Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad (Xbox 360)

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Description

Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad is the first game for the Oneechanbara franchise for the Xbox 360. As it does for all Oneechanbara games this title features sisters Aya and Saki, dressed in their respective trademark bikini/cowboy hat and schoolgirls' uniform, in their fight to eradicate a looming zombie infestation with samurai sword in hand and a stern expression in their eyes. Along for the fight is Annna, new to the franchise with her use of guns only for combat; also returning as an NPC is the motorcycle jumpsuit-wearing Reiko, who offers a balance between swordplay and gunplay.

The Oneechanbara franchise is in the beat em' up genre and similar in style to the Dynasty Warriors and Devil May Cry series. Familiar gameplay elements returning include: the emphasis on correct timed attacks (cool combos), sword fatigue that affects the timing and effectiveness of your characters attacks, playing two heroines concurrently which enables tagging out to regain lost health, and a rage meter that transforms the protagonist into a devil state when full, enabling both double damage exacted to enemy and oneself.

New gameplay elements to this part of the Oneechanbara franchise include: separate attack branches on a combo tree, counter attacks that slow down time, a new Ecstasy meter that is dependent on long combos, and the prevalent use on guns for certain characters (only restricted to Reiko previously) as well as combat on motorcycles. Also updated is Quest Mode that challenges the player to perform certain tasks like finish the game in devil state or finish with very high sword fatigue in order.

The game also features a dress up mode which the player can unlock in order to dress up their character as they see fit, offering customizations like new t-shirts, hair color, etc. Downloadable content includes two new outfits each for the original three protagonists as well as three unlockable playable characters: Reiko, Misery, and Himiko.

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Alternate Titles

• "お姉チャンバラvorteX ~忌血を継ぐ者たち" -- Japanese spelling
• "Oneechanbara vorteX: Kiketsu o Tsugu Mono-tachi" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Games made into movies
• Oneechanbara series
• Protagonist: Female
• Theme: Zombies

User Reviews

Gore, Girls, and Zombies--how could it have gone so wrong?

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The Press Says

The Review Busters	2009	7 out of 10	70
The Video Game Critic	Aug 26, 2009	C-	42
Gaming Age	Mar 26, 2009	D+	33
IGN	Feb 17, 2009	3 out of 10	30
Video Game Talk	Feb 12, 2009		30
TeamXbox	Feb 14, 2009	2.7 out of 10	27
GamePro (US)	Feb 10, 2009		20
G4 TV: X-Play	Feb 23, 2009		20
UOL Jogos	Feb 25, 2009		20
ZTGameDomain	2009	1 out of 10	10

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Trivia

Oneechanbara vorteX is the first "A" tier game made of the OneeChanBara franchise as well as the first next-gen offering. The previous four games, all released for the PS2, were budget tier games as part of the "Simple 2000" series.

Related Web Sites

• X360A achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad)