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Released last year, Bushido Blade marked a high water point for innovation in the fighting genre. It was a game featuring no time limit, no life bars, and one where one solid blow of the sword would mean certain death. Realism was king. Now a year later, Square has released its sequel, and things have changed a bit. Whereas the original had three attack buttons there are now two, there's no longer a parry button, nearly all of the characters now have secondary weapons, and there are less attacks. Visually the game has changed as well. Character models are now more detailed, but with this comes the inevitable drop in background visibility.
The basics remain unaltered: there's still a link-up mode for two players (each gets their own screen for a first person fight), and play modes include story, versus CPU, and training. As before, each of these can be played from a first-person perspective complete with your character represented in wireframe. In story mode this time around, you'll fight generic ninja characters in between battles against major characters.
There are six main characters selectable at the outset, with 12 support characters waiting in the wings. At certain points during the game, a support character will jump in for you to control, and if you can keep them alive they'll be added to your character roster.