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Demon Gaoh

  

 

BIO:

As Gaoh abuses the "Dark Emperor" spirit inside of him, he becomes "Demon Gaoh". He uses the entities' power as his own and efficiently tames the underworld. Although he did it to protect this world from demons, he essentially becomes one himself. He is the final boss of Samurai Shodown 6.
 

 

ORIGIN:
Samurai Shodown 6

 

 

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Page Updated:  Mar. 31st, 2025

It's a funny trend that started in the late 90s... "making a fighting game character evil by darkening their skin and giving them new powers!" This cliché really started to get old after playing fighting games for so many decades. Another thing that got old? Really really annoying and impossible-to-beat fighting game bosses (at certain difficulty levels). In arcades, you didn't have a choice btw.

At first glance, Demon Gaoh ain't bad...  especially after seeing his official art. However, in the game, his 2D sprite is ugly and doesn't animate well. Ohh, and he's possibly the most overpowered, cheapest, piece-of-crap SNK final boss of all time. Even on the easiest setting (yes, I tried), Demon Gaoh too cheap of a boss to offer a "fun" fight. This shit is broken. lol. Even better, his ugly-ass super move with the "ghost ship" doesn't even have frames of animation... and takes off 80% of your life. I normally don't complain about cheap bosses (I love Gill for example), but this alternate character boss is just inexcusable. The only reason SNK would make such a cheap boss would be to get back at players for pirating their games back in the day. It's the only logical explanation. The SamSho series deserved better during the SSV-SS6 era.

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