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in North America and Genki in Japan. One of the Xbox's earliest exclusive titles, the game received negative reviews.

Reception

The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to video game

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. It is considered one of the worst video games of all time. Complaints were directed towards a lack of variety between characters and environments, dreadful graphics, a very limited move set, and only utilizing one button for attacks. ''

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'' gave it the distinction of being named "Worst Game of 2001". ''

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'', giving the game its first one-out-of-ten rating in the publication's history, described it in this way: "This isn't kabuki. It's ''

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'' said, "Quite frankly, this game is a joke. The fighters you face early on are so easy to beat, I literally won a match just bashing the controller against my ass. I wish I was joking, but the score is seriously ''Kabuki Warriors'' zero, my ass one. Some of the warriors are cool to look at with all their elaborate garb and authentic dance, but the fighting is pathetic." '' NextGen'' called it "a good example of a really bad fighting game." In Japan, ''

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'' gave it a score of 20 out of 40.

References

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* 2001 video games Crave Entertainment games Fighting games Genki (company) games Fiction about Kabuki Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Takayuki Nakamura Xbox games Xbox-only games Lightweight (company) games {{fighting-videogame-stub