Shin Onimusha Dawn of Dreams (aka Onimusha 4)

A Calendar? I think we should start compiling a list of all the Oni 4 merchandise lol.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Here are the artworks I promised: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8877ZDAE
It has the GamePress logo, but the resolution is great.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Greatly appreciated Anubis! I just beat lvl 12, game is still awesome so far. Im really enjoying Soki and Jubei as playable characters, i dont like the "feel" of the other characters.

FELIPE NO

I only liked Jubei and Tenkai as playable characters I didn't care much for the others or thier stories at all. I was just annoied you always had to have Soki in your group set up I'd of liked to just played as Tenkai and Jubei

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Excuse me? Soki's the main character even.

Anyway, I finished it the second time. God those Special Costumes look awesome. Also, how did you get the last 5 weapons in the game for each character? (MINUS that code you have to input for the last weapons however and those you can get in the Dark Realm).

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I'm fine with most of the characters, but I just hate Ohatsu. She got on my nerves, and she wasn't particularly useful (at least I didn't think so anyway).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Woo hoo, my Official Complete Works book, along with 11 more of those onimusha arms collection, came in the mail today!

Pretty sweet, bah, but the top left corner in the back got damaged, dammit. As for the Onimusha arms collection 6 of the 11 ended up being repeats, ahh that sucked.

Anyway, in the book there's a character connection chart, character/boss illustrations and CG art, bonus costume designs, monster illustrations, concept designs for characters (looked like they were going to give Tenkai a beard and much more older looking face), illustrations of some of the game's locations, the whole scroll art thing from the game (from the cut scene at the end of stage 1), storyboards and script for all the game's cut scenes, section with interviews with the VA's (at least what looks to be) and staff, some illustrated artwork, and closes off with some of the merchandise released like the drama CDs, trading figures (looks like there's TBA, wouldn't mind getting a Tenkai), and manga ("Twilight of Desire" looks like it features Tenkai and Arin's backstory). Oh and the OST is in a cardboard page at the back.



As for the Onimusha Arms collection, the 5 different ones I managed to get were Oyu's Gladius and silver shield, Jacques' Enja (it's actually articulated!) and gauntlet, Marcellus' sword and shield from Onimusha 3, Genma Samonji (Onimusha 3, gained from when you absord Nobunaga's sword) that comes with a Magical Jewel, and Samanosuke's katana and Kaede's sacred dagger from Onimusha Warlords.



This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

NICE!! You really like Onimusha =P

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Originally Posted by Hantei

Woo hoo, my Official Complete Works book, along with 11 more of those onimusha arms collection, came in the mail today!

Twilight of Desire" looks like it features Tenkai and Arin's backstory.

...Can someone scan this and translate it?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Oh I second that. But if I remembered correctly, I think Udon or Tokyopop announced that they will be translating and Shin Onimusha manga (it was announced in Diamonds Comics previews, forgot which issue). I know "Night of Genesis" has been confirmed, pretty sure "Twilight of Desire" will follow it.

How ya doing, buddy?

I only got the Gladius and the Silver Shield. But I shall order again.

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I think I might wait till I can find somewhere selling a full set before I order again. I pretty much got all Onimusha 3 weapons, just missing some from Onimusha 1 and 2 (only missing 5, 6 if you include the secret one). So I'm more likely to get another repeat, if I do order again. Though, I'm really dying to get a Raizan, Enryuu, and Bishamon-O...

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

IF Tokyo pop is translating them, then I'm so gonna buy them. I've seen the mangas here in Hong Kong in Japanese book stores, but I didn't buy them cause they were in Japanese, kinda pointless...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'm really antsy for a nice wallscroll lol, I havent ordered my complete works just yet, waiting till i have enough for the 3 disc soundtrack as well.

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Man this game is awesome. Finished it today and i got to say i am very impressed. Well done Capcom. I liked every aspect of it, the battle system, the lvl up system, the music, overall graphics, the cut scenes and the plot.

I thought it was very cool that they threw in alot more weapons, items and such this time around. Although some of the weapons were utter crap it didn't hurt the overall impression. In addition to all this new stuff they could have maybe included the same thing for armour, but that would mean a hell of alot more modeling jobs to be done at Capcom. Anyway, maybe something to think about the next time around.

The plot was very enjoyable, with some minor twist here and there, nothing big though. The plot had a very nice flow in it. There were never any major stops in it. There were new additions to it all the time.

The cut scenes were pretty good. I especially liked the second part of the intro and the last one before the final fight. And yes i am talking about the FMV's, prerendered, not ingame.

I gotta hand it down to Hideyuki Fukasawa and Jamie Christopherson, they have done an incredible good job on the soundtrack. There are some tracks that are more enjoyable than others, but overall very good. Soki and Tenkai's themes are amazing.

As for the Dark Realm, i finished it with Soki, all 100 lvls. Got bored after finishing it with him so i ended up not clearing the realm with the other characters. Getting the game over screen with Jubei on lvl 36 didn't help on the motivation either

Overall a very good game and i would recommend it. Let's hope Capcom is in the process of cooking up number 5 now

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I'm so happy.

I actually have Roberto and Tenkai's final weapons. TAKE THAT 6 HOURS OF CONTINUOUS PLAYING FOR EACH CHARACTER.

Man, my head hurts like hell after each character.

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Nice, I also got Roberto and Tenkai's finals, took me about 5 hours total (about 2.5 hours for each). Haha, but that's cause I went through the levels with my brother.

Still gotta work on the others though, can't wait till my finals are done, so I can get back into gaming!

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Tokubetsu

A Calendar? I think we should start compiling a list of all the Oni 4 merchandise lol.

http://www.bro-usa.com/wholesale/content/view/20/27/

Onimusha's in there.


Hantei: Awesome. I want to do each of them everyday. Since two are down, three more to go. Good luck on the exams.

As for me, the reason being is because of the Dragons and Oni pendants. Tomorrow: Jubei and Ohatsu if there's time. Soki's the final.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Phew, got all their final weapons. Pretty much got every single weapon, accessory and item now, just missing 3 of Soki's weapons which are rare drops. Haha, they're all at MAX level now too. I think it's time to play hard mode now. Also got gold on all Test of Valors, which helped unlock the Special 2 costumes (which I think are the best of the 3 available).

Also to update on the Shin Onimusha manga, I can confirm that it is being translated by UDON. Stopped by their booth at the comic con today, they had rough print edition for preview (story is a prequel to the game, and it's looking pretty good). The project manager for UDON, Jim Zubkavich, told me that volume 1 should be hitting stores in 3 weeks (currently being printed). They're also translating volume 2, Twilight of Desire, and that's due out before the end of 2006 (or so the bookmark thing said).

FELIPE NO

Nice! Im heading to to the USA, LA for college in 2 weeks, I hope I can find it there. If you can direct me to places that might have it, that would be awesome!

How ya doing, buddy?

Just beat it.

Spoiler:

I was surprised Soki died at the end, though knowing the way most games go he'll probably be back. I don't like that. If someone dies, leave them dead. Same with Minokichi. It cheapens the sacrifice that the character is making. Also where did Roberto's love for Ohatsu come from? All of a sudden he's saying he loves her out of nowhere. Well he must not have pursued it too hard since Ohatsu got married to someone else.

Oh yeah, wtf Fortinbras? That was a ridiculously annoying boss fight. The very last one. It wasn't hard, just time consuming. I hate fights like that, just let me beat the crap out of the guy.

Anyway, it's obvious the next game will have Jubei as the main character. Sporting her stylish new eyepatch XD A Yagyu should have an eyepatch, it's just the way things she should be. I'm calling it now, Munenori is still alive. His death was far too ambiguous. Plus getting tossed off a cliff is like the universal way to kill someone, yet not.

Excellent game.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Kairi Li

Nice! Im heading to to the USA, LA for college in 2 weeks, I hope I can find it there. If you can direct me to places that might have it, that would be awesome!

Not sure exactly where, I'm guessing anywhere that sells manga. I normally get mine from my local comic shops, so try somewhere like that. Oh and just checked Diamond Comics' site, the manga should be in shops on Wednesday (May 24). You could try book stores though, as I've seen a lot of them carry manga.

Originally Posted by INDIGO-2

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Also where did Roberto's love for Ohatsu come from? All of a sudden he's saying he loves her out of nowhere. Well he must not have pursued it too hard since Ohatsu got married to someone else.

Spoiler:

It was mentioned shortly after he found out that Ohatsu nursed him back to health. If I remembered correctly you had to chat with him shortly after he regained consciousness to find out.

Originally Posted by INDIGO-2

Spoiler:

Anyway, it's obvious the next game will have Jubei as the main character. Sporting her stylish new eyepatch XD A Yagyu should have an eyepatch, it's just the way things she should be. I'm calling it now, Munenori is still alive. His death was far too ambiguous. Plus getting tossed off a cliff is like the universal way to kill someone, yet not.

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Actually I'm sure most of us assumed as much, as soon as Jubei mentioned that someone was still alive (and that she hadn't returned to the Yagyu village). What I hated was how Munenori just wouldn't die, lol, it's rather annoying. Heh, especially after seeing him again with Fortinbras in hand, I was like "WTF? Doesn't this guy die?" Seeing him tossed off the roof like that, well, pretty hard to believe he died of that, especially since he didn't die by Jubei's blade.

I was actually rather surprised that Capcom didn't announce another Onimusha at E3, or much less anymore info about DMC4 and RE5.

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Fucking eh this game kicks ass. I got to the second disk on Nomral mode, but I kinda felt that it was going too quickly. So I restarted on HARD mode. I admit it takes a LOT longer to kill things(especially bosses) but I feel like I'm getting more gameplay. Even so it's still pretty easy even for me (I'm not a gamer). Onimusha games have always been a favourite of mine though. Only one I didn't play that much is the second one. I probably should though.
It's got a very adicting quality to it and the characters are pretty neat to. I can't stand playing it with the english voices though. Too bad you have to switch to Japanese sound everytime you turn it back on. Can't save the option for that as far as I know.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Soundtrack finally came in.

Also recently finished reading the manga (which was released a few weeks ago). Really good BTW. I highly suggest reading it, as it does give some great back story. They mentioned stuff like what exactly the Genma trees are, why Soki has a strong grudge against Hideyoshi (and how he got the name "Kaijin no Souki" aka "Oni of the Ash"), as well as a deep backstory on Jubei (how she got the title, and why she's so determined on killing Munenori). And of course further hinting of Tenkai being Samanosuke. Anyway I won't spoil the story, but definitely pick it up if you're aching for more story.

Oh, and according to the manga the second volume "Night of Genesis" should be out this fall.



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The soundtrack you got, is that the same one that was released on #gamemp3s? Since that was missing a lot of tracks from the game.

Also is that the English version of the manga? If so I'll probably pick it up.

I was speaking idiomatically.