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Akai Katana - Xbox 360

Brand: Rising Star Games

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Rated: Teen

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Rising Star games presents Beautiful bullets - gorgeous artwork presented in glorious HD and 16:9 support
Maximize your score - three game modes with different scoring mechanics
Original Arcade settings optional for authentic experience.
Challenge the world - set the highest scores in the online leaderboards
Local 2 player co-op

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B007UMD1EI

Release date

May 16, 2012

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77 ratings

4.1 out of 5 stars

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#90,084 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
#2,226 in Xbox 360 Games

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0.5 x 5.3 x 7.5 inches; 3.2 Ounces

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Video Game

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English

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Teen

Item model number

545A07D3

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Item Weight

3.2 ounces

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Rising Star Games

Date First Available

April 12, 2012

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Unleash the power of the Blood Swords.The Empire’s war has ravaged the world the people are suffering in its relentless pursuit of domination using the feared Blood Swords. The sacrifices have been great, their deaths giving power to these blades. Do you have the strength to lead a small band of rebels to victory in the face of overwhelming odds ? Manufactured By Rising Star Games.

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Experience sensory overload with CAVE's latest addition to the shoot-em-up arena, Akai Katana.

Beautifully rendered sprites

Visually stunning

Gorgeous artwork

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Set in a parallel world resembling Japan's Taisho period, the people have discovered the powerful Blood Swords. Requiring human sacrifices to unleash their immense destructive power, these swords have been used by the empire to crush neighbouring countries. However, all the bloodshed and power gained through sacrificing close family members has made some of the swordsmen reconsider. With new fighter planes and the powered up swords at their disposal, this small band of rebels now fight back against the tyrannical empire.

Created specifically with the Xbox 360 in mind, Akai Katana is the first CAVE release to feature horizontal combat in sumptuous HD and eye-watering full 16:9 support.

Prepare for a new definition of 'bullet-hell'!

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Gorgeous artwork and beautifully rendered sprites
Full HD 16:9 support
Three gameplay modes: Origin (Arcade) Mode, Slash Mode and Climax Mode
Fully animated UI
Original Arcade settings optional for authentic experience
Online leaderboards and replays
Local 2-player co-op (Arcade mode only)

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N. Pawar

Not a bad shooter but it is "bullet hell"

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 10, 2013

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This is a cave shooter so of course it's "bullet hell" like all of their shooters (that I've played). It's actually horizontal which is somewhat strange for the genre, I actually thought it was vertical prior to purchasing because I wasn't paying attention.

You get 3 characters. There is lots of stuff flying at you at all times. It would be frustrating if there weren't infinite continues. Control is fantastic (thank God!). Graphics are pretty good (but it feels like an emulation because of the jaggies). Effects are also good. Length of game (compared to other bullet hell shooters) is fairly long. Play mechanics are fairly interesting and the "hit box" is apparent (green circle on the ship) which is very important for a bullet hell shooter.

This game feels a lot like progear to me which was a very popular japanese shooter in the same vein. Probably about the same difficulty as well. I don't really play or enjoy these types of shooters at all (my "threshold" is the raiden series which has some bullet hell game play but not all) but this is a decent game for what it is. For under 15 bucks new it's a decent deal if you can stand the gameplay type and like playing shooters. I have both of cave's US releases (deathsmiles and akai katana) and I don't really regret the purchase. There really isn't a whole lot in this genre that has been released in the US let alone of the traditional "shooter" genre; there are raiden fighter aces and raiden iv which are pretty good ports whereas otomedius "excellent" is awful (but really cheap). I guess there are no more "strategic" arcade shooters on modern systems, but these bullet hell type shooters are still pretty playable once you get over the learning curve (which is pretty steep).

Back to this game...if they boffed the control it would be unplayable (because it would be required to dodge the thousands of bullets and ships flying at you) but they didn't, the control is excellent so it's playable. Looks and plays good enough to be worth the money they're charging if you play shooters. End of story.

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Bryce

A must for Deathsmiles fans

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 16, 2012

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It's hard for me NOT to rate this game a 5. Keep in mind, I'm comparing it to a long line of Cave shooters: Guwange, Ketsui, Mushihime, ESP Galuda, Deathsmiles, and the DoDonPachi series. If you like any of those games, chances are you'll like this one even more. Compared to the games already mentioned, it's relatively easy to stay alive. It offers a nice balance in the difficulty department, so you won't find yourself getting killed every 3 seconds. As far as the graphics and music, well... there are online videos for that. However, if you like Deathsmiles, I will say that AK completely surpasses it on every level. It's that simple. Personally, I love the scoring systems, and find them to be clearly outlined and well-refined. Like Ikaruga, there is a definitive set of rules to follow if you want to achieve ultra-high scores.
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And that's where the real challenge comes in. Akai Katana demands that you challenge yourself to learn the scoring system and achieve new high scores. What does this mean exactly? Well for the casual shooter fan, you may find that after completing stage 1, you have a score of 2 or 3 million. But once you learn how to power up and utilize your power, you can actually reach scores around 80 million. That 100-million mark for your 1st extra life is there for a reason. Anyone who understands and practices within the system will eventually get there. Casual shooter fans won't be able to reach that mark even by accident, since there is a sequence to using your powers and a time limit in which to do so. Playing casually and constantly bombing will simply not reward you in any way, and I doubt you'll ever play the game again after your first 15 minutes. However, those who dig deeper will find that this is surely one of Cave's top tier games. I've spent several months simply replaying levels 1 and 2, over and over, to reach new high scores. When that gets old, there is a second game mode, with a significant change in scoring mechanics and gameplay -- in which you can expect to reach scores of 600 million or more. For purists and collectors, the disc also includes a third mode, an arcade port in standard 4:3 format. Again, this mode is complete with different game mechanics and the arcade soundtrack. Cave designed this game with 16:9 HD home-gaming in mind, and it shows. Beautiful hand-drawn artwork like this (sprite-based) is extremely rare, but hopefully will never die. Overall, I would expect this title to become a massive hit in the shmup world. Now that Cave has shifted their focus to hand-held gaming, be sure to pick up this rare gem.

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