Bushido Blade: Difference between revisions

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The games' plot focuses on two rivaling schools: the Narukagami (good guys) and the Shainto (bad guys). The Narukagami has its own dojo, the Meikyokan, and a secret assassin team known as Kage. The first game deals with Tatsumi's [[Contract On the Hitman|attempt to leave the Kage]] after its leader became insane due to a [[Evil Weapon|cursed sword]]. The second game starts with the Shainto's raid of the Meikyokan in an attempt to recover said sword, and then use it to end their enemies once and for all.

These games differ from traditional [[Fighting Game|Fighting Games]] in many ways. A quick list; no [[Hit Points|life gauges]] (a well-placed attack can be a [[One Hit Kill]]!), ability to injure ([[Subsystem Damage|slashing an arm or a leg cripples the opponent]]), everyone has a real weapon (mostly melee, but a few characters use guns) and use them fairly realistically, easy to use simple specials that are typically just a different type of attack (stabbing as opposed to slashing), and other more realistic features that are rare in the genre.

These games differ from traditional [[Fighting Game|Fighting Games]] in many ways. A quick list; no [[Hit Points|life gauges]] (a well-placed attack can be a [[One-Hit Kill]]!), ability to injure ([[Subsystem Damage|slashing an arm or a leg cripples the opponent]]), everyone has a real weapon (mostly melee, but a few characters use guns) and use them fairly realistically, easy to use simple specials that are typically just a different type of attack (stabbing as opposed to slashing), and other more realistic features that are rare in the genre.

After its second game, [[Executive Meddling|arguments between developer Sunsoft and Square Enix]] ended in the franchise's demise. A pity.

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* [[Multiple Endings]]: The first game has a different ending depending on how well you upheld the Code of Bushido, as explained above. The sequel has 2 endings for the Shainto-side characters, which depends on {{spoiler|whether you kill or spare the last descendant of the Kagami.}}

* [[Ninja]]: Red Shadow/Hotarubi. Night Stalker joins her in Bushido Blade 2.

* [[One Hit Kill]]: An inherent part of the combat system.

* [[One-Hit Kill]]: An inherent part of the combat system.

* [[Professional Killer]]: Katze has been contracted in both games to kill the main guys.

* [[Royal Rapier]]: A selectable weapon in the first, and Highwayman's subweapon in the second.

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* [[Secret Character]]: Katze (both games) and Tsubame (second only). The second also has two nameless kabuki-themed characters to unlock.

* [[Shows Damage]]: In the story mode, after each fight, areas that were injured will be if you continue after being killed, areas injured prior to your defeat will be bloodied or bandaged.

* [[Single Stroke Battle]]: A very possible scenario in any battle if one can get in a well-placed clean strike on the enemy. See [[One Hit Kill]], above.

* [[Single Stroke Battle]]: A very possible scenario in any battle if one can get in a well-placed clean strike on the enemy. See [[One-Hit Kill]], above.

* [[Spiritual Successor]]: The ''[[Kengo]]'' series of games for the [[PS 2]].

* [[Stance System]]: A central part of the game system. Each character has the same moves in each stance, only varying in their speed and power. The first game has three different stances to choose from, while the sequel included a few extra stances like [[Iaijitsu Practitioner|sheathed]] and [[Dual Wielding]].

* [[Stance System]]: A central part of the game system. Each character has the same moves in each stance, only varying in their speed and power. The first game has three different stances to choose from, while the sequel included a few extra stances like [[Iaijitsu Practitioner|sheathed]] and [[Dual-Wielding]].

* [[Subsystem Damage]]: One of the game's unique features. Arms and legs can incapacitated in the first game, while the second only retained arm incapacitation. A broken arm would lead to weaker striking force and defense, a broken leg would force the player to "crawl-fighting".

* [[True Companions]]: Tatsumi, Kannuki and Mikado seems to be very close. This is specially noticeable in their Bushido Blade 2 endings.

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* [[Resignations Not Accepted]]: The Kage works with this code in the first game, which is what sets things into motion.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Kannuki in the first game: he's out to get revenge for his hometown being slaughtered under Hanzaki's orders. Midway through, he realizes not everyone's involved and decides to just kill those that stand in his way.

* [[Talk to The Fist]]: The story mode let you stop your opponent in the middle of their [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner]], though it counts as [[Nonstandard Game Over|breaking Bushido]].

* [[Talk to The Fist]]: The story mode let you stop your opponent in the middle of their [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]], though it counts as [[Nonstandard Game Over|breaking Bushido]].

* [[True Final Boss]]: After going through the [[Nintendo Hard|needlessy hard]] Code of Honor handicaps [[No Damage Run|unharmed]], you get to fight each character's [[True Final Boss]]: Kindachi (Mikado, Utsusemi, Red Shadow), Kannuki (Black Lotus), Hongou (Tatsumi) and a severely wounded Black Lotus (Kannuki).

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* [[Charlie Brown From Outta Town]]: Black Lotus, in his new persona as the rival Shainto "The Highwayman" in the sequel. Obviously, none of his former Narukagami allies are fooled for long.

* [[Contemplate Our Navels]]: Pretty much all Shainto-side characters do this in their endings.

* [[Domino Mask]]: Used by Highwayman to [[Paper Thin Disguise|hide his true identity]].

* [[Domino Mask]]: Used by Highwayman to [[Paper-Thin Disguise|hide his true identity]].

* [[The Dragon]]: Gengoro. Besides being utmost loyal to the Shainto and Taina, he's usually the one fought before him.

* [[Dual Wielding]]: A few characters can dual-wield with a specific weapon and their subweapon.

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: A few characters can dual-wield with a specific weapon and their subweapon.

* [[Feuding Families]]: The backstory for the second game states the ancestors of the Narukagami (Kagami) and Shainto (Sue) were feudal families under the same Daimyo, which after his fall entered in conflict, spawning a secret war for over 800 years.

* [[Funny Foreigner]]: In the sequel, Suminagashi, a [[The Big Guy|large]] American that [[Malaproper|speaks broken Japanese]] in the original version (and [[Translation Convention|broken English]] in the localization). Also Tony Umeda, a [[Disco Dan|disco-styled]] [[But Not Too Foreign|half-African half-Japanese]] "black ninja" whose main goal is to create his own style... based on ''dancing moves''. Lastly, there's "Highwayman" who dresses like the [[Phantom of the Opera]], but has a thick Scots accent...

* [[Iaijitsu Practitioner]]: Gengoro, Kaun, Tony and Utamaru makes use of the "sheathed" stance in the sequel.

* [[I Cannot Self Terminate]]: In the second game's ending for both Kannuki and Mikado, {{spoiler|Tatsumi forces them to kill him, since after discovering his Shainto roots, he feels that the feud will never end until the last Shainto is death.}}

* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: In the second game's ending for both Kannuki and Mikado, {{spoiler|Tatsumi forces them to kill him, since after discovering his Shainto roots, he feels that the feud will never end until the last Shainto is death.}}

* [[Luke I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Tatsumi}}, the Shainto leader Hiragi Taina is your father!

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Tatsumi}}, the Shainto leader Hiragi Taina is your father!

* [[Genki Girl]]: Jo.

* [[Island Base]]: The Shainto's HQ.

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* [[The Siege]]: In the story mode, Shainto's forces has sprung an attack on the Narukagami's HQ believing their forces are reduced after the first game's ordeal.

* [[The Stoic]]: Kaun

* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: Certain characters have a sword subweapon that can be thrown and, on clean shots, [[One Hit Kill|One Hit Killing]] the enemy.

* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: Certain characters have a sword subweapon that can be thrown and, on clean shots, [[One-Hit Kill|One Hit Killing]] the enemy.

* [[~~Videogame~~ Caring Potential]]/[[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: What determines the ending of the Shainto characters.

* [[Video Game Caring Potential]]/[[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: What determines the ending of the Shainto characters.

* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]: Kaun.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Kaun.

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