Onimusha: Warlords (PlayStation 2)

Onimusha: Warlords
Also known as: Onimusha (JP) Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in JP: January 25, 2001 Released in US: March 2001 Released in EU: Summer 2001 This game has unused cinematics. This game has regional differences. This game has a prerelease article

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Onimusha: Warlords, known as Onimusha in Japan, is a third person action game developed and published by Capcom. It was first developed for the original PlayStation before releasing as an early PlayStation 2 title in January 25, 2001.

While the game uses the same type of 2D pre-rendered backgrounds with character centric controls as the classic Resident Evil series, it is almost completely devoid of the survival horror elements of its mentor in favour of a hack&slash gameplay with a small dose of RPG mechanics, which makes the game belong to a hybrid action sub-genre with the likes of Dino Crisis 2, Parasite Eve II or Soul of the Samurai.

The game runs on a modified version of the engine used in Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, the file formats are very similar.

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Prerelease Info

Regional Differences

Localization

The Japanese version of the game is entirely in Japanese. The most obvious difference compared to the international version would be voice acting (grunts included), but the game also follows Japanese traditions with a number of other things which aren't commonly found in Japanese games. For instance files scroll and are read from right to left, the trick boxes puzzles use Japanese numbers, and the chest puzzles have to be navigated from right to left and were mirrored for the international version. Credits are also almost completely in Japanese, excluding voice acting credits.

Title Screen

Japan	USA

Full Motion Video

Japan	USA

The FMV involving Hecuba turning into her demon self is 10 seconds shorter in the international version. A great portion of her transformation was removed, presumably due to some of it being sexually suggestive.

Unused Content

Censored Japanese Hecuba FMV

A censored Japanese version of the FMV involving Hecuba does exist but remains unused. Oddly, it is present in the data of the North American version but not in the data of the Japanese version.