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Otogi (known as Otogi: Myth of Demons in North America
North America

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 and PAL
PAL

PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is a color-encoding system used in broadcast television systems in large parts of the world. Other common analog television systems are SECAM and NTSC....
 territories) is a hack and slash
Hack and slash

Hack and slash or hack and slay can refer to either a Video game genres of action game, or a type of gameplay. In both cases, it describes the emphasis on close combat with short-range weapons....
 action game
Action game

An action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand-eye coordination and reaction-time. Action games are a vast genre that includes diverse subgenres such as fighting games, first-person shooters, and platform games....
 by From Software
From Software

From Software is a Japanese software company founded in November 1986 that develops games for Sony's PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo's Nintendo DS, Wii, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360, Sega's Dreamcast, and mobile phones....
, published by Sega
Sega

is a Multinational corporation video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and console manufacturer headquartered in Ota, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
 for the Xbox
Xbox

The Xbox is a History of video games video game console produced by Microsoft. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed with Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube....
. The game was followed by a sequel Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors
Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors

Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors an hack and slash action game designed by From Software. Otogi 2, like the first one, was also published by Sega and was only released for the Xbox....
 a year after its release in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
.

Story
The protagonist Raikoh Minamoto (based on Minamoto no Yorimitsu
Minamoto no Yorimitsu

, also known as 'Minamoto no Raiko', served the regents of the Fujiwara clan along with his brother Minamoto no Yorinobu, taking the violent measures the Fujiwara were themselves unable to take....
) was born into a clan of executioner
Executioner

A judiciary executioner is a person who carries out a capital punishment ordered by the state or other law authority, which was known in feudal terminology as high justice....
s under the emperor's command. Raikoh was given the order to kill his own father.






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Otogi (known as Otogi: Myth of Demons in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 and PAL
PAL

PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is a color-encoding system used in broadcast television systems in large parts of the world. Other common analog television systems are SECAM and NTSC....
 territories) is a hack and slash
Hack and slash

Hack and slash or hack and slay can refer to either a Video game genres of action game, or a type of gameplay. In both cases, it describes the emphasis on close combat with short-range weapons....
 action game
Action game

An action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand-eye coordination and reaction-time. Action games are a vast genre that includes diverse subgenres such as fighting games, first-person shooters, and platform games....
 by From Software
From Software

From Software is a Japanese software company founded in November 1986 that develops games for Sony's PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo's Nintendo DS, Wii, GameCube, Xbox, Xbox 360, Sega's Dreamcast, and mobile phones....
, published by Sega
Sega

is a Multinational corporation video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and console manufacturer headquartered in Ota, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
 for the Xbox
Xbox

The Xbox is a History of video games video game console produced by Microsoft. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed with Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube....
. The game was followed by a sequel Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors
Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors

Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors an hack and slash action game designed by From Software. Otogi 2, like the first one, was also published by Sega and was only released for the Xbox....
 a year after its release in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
.

Story


The protagonist Raikoh Minamoto (based on Minamoto no Yorimitsu
Minamoto no Yorimitsu

, also known as 'Minamoto no Raiko', served the regents of the Fujiwara clan along with his brother Minamoto no Yorinobu, taking the violent measures the Fujiwara were themselves unable to take....
) was born into a clan of executioner
Executioner

A judiciary executioner is a person who carries out a capital punishment ordered by the state or other law authority, which was known in feudal terminology as high justice....
s under the emperor's command. Raikoh was given the order to kill his own father. He couldn't bring himself to do it, so he stole Soul Shrine, his clan's ancestral sword
Sword

A sword is a long, edged piece of metal, used as a cutting, thrusting, and clubbing weapon in many civilizations throughout the world. The word sword comes from the Old English language wikt:sweord, cognate to Old High German swert, Middle Dutch swaert, Old Norse sver? Old Frisian and Old Saxon swerd and Dutch langua...
, and fled the capital city of Kyoto
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Upon his departure the seal separating the demon
Demon

In religion, folklore, and mythology a demon is a supernatural being that is generally described as a malevolent spirit. In Christian terms demons are generally understood as fallen angels, formerly of God....
 and human worlds was broken. Kyoto was all but leveled and a wave of demons appeared. Raikoh was almost killed by the flood of darkness, but a princess banished to the netherworld saved him and held him in a state between life and death.

The princess gave him a new body in exchange for his services. She would allow him to repent for his sins as an assassin by saving the world from the demons unleashed upon it.

Raikoh begins his quest to restore the seal and stop the one responsible for its collapse.

Significance

Though it saw a small release and a lukewarm reception by critics and players, Otogi boasted a number of notable features including destructible environments, an unusually high level count for a 3D action game (29 stages), and a level of fantastic artistry and vivid graphics rarely seen in western game development. It was also a surprising release, coming out of nowhere with strong creativity and originality from a development team that has been primarily known only for the Armored Core
Armored Core

Armored Core is a mecha-based video game series for the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Mobile Phone platforms....
 series.

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