[Sadsidioribre]

A not realistic but still fun one: ninja gaiden.

I have trouble beating the first boss. x.x

[GogaMegaPiska]

I didn't like them so much, but the onimusha games are like resident evil only with samurai weapons/setting (sword, spear, bow and double bladed slashy thing).

Also, you can have hours of fun playing as Mitsurugi in soul calibur 2.

[forextradinginfo]

Heres some other game threads:

http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1255
http://www.kendo-world.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2354

Dart's sig gotta love blackpool :P

[Fiesialenp]

By far the BEST kendo/samurai game to date. I have not played kengo 2 but the original was one of my favorites. I’ve played both “way of the samurai” series and they are good in a different way. For pure authenticity, kengo 3 is the bomb!

Almost 260 techniques to master. You can even choose your iaido style. Quick draw techniques are sick! I think like 60 counter attacks. Wazas include nuki, kaeshi, harai, uchiotoshi, and the list goes on. I believe all the basic elements in kendo are within the 260 techniques, just gotta find them. I have just learned 60 of the 260 techniques and it's mine boggling to decide what techniques to use.

You earn money by taking jobs. Assassination, bodyguard, protect buildings. One assassination job took me into a large house where over 50 samurai were waiting to ambush me. I got killed just before I made it to the final room. This morning in fact.

Heal by resting, either sleeping at an inn (cost $) or sleeping outside. You can be attacked when sleeping outside by thieves who will try and steel your money. How cool is that!!!!

You can buy and upgrade a bunch of different swords. The character selection is huge. Maybe 40 male characters and about 20 female and several unlockables. U can wear masks or straw hats, choose from several outfits.

You travel all over Japan training, taking jobs and fighting famous samurai to ultimately find and fight musashi. You’ll encounter swords, spears, hammers, and I think at one point I’ll have to fight the famous sickle and chain master. (Can’t remember his name. The duel with musashi) I’ll encounter several famous samurai including kojiro sasaki, musashi's arch enemy.

Game play is as good as it gets. Button mashing will only get you killed sooner then later. Everything must be timed right or it’s you who’s going to be cut. Choosing the right kamae is very important as it allows you to counter properly. Patience is required and without it you’ll die real soon. One must position himself in the proper manner to be able to defend against multiple enemies that will try and surround you.

Ok....I think you get the hint.

Although it’s completely in Japanese, after a while you can figure it out by association. I used a walkthrough hint from one of the game sites. Very helpful and easy to find online.

I bought my kengo 3 on ebay for $40 and the Magic Slide Card 3.6 system for $35 (which doesn't require modchip installation). With shipping, cost me about $90. DAMN was it worth every penny.

[untostaronaf]

Yeah I remember Last Ninja on C64! It came out about '87 so I was the grand age of 8!

[Dreaming]

Anyone know any games for pc/playstation that involve japanse swordfighting?

I know there was a cool one a few years back on playstation, but I cant remember the name, you head to sneak on roofs

so if anyone knows any names, let me know!

[MeeveStesia]

There's also Bushido Blade if you're interested in that/

[Ggskbpbz]

I love the Onimusha series! It allows you to do debana-style moves call "issen". Good japanese (and later french) theme.

Don't forget that you can use a shinken in the GTA series. My man Carl Johnson (GTA:SA) has been using it for stylistic killings! Respect!

[onelovemp]

There was a very old one about 7 or 8 years ago but you realise that sucked.

[nintenda]

Kengo~ Masters of Bushido

Kengo~Legacy of the Blade

Way of the Samurai

Way of the Samurai 2

Sword of the Samurai

[w3QHxwNb]

Well exqueeze me old man! I used to play on my dad's C64 when I was a wee nipper, and Last Ninja (the first one) was one of the first games I played!

Well, at least you got off to a good start, then!. The Last Ninja and Usagi Yojimbo were two of my favourite C64 games!

Hmmm..(scurries off to find a C64 emulator..)

Jakob

[Stoottnoiciek]

The only REAL ENJOYABLE "Kendo Game" I know is Simple 1500 Series , a japanese exclusive Playstation(1)/PSX game, though I dont know if there is one made for PS2.
- THE 剣道 SIMPLE 1500 シリーズ Vol.99
Simple 1500 Series Vol. 99: The Kendo
Released at August 29, 2002
for PSX (*note though that this game is in Japanese Language only, never seen it in english)


Other Samurai/japanese sword fighting Games, well except for Tenchu series which is primarily focused on ninjas.

Kendo Rage (if you like to dig up an SNES somewhere for some Legacy gaming)
for SNES
*there was also an old kendo game in nintendo family com before, I doubt though it will be enjoyable in this age of 3d game play, as the shinais look like toothpicks in poor bitmap images of some sort.

Bushido Blade, parts 1 and 2 for PSX

Tenchu, parts 1 and 2 for PSX, part 3 for Playstation 2

for PS2
-Kengo 1 & 2
-Sword of the Samurai
-Way of the Samurai 1 & 2
-Onimusha 1 & 2
-Kessen 1 & 2

And last but not least...

-幕末恋華・新選組
Bakumatsu Koihana: Shinsengumi
Released at December 22, 2004
for PS2

for PC
- Shogun Total War, *really nice game!

* There was also some 2D samurai sword fighting game I played in Dreamcast also before but I forgot the name,
2 of the characters in this game resembled Kenshi and Saito in his shinsengumi outfit from the Samurai X Animation series.