From its best-selling manga, the hit 2019 anime series, to the ultra-blockbuster movie of 2020 that smashed box office records worldwide, the Kimetsu no Yaiba franchise became the IT trend of the anime culture. Every which way you go, there's no escaping the fact that everybody loves Kimetsu no Yaiba. As 2021 became a big year for the franchise because of the upcoming Entertainment District arc coming later this year, the video game based on the megahit franchise has arrived, giving fans and newcomers alike the taste of demon-slaying action the world can't get enough of.
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| Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hinokami Kebbutan (PS4) |
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| Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hinokami Kebbutan (PS5) |
Ladies and gentlemen, the ever-popular demon-slaying action of Tanjiro Kamado and friends has arrived on gaming consoles as Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hinokami Kebbutan (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles) promises to give fans and newcomers the taste of demon-slaying action as experienced from the hit franchise. Time to wield the Nichirinto in the comfort of your living room!
Crafted by the same people that brought you the Naruto fighting games and the .hack// JRPG franchise, Hinokami Kebbutan brings fans and newcomers to the world of Kimetsu no Yaiba.
Starting with the solo-player story mode faithfully called Hinokami Kebbutan (The Hinokami Chronicles), where players will reminisce the entire saga as Tanjiro Kamado, a young boy seeking vengeance against the demons who killed his family. Alongside his sister-turned-demon Nezuko and his friends, Inosuke Hashibara and Zenitsu Agatsuma, Tanjiro explores through the vast landscape of the Taisho-era Japan while mastering his Nichirinto to vanquish demons causing havoc in the dark.
The gameplay for the story mode has an RPG feel to it but as you are prepared to battle against enemies, it's a hack-and-slash fighting game that behaves like a fighting game with swords. It reminds us of you-know-what but still, like most fighting games, prepare for some intense button-mashing because at the right time at the right moment, you're going to execute some awesome deathblows as seen in the TV series. Simple as that.
When you're done reliving the entire Kimetsu no Yaiba storyline, you can invite a friend and battle each other in a two-player versus mode. Here, players can play as their favorite characters from the franchise, including popular ones like Giyu Tomioka, Shinobu Kocho, and Kyojiro Rengoku from the Mugen Train movie. We call dibs because there will be additional characters coming to the game via updates very soon so stay tuned!
Be in no doubt that the Hinokami Kebbutan is the Kimetsu no Yaiba video game fans and newcomers can't get enough. Like it or not, this will be your newest favorite game to get hooked on as much as the whole world got hooked on Tanjiro Kamado slicing demons in the neck with his Nichirinto. Enjoy!