{"id":14588,"date":"2022-08-03T16:05:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T07:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=14588"},"modified":"2022-08-03T16:05:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T07:05:31","slug":"20220803-14588","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220803-14588\/","title":{"rendered":"Samurai Maiden is a bishoujo action game where samurai and ninjas kiss to enhance their abilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220803-212932\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-08-03 13:47<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>D3 Publisher has officially announced <strong><em>Samurai Maiden<\/em> <\/strong>for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC (Steam). The game is scheduled to launch this winter. Toward the end of last month, D3 Publisher teased a new title but announced it as <em>******* Maiden<\/em>, obscuring the first word. They touted it as a groundbreaking new bishoujo game and have now revealed the full title to be <em>Samurai Maiden<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SAMURAI MAIDEN - Announcement Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eqDDcNiffZE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Samurai Maiden<\/em> is a samurai action game that sees a female high school student and her ninja companions running through the Underworld beneath Honn\u014d-ji. The game is set during Japan\u2019s Sengoku period in 1582 at the end of Nobunaga Oda\u2019s life. In reality, Honn\u014d-ji is where Japanese feudal lord Nobunaga Oda committed suicide as hostile troops closed in to assassinate him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game\u2019s protagonist is Tsumugi Tamaori, a high school girl who is skilled with a sword. One day, when studying history after school, Tsumugi thinks to herself about how she\u2019s glad she wasn\u2019t born during the Sengoku period. However, she then somehow finds herself at Honn\u014d-ji during the Sengoku period surrounded by fire and smoke with a man who introduces himself as Nobunaga Oda. With sword in hand, she prepares herself to clash with the incoming skeleton soldiers.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-001-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Underworld beneath Honn\u014d-ji where Tsumugi Tamaori finds herself is crawling with enraged corpses that she fights together with 3 female ninja companions. Tsumugi herself wields a sword while the ninjas use knives (Kunai), ninjutsu, and other ninja techniques and tools. Players will need to use the right sword and ninjutsu techniques to match the situation at hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Samurai Maiden<\/em> also has a power-up system called Devoted Heart. This will temporarily power up Tsumugi through her ninja companions sharing their energy with her. To unleash Devoted Heart, characters must be touching their hands, faces, or bodies together, with kissing having the strongest effect. Characters will start by touching hands but can kiss once their bonds are at a strong enough level.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-003.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-003-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-003-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-003-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-003-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-003-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-003-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-003-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-004.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-004-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-004-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-004-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-004-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-004-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-004-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-004-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/20220803-212932-004-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The game is being developed by Shade. In recent years they\u2019ve been involved with titles like <em>Kandagawa Jet Girls<\/em> and <em>Bullet Girls Phantasia<\/em>, so we can likely expect expressive bishoujo action from <em>Samurai Maiden <\/em>as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.d3p.co.jp\/s_maiden\/en\/\"><em>Samura<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.d3p.co.jp\/s_maiden\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">i<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.d3p.co.jp\/s_maiden\/en\/\"><em> Maiden<\/em><\/a> can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1952250\/SAMURAI_MAIDEN\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> on Steam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samurai Maiden is a samurai action game that sees a female high school student and her ninja companions running through the Underworld beneath Honn\u014d-ji. 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