Onimusha 3: Demon Siege

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Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom (PS2) HK Typhoon Games (WIN) EU Ubisoft (WIN)
Designer(s)	Keiji Inafune (producer)
Series	Onimusha series
Release date(s)	PlayStation 2: JPN February 26, 2004 NA April 27, 2004 EUR July 9, 2004 Windows: HK December 8, 2005 EUR February 24, 2006 NA March 16, 2006
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: M (Mature) PEGI: 16+
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Windows
Media	1 DVD (PS2)
System requirements	1.0 GHz CPU, 256 MB RAM, 128 MB video card RAM, 12X CD-ROM drive, DirectX 9.0c, 2 GB available hard disk space, Windows 2000 or Windows XP (WIN)
Input	Keyboard, mouse, or gamepad

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege is a video game developed and published by Capcom. It is the third chapter of the Onimusha saga and was released for the PlayStation 2 on April 27, 2004. It was later ported to the PC on March 16, 2006.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Featured Landmarks in France 3 Weapons 3.1 Samanosuke’s weapons 3.2 Jacques’ weapons 4 Technical 5 Future Sequel 6 Important notes 7 Cast 7.1 Character Model Actors 7.2 English voice actors 7.3 French voice actors 8 External links

[edit] Plot summary

The game opens with Samanosuke Akechi (Takeshi Kaneshiro) destroying the monstrous Genma army in Japan 1582. It then jumps to modern-day Paris 2004, featuring Jacques Blanc (Jean Reno) riding on his motorcycle to help his friend Phillipe. The Genma army then begins its invasion of Paris near the Arc de Triomphe.

The game returns to Samanosuke in feudal Japan fights his way to Honnoji Temple, which is on fire from a raging battle. Samanosuke battles and kills Ranmaru Mori (Joshua Keaton) and approaches Nobunaga Oda. However, before they can fight, a portal opens in the floor and Samanosuke is pulled through it.

Meanwhile, the French military is fighting several monsters from 1582, but the soldiers can not hold them for long. Jacques arrives on the scene finding Phillipe injured from the battle. Suddenly, Samanosuke appears from a portal in a Paris alley right where Jacques is fighting the Genma monsters. Jacques Blanc runs out of ammo just as he and Phillipe are ambushed, but Samanosuke manages to rescue them. Samanosuke and Jacques meet but are unable to properly communicate.

The time portal reappears and pulls Jacques and Phillipe through to Japan. Samanosuke makes his way towards the center of the hysteria, the Arc de Triomphe. Samanosuke first meets Michelle, Jacques' girlfriend, near the Arc and makes his way towards the roof. There he encounters Guildenstern and finds out he is actually over 400 years in the future in Paris. Samanosuke then fights and destroys Brainstern, a robotic creation.

Jacques Blanc and Phillipe arrive in 16th century Japan. Unfortunately, Phillipe dies of mortal wounds from the previous battle after the time warp. Jacques encounter Samanosuke on his way to Honnoji Temple. Both men realize that to return to their own time period, they must save the current time from destruction. Samanosuke in 2004 Paris teams up with Michelle and Jacques son to save the city from destruction while Jacques and Samanosuke (not player controlled) struggle to fight Nobunaga in feudal Japan. The two men work together across time to solve puzzles and access new areas.

[edit] Featured Landmarks in France

• Arc de Triomphe

In the Midst of the Genma invasion, to the top of this famous arc is where Samanosuke must go to face Guildenstern and his new brainchild, Brainstern.

• Notre Dame Cathedral

Beneath this holy place of worship, the Genma have built a huge underground fortress for Guildenstern.

• Mont-Saint-Michel

This Monastery, In Normandy, has been used by the Genma in the Past, and future. In the Past, Vega Donna uses the place to power up her new flying Azuchi Castle. In the future, it is home to the time folder. The whole place gets destroyed in the past and future, by the flying castle in the past, and by the exploding time folder in the future.

• Eiffel Tower

This famous monument is the new home of the Time folder. Samanosuke must venture to the summit and face Ranmaru for one last time.

[edit] Weapons

Aside from the three weapons from the original Onimusha, Samanosuke and Jacques find eight other weapons:

[edit] Samanosuke’s weapons

• Tensōjin (天双刃, lit. Heaven Pair Edges) are twin swords that are empowered by a divine light, gained by entering the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, upon the entry point of Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, for Samanosuke.

• Kūgatō (空牙刀, lit. Sky Fang Blade) is a long nodachi that emits air magic, gained by absorbing the dark energy from the angel statues in the Notre Dame Cathedral for Samanosuke.

• Chigōfu (地轟斧, lit. Earth Shake Axe) is a giant earth-elemental axe that brings forth lava, obtained in the Oni Underwater Temple by Samanosuke.

• Bishamon Sword (毘沙門天の刃, bishamonten no yaiba^?) is the ultimate sword bearing the name of the God of War, obtained by beating the final Dark Realm and collecting all eight orbs.

• Onimusha Sword (鬼武者真剣, Onimusha shinken^?) is the sword carried by Samanosuke Akechi in his ultimate form.

• Genma Samonji　(幻魔裟紋刃) is the ultimate weapon created by fusing the Onimusha Sword with the dark energy that unleashed from Nobunaga's sword （減神天魔刃).　It has crimson energy surrounding it with an orb of the same colour.

• Raizantō (雷斬刀, lit. Thunder Slash Blade) is the lightning-elemental katana from the Onimusha: Warlords.

• Enryūken (焔竜剣, lit. Flame Dragon Sword) is the fire-elemental broadsword from Onimusha: Warlords.

• Shippūtō (疾風丸, lit. Gale Blade) is the wind-elemental naginata from Onimusha: Warlords.

[edit] Jacques’ weapons

• Oni no Hoippu (鬼の鞭, lit. Oni Whip) is the first weapon Jacques receives in the game.

• Enjaken (炎蛇剣, lit. Flame Snake Sword) is a fire-elemental sword whip similar to Ivy's from the Soul Calibur series, found at the Stupa shrine within Mount Hiei.

• Raisensō (雷閃槍, lit. Thunder Flash Spear) is a thunder-elemental spear whip found in the blacksmith of Sakai.

• Hyōsaikyū (氷砕球, lit. Ice Break Ball) is a ice-elemental flail whip found in the Underwater Temple.

• Oni Musou no Hoippu　(鬼無双, lit. Whip of the Matchless Oni) is the ultimate whip, obtained at the Honnoji Temple for Jacques after completing the Dark Realm and collecting all eight orbs.

[edit] Technical

• Onimusha 3 is the first game in the series to introduced the usage of analog sticks as well as the D-pad to control the character's movement.
• Also the first in the series to use real-time rendered 3D environments instead of static background images.
• Both the intro sequence and Samanosuke's sword-combat motion (since Kaneshiro was unable to perform such high-difficulty fight stunts by himself ) was captured and choreographed by famed Hong Kong movie actor turn international star: Donnie Yen.

[edit] Future Sequel

Although Capcom stated on several occasions that Onimusha 3 would be the end of the series, the ending indicated another game revolving around Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Nobunaga's successor) and the sealing of Samanosuke's Oni gauntlet. A new Onimusha game, entitled Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, was released in early 2006 and in which Hideyoshi was the central villain.

[edit] Important notes

• It is important to note that when translating words from one language to another, a lot of the meaning in the words is lost. For example in many of the games the word demon was used to describe both the Oni and the Genma. Since the two clans are different this led to some confusion about who was who. Also in the fourth game, Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, many villagers were calling Soki the Blue Demon; they should in fact have called him the Blue Oni because he has no affiliation with the Genma clan. Another criticism that has been brought forth is the use of the word Ogre to describe the Oni clan. While the Oni are revealed to be very demonic looking, they also have a somewhat angelic side to them; thus Ogre seems like a very inappropriate terminology. Samanosuke is the most skilled of all characters in Onimusha series.

• Time portal - The time portal that Guildenstern built was only supposed to travel through time, but in this weird case, it is also a transportation device. One piece of evidence was when Samanosuke was sent to the future, he ended up in Paris although he was in Japan when the portal transported him. This is also what happened to Jacques, but from Paris to Japan.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Character Model Actors

• Takeshi Kaneshiro — Samanosuke Akechi
• Jean Reno — Jacques Blanc

[edit] External links

• Download the Onimusha 3: Demon Siege opening sequence, part 1Size: 41.0 MB

• Download the Onimusha 3: Demon Siege opening sequence, part 2Size: 12.2 MB

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