Onimusha

Capcom's Onimusha series tells the tale of samurai warriors, assisted by the ogres, who battle against legions of demons. The series is primarily a 3rd person action game, similar in ways to Devil May Cry, but has also spun off a few tactics and fighting games.

Overview

The Onimusha series is a franchise created by Mega Man creator Kenji Inafune and publish by Capcom. It's Capcom sixth best selling series next to Street Fighter, Mega Man, Devil May Cry, and Resident Evil. The series spawn several games, toys, and films. The core games in the series are action-adventure games, but the series has branched off into other genre such as turn-base strategy and the fighting game genre.

History

After the success of the Mega Man series, Kenji Inafune wanted to develop a game inspired by one of movie director, Akira Kurosawa's, samurai films. He visited ancient Japanese temples to gain information of the feudal era of Japan.

The development of the game first started out on the PlayStation, with use of the Resident Evil engine. But with the PlayStation 2's hardware on the rise, the development shifted away from the PlayStation and onto the PlayStation 2.

The game's main character was model after Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro. Kenji Inafune stated that the reason why he wanted the main character to be model after him is because he wanted woman to play the game - most of Takeshi Kaneshiro's fan base are woman.

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Name	Platforms	Developer
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams released on March 8, 2006	PS2	Capcom Production Studio 2
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege released on April 27, 2004	PS2, PC	Capcom Production Studio 2
Onimusha: Blade Warriors released on March 24, 2004	PS2	Capcom Production Studio 2
Onimusha Tactics released on Nov. 11, 2003	GBA	Capcom
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny released on Aug. 27, 2002	PS2	Capcom Production Studio 2
Genma Onimusha released on Jan. 28, 2002	XBOX	Capcom Production Studio 2
Onimusha: Warlords released on March 13, 2001	PS2, PC	Capcom Production Studio 2

Name:	Onimusha
Total games:	7 games
First game:	Onimusha: Warlords
Aliases:

Nobunaga Oda first in Nobunaga's Ambition	6
Samanosuke Akechi first in Onimusha: Warlords	5
Guildenstern first in Onimusha: Warlords	5
Magoichi Saiga first in Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny	3
Kotaro Fuma first in Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny	3
Ekei Ankokuji first in Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny	3
Kaede first in Onimusha: Warlords	3
Gargant first in Onimusha: Blade Warriors	3
Hideyoshi Toyotomi	2
Gogandantess first in Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny	2