Blood Warrior Explained

Blood Warrior
Developer:	Atop
Publisher:	Kaneko
Composer:	Tatsuya Watanabe
Released:	July 1994^[1]
Genre:	Fighting game
Modes:	Single-player, multiplayer
Platforms:	Arcade
Arcade System:	Kaneko AX System

Blood Warrior, known in Japan as, is a 1994 fighting arcade game developed by Atop and published by Kaneko. It is the successor to the 1992 fighting arcade game, Shogun Warriors, also developed by Atop and published by Kaneko. Unlike Shogun Warriors, Blood Warrior uses digitized images of real actors within the game instead of traditionally drawn sprites, and its addition of blood and gore draws similarities to Midway's Mortal Kombat franchise.

Characters

There are nine playable characters. Like its predecessor, the Japanese version contains original voice samples, while the North American and Worldwide versions were dubbed in English for some characters.

• - based on Samurai from Shogun Warriors.
• - based on Ninja from Shogun Warriors.
• - a ksitigarbha.
• - a kunoichi.
• - a kappa.
• , also known as Shigerutsuki - resembles Shogun from Shogun Warriors, but his actual occupation is a samurai.
• - based on Kabuki from Shogun Warriors.
• - based on Saitō Musashibō Benkei, but has a different look compared to himself in Shogun Warriors.
• - based on Ishikawa Goemon.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Blood Warrior on their September 1, 1994 issue as being the seventeenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.^[2]

See also

• The Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan - another Mortal Kombat-inspired fighting arcade game released by Kaneko.

References

March 2009.

External links

• • Blood Warrior at arcade-history

Notes and References

1. Web site: 大江戸ファイト . ja. @Wiki. March 28, 2024.
2. Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos). Game Machine. 479. Amusement Press, Inc.. 1 September 1994. 25. ja.