update · May 13, 2024
Shogun Showdown Update Adds Key Remapping, Alternate Boss, and Katana Buffs
Shogun Showdown receives a major update with full key remapping for keyboards and gamepads, a new Rei the Ruthless boss variant, and significant balance tweaks to weapons and upgrades.
Roboatino and Goblinz Publishing released a new update for Shogun Showdown, timed with the Endless Replayability Fest. The patch introduces comprehensive input options, a new alt boss, fresh shop services, and several quality-of-life improvements.
Input and Accessibility
Players gain full key remapping support for both keyboards and gamepads. The update includes a new keyboard-only mode, options to select different gamepad glyphs, a new default gamepad layout, and a toggle between default and alternative gamepad schemes. Shop navigation issues with gamepads and bugs involving the d6 and reward giving-up states are fixed.
New Content and Shop Services
Defeating the Shogun now unlocks a new Rei the Ruthless alt boss in the bamboo grove. The Moonlit Port Shop opens with skull exchange, skull reroll, and bone soup services. Two new upgrades arrive (+2 damage with +3 cooldown, and Warrior's Gamble), alongside Italian localization, new shop environment graphics, and a Japanese/Chinese font fix.
Weapon and Upgrade Balance
The Sword is renamed to Katana and receives a buff, dropping its cooldown from 1 to 0. Reward rerolls now guarantee no repeated outcomes. Upgrade probabilities are adjusted to slightly lower the chance of obtaining -1 cooldown upgrades, and the +1 max level upgrade is renamed to +1 upgrade slots.
UI and Map Adjustments
The interface for reroll and skill rewards is restructured, and poison effect graphics are reworked. The shop on Shogun Island is now unveiled on the map immediately after defeating Kowa or Sato. Enemy spawning position probabilities are also tweaked, and a phase 2 Shogun cell placement bug is resolved.
Why this patch matters
This update makes Shogun Showdown much more accessible through robust control remapping while smoothing out run variety with guaranteed non-repeating rerolls and Katana buffs.