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Samurai Warriors: Katana [a] is an action video game set in feudal Japan and is based upon the Samurai Warriors series by Koei and Omega Force, a spin-off of the Dynasty Warriors series. The game was revealed for the Wii [ 3 ] at Nintendo 's pre- E3 conference under the name "Sengoku Action".
Pages in category "Fictional swordfighters in video games" The following 107 pages are in this category, out of 107 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Katana Zero sold 500,000 copies in less than a year and generated US$ 5 million in revenue. In contrast, the average indie game generates around US$ 16,000. [57] Stander said Katana Zero was most successful on Switch and Steam; sales were originally strongest on Switch, but the Steam version gradually sold more since it went on sale often. [10]
Touken Ranbu quickly became very popular in Japan, particularly with young women, and had over 1.5 million registered players by 2016. [6] The game has been credited with accelerating the Japanese cultural trend of "katana women" (カタナ女子, katana joshi) – women who are interested in, and who pose with, historical Japanese swords. [7]
A video game console port, Akai Katana Shin, [d] was released on the Xbox 360 on May 26, 2011 in Japan. Rising Star Games released the game in North America and Europe on May 15, 2012. It is the fourth horizontal shoot 'em up game from the company, the prior three being Progear , Deathsmiles , and Deathsmiles II .
The game features eight weapons to choose from in many of its modes: katana, nodachi, long sword, saber, broadsword, naginata, rapier, and sledgehammer. [5] Except the European weapons, which are noticeably shorter than historical counterparts, each weapon has a realistic weight and length, [ 7 ] giving each one fixed power, speed, and an ...
The player plays as a modern-day ninja, using a katana, twin swords and broad sword as the main weapon to the hostile creatures. The combat system is similar to Ninja Gaiden or Devil May Cry . A chi bar is used up when "ninja vision" or ninjutsu is used.