Kaze Kiri
Kaze Kiri, also known as Kaze Kiri: Ninja Action, is a 1994 Japanese video game for the PC Engine CD-ROM² system. Developed and published by Naxat Soft the game was released only in Japan. It is a side scrolling ninja game set in feudal Japan.
Kaze Kiri
- Date
- 1994
- Genre
- hack and slash
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Key facts
Key facts
• Developer — Naxat Soft • Publisher — Naxat Soft • Director — Kazuhiko Inoue • Designer — Kazuhiko Inoue Manabu Sakai Masanori Iizuka • Producer — Kazuhiko Inoue • Writer — Kazuhiko Inoue • Artist — Kazuhiko Inoue Manabu Sakai Masanori Iizuka • Composer — Daisuke Morishima • Programmer — Yoshinori Hironaka • Released — April 28, 1994 • Genre — Hack and slash • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — PC Engine CD-ROM²
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — Gameplay screenshot. Kaze Kiri is a side scrolling hack and slash game that has nineteen stages in total.
Plot
Plot
Set in Japan during Edo jidai, the game begins when Shizuhime, the daughter of a warlord named Yoshikage is kidnapped by the ninja Hiei. Yoshikage sends the ninja Kaze Kiri to retrieve his daughter. Both Hiei and Kaze Kiri were trained by the same master, Gembu, and are rivals to each other.
Development
Development
The game was developed by Naxat Soft, and was directed by Kazuhiko Inoue who also wrote the story. The game features various graphical effects in the background, including parallax scrolling, and water transparencies.
Release
Release
The game was released in Japan on April 28, 1994 for the PC Engine CD-ROM². The physical game has since gone on to become a rare and valuable item among game collectors.
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Kaze Kiri is associated with Japan.
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Reception
Kaze Kiri received a mediocre score of 23/40 from Famitsu. Nick Rox writing in GameFan praised the game and recommended playing it. He compared the game as a combination of Ninja Warriors, Dracula X, and Strider. He praised the graphical effects in the levels, the size of the enemies, as well as the character animations. He explained the only flaw in the game was the music, which he felt was only adequate. Retrospective reviews were also positive. French magazine Retro Game heavily praised the game. Retro Gamer magazine highlighted it as one of the most memorable games about Japanese warriors, opining it "perhaps doesn't quite live up to the hype generated by its rare status and price tag - its gameplay will lack variety for some - but is and undeniably stylish game that deserves greater exposure."
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- 1.A guide to gaming's most valuable treasures. Eurogamer.net. 25 January 2015.
- 2.Gallery: Crazy Collectibles From PAX East Retrogame Roadshow. WIRED. 16 March 2011.
- 3.風霧（KAZE KIRI）. famitsu.com.
- 4.Rox, Nick. Kaze Kiri. Gamefan. 2. 11. 168. November 1994.
- 5.Falcon, Par H. Super CD2 NEC Review: La Polemique Kaze Kiri. Retro Game. Japan Culture Press. 4. 48–52. 2008.
- 6.Milne, Rory. Minority Report - Japanese Warriors Special: Kaze Kiri. Retro Gamer. 129. 44–45. May 2014.
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