Akuro
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or Evil Wolf is a piece in some variants of the Japanese board game Shogi
. There are typically two akuro at the beginning of the game. They can step one square orthogonally sideways or forward, or diagonally forward.
The following shogi variants have akuro:
episode Gridlock
, a poster appears in the background with the kanji 悪狼. The characters here allude to the theme of Bad Wolf, which appeared in almost all of the 2005 episodes as a hint to the events of the finale.
The primary antagonist
in the 2011 Nintendo DS
game Okamiden is named Akuro, and his final form is a dark wolf.
Shogi
, also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, and Chinese Xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan...
. There are typically two akuro at the beginning of the game. They can step one square orthogonally sideways or forward, or diagonally forward.
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The following shogi variants have akuro:
- Dai shogiDai shogiDai shōgi is a board game native to Japan. It is similar to standard shogi in its rules and game play. Dai shogi is only one of several large board shogi variants. Its name means large shogi, from a time when there were three sizes of shogi games...
Akuro promotes to . - Dai dai shogiDai dai shogiDaidai shōgi is a large board variant of shogi . The game dates back to the 15th century and is based on the earlier Dai shogi. Apart from its size, the major difference is in the range of the pieces and the “promotion by capture” rule. It is the smallest board variant to use this rule.-...
Akuro does not promote. - Maka dai dai shogiMaka dai dai shogiMaka daidai shōgi is a large board variant of shogi . The game dates back to the 15th century and is based on dai dai shogi and the earlier dai shogi. The three Edo-era sources are not congruent in their descriptions of the pieces not found in smaller games...
Akuro promotes to . - Tai shogiTai shogiTai shogi is a large-board variant of shogi . The game dates to the 15th century and is based on earlier largeboard shogi games...
Akuro does not promote. - Taikyoku shogiTaikyoku shogiTaikyoku shōgi is a large board variant of shogi . The game was created around the mid 16th century and is based on earlier large board shogi games. Before the rediscovery of taikyoku shogi in 1997, tai shogi was believed to be the largest playable chess variant ever...
. Akuro promotes to
Cultural references
In the Doctor WhoDoctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
episode Gridlock
Gridlock (Doctor Who)
"Gridlock" is the third episode from the third series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who which aired on 14 April 2007. The Doctor returns to a much grittier New Earth with Martha Jones and meets the Face of Boe one final time. But as New New York becomes a deadly...
, a poster appears in the background with the kanji 悪狼. The characters here allude to the theme of Bad Wolf, which appeared in almost all of the 2005 episodes as a hint to the events of the finale.
The primary antagonist
Antagonist
An antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
in the 2011 Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
game Okamiden is named Akuro, and his final form is a dark wolf.