Xbox 360

Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad

Description

Oneechanbara vorteX is the first game for the Oneechanbara franchise for the Xbox 360. As it does for all Oneechanbara games this title features sisters Aya and Saki, dressed in their respective trademark bikini/cowboy hat and schoolgirls' uniform, in their fight to eradicate a looming zombie infestation with samurai sword in hand and a stern expression in their eyes. Along for the fight is Annna, new to the franchise with her use of guns only for combat; also returning as an NPC is the motorcycle jumpsuit-wearing Reiko, who offers a balance between swordplay and gun play.

The Oneechanbara franchise is in the beat em' up genre and similar in style to the Dynasty Warriors and Devil May Cry series. Familiar game play elements returning include: the emphasis on correct timed attacks or "cool combos", sword fatigue that affects the timing and effectiveness of your characters attacks, playing two heroines concurrently which enables tagging out to regain lost health, and a "rage meter" that transforms the protagonist into a "devil state" when full, enabling both double damage exacted to enemy and oneself.

New gameplay elements to this part of the Oneechanbara franchise include: separate attack branches on a combo tree, counter attacks that slow down time, a new Ecstacy meter that is dependent on long combos, and the prevalent use on guns for certain characters (only restricted to Reiko previously) as well as combat on motorcycles. Also updated is Quest Mode that challenges the player to perform certain tasks like finish the game in "devil state" or finish with very high sword fatigue in order.

Oneechanbara vorteX features a "dress up" mode which the player can unlock in order to dress up their character as they see fit, offering customizations like new T-shirts, hair color etc. Downloadable content includes two new outfits each for the original three protagonists as well as three unlockable playable characters: Reiko, Misery and Himiko.

Alternate Titles

• "お姉チャンバラvorteX ~忌血を継ぐ者たち" -- Japanese spelling
• "Oneechanbara vorteX: Kiketsu o Tsugu Mono-tachi" -- Japanese title

Part of the Following Groups

• Oneechanbara series
• Zombie-themed games

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The Press Says

Cheat Code Central	2009	1.7 out of 5	34
Gamervision	Mar, 2009		33
Gaming Age	Mar 26, 2009	D+	33
Meristation	Mar 10, 2009	3 out of 10	30
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Mar 05, 2009	3 out of 10	30
Video Game Talk	Feb 12, 2009		30
IGN	Feb 17, 2009	3 out of 10	30
GamePro	Feb 10, 2009		20
G4 TV: X-Play	Feb 23, 2009		20
ZTGameDomain	2009	1 out of 10	10

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Trivia

Oneechanbara vorteX's dress up mode is literally just that: unlike other games where you must work to unlock sexier clothes for your protagonist to wear (e.g. Resident Evil 5: Sheva Alomar's unlockable outfits), this game's dress up mode has your characters start in their underwear to have you unlock shirts and skirts to put on them. Only when all clothes are unlocked do the characters at last look "presentable".

This same approach can be seen in the downloadable content available for this game whereupon each outfit for each hero covers up previously exposed skin from the original costume.