silly.
Gameplay-wise, his basic moves are quite long ranged and his standing Strong slash is just sickening. His special moves are also very good as well, particularly his Charge Punch and Electric Razor.
===== About PS1 Samurai Shodown 3 =====
PS1 SS3 is a mediocre port. Due to the PS1's hardware limitations, a lot of animation sprite frames have been cut for the characters and the game suffers from slowdown quite a bit. Hence why some people called this version of the game "Samurai Slowdown".
The loading times are quite bad, but this cannot be avoided of course. On the upside, the game takes advantage of the PS1 hardware and uses the SS3 AST soundtrack.