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Description: Also known as Hana Samurai: Art of the Sword in the UK/EU. Skill meets style in this precision sword-fighting game. Leave button mashing behind. Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword is about precision swordplay, battlefield finesse, and martial-arts style. As the heroic title character, youll travel a world rife with cherry-blossom beautyand deadly dangerto rescue the legendary Princess Cherry Blossom. Her kidnapper has set dozens of blade-wielding henchmen in your path, and youll have to exercise your best battle senses to defeat them and save her. Learn to predict your foes moves, deftly dodge their attacks, and create opportunities for devastating counterattacks. Start with the Sakura Sword, a little health, and some basic training from your water-spirit guide. Make your way from battleground to battleground fighting wave after wave of increasingly cunning enemies. Fight through huge castles to duel epic bosses. And dont forget to stop at small villages along the way to get help, gear, encouragement (and distraction) from the quirky townsfolk. Prove that you truly are the Sakura Samurai!

Overview

Platforms:
  • 3DS
Initial Release Date: Feb 2, 2012
Developer:
  • Grounding Inc.
Publisher: Nintendo
Genres:

Credits

Noboru Hotta
Directed By
Mineko Okamura
Written By: game scenario
Satoru Iwata
Produced By: executive producer
Mineko Okamura
Produced By: producer
Shinya Takahashi
Produced By: general producer
Kensuke Tanabe
Produced By: producer
Tomokazu Abe
Sound: sound effects,sound programmer
Keita Watanabe
Art Direction
Taro Hino
Visual Effects: effects designer
Taro Hino
Art Department: ui designer
Satomi Kobayashi
Art Department: artist
Atsuhiro Machida
Art Department: artist
Keisuke Okubo
Art Department: artwork
Chiharu Sakiyama
Art Department: artwork
Hideaki Takamura
Art Department: artist
Saki Takada
Animation: animator
Keita Watanabe
Animation: animator
Hiromitsu Fujikawa
special thanks
Minako Hamano
special thanks
Toru Hashimoto
special thanks
Koichi Kyuma
special thanks
Hiroshi Momose
special thanks
Riyu Tamura
special thanks
Atsuko Yamada
special thanks
Kenji Yamamoto
Music Department: music director