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About this game

Samurai Tale RPG is a portrait pixel-art RPG set in Japan in the early 1600s. Bound to no lord, no dojo, and no school, you travel the highways of Japan as a lone swordsman, from the Tokaido to Kyushu.

Beyond the sword, you can learn 16 weapon types, from spears, naginata, bows and matchlocks to kusarigama and sorcery. Combine jobs and techniques to forge a style of your own.

Even when your life ends, the journey does not. With each rebirth you carry your strength forward, and the world slowly changes.

Story

The Keicho era. The embers of the Warring States still smolder as the realm finally turns toward peace.

One day, a swordsman appears at a small dojo, cuts down the hero's father, and sets the dojo ablaze. The hero charges the nameless man and is beaten without a chance. Rescued from the ashes, the hero sets out on the highway in pursuit of his father's killer.

Rivals met on the road, the requests of ordinary people, and "phantoms" that cross time itself. What waits at the end of the journey?

Features

The way of the sword

Each chapter takes you to a new land, where you cross blades with its rivals and draw closer to your father's killer.

• Learn jobs at dojos and rise to advanced jobs through mastery
• Techniques and Specials for each weapon. Receive the nine Seals at shrines and bear them
• Forge weapons at the smithy and reforge Masterworks
• Board quests, village defense and dojo challenges
• Choose between Standard and the easier Simple battle mode

Grand Swordfights

Side-scrolling battles where you cut down a crowd alone. Move with the pad and attack automatically. Pick up the orbs foes drop to level up, add weapons you have learned and bear seals, and grow stronger mid-battle.

• Dojo Hundred-Man Slash, sparring with domain samurai, board quests and roadside hordes
• Phantom Battles: Odawara, Okehazama, Kawanakajima and the Siege of Osaka (appear as you are reborn)
• Cavalry, bombers, shield bearers and more, plus breakable barrels and carts
• Formations built from pairs of seals, and Vows taken before the fight
• Endless Melee at the dojo: fight until you fall
• Records and titles kept in your Martial Record

Rebirth and phantoms

When your life ends, or when you choose, the hero is reborn and the journey returns to the start of the Keicho era. Yet the skill you honed is etched into your soul and carried into the next life.

• Carry heirlooms, weapon proficiency, the Compendium, titles and more into the next life
• The more you are reborn, the more "Phantom Warriors" from across time appear: famous swordsmen and warlords of the Warring States
• Defeat Phantom Warriors to win Masterworks and fill your Compendium
• Revenants and divine messengers may appear on the roads

Life on the road

Skill with the sword is not all there is to the journey.

• Stories with wife candidates met across Japan. Bind your fates and they will support your journey
• Invest in domains. Pay in full to meet the lord and spar with his samurai
• Raise a castle and a dojo of your own
• Make offerings at the Kyoto Imperial Court to receive court ranks
• Landmark illustrations and visits to historic sites

Cloud World (Online)

Save data with a cloud name and transfer password. Rankings are supported. See Security & Privacy for details.

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