Kotaku: Sengoku Basara

Let's Rock This Pretty Boy Game into Infinity

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:00:00 EDT

Sengoku Basara features prettied-up versions of some tough as nails dead dudes. The game is set against Japan's Warring States period during which Japanese people were beating the shit out of each other. But the game's aren't nearly as horrific (or smelly) as the history. So bring on the rock'n'roll soundtrack. More »

What is Japan's Fetish This Week? S&M

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:00:00 EDT

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Games of leather and rubber. Not video games, but real games with impossible heels and spankings. Those might be the trappings of S&M, but in Japan, S&M isn't only about trappings or artifice. It's something deeper. More »

One of Capcom's Biggest Games Gets...Glasses

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:00:00 EDT

Japan loves glasses. Japan also loves Sengoku Basara. Enter officially licensed Sengoku Basara prescription specs. More »

It's Like a Silent Hill Game You Can Actually Experience

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:00:00 EDT

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It's summer. In Japan, that means beaches and snow cones. It also means having the shit scared out of you. More »

Masked Avengers Doing Good In Japan

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:00:00 EST

A forty-year-old manga starring a mask-wearing wrestler is inspiring Japan to do good. Only, they are dishing out presents instead of punches. Rwar. More »

Bloody Bar Punch Up Isn't Kabuki Theater

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:00:00 EST

One does not become a kabuki actor, it's a male-only birthright. There are kabuki dynasties, and only the oldest son can star in kabuki theater. One of Japan's most popular kabuki actors just got his face smashed in. More »

Capcom's Samurai Franchise Headed To Big Screen

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:00:00 EDT

Sengoku Basara is a huge smash in Japan. It has spawned a stage play, a televised anime, a manga and even a licensed theme park attraction. That's not all. More »

There Are Common Threads Of "Fun" In Japan, American And Europe

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:00:00 EDT

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, designer of Sengoku Basara (aka Devil Kings), talks East vs. West. Via 1Up. More »

Sengoku Basara, The Licensed Theme Park Attraction

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:00:00 EDT

Capcom's Sengoku Basara is popular in Japan. So popular that it has its own theme park attraction at the base of Mount Fuji. How many games can say that? More »

Capcom Slices Out Sengoku Basara Apple Products

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:00:00 EDT

Capcom isn't stopping at Sengoku Basara 3 food. How do you like them apples? No, literally. More »

All The Basara You Can Eat

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:30:00 EDT

Nothing says "historical action game" like food at karaoke parlors. More »

U-La-La, The Game Cosplayers of Anime Expo

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:00:00 EDT

Fresh off hosting E3, the Los Angeles Convention Center was turned into this year's home for the Anime Expo late last week and over the weekend. And you bet there were cosplayers. More »

Did Square Enix and Yahoo! Change Japanese History? Um...

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 21 May 2010 02:30:00 EDT

Earlier this week, a teaser site appeared on Yahoo! Japan, claiming that the web portal and the game company would change Japanese history. The teaser site than asked Twitter users to guess what was to come. More »

Can Americans Love A Dreamy Samurai Game?

Brian Crecente — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:00:00 EDT

The Sengoku Period of Japanese history was rife with intrigue, war, social upheaval and, apparently, sexy samurai. More »

Sengoku BASARA Warring Giant Heads

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:20:00 EST

Japan loves Capcom's series Sengoku BASARA (Devil Kings in the West). It loves it! Sengoku BASARA has spawned manga, anime and even stage productions. And now, cute Kotobukiya big-head mini figures. More »

Hello There Sengoku Basara Figures

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:00:00 EDT

Next month, two figures from Capcom's very popular Sengoku BASARA series will be released: Sanada Yukimura and Date Masamune. They're also from Japanese history! More »

This Is How You Promote Voting

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:00:00 EDT

Character Date Masamune from Capcom's Sengoku BASARA is appearing in ads and posters to raise awareness for the upcoming October 25 election in Miyagi Prefecture. More »

Sengoku BASARA Character For Governor!

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:00:00 EDT

Not quite, but Sengoku BASARA character Date Masamune will be appearing in ads and posters to raise awareness for the upcoming October 25 election in Miyagi Prefecture. More »

The Next Devil Kings Game Is A Wii Title

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Capcom's tremendously popular franchise Devil Kings (Sengoku Basara) was born on the PlayStation 2 when the Warring-States-era title was released in July 2005. More »

Cosplayers Win With Capcom Devil Kings Outfits

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:00:00 EDT

Won't somebody think of the cosplayers?! This past weekend, lots of people did at the World Cosplay Championship in Nagoya. More »

What Does Devil Kings Pizza Look Like?

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 EDT

Endless! Capcom game Sengoku Basara (aka Devil Kings) has already gotten a stage play, canned drinks and bags of rice. Next: pizza. More »

Devil Kings... The Rice

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Sengoku Basara, known as Devil Kings in the West, has already been made into a stage play and canned beverages. What's next? More »

Devil Kings Being Made Into, Yes, A Stage Play

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:30:00 EDT

Capcom must be onto something with these theatrical adaptations of their franchises, because fresh off the Ace Attorney show-and-dance routine comes news Devil Kings - or Sengoku Basara - is being adapted for the stage. More »

Capcom Dashes Street Fighter IV Hopes, Reveals 2D Fighter

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:20:40 EDT

According to the latest issue of Famitsu, by way of 1UP, Capcom's "original" 2D arcade fighter teased earlier this month is Sengoku Basara X, not Street Fighter IV as some had hoped. Based on the Sengoku Basara PlayStation 2 game known as Devil Kings in the U.S., Sengoku Basara X will feature 10 of the game's characters when it hits Japanese arcades later this year. More »

Capcom's New Arcade Game Is...

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:20:36 EDT

...an original 2D fighting game, the details on which are scarce beyond belief. The teaser site for the unnamed title went live on Capcom's official Japanese site earlier today, featuring nothing more than a Flash movie hyping that the game will be an "original" release. That dashes most, if not all, hopes that we'll see a Street Fighter 4 release any time soon. More »