E3 2003: Onimusha 3

Tired of being a samurai warrior? How about being The Professional?

According to Capcom producer Keiji Inafune, Onimusha 3 will be the last game in the acclaimed samurai series. To close Onimusha?s ongoing narrative, part 3 features an East-meets-French plot as you play as two different characters in the game: Samanosuke, the samurai warrior from the first game, and newcomer Jacques Blanc. Blanc is modeled after French actor Jean Reno (you know, that dude from The Professional, Ronin, and, um, Rollerball), and you can switch between he and Samanosuke at various points during the game. As was gleaned from brief game play footage, Samanosuke uses traditional samurai cutlery, while Jacques fights with a sword that can change into a whip (similar to Ivy?s weapon in Soul Calibur). One of Onimusha 3?s most notable features is its full 3D graphics engine that replaces the pre-rendered environments of past titles. The game is slated for a March 2004 release date in Japan, with the U.S. version to follow shortly after.

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