Samurai Shodown III: Blades of Blood, known as Samurai Spirits: Peerless Blade of Zankuro (サムライスピリッツ 斬紅郎無双剣, Samurai Supirittsu Zankurō Musōken?) in Japan and Fighters Swords in Korea, is the third game in SNK's popular Samurai Shodown series of fighting games for the Neo Geo. While it is the third game in the main series, it is the first part of a two-chapter interquel between Samurai Shodown and Samurai Shodown II.