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| Samurai Shodown 2 Character poses faq     |
| Written by Mehdi Malekzandi		    |
| mehdi@andrew.cmu.edu		            |
| setsuna@seas.gwu.edu		            |
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Why was this faq made?  Well, I like to play Ukyo, and I had a feeling that this was possible, to 
control the poses, so I played around with the joystick after the matches and found that they did 
indeed influence the poses taken by the characters.  Afterwards, I could make those girls chase after 
Ukyo every match I pleased.  Kind of sad, huh.

Besides that, this game, even though 5 years old, is still my favorite fighting game.  I've played a 
lot of other 2D fighters and 3D fighters, none of which have had the long term appeal of Samurai 
Shodown 2.  In all, this is an excellent game, and I am happy to write a faq for this game, no matter 
how trivial.

Since I have a debug mod chip in my Neogeo, I am able to switch characters between matches, and 
disarm and rearm them as I please.  If you have a debug mod I your neogeo, you can do this by going 
to the GAME DEBUG DIP option, and selecting dip 1=>6 at anytime in game play.  After this, during 
your match, pressing A+D will make your character change up, while pressing B+D will make it scroll 
down.  C+D will toggle your weapon on or off.  The way my faq is organized is with the characters 
from the first one in the program to the last.  If you try out the character swap trick I mentioned, 
you will find that the characters start with Jubei, and before him, the list of characters is NULL.  
The list ends at Charlotte, as after her, the liss is NULL again.  So of course, the list in not in 
my own order of preference. :-)

This is the self evident joystick position chart
         O Up
	 |
     O---+---O Right
 Left    |
	 O Down
These are the four directions you should keep in mind after a match is won in SS2.  The character's 
poses depend on which direction you are pointing the joystick to.  


Miscelleneous
->47250 pts
this is the score I had when I got to fight Kuroko.  His stage is named 8848 or 4484, and so I think 
that playing him is a numbers thing.  Maybe not.  I wish I could figure it out.


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Jubei - 		He likes dango
	UP:
	sheathes swords, laughs
	point sword at enemy, says "sho shi na tarin, kinoshi"
	DOWN:
	leans back and laughs with swords out
	sheathes swords, laughs
	LEFT:
	point sword at enemy, says "sho shi na tarin, kinoshi"
	point sword at enemy, says "sho shi na tarin, kinoshi"
	RIGHT:
	point sword at enemy, says "sho shi na tarin, kinoshi"
	leans back and laughs with swords out

Earthquake - 	He keeps both his turkey and his gold coins in his pants
	UP: 
	Gives thumbs down
	Gives thumbs down
	DOWN:
	eats huge turkey leg, burp
	eats huge turkey leg, burp
	LEFT:
	Gives thumbs down
	Gives thumbs down
	RIGHT:
	tosses gold coins into pants and makes perverted laugh
	tosses gold coins into pants and makes perverted laugh

Gen-An - 	likes to eat alien soup
	UP: 
	throws claw up like Haohmaru, catches in hand
	throws claw up like Haohmaru, misses hand, so scratches butt
	DOWN:
	two lil' gen ans pop out of back, all three laugh maniacly
	throws claw up like Haohmaru, catches in hand
	LEFT:
	throws claw up like Haohmaru, catches in hand
	throws claw up like Haohmaru, catches in hand
	RIGHT:
	throws claw up like Haohmaru, misses hand, so scratches butt
	slashes claw in air twice before sticking into ground, then bows

Kyoshiro - 	has a really long tongue
	UP:
	spins staff says "tenbatsunari!"
	spins staff says "tenbatsunari!"
	DOWN:
	says "tenbatsunari!" and walks off stage
	says "tenbatsunari!" and walks off stage
	LEFT:
	spins staff says "tenbatsunari!"
	spins staff says "tenbatsunari!"
	RIGHT:
	pulls out fan
	pulls out fan

Ukyo - 	Chicks follow him for his delicious apples, not his looks
	UP:					
	bounce apple and slash into three	
	bounce apple and slash into three	UNARMED:
	DOWN:					DOWN:	
	girls chasing				turns back to screen and flips hand out
	girls chasing				of sleeve and into gui, turns head to face enemy
	LEFT:					LEFT OR RIGHT
	bounce apple and slash into three	coughs blood, no kei
	bounce apple and slash into three
	RIGHT:		
	coughs blood, Kei comes		
	coughs blood, Kei comes

Wan-Fu - 	has beaten every brain-cell out of his head
	UP:
	hits head on pillar, laughs
	hits head on pillar, laughs
	DOWN:
	puts down pillar and says "wah!"
	punches face into pillar, says "Rong Howbow!(sp?)"
	LEFT:
	hits head on pillar, laughs
	hits head on pillar, laughs
	RIGHT:
	Crosses arms, standing straight up, and laughs
	Crosses arms, standing straight up, and laughs

Galford	- 	likes little Japanese girls
	UP:
	spins sword, says "Yah!"
	spins sword, says "Yah!"
	DOWN:
	points up two fingers and says "Arigato."
	points up two fingers and says "Arigato."
	LEFT:
	spins sword, says "Yah!"	
	spins sword, says "Yah!"
	RIGHT:
	Throws bone in air, says "hey poppy" and poopy catches bone.
	Throws bone in air, says "hey poppy" and poppy comes down with puppies.

Hanzo - 	the true centerpiece of the Shodown series
	UP:
	laughs then poofs invisible
	crosses arms, says "suki sho sei wari ni ari"
	DOWN:
	throws off mask
	laughs then poofs invisible
	LEFT:
	laughs then poofs invisible	
	crosses arms, says "suki sho sei wari ni ari"
	RIGHT:
	crosses arms, says "suki sho sei wari ni ari"
	throws off mask

Nakoruru - 	does way too much damage with a butter knife
	UP:
	Flips on cape, says "blah blah blah"
	Flips on cape, says "ooh... yokatta"
	DOWN:
	Says "blah blah" as mamahaha lands on her hand
	Says "blah blah" as mamahaha lands on her hand
	LEFT:
	Flips on cape, says "ooh... yokatta"
	Flips on cape, says "ooh... yokatta"
	RIGHT:
	Bows, says "yosh"
	Turns back to screen says "dai-shin blah blah blah"

Haohmaru - 	back to down x 4 + BC = tempafuuzinsan
	UP:
	Throws sword up spins sheath, catches in sheath
	Says "YOSH!", slashes sword twice in air, bows
	DOWN:
	Sheaths sword, rubs chin
	Throws sword up spins sheath, catches in sheath
	LEFT:
	Throws sword up spins sheath, catches in sheath
	Says "YOSH!", slashes sword twice in air, bows
	RIGHT:
	Puts hand in shirt, taps sword on shoulder saying "doshita doshita?"
	Sheaths sword, rubs chin

Kuroko - 	can fight like hell, but can't speak worth shit
	UP:
	claps
	DOWN:
	claps
	LEFT:
	claps
	RIGHT:
	claps

Mizuki	- 	likes bad kabuki actors with really long tongues
	UP:
	Laughs, says "blah blah BLAH" (sounds like"oh, mino futo")
	DOWN:
	Laughs, says "blah blah BLAH" (sounds like"oh, mino futo")
	LEFT:
	Laughs, says "blah blah BLAH" (sounds like"oh, mino futo")
	RIGHT:
	Laughs, says "blah blah BLAH" (sounds like"oh, mino futo")

Nicotine - 	smokes between rounds
	UP:
	Pulls out cards and fans himself with them
	Pulls out cards and fans himself with them
	DOWN:
	laughs so hard he pops his back
	laughs so hard he pops his back
	LEFT:
	Pulls out cards and fans himself with them
	Pulls out cards and fans himself with them
	RIGHT:	
	smokes cigarette, exhales, smiles
	pulls out tin bowl and plops a coin in it

Seiger	- 	his metal arm is called a "lobster" in the Japanese manual
	UP:
	says "guten nacht"
	holds arm up and and yells "OH YEAAHH"
	DOWN:
	says "guten nacht"
	says "guten nacht"
	LEFT:
	bows head as he grips his metal hand
	says "guten nacht"
	RIGHT:
	says "guten nacht"
	holds arm up and and yells "OH YEAAHH"

Cham Cham - 	Sister of Tam Tam, in case you couldn't guess
	UP:
	cham&paku woo 
	Paku woo's on cham's head	
	DOWN:
	Paku woo's on cham's head
	Cham woos, then paku stops her to show her how he does it.
	LEFT:
	cham&paku woo
	Paku woo's on cham's head
	RIGHT:
	Cham woos, then paku stops her to show her how he does it.

Genjuro - 	full of Hanafuda cards
	UP:
	pulls out bowl and drinks, says "blah blah!"
	pulls out bowl and drinks, says "blah blah!"
	DOWN:
	pulls out bowl and drinks, says "blah blah!"
	flips on shirt with hanafuda card, smokes pipe
	LEFT:
	pulls out bowl and drinks, says "blah blah!"
	pulls out bowl and drinks, says "blah blah!"
	RIGHT:
	opens umbrella, says "ahou ga!", looks down at hopping frog
	opens umbrella, says "ahou ga!", looks down at hopping frog

Charlotte -	She wears body armor... what a wimp.
	UP:
	Slashes epee, kisses it, says "au revoir"
	Flips hair back and says "uh huh"
	DOWN:
	Sheaths epee, rose drops into hand, and she chuckles
	Slashes epee, kisses it, says "au revoir"
	LEFT:
	Slashes epee, kisses it, says "au revoir"
	Flips hair back and says "uh huh"
	RIGHT:
	Flips hair back and says "uh huh"
	Sheaths epee, rose drops into hand, and she chuckles

That's it.  The end.  Just a few thanks go out to:
PuttPutt on Rockville Pike: where I first played SS2.  Now they are run by morons who can't fix a 
machine for the life of them, nor chose a good game (Tekken Tag Tourney.  'Nuff Said)
Dan Schmidt : He traded me his NeoGeo for some good stuff.  I hold him in the highest esteem, as well 
as my memories of playing Metal Slug with him during my freshman year at Carnegie Mellon.
NeoGeo ML : very funny people.  Some of them who I didn't like before, I now find to be really funny 
and intelligent.  As long as they aren't too big headed.
SNK : for sticking with the black and gold for this long.  Almost 10 years... that's dedication.