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Kabuki Klash
''Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash'' is a fighting game developed by Racdym and published by Hudson Soft for the arcades, Neo-Geo, and Neo Geo CD in 1995. It is a spin-off of the popular Japanese console RPG series ''Tengai Makyo''. As of 2018, it is the only ''Tengai Makyo'' game to have been released outside Japan. Gameplay ''Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash'' is a 2D fighting game, similar in play style to the ''Samurai Shodown'' series and '' The Last Blade'' series, but with the addition of various power-ups and very over-the-top anime-style special moves. Power-up icons appear on-screen at random, either springing out of the scenery or delivered by the Karasu Tengu. Characters wield weapons, which can be lost and recovered during battle. Story Kabuki Klash is set within the land of ''Jipang'' (a reference of feudal Japan). The story follows warriors, often swordsmen, in battles against a range of often comical villains. Characters Playable *Gokuraku Taro: Co-protagonist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racdym
Racjin, (株式会社ラクジン ''Kabushiki-Gaisha Rakujin'') formerly known as , is a Japanese video game development company located in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, established in 1995. Its name was changed in 2000 to make it more easily pronounced to the Japanese. Their first game was titled Kabuki Klash in 1995 for the Neogeo. They weren't well-known until 1997, when Atlus published the Snowboard Kids game. They have worked on existing franchises, such as Fullmetal Alchemist, Bleach or Bomberman. In 2007, they worked on Mistwalker's project, ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat. Games developed *'' ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat'' *'' Bleach: Blade Battlers'' *'' Bomberman 64'' (2001) *''Bomberman Land 2'' *''Bomberman Land 3'' *''Bomberman Land (PSP)'' *''Bomberman (Nintendo DS)'' *''Bomberman Land Wii'' *''Bomberman Kart'' *''Bomberman Kart DX'' *''Critical Blow'' *'' SaGa 2: Hihō Densetsu Goddess of Destiny'' *'' Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash'' *''Final Fantasy Explorers'' *''Fullmetal Alchemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Eastern Role-playing Video Games
While the early history and distinctive traits of role-playing video games (RPGs) in East Asia come Video games in Japan, from Japan, many have also been Video games in South Korea, developed in South Korea and Video games in China, in China. Japanese role-playing games Japanese computer role-playing games Origins (early 1980s) While the Japanese video game industry has long been viewed as Video game console, console-centric in the Western world, due to the worldwide success of Japanese consoles beginning with the Nintendo Entertainment System, NES, the country had in fact produced thousands of commercial PC games from the late 1970s up until the mid-1990s, in addition to ''dōjin soft'' Independent video game development, independent games. The country's computer market was very fragmented at first; ''Lode Runner'', for example, reportedly required 34 conversions to different hardware platforms. The market eventually became dominated by the NEC PC-8801 and NEC PC-9801, PC- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllGame
RhythmOne , previously known as Blinkx, and also known as RhythmOne Group, is an American digital advertising technology company that owns and operates the web properties AllMusic, AllMovie, and SideReel. Blinkx was founded in 2004, went public on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in 2007, and began trading as RhythmOne in 2017. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and London, England. RhythmOne acquired All Media Network and its portfolio of web properties in April 2015. In April 2019, RhythmOne merged with Taptica International (renamed Tremor International in June 2019), an advertising technology company headquartered in Israel. History Blinkx was named after blinkx.com, an Internet Media platform that connects online video viewers with publishers and distributors, using advertising to monetize those interactions. Blinkx has an index of over 35 million hours of video and 800 media partnerships, as well as 111 patents related to the site's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karakuri Kakutoden , Japanese 18th/19th century mechanized puppet or automaton
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Karakuri ( ja, からくり, , mechanism) may refer to: * ''Karakuri'' (manga), a manga by Masashi Kishimoto *Karakuri puppet are traditional Japanese mechanized puppets or automata, made from the 17th century to the 19th century. The dolls' gestures provided a form of entertainment. The word has also come to mean "mechanisms" or "trick" in Japanese language, Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziria
Ziria may refer to: *an alternative name for Mount Kyllini, southern Greece *Ziria, Achaea Ziria (Greek: Ζήρια) is a village and a community in Achaea, Greece. It is situated in the hills near the Gulf of Corinth coast, 11 km northwest of Aigio. The community consists of the villages Ziria, Ano Ziria, Kyani Akti, Lampiri, Rodin ..., a village in Achaea, southern Greece *'' Tengai Makyō: Ziria, a video game {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manjimaru
(born August 21, 1984) is a Japanese professional wrestler. He currently wrestles in Michinoku Pro Wrestling as . Professional wrestling career Toryumon (2002–2004) After training in the Último Dragón Gym, Murakami started his career in Mexico under his real name. He introduced the gimmick of a parodic mixed martial artist, wearing a red fundoshi along with MMA gloves and performing sexual antics to disturb his opponents in the ring. Murakami and his class were moved to Toryumon X, where his bizarre gimmick brought him an unexpected amount of popularity. After the Toryumon X closing, his unit was transferred to Michinoku Pro Wrestling. Michinoku Pro Wrestling (2004–present) Upon debuting in Michinoku Pro, Murakami adopted the name of Maguro Ooma and the gimmick of a traditional Japanese tuna fisherman. He retained his custom of wearing a fundoshi, though also making his entrance with fishing tools. Maguro had feuds with Tsubo Genjin and Junji Tanaka before turning heel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swordsman
Swordsmanship or sword fighting refers to the skills and techniques used in combat and training with any type of sword. The term is modern, and as such was mainly used to refer to smallsword fencing, but by extension it can also be applied to any martial art involving the use of a sword. The formation of the English word "swordsman" is parallel to the Latin word '' gladiator'', a term for the professional fighters who fought against each other and a variety of other foes for the entertainment of spectators in the Roman Empire. The word ''gladiator'' itself comes from the Latin word ''gladius'', which is a type of sword. European swordsmanship Classical history The Roman legionaries and other forces of the Roman military, until the 2nd century A.D., used the gladius as a short thrusting sword effectively with the ''scutum'', a type of shield, in battle. According to Vegetius the Romans mainly used underhanded stabs and thrusts because one thrust into the gut would kill an e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karasu Tengu
are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion (Shinto). They are considered a type of ''yōkai'' (supernatural beings) or Shinto ''kami'' (gods). The ''Tengu'' were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey and a monkey deity, and they are traditionally depicted with human, monkey, and avian characteristics. Sarutahiko Ōkami is considered to be the original model of Konoha-Tengu (a supernatural creature with a red face and long nose), which today is widely considered the ''Tengu''s defining characteristic in the popular imagination. He is the Shinto monkey deity who is said to shed light on heaven and earth. Some experts theorize that Sarutahiko was a sun god worshiped in the Ise region prior to the popularization of Amaterasu. Buddhism long held that the ''Tengu'' were disruptive demons and harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened, however, into one of protective and even manifestations of Buddhist deities, if still dangerous, spirits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power-up
In video games, a power-up is an object that adds temporary benefits or extra abilities to the player character as a game mechanic. This is in contrast to an item, which may or may not have a permanent benefit that can be used at any time chosen by the player. Although often collected directly through touch, power-ups can sometimes only be gained by collecting several related items, such as the floating letters of the word 'EXTEND' in ''Bubble Bobble''. Well known examples of power-ups that have entered popular culture include the power pellets from '' Pac-Man'' (regarded as the first power-up) and the Super Mushroom from ''Super Mario Bros.'', which ranked first in UGO Networks' ''Top 11 Video Game Powerups''. Items that confer power-ups are usually pre-placed in the game world, spawned randomly, dropped by beaten enemies or picked up from opened or smashed containers. They can be differentiated from items in other games, such as role-playing video games, by the fact that they ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Blade
''The Last Blade'' is a fighting game developed and released by SNK for the Neo Geo (console), Neo Geo system in 1997. It was also ported to several home systems. A sequel, ''The Last Blade 2'', was released in 1998. The game takes place during the late Tokugawa shogunate, Bakumatsu era in Japan, and incorporates various elements of Japanese mythology (with a heavy emphasis on the symbology of the Four Symbols (Chinese constellation), Four Symbols). As such, the background music generally incorporates synthesized instruments simulating a sound appropriate to the 19th century setting, in a classical music, Western classical, pseudo-Romantic music, Romantic style (unusual for a fighting game). Gameplay The ''Last Blade'' series is seen as a spiritual successor to SNK's popular ''Samurai Shodown'' series, due to it being a similar 2D weapons-based fighting game. It also took over several elements from cancelled Technōs Japan, Technōs/Face's ''Dragon's Heaven'' (which tentatively ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
