Daikatana: Difference between revisions

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In 2030 AD, Hiro Miyamoto's ancestor discovered the cure to a global pandemic, saving countless lives and making the Miyamoto family line rich besides. Four hundred years later, Hiro's father and his aide (Hiro' father's aide, not Hiro's) Kage Mishima discovered the Daikatana and, through careful study, eventually realized that it possessed the power to transport its wielder through time. Mishima promptly took the Daikatana, slew Hiro's father, then traveled back in time and claimed the cure for the pandemic himself. In the now-changed [[The Future|2455 AD]], Mishima's corporation [[Mega Corp|controls much of the world]], using the cure as a proverbial carrot on a stick, and it is up to Hiro Miyamoto, with the aid of Mikiko Ebihara and Superfly Johnson, to follow him, take the Daikatana and [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]].

 

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* [[Artificial Stupidity]]

* [[Disney Villain Death]]: {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn|Mikiko]] falls in a pit of lava at the end of the [[Game Boy Color]] version as Hiro [[Deadly Dodging|dodges]] her attack. Superfly also falls trying to save her.}}

* [[Escort Mission]]: The game ends if either of your [[Too Dumb to Live]] AI partners dies. You will be shouting "[[Stop Helping Me!]]!" far more often than you'd like.

** Several weapons, especially the instant death ones, will target you if there are no enemies nearby.

* [[Experience Points]]: Of a sort; you can't see the actual numbers but if you kill enough enemies you can upgrade your stats.

** The Daikatana gains experience as well, growing more powerful ([[Power Glows|and brighter]]) as you kill enemies with it, eventually becoming the melee weapon equivalent of a discotheque. Unfortunately, when you're using it, none of that experience goes to you.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Mikiko tries to seize the Daikatana for herself at the end of the game.}}

* [[Freeware Games]]: [[John Romero]] has placed the (actually decent) Europe only [http://rome.ro/games_daikatana.htm GBC game] as a download on his website.

* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]: Oh so painfully absent. Notable because a [[Good Bad Bugs|glitched]] cheat allows the player to enable it. At which point the game starts being kinda ''fun''...

** It could also be a tribute to [[Miyamoto Musashi]], which is fitting for a swordmaster.

* [[Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels]]: Ronin, Samurai and Shogun.

* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Guess what's in the back room of the Mishima Burgers factory. Go on, ''guess.''

* [[I Meant to Do That]]: See [[Nintendo Hard]].

* [[Unwinnable By Mistake]]: A level-design bug in one of the last levels prevented a door from opening to allow your sidekicks to regroup with you... in single player mode, no doubt. Fixed in a patch, but a pretty bad error to leave unnoticed.

* [[Vaporware]]: ''Daikatana'' was believed to be vaporware for about three years. It probably should have stayed that way.

 

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