Originally released on the PS4 back in early 2016, Japanese hack ‘n’ slash title Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae makes it way to the Switch where it’s combination of simple graphics and button-bashing gameplay fits Perfectly on Nintendo’s pick-up-and-play handheld console.
Reminding me very much of the Onechanbara series of games, Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae is a hack ‘n’ slash arena fighter that sees you play as a proto-typical Japanese schoolgirl as she battles her way through wave after wave of enemies – each wave getting bigger and more difficult to beat (at least without resorting to upgrades and/or some nimble button-bashing). What this game doesn’t have is a story – which, in all honestly, didn’t bother me in the slightest. I know some sites have made a big deal about the lack of story or characterisation but as someone who skips through cut scenes in 99% of the games he plays,...
Reminding me very much of the Onechanbara series of games, Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae is a hack ‘n’ slash arena fighter that sees you play as a proto-typical Japanese schoolgirl as she battles her way through wave after wave of enemies – each wave getting bigger and more difficult to beat (at least without resorting to upgrades and/or some nimble button-bashing). What this game doesn’t have is a story – which, in all honestly, didn’t bother me in the slightest. I know some sites have made a big deal about the lack of story or characterisation but as someone who skips through cut scenes in 99% of the games he plays,...
- 10/17/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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