Samurai Shodown VII

Samurai Shodown VII is the seventh installment in the Samurai Shodown series. Like Street Fighter IV and Mortal Kombat 2011, the gameplay is moved from 2D to 2.5D. It brings back characters from not just the 2D games, but also the 3D games. This game also sees the return of fatalities. Every character speaks english in this installment in the English versions.

Returning

 * Haohmaru
 * Ukyo Tachibana
 * Hanzo Hattori
 * Nakoruru
 * Genjuro Kibagami
 * Kyoshiro Senryu played by Jason Earles
 * Shizumaru Hisame played by Mason Cook
 * Gaira Caffeine
 * Rimururu played by Miley Cyrus
 * Basara
 * Sogetsu Kazama played by Alexander Gould
 * Kazuki Kazama played by Max Theriot
 * Tam Tam played by Tony Todd
 * Charlotte Christine Colde played by Nicole Kidman
 * Galford D. Weller played by Johnny Simmons
 * Jubei Yagyu
 * Rera played by Britt Robertson
 * Rasetsumaru
 * Suija
 * Enja
 * Yoshitora Tokugawa
 * Youkai Kusaregedo
 * Mina Majikina
 * Yumeji Kurokouchi
 * Sankuro Yorozu
 * Liu Yunfei
 * Amakusa Shiro Tokisada played by Yuri Lowenthal
 * Zankuro Minazuki
 * Gaoh Kyougoku Hinowanokami
 * Genan Shiranui
 * Cham Cham
 * Earthquake
 * Nicotine Caffeine
 * Neinhalt Sieger
 * Wan-fu
 * Kuroko
 * Andrew
 * Iroha played by Bridgette Wilson Sampras
 * Sugoroku Matsuribayashi
 * Ocha-Maro Karakuri
 * Chample
 * Mamahaha & Shikuru
 * Poppy
 * Paku Paku
 * Hikyaku
 * Hanma Yagyu
 * Shiki
 * Deku & Dekuina
 * Gandara
 * Yuga the Destroyer
 * Asura played by
 * Shadow Asura
 * Half-Shaded Shiki
 * Taizan Morozumi
 * Karakuri Hanma
 * Seishiro Kuki
 * Jin-Emon Hanafusa
 * Jushiro Sakaki
 * Rinka Yoshino played by Amanda Bynes
 * Saya played by Katee Sackoff
 * Haito Kanakura played by Freddie Prinze jr
 * Yaci Izanagi played by Sterling Knight
 * Shinzo Hattori
 * Garyo the Whirlwind
 * Ran Po
 * Mikoto
 * Tohma Kuki
 * Tashon Mao played by Will Sasso
 * Oboro played by Pat Morita
 * Mikoto
 * Daruma
 * Minto
 * Mugenji
 * Yuda
 * Ichiro Suzuki (formerly named Samurai in SS: Warriors Rage)
 * Iga ninja
 * Oboro's amazon played by Jada Pinkett Smith
 * Brute
 * Shippu no Reon
 * Reppu no Hion
 * Ushiwakahime
 * Takechiyo
 * Suzuhime played by Anna Faris
 * Angelica
 * Garros
 * J. played by Chris Rock
 * Kim Hae-Ryeong
 * Walter
 * Jinbei Sugamata
 * Black Hawk
 * Kirian
 * Claude
 * Draco
 * Golba
 * Demon Gaoh
 * Oruhida
 * Nagiri
 * Yui Minbunosuke Shosetsu
 * Otsuna
 * Riru Riru
 * Bibi
 * Pono Pono
 * Myun Myun

Newcomers

 * Miyabu Muto (Female traveller who becomes the female rival of Haohmaru, uses a nodachi)
 * Eikei Wakomoto (Ninja older than Hanzo, wishes to dispel the Iga clan and place a new order in charge, uses a kusarigama)
 * Shino Wakisaka (A teenage fighter who wants revenge on Amakusa for killing his people, uses a whip)
 * Misha Sokolov (Pirate from Russia invading towns in Japan, uses two Pirate swords)
 * Yami Kibagami (Genjuro's eldest son who was hired to hunt down Taizan, fights with a broadsword)
 * Leslie Kang (An american teenager who is searching for her boyfriend Galford, fights with a javelin)
 * Hayate Kazama (The eldest brother of Kazuki and Sogetsu who falls in love with Rera, uses wind and iaido sword and the power of thunder)
 * Izumi Toyama (A young female ninja who is a friend with Shiki, fights with arm blades)
 * Wulong Tanaka (A violent preacher who was sent to kill Sogetsu, uses a monk staff)
 * Sergio Battaglia (A 40 year old church priest from Italy, uses a machete)
 * Aoi Uzumaki (A 14 year old samurai who learns the true meaning of Habaki, fights with shikigami papers)
 * Zam Zam (A boy from Green Hell wanting to pick on Cham Cham and Tam Tam, fights with kali sticks)
 * Ladislav Tomas (Gunner from Czechoslovakia, is contracted by Golba to murder Draco once his job is done, fights with two pistols)
 * Kazeja (A wind demoness who possess a Kazama ninja clan member. She would eventually be sealed away in Hayate's blade, fights with the Bracelets of Aeolus)

Guests

 * Darth Vader (from Star Wars)
 * Yoda (from Star Wars)
 * Luke Skywalker (from Star Wars)
 * Kaede (from The Last Blade)
 * Moriya Minakata (from The Last Blade)
 * Yuki (from The Last Blade)
 * Kratos (from God of War)

Bosses
Habaki Wang (An evil sorcerer who bents on revenge)

Demon Habaki (A ape-like hummanoid version of Habaki)

Japanese

 * Masaki Usui ... Haohmaru, Earthquake, Hanzo Hattori
 * Harumi Ikoma ... Nakoruru, Charlotte, Mizuki Rashojin
 * Eiji Yano ... Ukyo Tachibana, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, Genan Shirnaui
 * Toshikazu Nishimura ... Wan-fu, Tam Tam
 * Kay Inage ... Galford
 * Monster Maezuka ... Kyoshiro Senryo, Nicotine Caffeine
 * Kiyoshi Kobayahshi ... Jubei Yagyu
 * Shigeru Chiba ... Hikyaku
 * Kong Kuwata ... Genjuro Kibagami
 * Tsumugi Osawa ... Cham Cham, Mina Majikina
 * Miho Kaneta ... Hisame Shizumaru
 * Takumi Sato ... Gaira Caffeine
 * Masahiro Nonaka ... Basara
 * Akio Ohtsuka ... Zankuro Minazuki, Gaoh, Demon Gaoh
 * Masahiro Okazaki ... Kazuki Kazama
 * Junji Majima ... Sogetsu Kazama
 * Naoko Ishii ... Ushiwakahime
 * Urara Takano ... Shippu no Reon, Reppu no Hion
 * Mitsuki Saiga ... Yumeji Kurokouchi
 * Shinsuke Fukui ... Sankuro Yorozu, Resetsumaru
 * Mikako Takahashi ... Rera
 * Atsushi Yamanishi ... Enja
 * Naoki Oikawa ... Suija
 * Tarō Masuoka ... Youkai Kusaregedo, Sugoroku Matsuribayashi
 * Hiro Yuki ... Yoshitora Tokugawa
 * Tōru Ōkawa ... Liu Yunfei
 * Bin Shimada ... Luke Skywalker
 * Toru Ohira ... Darth vader
 * Ichiro Nagai ... Yoda
 * Tessho Genda ... Kratos