Magatama
Set in a medieval Japan, Magatama tells the story of a war between the forces of the Yamato and the Shogun Bakafu forces. To counter an impending attack from Bakafu general Ashikaga, Monkan of the Yamato…
Magatama is a hack and slash/beat 'em up, released 20 November 2003 on Xbox.
What Magatama is
Magatama was released in 2003. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is available on Xbox only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set in a medieval Japan, Magatama tells the story of a war between the forces of the Yamato and the Shogun Bakafu forces. To counter an impending attack from Bakafu general Ashikaga, Monkan of the Yamato forces enlists the help of demon kind from an alternate world. You take control of Shinato, a twin-bladed knight who's out to defeat the demon forces and, eventually Monkan. Magatama is a pure action game, mutiple twin blade attacks and combos can be performed with simple controls, and the fighting engine allows for battles with numerous enemies simultaneously.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Magatama launched on 20 November 2003, within three weeks of Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom and Need for Speed: Underground.
Released around the same time: Beyond Good & Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, Need for Speed: Underground.
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