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'''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 released on [[Steam]] and during the 2018's Sony conference, the sequel was announced. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mWCJePFgWs Koei Tecmo's official upload of the trailer]
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* [[And Now for Something Completely Different]]: The prologue is noticeably different from the rest of the game, given how it starts off at the Tower of London in ''England'' rather than in Japan.
* [[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.
* [[Bow and Sword In Accord]]: Strict ammo limits (~20 shots carried) prevent bows and guns from being usable as primary weapons (at least, not without end-game equipment selection dedicated to gaining unlimited ammo). Instead, the two are high damage situational weapons used to selectively remove choice enemies from a distance (generally enemy ranged attackers, or helmetless enemies that haven't spotted the player yet).
* [[Childhood Friends]]: Saoirse has been William's Guardian Spirit since he's a child. It's also evident that the two are close.
* [[Crossover Cosmology]]: Downplayed. But in addition to Buddhism and [[Japanese Mythology]], there are also elements of [[Celtic Mythology]] and Western European mysticism in relation to alchemy.
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* [[Translation Convention]]: Played with. European characters like William speak in English whereas Japanese ones by and large speak ''only'' in Japanese. William's able to understand them though, in part due to magical [[Babel Fish]] as well as through the likes of Hattori Hanzo, who ''can'' speak English.
* [[Unobtainium]]: Amrita, which is equated to the Philosopher's Stone among the Europeans. It's also why the likes of Edward Kelley are so interested with Japan, as it has enough Amrita to allow them to defeat England's enemies and [[Take Over the World]].
* [[Useless Useful Spell]]: Most bosses are immune to most stats conditions, with the notable exception of Sloth, which [[Game Breaker|is both crippling and rarely resisted]]. In response, enemies in the DLC are given near total resistance to it. The sequel takes a more middle ground by making Sloth more dependent upon a character's Magic stats so it's only useful for actual mage builds instead of being something every build grabs.
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: It's mentioned that England had been using pirates and privateers to scour the known world for Amrita. By 1598 though, William is shown imprisoned at the Tower of London and slated for execution due to Kelley wanting to dispose of potential loose ends and deeming them unnecessary.
* [[Yokai]]: Many of the bosses that the player faces are various spirits, demons, and other supernatural creatures that are found within [[Japanese Mythology]].
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