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Onee Chanbara Origin

Onee Chanbara Origin is the newest addition to the "Onechanbara" hack and slash series as its known as in the west. The series is known for some mistranslations from its original Japanese language to western…

66 5 December 2019

Onee Chanbara Origin is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Tamsoft, released 5 December 2019 on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Onee Chanbara Origin is

Onee Chanbara Origin is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Tamsoft and released in 2019. It was published by Clouded Leopard Entertainment Inc.. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Onee Chanbara Origin is the newest addition to the "Onechanbara" hack and slash series as its known as in the west. The series is known for some mistranslations from its original Japanese language to western language. The title of the series is portmanteau of the words "onee-chan" which means "big sister" and "chanbara" which means "sword fighting" which the story follows the eldest sister Aya from the start of the series accompanied by her younger sister Saki as they attempt to bring back their mother Tsubaki but learn their Baneful Blood clan heritage and the truth behind it. Onee Chanbara Origin is prequel to the events of Bikini Samurai Squad long before the events of Z2: Chaos story…
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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.

Where it sits in the Oneechanbara series

Onee Chanbara Origin is the 13th of 13 entries we hold in the Oneechanbara series. It arrived 3 years after School Girl/Zombie Hunter. It is the most recent released entry in the series. Its critic score of 66 is 12 points above the series average of 54. The highest-rated entry is Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad at 70.

See all 13 Oneechanbara games in release order →

How it was received

Onee Chanbara Origin holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 1,124 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 3 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Onee Chanbara Origin launched on 5 December 2019, within three weeks of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Pokémon Sword, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition and Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Pokémon Sword, Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.

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When did Onee Chanbara Origin come out?
Onee Chanbara Origin was released on 5 December 2019 for PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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