InuYasha: Feudal Combat

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InuYasha: Feudal Combat
Developer(s)	Bandai
Publisher(s)	Bandai
Release date(s)	June 16, 2005 (Japan) August 24, 2005 (N.America)
Genre(s)	Role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Media	1 DVD-ROM

InuYasha: Feudal Combat (犬夜叉 奥義乱舞, Inuyasha: Ōgi-Ranbu^?) is a 3D fighting game for the PlayStation 2 based on the InuYasha manga & anime series.

Bandai planned to release this video game on August 16, 2005 in North America, but it was postponed to August 25 due to the 2005 Miyagi earthquake. It was released in Japan on June 16, 2005.

Bandi also plans to release this game on Nintendo DS and Sony PSP.

Contents 1 Characters 2 Gameplay 3 Story mode 4 Reception

[edit] Characters

There are 14 playable characters. The default characters include Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippō, Kōga, Sesshōmaru, Kagura, Kohaku, and Kikyō. As gameplay continues, several other "secret" characters may be unlocked, including Demon Inuyasha, Human Inuyasha, Naraku, and Bankotsu.

[edit] Gameplay

In InuYasha: Feudal Combat, up to four characters, two per team, may be present at once in a battle. Both the player and opponent may each select another character as their partner. There are four modes of gameplay, including Story, Mission, Battle, and Practice modes.

When the Spirit Gauge is full, a special "Finishing Move" can be performed. Each character's basic Finishing Move can be activated by pressing and holding the circle button. But when a character is fighting alongside a partner and the duo reaches "Great" affinity, pressing circle will trigger a combined Finishing Move, a combined team attack between the two characters.

Four different formations (the different ways the player's partner can assist the player) can be selected during the battle: Wind formation (partner mimics the actions of the player), Forest formation (the player and the partner are always targeted on different opponents), Mountain formation (partner stays between the player and opponent and blocks enemy attacks) or Fire formation (both player and partner focus on the same opponent and attack continuously). The Fire and Mountain formations also increase the strength and defense of the player and partner, respectively.

[edit] Story mode

In Story Mode, the player must choose to follow first InuYasha's,then Sango and Miroku, then Shippō's, and finally Sesshōmaru's "Chapter". These consist of a series of battles interlaced with cut scenes illustrating a story. If the player is KO'd (defeated) in one of these battles, a screen with the option to reattempt the last battle is available.

[edit] Reception

The game was not very popular and received poor reviews by Gamespot, G4 T.V, and Gamespy. It was criticized for having small areas, short story line, bad combat, and bad multiplayer moves. The game was proven to be not as good as the Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series and the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series, so the game had poor sales and did not become a PlayStation Greatest Hits title.

InuYasha
Characters:	InuYasha characters | InuYasha Yōkai
Media:	Anime | Manga | Rumiko Takahashi | List of songs from InuYasha | Voice actors
Plot:	Plot of InuYasha | Anime episodes
Movies:	Affections Touching Across Time | The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass | Swords of an Honorable Ruler | Fire on the Mystic Island
Video games:	InuYasha: Feudal Combat | InuYasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask
Locations:	Bone Eater's Well | Higurashi Shrine | Mount Hakurei | WcDonald's
Miscellaneous:	Special items and attacks