Shogun Warriors (Game)

Shogun Warriors

GAME » on April 1992

Following the footsteps of Capcom's Street Fighter II, Shogun Warriors is a 1992 fighting game from Kaneko that uses archetypes and figures from Japanese folklore.

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Shogun Warriors, known in Japan as Fujiyama Buster, is a 2D comical historical-fantasy fighting game developed by Kaneko (in conjunction with Atop) and released by Kaneko for arcades in North America and Europe in April 1992, with the Japanese version released by Sammy in September 1992. Playing similar to other 2D fighting games at the time (namely Street Fighter II: The World Warrior), Shogun Warriors is the first fighting game to be based on classical Japanese archetypes (such as samurais, ninjas, geishas, and sumo wrestlers), classic Japanese figures, and creatures from Japanese folklore. Along with its Japanese theme, the game is known for its English-dubbed voice acting in its overseas releases and for its recorded soundtrack, which partially consists of overseas production music. It later received a sequel, titled Blood Warrior (Game) (Ooedo Fight in the Japanese version), that replaces the hand-drawn sprites for digitized actors (similar to the Mortal Kombat (Franchise) series).

Characters

Main Roster

Samurai - A sword-wielding samurai.
Kappa - A kappa who can extend his limbs.
Sabu - A hikeshi firefighter who uses his matoi (flagpole used to draw the attention of other firefighters) as a polearm.
Ninja - A ninja who dual-wields blades and comically-large shurikens.
Kabuki - A kabuki dancer who fights with techniques based on kabuki dance.
Sumo - A sumo wrestler who fights with sumo techniques.
Geisya - A geisha who fights with techniques based on geisha dance.
Shogun - While dressed in full armor and dual-wielding swords, he is either a robot or a cyborg. Unlike other characters, he is fought in modern day Japan.

Boss Characters

They are fought in order, and are unplayable.

Oni - An oni of hulking stature with electrical attacks.
Tengu - A tengu who fights with wind-based martial arts.
Benkei - Based on the 12th century warrior monk Saitō Musashibō Benkei.
Goemon - Based on the 16th century bandit folk hero Ishikawa Goemon. He fights with a certain brand of martial arts.

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