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== Technical ==
== Technical ==
*Onimusha 3 is the first game in the series to use the [[analog stick]]s instead of the [[D-pad]] to control the character's movement.
*Onimusha 3 is the first game in the series to use the [[analog stick]]s instead of the [[D-pad]] to control the character's movement.
*Also the first in the series to use real-time [[Rendering (computer graphics)|rendered]] [[3D]] [[built environment|environment]]s instead of static background images.
*Also the first in the series to use real-time [[Rendering (computer graphics)|rendered]] [[3-D computer graphics|3D]] [[built environment|environment]]s instead of static background images.


== Future Sequel ==
== Future Sequel ==

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Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
File:Onimusha3box.jpg
Developer(s)Capcom
Publisher(s)Capcom
Designer(s)Keiji Inafune
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
ReleaseFebruary 26, 2004 (JP)
April 27, 2004 (NA)
July 9, 2004 (EU)
Genre(s)Action Adventure, Survival horror
Mode(s)Single player

Onimusha 3: Demon Siege is a video game developed and published by Capcom. It is the third chapter of the Onimusha saga and was released exclusively for the PlayStation 2 on April 27, 2004.

Plot summary

Template:Spoiler The game opens with Samanosuke Akechi (Takeshi Kaneshiro) destroying the monstrous demon army in Japan 1582. It then jumps to modern-day Paris 2004, featuring Jacques Blanc (voiced by Jean Reno) riding on his motorcycle to help his friend Phillipe (the name Phillipe is the first name of Jean Reno's character Phillipe Roache in Roland Emmerich's 1998 movie, Godzilla (1998 movie)). The demon army then begins its invasion of Paris near the Arc de Triomphe.

The game returns to Samanosuke in feudal Japan fights his way to Honnoji Temple, which is on fire from a raging battle. Samanosuke battles and kills Ranmaru Mori (Joshua Keaton) and approaches Oda Nobunaga. However, before they can fight, a portal opens in the floor and Samanosuke is pulled through it.

Meanwhile, the French military is fighting several monsters from 1582, but the soldiers can not hold them for long. Jacques arrives on the scene finding Phillipe injured from the battle. Suddenly, Samanosuke appears from a portal in a Paris alley right where Jacques is fighting the demon monsters. Jacques Blanc runs out of ammo just as he and Phillipe are ambushed, but Samanosuke manages to rescue them. Samanosuke and Jacques meet but are unable to properly communicate.

The time portal reappears and pulls Jacques and Phillipe through to Japan. Samanosuke makes his way towards the center of the hysteria, the Arc de Triomphe. Samanosuke first meets Michelle, Jacques girlfriend, near the Arc and makes his way towards the roof. There he encounters a demon and finds out he is actually over 400 years in the future in Paris. Samanosuke then fights and destroys Brainstern, a robotic creation.

Jacques Blanc and Phillipe arrive in 16th century Japan where they encounter Samanosuke on his way to Honnoji Temple. Both men realize that to return to their own time period, they must save the current time from destruction. Samanosuke in 2004 Paris teams up with Michelle and Jacques son to save the city from destruction while Jacques and Samanosuke (not player controlled) struggle to fight Nobunaga in feudal Japan. The two men work together across time to solve puzzles and access new areas.

Technical

  • Onimusha 3 is the first game in the series to use the analog sticks instead of the D-pad to control the character's movement.
  • Also the first in the series to use real-time rendered 3D environments instead of static background images.

Future Sequel

Although Capcom stated on several occasions that Onimusha 3 would be the end of the series, the ending seems to indicate another game revolving around Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Nobunaga's successor) and the sealing of Samanosuke's soul collector. Indeed, a new Onimusha game entitled "Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams" has been announced, although it's story has not yet been revealed.

See also