Samurai Warriors: Katana

 Wii
  • Publisher: Koei
  • Release Date: Jan 16, 2008
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  • Summary: Using a first-person perspective, Samurai Warriors: KATANA is based on the Samurai Warriors series and delivers total arcade-style action right into your own home. Armed with your motion-sensitive Wii Remote, you’ll journey back in time to do battle as a lethal samurai warrior. On eachUsing a first-person perspective, Samurai Warriors: KATANA is based on the Samurai Warriors series and delivers total arcade-style action right into your own home. Armed with your motion-sensitive Wii Remote, you’ll journey back in time to do battle as a lethal samurai warrior. On each mission, legendary samurai and allies serve as your guide. Prevent pirates from invading your ships, rescue maidens from a burning castle, and explore mysterious caverns stalked by ninjas. These and many more challenging missions require quick reflexes, fast thinking, and precision marksmanship. Enjoy explosive martial arts excitement with three fun game modes. Go on an adventure through Feudal Japan in Musou Mode. Prepare for battle with a multitude of challenges in Trial Mode. Then, Go head-to-head with a friend in eight exciting mini games. Fight to stop endless waves of enemy samurai and ninja. Strike with sword or spear, fire volleys with your bow or thunderous rifle. Test your horseback riding skills, and explore the majestic castles of Feudal Japan. But be prepared to run and dodge your way past harrowing traps. Save your score and battle record with your Mii. [Koei]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 30
  3. Negative: 11 out of 30
  1. Nintendo Power
    75
    Samurai Warriors: Katana is fun, and makes good use of the Wii's motion controls without being tiring. [Jan 2008, p.87]
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  2. GamingTrend
    68
    There is a lot of fun to be had; I put over 30 hours into unlocking most of the game. It's just too bad that it's all solo gaming; the multiplayer aspects of the Wii are totally lost on Katana.
  3. Game Informer
    60
    Melee attacks in light gun games always suck. It’s too hard to judge the effective distance of your weapon, and much of the fun of melee combat as a concept is tied to the use of space and the tactics involved in controlling the flow of the fight. Unfortunately for Samurai Warriors: Katana, it’s basically a light gun game with melee weapons.
  4. Kikizo
    50
    Good for a laugh, hurts your arms, Ghost Squad is better, Samurai/Dynasty series still haven't convinced me, good god it hurts your arms.
  5. Kombo
    50
    Unfortunately, any degree of polish was inconsistent at best and it left Katana, a game with a lot of potential, to flounder in mediocrity.
  6. GameSpot
    45
    Koei's Sengoku-era-inspired Samurai Warriors franchise hits a new low with this on-rails first-person action game.
  7. G4 TV
    20
    A simple, unpolished action game. The music is comprised of simple, repetitive loops that are just begging for the mute button, the voice acting is absolutely atrocious, the plot of each campaign is held tenuously together by the slimmest of threads, and the most important part of a game, the gameplay, is shallow and unsatisfying.

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  1. DanS
    Feb 15, 2008
    7
    I was excited when I first heard about this, then worried when I saw game stores dropping it's price to $40 just a week after it cameI was excited when I first heard about this, then worried when I saw game stores dropping it's price to $40 just a week after it came out. I'll agree that the graphics are NOT outsatnding and the sound library is weak at best, but the game is just incredibly fun. Having up to 50 enemies on screen to fight with at once is pretty wild. I'd suggest it to any ight gun or Dynasty Warriors fan. If you are like me and enjoy mindless fun, then this is a great game for you.… Expand
  2. SteveT.
    Feb 4, 2008
    6
    I rented this game and I think it is kind of cool. The controls are a little wonky, but the graphics and gameplay are ok. The fun part is theI rented this game and I think it is kind of cool. The controls are a little wonky, but the graphics and gameplay are ok. The fun part is the Musou attacks where you get to swing your weapon (Wii Remote) wildly. If you have a good sense of imagination this can be pretty entertaining. All in all this is not the greatest game, but it is fun to play if you are willing to get up off your butt and act like a dork for a while. I'd recomend renting it or buying it at a discount when things get slow.… Expand

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