Sakura Samurai

Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword is an action-adventure game developed by Grounding Inc. and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS's eShop.

In a feudal Japan, there bloomed many Sakura trees and in one lived Princess Cherry Blossom. The people lived happily until one day... A demon captured the princess and the Sakura trees stopped blooming, and the princess eventually forgotten, except by a lonely Kappa, who still grieves over the lost princess waiting for a samurai to come and save the princess. Enter the player, a young samurai who has heard the call from the kappa and with your sword imbued with sakura energy set forth to reclaim the princess from the monster!


 * The Boss Is About to Stab You: Every boss cinematic ends with the baddies pointing their weapon directly at the camera.
 * Breakable Weapons: Though your sword won't break, it does dull without maintenance.
 * Cherry Blossoms: Everywhere. There's a reason why it's called Sakura Samurai.
 * Copy and Paste Environments: It IS a downloadable game though.
 * Counter Attack: The game revolves around this. The player has to stick and move according to the foe's telegraphs. As the game progresses, they get faster and later on, mixes things up. So Hacking and slashing willy nilly is a quicker way to lose.
 * Cracking Up: A few of the Kappa's Idle Animation.
 * Damsel in Distress: Princess Cherry Blossom.
 * Hyperactive Metabolism: Rice cakes.
 * Iaijutsu Practitioner: You, the player.
 * Katanas Are Just Better: Way better.
 * New Game+: After beating the final boss, Expert mode is unlocked.
 * Samurai: You. The player character.
 * Trauma Inn
 * Variable Mix: A bit. Perfectly landing hits in a battle will make the music more intense briefly and moving the world map around gives the music an upbeat synth layer.
 * Youkai: Natch'.
 * Kappa: He's actually friendly.