Yep, news for Sengoku BASARA 3 is just pouring out lately. Can't say I'm complaining though, as it is the one sequel this year I am most excited for. Yeah, call me borderline insane for having this slightly above other fantastic (and easily day one purchase) titles like Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid: Other M, and even Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, but SB2 is just one of those games I still regularly pop into my "MacGuyver-modded" PS2 well over a year after first getting my hands on it, so the very idea of playing a much improved iteration in HD is quite the salivating prospect.






First off:
Box-art Reveal

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I wouldn't say its the BEST boxart the series has had, but there are worse ones out there. Actually, this is one of the better ones since the initial release of SB2, which featured a painting by Makoto Tsuchibayashi (lead character designer for BASARA, also did designs for Devil May Cry) of Maeda Keiji for the cover.
This cover gets the point across, with the whole East vs West thing.






Next, the game's opening cinematic was revealed today.





Compared to the previous titles, this opening has a better artistic style to it. I like the frame of classical Japanese art used for the clash between Yukimura and Masamune, and the creative backdrops for the scenes featuring the other characters (such as the namesake of this post. Dirty thoughts were had at Magoichi's part in the opening >_>)

The song used is "Naked Arms" by T.M. Revolution, who has had his music used in basically every game in the series so far, with the exception of SB2 (which featured High and Mighty Colour).

Its also nice to notice that the Masa/Yuki segment in the opening is rather brief, and attention was given mainly to Ieyasu and Mitsunari, but somewhat evenly divided amongst the other new characters; furthur evidence that there will be other characters sharing the spotlight instead of the original yaoi-bait poster boys (one of the reasons I tend to avoid DeviantArt...).









Lastly, a new gameplay video of Mori Motonari was put up on the game's official site.




Not as flashy as the other vids, and to be honest, Motonari is not one of my most frequently used characters. However, it was still nice to see. I like the look of Tsuruhime's stage, and Motonari's new skills are interesting; they include summoning a squad of archers, using an explosive mirror image to distract enemies, and I believe some changes were made to the activation of the floating-circle trap-skill.


My excitement for this game is still high, and the fan community isn't as negative as it was several weeks ago when lots of NPCs were revealed (of course, response from everywhere else on the internet *cough*kotaku*cough* has been resoundingly negative, as anything that reminds anyone of Dynasty Warriors is automatically shit, amirite? If one game is vaguely like another game it will be EXACTLY like that other game, AMIRITE?!?! This is why clearly CoD:WaW was exactly like Wolfenstein 3D, or why Halo was a fucking Megaman ripoff. amimakingaconciseandlegibleargument?).

^this may be a "news" post, but its still my c-blog, con sarnit!


Sengoku BASARA 3 comes out on July 29th in Japan.
Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Heroes comes out sometime this Fall in North America and Europe.
[available for both PS3 and Wii]



And don't mess with Tsuruhime...















SHE'LL FUCK YOU UP