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Capcom Unveils Hack-And-Slash Asura's Wrath

Spears? Check. Big red muscly dude? Check. Space Buddha finger? Check.

At its TGS 2010 press conference earlier this morning, Capcom lifted the lid on a sizzling, fantasy-infused hack-and-slash title called Asura's Wrath. It's being crafted, according to 1UP, by Naruto creators Cyber Connect 2 and will see a release on the Xbox 360 and PS3.

What can be gleaned about the title must be taken from the game's trailer, which is provided for your viewing pleasure just below. In the game, it appears as if you'll control a giant red dude who can take spears through the lung and still dispense bloody justice against oodles and oodles of foes with ease.  
 
As you might surmise from his neglect to react to injury, red dude is sort of a tough guy, and the game looks to play that aspect up. In the trailer, you'll notice him picking up a rather large pillar and swinging it about at will. You'll also see him summon armageddon via Buddha finger. I don't get it either, but I like it.
 
     

The game's engine is Unreal 3, if the startling amount of muscled dudes didn't tip you off. But despite nailing the engine and platforms, Capcom hasn't yet indicated when the game will be released. 
 
    

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Reminds me of Fist of the North Star: Dark King. 
 
Bad ass.

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That guy might be more angry then Kratos.

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Holy shit!

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Buddha of War!
 
Seriously, this looks amazing. I hope that he's not a robot, though =/

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AWESOME.

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It's like Chuck Norris: The Game

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Well the trailer did it's job well.
Colour me interested in seeing what this game looks like in action.

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@MiniPato: Vast improvement. None of this character development shit. Just pure unhindered rage.
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What in the name of sweet holy crap was that???
...feeling...strong....urge...to pre-order!!

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Doesn't seem like that dude knows a lick of english.>_< Well at least we know he's not all about talking it out! Looks vydhwsujhb awesome! Want to play!

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This looks weird...I'm speechless to say the least. 

The background music gave off an Ultimate Ninja Storm vibe as well so that was all I could think about.

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This looks to be fantastically japanese, complete with impulsive ''UUURRAA'' to everything. A good contrast to DMC's apparent western reboot.

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this guys way more angier than kratos. 

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All I could take away from that trailer: "UUUUURRRAAAAGHHHH! URRRRRRRRAAAAAAGGHHHH! URRRRRRURRRURRRAAAAAAGHH! URRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAGHHHH!" He's like Kratos, except instead of screaming words, he just screams.

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@JarenFace said:
" T... that dude is pretty hardcore. Though is he a robot? It looked like he was a robot at the end of the trailer since he didn't seem to have any arms but wires coming out of his joint sockets. Maybe my eyes are just terrible. "
Definitely looks like a robot.
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Wow. Just Wow. I have no idea what I just watched but, that guy has lots of holes in him now that's for sure. 
 
And that looked like prod from Worms on Roids

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Man this is East Asia and South Asia, more specifically India religion based stuff to it's extreme. That ridiculously massive Buddah will have to redefine the meaning of "over-the-top".
 
With all the Street Fighter IV-esque brushstrokes and the design of the character himself, it kind of makes it look some ancient Gouki/Akuma/Shin Akuma. A new origin for the Ansatsuken/Dark Hadou perhaps LOL.
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Guy with 47 spears in his chest is my favorite protagonist from a TGS announcement so far.

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@Veektarius said:
" @fetchfox:  In a nutshell, I didn't like the hero's design and I didn't want to watch him beat people up.  If it'd been about him getting run over repeatedly by 18-wheelers driven by real men with beards, perhaps I would have completed the video. "
Yeah, I can understand that. He lacks some essential "human traits" (like proper eyes) that he seemed to much like a robot, literally. I liked the trailer because I'm always drawn to games with a crazy design, and I love mythology based games. On the other hand, if it lacks depth I won't buy it. But we'll see, as Capcom stated that it was still in its early stages. 
Haha, now that would be something. You better send them a request letter mate.
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The game looked wicked. Though I wasn't too impressed with the graphics of Naruto Ninja Storm, this seems to have a nice edge to it!
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@fetchfox:  
In a nutshell, I didn't like the hero's design and I didn't want to watch him beat people up.  If it'd been about him getting run over repeatedly by 18-wheelers driven by real men with beards, perhaps I would have completed the video.
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not sure about how i feel about this one in particular, it does look interesting and im so happy to see developers opting for new and fresh ideas instead of simply "Resident Evil 69".
I was very sad and disapointed with the way "Too Human" ended up. so much promise in such a beautiful looking world. i love norse mythology, heck, im very interested in any and all mythologies, folk lores, religions and cultures so to me an asian / budist ideal mixed with sci fi just sounds marvelous... 
however! I hope it does come out a good product in the end. with a good combat system and not an abomination like a certain game i wont bother to mention again :P

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GB's  TGS coverage seems a bit underwhelming, but then again I guess they've had their hands full lately...

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This was definitely not the kind of game I was expecting out of the makers of .hack

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The 5th picture will make an awesome screensaver.

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What's with all these fucking demon games?

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@IkariNoTekken said:
" @fetchfox said:
" @Veektarius said:
" I stopped it halfway. "
What turned you off? I'm just interested in your opinion, I'm not saying your wrong or anything. I found the trailer really interesting, so I'm just curious. "
His mind couldn't handle it...  Nah, everyone has their own opinion. It's probably a little too over the top for some people. "
Probably true, it is just a tad crazy... I would like to hear Veektariuss opinion directly though. I don't have to, just curious for the sake of discussion.
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@fetchfox said:
" @Veektarius said:
" I stopped it halfway. "
What turned you off? I'm just interested in your opinion, I'm not saying your wrong or anything. I found the trailer really interesting, so I'm just curious. "
His mind couldn't handle it... 
 
Nah, everyone has their own opinion. It's probably a little too over the top for some people.
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@ZagZagovich:  
   ....I'll summon up the power of the God Hand! 

Yeah nice to see a little variation instead of just 'press X now'. I mean, you need to go all out if your gonna stop a god from drilling you into the ground with his finger.
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Holy
 
living
 
fuck

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WTF DID I JUST WATCH

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I'm in love.

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@Veektarius said:
" I stopped it halfway. "
What turned you off? I'm just interested in your opinion, I'm not saying your wrong or anything. I found the trailer really interesting, so I'm just curious.
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@IkariNoTekken: 
Same here. God's power keeps my pimp hand strong. Also those seem like some pretty creative QTEs.
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I stopped it halfway.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAREEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!...or whoever the Japanese god of war is.

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@yossarian said:
" @cikame said:
" Reminds me of god hand.... i love it. "
Very much so. "
Glad to hear I'm not the only one getting a God Hand vibe off of this.  
Trailer looks great, can't wait to find out more.
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I like the sound effect they used that was originally from the show reboot 1:23

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BY ASURA, BY ASURA, BY ASURA 
IT'S THE GRAND CHAMPION.

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Can't watch the video, says something about not being able to tune into an encrypted channel.

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This looks sufficiently crazy. 
 
Also, the dude you're fighting against summoned the Buddha finger, not the player character.

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Lol wow that's pretty extreme.

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This game is PANTS!!!

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haha looks kind of cool and crazy, also known as crool...

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@LiquidSwords said:
" @FunExplosions said:
" @Unlogik said:
" @JoyfullOFrockets said:
" Games sure are getting weird. "
No, games are finally going back to being games! "
I agree. Capcom is single-handedly making this an awesome month for new-release details. The entire time this trailer was playing, all I could do was laugh at how ridiculous it all was. And that's a good thing. "
Propa! "

Yes, yes, yes, yes to all of this.
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Lost sequel to god hand?

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Man this looks freekin Bananas, and i was not bored to slumber like so many other trailers.

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Wait, why the fuck isn't this called Devil May Cry instead of that other piece of shit? This looks so much better.

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FINGER OF BUDDHA FROM THE MOTHERFUCKING ORBIT SUMMONED BY THE DUDE BARELY FLINCHING HOLY FUCKING SHIT
 
This... no words can describe how incredibly awesome this game could be.