Aya and Saki are back. The Onee Chanbara Origin PS4 HD remake from D3 Publisher is heading westward, and it will be accompanied by a PC port. Appropriately enough, the zombie-killing game will show up ahead of Halloween on October 14, 2020.
For those who might only just be learning about it, Onee Chanbara Origin brings the PS2 games The Onechanbara and The Onechanbara 2 to more modern platforms. Ahead of the Japanese release, there was even a trailer comparing the original games to the remake. In addition to the gameplay you expect, where you follow half-sisters Aya and Saki as they deal with zombies, their rivalry, and their missing father, it adds a new Trance Status, new looks, and a new character, Lei. There will the option to play through the game with the original Japanese voice acting and English subtitles, or someone could choose to go with English voice acting.
Onee Chanbara Origin is immediately available on the PlayStation 4 in Japan. It also had an Asian release from Clouded Leopard. The Onee Chanbara Origin PS4 and PC versions will appear outside Japan on October 14, 2020 for $59.99/€49.99.
D3 Publisher announced on Tuesday that it will release its Onee Chanbara Origin game in North America and Europe on October 14. The game will release for the PlayStation 4 and PC via Steam. The release will feature both Japanese and English audio, and English subtitles. The company streamed a trailer for the release.
The game released in Japan for the PlayStation 4 on December 5.
The game is a remake based on the first and second games in D3 Publisher's Onechanbara series. Katsumi Enami (Baccano!, Restaurant to Another World) designed the characters in the game. "Metal idol" group Broken By The Scream performed the game's theme song "Aihakiminomono."
Tamsoft and D3 Publisher developed and published the original PlayStation 2 game in 2004, and released the sequel in 2005. Onechanbara Z2: Chaos then shipped for the PlayStation 4 in 2014. XSEED Games and NIS America released the game in 2015 on PS4 in North America and Europe, respectively. D3 Publisher released the game on PC via Steam in 2016.
The series inspired a live-action film in 2008, and a sequel in 2009. Kenji Yamamoto and Saegusa Hattori published the OneeChanbara Kurenai manga in Akita Shoten's Champion RED magazine from 2008 to 2009.