Software:Onimusha Tactics

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Onimusha Tactics
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Developer(s)Capcom
Publisher(s)Capcom
Director(s)Fumihiro Asami
Producer(s)Yuichi Kobayashi
Composer(s)Keiji Yamagishi
SeriesOnimusha
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
Release
  • JP: 25 July 2003
  • NA: 11 November 2003
  • EU: 5 December 2003
Genre(s)Tactical role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Onimusha Tactics[lower-alpha 1] is a tactical role-playing video game developed and published by Capcom for the Game Boy Advance. A spin-off of the Onimusha series, it is the first and only game in the series to be released for a Nintendo system.[1] It does not follow the storyline of the previous PlayStation 2 games and is considered a side story, but the game features a similar plot: a samurai who possesses the Oni Gauntlet can become the Onimusha and fights against Nobunaga and his army of genma.

Gameplay

The player is presented with a 3/4 camera view of a detailed gridded battlefield. The point of the game is to defeat the opposing team of opponents and improve the player character with experience points gained in battle by defeating enemies. Such statistics include strength, which dictates attack power, speed which decides turn order, and others. The game allows the player to equip their warrior with katanas, spears, and other weapons.

Characters

The samurai is Onimaru, who is supported by a wide range of characters, many of whom are the same as their PlayStation 2 equivalents. There are some returning characters from other Onimusha games such as Saika Magoichi, Ankokuji Ekei, Fūma Kotarō, and Akechi Mitsuhide. Onimaru battles the genma until the players ultimately reach Nobunaga. New to the series are additional chosen warriors who receive the power of the phoenix, tortoise, tiger and dragon to assist Onimaru. These animals correspond with the Chinese celestial animals that represent the Cardinal directions. This reference was also a puzzle in Onimusha 2.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic64/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
1Up.comB−[3]
Eurogamer6/10[4]
IGN6.5/10[5]

Onimusha Tactics received "mixed or average reviews", according to review aggregator Metacritic.[2]

Notes

  1. Japanese: 鬼武者タクティクス Hepburn: Onimusha Takutikusu

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