The game is alright (not AWESOME) but alright.. But there's something that troubles me.. is this a prequel or a sequel. Cuz its referred to as both samurai shodown zero AND samurai shodown 5.. From my guess i'd say it was a prequel because of the war. To my knowledge there was a war that went on before amakusa got her power. But of course what do i know. I am just a newbie poster