Kaze Kiri

Kaze Kiri ,[lower-alpha 1] 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
Developer(s)Naxat Soft
Publisher(s)Naxat Soft
Director(s)Kazuhiko Inoue
Producer(s)Kazuhiko Inoue
Designer(s)Kazuhiko Inoue
Manabu Sakai
Masanori Iizuka
Programmer(s)Yoshinori Hironaka
Artist(s)Kazuhiko Inoue
Manabu Sakai
Masanori Iizuka
Writer(s)Kazuhiko Inoue
Composer(s)Daisuke Morishima
Platform(s)PC Engine CD-ROM²
Release
  • JP: April 28, 1994
Genre(s)Hack and slash
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay
Gameplay screenshot.

Kaze Kiri is a side scrolling hack and slash game that has nineteen stages in total.[1]

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.[1]

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.[1]

Release

The game was released in Japan on April 28, 1994 for the PC Engine CD-ROM².[2] The physical game has since gone on to become a rare and valuable item among game collectors.[3][4]

Reception

Kaze Kiri received a mediocre score of 23/40 from Famitsu.[2] Nick Cox 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.[1]

Retrospective reviews were also positive. French magazine Retro Game heavily praised the game.[5] 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."[6]

See also

Notes
  1. "Kaze Kira" (風霧, lit. "Wind Slicer")

References
  1. Rox, Nick (November 1994). "Kaze Kiri". Gamefan. Vol. 2, no. 11. p. 168.
  2. "風霧（KAZE KIRI）". famitsu.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  3. "A guide to gaming's most valuable treasures". Eurogamer.net. 25 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  4. "Gallery: Crazy Collectibles From PAX East Retrogame Roadshow". WIRED. 16 March 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-12-29. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  5. Falcon, Par H. (2008). "Super CD2 NEC Review: La Polemique Kaze Kiri". Retro Game (in French). No. 4. France: Japan Culture Press. pp. 48–52.
  6. Milne, Rory (May 2014). "Minority Report - Japanese Warriors Special: Kaze Kiri". Retro Gamer. No. 129. United Kingdom. pp. 44–45.
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