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2 | ''Blood Warrior'' ([[MarketBasedTitle "Oedo Fight" in Japan]]) is a fighting game by Kaneko and the sequel to ''Shogun Warriors''. |
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4 | While the original game used cartoonish sprites and a modest amount of bleeding, ''Blood Warrior'' tries to cash in on the success of ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' by using digitized sprites and adding even more gore. |
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7 | !!This game contains examples of: |
8 | * AWinnerIsYou: Beating the game rewards you with a screen of your character posing that reads "CONGRATULATION." |
9 | * ActionGirl: Kasumi, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the sole female of the cast.]] |
10 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Ikkyu. He bleeds like the rest of the cast, but it's hard to tell if he's a living statue or just wearing a mask. |
11 | * BadassAdorable: Kasumi, who looks surprisingly cute for a kunoichi. |
12 | * BloodierAndGorier: Compared to ''Shogun Warrior''. |
13 | * {{Expy}}: Most of the cast is based on characters from the previous game. |
14 | ** Kinshirō, based on Samurai, who was in turn based on Tōyama no Kin-san. |
15 | ** Arashi, based on Ninja. |
16 | ** Sanpei, based on {{Kappa}}, who also happens to play like an ice-elemental [[Franchise/StreetFighter Dhalsim]]. |
17 | ** Syūgethu, based on Shogun. |
18 | ** Shishimaru, based on Kabuki. |
19 | ** Benkei, based on Musashibō Benkei and the boss character of the same name. |
20 | ** Goemon, based on Ishikawa Goemon and is also based on the boss character of the same name. |
21 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Finishing moves can either split an opponent in half vertically or leave them a pair of legs with a geyser of blood gushing out. |
22 | * LaserBlade: Syūgethu has [[DualWielding two of them]]. |
23 | * MovesetClone: Kinshirō and Syūgethu. Interestingly enough, their projectile moves have different inputs. |
24 | * {{Ninja}}: Arashi and Kasumi. |
25 | * NoblewomansLaugh: Kasumi's victory quote. |
26 | * NoPlotNoProblem: Nine characters based on Japanese culture fight to the death. No other explanation necessary. |
27 | * PrehensileHair: Shishimaru can whip his hair at opponents and even grab people with it. |
28 | * TheProtagonist: According to Kaneko, they marketed Kinshirō as the protagonist. |
29 | * SoundtrackDissonance: The game is set in feudal Japanese times, yet most of the background music is rock music. |
30 | * VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You have the option to leave your opponent a gory mess. Sure, you could spare them, but what's the point? |
31 | * WolverineClaws: Kasumi wields a pair of them. |
32 | * WorldOfHam: The victory quotes demonstrate this. |
33 | * YourHeadAsplode: Inverted with one of the finishing moves of each character, which leaves an opponent nothing more than a pile of blood and entrails, with their severed head perfectly intact. |
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