Sengoku Basara is a series of video games developed and published by Capcom, and a bigger media franchise based on it, including two anime series and an animated film. Its story is very loosely based around the many real characters and events of the titular Sengoku era in the history of feudal Japan.
Sengoku Basara has several adaptations of the games to different mediums. Notably, two anime series were planned and written by Yasuyuki Muto. The first series, simply titled Sengoku Basara, started broadcast in April 2009. The series' second season, titled Sengoku Basara II, began broadcast in July 2010. Further, a movie adaptation of the series titled Sengoku Basara: The Last Party was released in 2011. All three anime adaptations were licenced and published in the United States by Funimation. A manga adaptation of the second game was created by Yak Haibara. The four volume series, titled Sengoku Basara 2 was published in Japan in 2007 and was later published in the United States in 2012 by UDON under the title Sengoku Basara: Samurai Legends. The title change was due to Sengoku Basara 2 not being released in the United States. Shimotsuki Kairi also created a more general adaptation in 2005 entitled Sengoku Basara Ranse Ranbu.
Sengoku Basara X is a 2D fighting game by Arc System Works, creators of the Guilty Gear series, made in 2008 for the arcades and ported for the PS2 later the same year.
In its arcade predecessor, players pummel their opponents until their health bars depletes completely within a given time. They are allowed to call for support or launch special attacks once certain conditions are fulfilled.
The PS2 version comes with a new challenge mode where the player has to clear 12 stages in total in a given amount of time. During your fights, items may appear in treasure boxes, be sure to grab them, as these items may heal your wounds or push back your time limit. Make use of these to defeat difficult bosses.
Your fights determine the stylish points you will get and there are a number of ways to obtain high points. For certain fights, a number of gold coins will appear in the air in the form of the words BAS grab all these coins without taking damage from your opponents to get a high score. In some circumstances you will be able to obtain titles, the rarer the titles you are awarded with or the more coins you can get, the better (and more stylish) a fighter you are.
Date Masamune and Sanada Yukimura lead a cast of 10 characters (Chousokabe Motochika, Honda Tadakatsu, Maeda Keiji, Mouri Motonari, Uesugi Kenshin, Oichi, Oda Nobunaga, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi) who use weapons and special attacks in a 2D brawler that's evocative of Arc System's other works. The control scheme uses four buttons to lash out a weak attack, a medium attack, a strong attack, and Engun which calls upon a supporter or striker to rush into the battlefield and provide offensive assistance. The longer you hold off on calling for support, the stronger that support becomes when it is eventually summoned.
Game Modes:
ARCADE - Enjoy the coin-op original version of the game
VS 2P - Fight against a second player that's sitting right next to you
VS CPU - Test your skills against COM-controlled combatants
TRAINING - Practice moves and combos against a dummy without fear of a time limit or counterattacks
CHALLENGE - Meet certain objectives in 1-round fights against a procession of fighters
CHARACTERS:
- Playable Characters:
Chosokabe Motochika
Date Masamune
Honda Tadakatsu
Katakura Kojuro (PS2 version extra)
Maeda Keiji
Mori Motonari
Oda Nobunaga
Oichi
Sanada Yukimura
Takenaka Hanbee (PS2 version extra)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Uesugi Kenshin
- Non-Playable (Assist) Characters:
Azai Nagamasa (Oichi's Assist)
Kasuga (Kenshin's Assist)
Sarutobi Sasuke (Yukimura's Assist)
Takeda Shingen (Yukimura's Assist)
Maeda Toshiie (Keiji's Assist)
Matsu (Keiji's Assist)
Mori Ranmaru (Nobunaga's Assist)
Nohime (Nobunaga's Assist)
Tokugawa Ieyasu (Tadakatsu's Assist)
On the console versions of the game, Masamune acts as Kojuro's assist character and Hideyoshi as Hanbei's.
The Limited Edition was released in a box that contents:
- Sengoku Basara X
- Data Cards
- Voice CD
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
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FEATURES:
- Third person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Martial Arts & Anime themes.
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