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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".
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]
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 ...
Tsujigiri (辻斬り or 辻斬, literally "crossroads killing") is a Japanese term for a practice when a samurai, after receiving a new katana or developing a new fighting style or weapon, tests its effectiveness by attacking a human opponent, usually a random defenseless passer-by, in many cases during night time. [1]
Archaeological excavations dated the oldest sword in Japan from at least as early as second century B.C. [2]: 4 The Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) and the Nihon Shoki (History of Japan), ancient texts on early Japanese history and myth that were compiled in the eighth century A.D., describe iron swords and swordsmanship that pre-date recorded history, attributed to the mythological age of ...
In the Ming dynasty of China, Japanese swords and their tactics were studied to repel pirates, and wodao and miaodao were developed based on Japanese swords. [2] [31] [32] From this period, the tang (nakago) of many old tachi were cut and shortened into katana. This kind of remake is called suriage (磨上げ). [4]