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[[File:Nioh_cover_art.png|200px|thumb|right|This life has ended, freed from this mortal coil.]]
'''Nioh''' (Japanese: 仁王, "benevolent king") is an [[Action RPG]]/[[Hack and Slash]] game developed by [[Team Ninja]] for the [[PlayStation 4]]. It was released worldwide in February 2017, and was published by [[Koei|Koei Tecmo]] in Japan and Sony Interactive Entertainment internationally. Gameplay revolves around navigating levels and defeating monsters that have infested an area. Nioh takes place in the early 1600s during a fictionalized version of the [[Jidai Geki|Sengoku period]], when Japan was in the midst of civil war prior to the ascension of the Tokugawa shogunate. A sailor named William, in pursuit of an enemy, arrives in Japan and is enlisted by Hattori Masanari, servant to Tokugawa Ieyasu, in defeating [[Yokai]] that are flourishing in the chaos of war.
Beginning development in 2004 as a multimedia project based on an unfinished Akira Kurosawa script, it went through multiple revisions over the following eight years as general producer Kou Shibusawa was dissatisfied with the result. Team Ninja was given the project, and the subsequent development lasted four years. The story was based on the life of historic Western samurai William Adams, although it was embellished with supernatural elements. First announced in the year it began development, information became sporadic until 2015, when it was reintroduced as a PlayStation 4 exclusive. Alpha and beta demos were released during 2016, to both gauge public reaction to the title and make adjustments based on feedback. Initially scheduled for a 2016 release, the adjustments pushed the release into the following year. Upon release, ''Nioh'' received critical acclaim, with most critics comparing it fondly to the [[Dark Souls|Souls]] series of games. On November 7, 2017, ''Nioh'' was release on [[Steam]] and during the 2018's Sony conference, the sequel was announced.
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* [[All Webbed Up]]: The inner part of Joro-gumo's lair has webbing all over the place, it shows up more as you go on, even her victims are all wrapped up in silk cocoons.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: William is part-Irish, which explains his accent as well as his affinity to Saoirse, a Gaelic Guardian Spirit. This is in contrast to real life, as he's born a full-blooded Englishman.
* [[Childhood Friends]]: Saoirse has been William's Guardian Spirit since he's a child. It's also evident that the two are close.
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