Onimusha Warlords
FAQ and guide

Contents –

I) Legal stuff
II) Introduction
III) Contact Details
IV) Characters of Onimusha
V) Controls
VI) Types of souls
VII) Weapons
VIII) Walkthrough
IX) Unlockables
X) Trivia
XI) Frequently Asked Questions
XII) Special thanks
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History;

Final Version.

Monday 16th April 2007 – Started the FAQ. Completed the character
descriptions, Controls, Types of souls, Weapons and started the main
walkthrough. Got up to the end of the three puzzle part.

Tuesday 17th April 2007 – Completed some more of the main
walkthrough, up to the Dark Realm section.

Wednesday 18th April 2007 – Added the Dark Realm section and chose to
include it in the main walkthrough instead of before or after it.
Completed the main walkthrough, YAY! Started on the trivia section.

Thursday 19th April 2007 – Finished everything. Read through it
thoroughly, fixing any spelling mistakes and what have you

I) Legal Stuff

This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for
personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or
otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission.
Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public
display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright.

Copyright: 2007 Nick Kazama.
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II) Introduction

Konichi-Wa boys and girls and welcome to my Onimusha Warlords FAQ.
This is my first time at attempting an actual walkthrough for a game,
my previous FAQ’s are actually character FAQ’s. I wanted to do a
walkthrough for Onimusha because it is my favorite game on the
Playstation 2 console. I received it as a (late) Christmas present on
December 31st 2002 from my uncle. He has a friend who works at Capcom
and as a result he is always getting free Capcom titles from her.
Lucky! He started playing this, but didn’t really like it, so he gave
it to me. I’m glad he did. By the way, yes this walkthrough WILL
contain spoilers. You have been warned.
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III) Contact Details

If you have any questions about this FAQ, then e-mail moi! My e-mail
address is - [email protected]
Please remember to read the guide thoroughly before asking me
anything though. Chances are you'll find your answer!
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IV) Character of Onimusha

Here we shall look at the characters of the game. Starting with the
main hero – Samanosuke Akechi.

Samanosuke Akechi –

A master swordsman who travels across Japan seeking his rival. Often
perceived as a passionless soldier because of his quiet ways, Sam is
actually a hot-blooded warrior with a noble sense of justice.

Note – Yes, I called him Sam just then. I’ve been calling him Sam for
short ever since I first got the game and as such I’ll be calling him
Sam throughout this walkthrough. It saves time. By the way, if any of
the other guides have called him Sam, then cool, I’m not the only
one!

Kaede –

An expert Kunoichi (female ninja), Kaede was originally sent by the
Iga ninjas to assassinate Sam. Instead, she develops absolute trust
in him and joins him as his confidant.

Yuki –

Yuki is the sister of Yoshitatsu, the master of Inabayama castle and
Samanosuke’s cousin. She becomes aware of strange events in the
castle and sends an SOS to Sam. But before he arrives, she is
mysteriously kidnapped.

Yumemaru –

An enigmatic orphan discovered by Sam while looking for Yuki in the
castle.

Toukichiro Kinoshita –

One of Nobunaga’s high ranking generals, Kinoshita has the warlords
complete trust. Though he has sworn absolute loyalty to Nobunaga, the
only thing Kinoshita truly cares about is his own advancement in the
ranks of power.

Nobunaga Oda –

An exceptional warlord who aspires to unify Japan. With the victory
against Imagawa in Okehazama, he rides a tidal wave of success.
Though he was once thought dead, Nobunaga’s acts have now become
extremely heartless and cruel.
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V) Controls

Now then, we can’t have you starting a game without you knowing the
controls now can we? Here they are;

Square – Attack

This is the button you’ll probably be pushing the most in this game.
Tap it once to have Sam do a basic attack, tap it four times to make
him do a four hit combo.

Square + Back – Kick

To stun an enemy, press the back and the Square buttons at the same
time to make Sam deliver a disabling kick. The kick will actually
have more effect on your opponent if you are close to them while
executing it.

L1 – Block

If an enemy is attacking you, then press the L1 button to block it!

R1 – Ready sword

Keep the R1 button held to have Sam ready his sword. If you have R1
held down, then press Up + Square to have him perform a stabbing
attack. When an enemy’s attack is about to hit you, then quickly
press R1 + Left or Right + Square to perform the “Issen” hit. The
Issen is a one hit kill attack on most enemies, while on the stronger
ones, it will instead do a great deal of damage!

Triangle - Special Attack

When you have one of the special weapons equipped, hit this button to
make Sam do a devastating special move. Be warned however that you
can not do infinite special moves with the swords (except with the
special secret weapon), as they will consume your MP gauge located
just under your health bar.

Circle – Absorb

You will be doing this an awful lot throughout the game! Absorbing
enemy souls. After you have killed an enemy, keep the Circle button
held down, to make Sam suck up their souls like a human vacuum
cleaner. You will not be able to do this until you have obtained the
Ogre’s Gauntlet which you will receive very early into the game.
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VI) Types of souls

Throughout the game, you will be absorbing the demon’s souls with
your magic gauntlet given to you by the ogres. There are 3 types of
souls and they all do very different things;

Red souls –
These ones are used to enhance your weapons, armour and items.

Yellow souls –
These ones will replenish some of your health bar.

Blue Souls –
These ones will replenish some of your magic bar.
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VII) Weapons

As you progress through Onimusha, Sam will gain access to a variety
of different weapons. Let’s take a look at what they are;

Normal sword –
This is a common sword that a warrior uses.

Not a very powerful sword at all here, but don’t worry because you
won’t be using it for very long. It’s the weakest, blandest looking
sword you’ll use and it cannot use magic. If you really wanna show
off, then use this weapon to beat the last boss like I do sometimes!

Raizan –
This will enable you to use the sword with the power of thunder.

Great sword here and my personal favorite! Its fast and its strong.
The Enryuu is the most powerful of the 3, the Shipuu is the quickest
and the Raizan is a nice mixture of both quick and powerful. The
Raizan is also the only sword to have a combo magical attack. The
combo will get longer and longer as you upgrade more.

Enryuu –
This will enable you to use the sword with the power of fire.

This sword is a heavy hitter. It can stun some enemies with its raw
power and its magic attack can spread to other opponents! Just be
sure to not face many quick genma with this sword equipped however as
it is quite slow.

Shipuu –
This will enable you to use the sword with the power of wind.

My least favorite to use of all the blades is this wind Naginata. I
dunno why. It’s the fastest of all the blades you’ll receive,
enabling Sam to perform a 5 hit combo. Its magic attack is very
powerful and is great for a certain boss late into the game.

Bow –
This small bow is about 6 feet long.

Eh, what can I say... it’s a bow. You’ll need arrows to be able to
use this weapon. Remember to save up some souls and enhance those
normal arrows to flaming arrows! The bow is ideal for taking out
archers and flying enemies and even helps against a later boss.

Matchlock –
This 18.4mm caliber gun is constructed in Sakai.

This gun is a very effective firearm, especially if you upgrade your
normal bullets to burst bullets!

Bishamon Sword –
This powerful sword has been sealed by the demons...

This is the most powerful sword in the game. It is capable of 1 hit
kills on the common enemies and will severely damage the final boss.
It has an insanely powerful magic attack and it never runs out of
magic power! Best. Sword. Ever.
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VIII) Walkthrough

Okay then, here we are! The real meat of this walkthrough... the
walkthrough. Hmm, I wish that could have sounded more dramatic, but
whatever.

Firstly, watch the opening FMV first. Its one of the most amazing
ones I’ve ever seen! See that kick ass looking samurai kicking ass?
That’s Sam! Cool eh? This FMV intro also shows you that if you’re
ever in a big battle, then don’t stand up in the middle of it and
laugh, or else you’ll get an arrow through your neck as Nobunaga
found out the hard way...

After its finished, you’ll see Sam, Kaede and a guard exiting
Princess Yuki’s residence. Sam tells Kaede to go one way, while he
takes the other. Go up the path and a cutscene will start. Hey is
that...? It is! We’ve found the Princess... already. Don’t worry
though; the game isn’t over, not by a long shot! Yuki’s being guarded
by two purple clad ninja genma (demons) with glowing green eyes.
These two like to jump around a lot, but they’re not extremely hard
to hit. My advise would be to just focus on one of them, but if you
really think you’re the dog’s b*******, then hit both of them. After
a few seconds, the fight will end, as the genma will escape from you.
Now, go and grab some popcorn or something, because a very long
cutscene will follow. The heart warming reunion between Sam and Yuki
will be interrupted by a huge monster named Osrick. Sam valiantly
tries to attack him, but Osrick bats him away, killing him and takes
Yuki away. Bummer huh? Sam wakes up surrounded by a clan of ogres who
give him their power, forming it into a gauntlet. After being
revived, Sam delivers a nice little speech and your adventure is
truly about to begin!

You’ll receive the “Instructions” and the “Gauntlet” after the
cutscene. Move forward a little bit until you get to a gate. See that
little thing to the left of the gate? That’s what’s known as a magic
mirror, with these you can save your game and enhance weapons and
items. Save now if you want to. You won’t be able to enhance anything
yet as you lack souls, but not for long! Enter the big gate. Move
along a little bit and you’ll see a bridge with crows devouring the
remains of some deceased soldiers. Yummy. They’ll fly off as soon as
you approach them. After crossing the bridge fully, another cutscene
will start up. A bunch of soldiers are attempting to hold off some
genma, but aren’t having much luck, so guess who’s gonna take them
out. YOU! After the cutscene, you will be thrown into a battle with 4
green genma wearing hats, similar to Raiden’s hat from Mortal Kombat.
These genma are known simply as Zombies. This shouldn’t be too
difficult, just block when necessary and then strike and you’ll be
fine. Oh and remember to suck up them souls!

Afterwards, head into the little building that the soldiers were
trying to defend and make your way forward. Head through the black
door. This will initiate a cutscene. Oh boy, Sam is now trapped
inside a very small room with 4 more genma (the same type of the
one’s you just killed). After defeating them, head for the door. Sam
hits the guy who locked him inside the room and gets information from
them. One of the men points out a shortcut to the keep. Talk to these
guys if you want. Move into the forest and keep going until you see a
cave. Haha! Scared you didn’t they? Challenging you this time are two
purple clad ninja genma, like the one’s you faced at the beginning.
Use the same strategy as last time and you will come out victorious.
Don’t forget to block often here as these genma are quite fast.
Before entering the cave, check to the right of it to find a herb.
Use these to heal yourself.

Upon entering the cave a swarm of bats flies out, no this isn’t the
bat cave. Bruce Wayne wasn’t even alive in the age of warring states
remember? Proceed a little further into the cave and you’ll see that
there is huge hole, blocking you’re way. Guess the only way to
proceed is by entering this hole. Choose to enter it. Move forward a
little bit and more bats will fly away. Keep going and you’ll be
attacked by more ninja genma, there should only be 3 of them here.
Before ascending the stairs, check the little red and gold box to the
left of them. These chests will be quite common to you as you’ll be
seeing a lot of them throughout the game. Upon opening it, you’ll
receive the “Underground Temple map”. Head up the stairs. Once at the
top, inspect the mummified monk and Sam will notice a green scroll.
Choose to take it and you will receive the “Sougen’s Note”. After
taking it, the altar will move to the left, revealing a doorway, head
inside.

You’ll find yourself in a narrow room here. Enemies are also present.
Kill ‘em and then head to Sam’s right. Before turning left, check the
little open door that Sam is facing for a “Fluorite”. There are 20 of
these and I’ll tell you what they do at the end of the Walkthrough!
Head to the end and open the little closed doors for the “Seiryu”.
With these items collected, go to the other end of the corridor and
head through the door. In this room, there will be 6 vases (3 on
either side of Sam). Smash em all and check the chest for the
“Journal #1”. Now it’s time to pick up the best thing in this room –
your first special weapon! See that glowing blue orb? Examine it to
get the “Thunder Orb”. A nice little cutscene will show Sam receiving
his new toy and posing with it against a black background. Move left
past the altar and keep going until you see a rather large light
brown chest. This is in fact a trick treasure box. You wont be able
to just open these, you need a combination. Here’s the solution, but
feel free to try it for yourself;

Trick Treasure Box Solution =========================================

Left, Right, Left

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There we go! You’ll get the rope ladder for opening it successfully.
Nothing more to do here, so head up the stairs. Okay, after getting
out of that cave, don’t immediately go to Sam’s left. Instead, do you
see that well hidden chest there, just in front of Sam? Go and open
it to receive a “Magic Jewel”. Use this to increase Sam’s Magic Bar!
Moving on, you should come to a chest, a save mirror and a gate with
a big blue light on it. Check the chest first, it is not your
ordinary chest, it is another puzzle type chest! Examine it and
here’s the solution;

Chant Treasure Chest Solution #######################################

First one, Third one, Sixth one

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After doing that, you will get a “Power Jewel”, these things increase
your maximum health bar! Okay, save your game if you desire and then
make your way over to the gate with the blue... thing on it. In order
to open this gate, the Raizen needs to be equipped. It should have
been automatically equipped after you got the Thunder Orb, so examine
the gate to open it. Okay, you’ll now be on a bridge. The enemies in
this area spawn quite a lot, but that’s good because you can get more
souls! Keep in mind that you don’t have to kill them all if you don’t
want to. You don’t even have to kill any! Near the end of the bridge
is a little gate and to the right is a chest hidden behind a
destroyable object. Open the chest to get the “South Area Map”. Done?
Okay, head through gate to find yourself in a massive courtyard. To
Sam’s right is a door that is barred shut, however you’ll be able to
enter it later in the game.

Head up, killing the genma on the way and eventually you will come to
the keep! However, latched onto the door is a pink... thing, similar
in looks to the blue one you found earlier, near the first Chant
Treasure Box. Examine it and you will get a message saying

“A crystal is fitted in the center. You can see raging flames in
it...”

You can’t enter it now, so head left instead. Woah!! Now that’s a big
genma! But you know the saying, ‘the bigger they are the harder they
fall”. Use your magic to knock him over and then get close to him and
press the Square button. If done correctly, Sam should stab the genma
on the floor! Head through the green gate he was guarding. In this
next area, there is a soldier who is valiantly trying to fend off
some genma by himself, kill the demons and the man will fall to his
knees. Examine the little light by him to receive a “Herb”. You can’t
get through that gate behind him yet, so go toward the part of the
wall that’s broken. This leads to a dry moat – our next destination!
However, we can’t just have Sam leaping to the bottom; we don’t want
him dying twice within an hour now do we? Remember that Rope Ladder
you obtained from the Trick Treasure Chest? Go to your inventory and
select that while Sam is facing the dry moat and he will set it up.
You can now descend to the bottom.

Hmmm... its quiet, too quiet. Head to the little cave on the left of
the screen. On Sam’s left will be another save mirror and another
Chant Treasure Chest.

Chant Treasure Chest Solution #######################################

Sixth one, First one, Fourth one

#####################################################################

Congratulations! You’ve just scored another “Power Jewel”! Near this
Chest is another one, but this one you can just open it. Open it for
a “Medicine”. Medicine’s are much more powerful than herbs and
restore more health to you. Okay, directly behind this chest is
another small door that has one of those pink thingies on it. Ignore
it. Okay, if this is your first time through Onimusha, then I
recommend that you save your game right now, as there is a boss fight
just seconds away. Saved? Good, okay head through the big door next
to the save mirror to face...

Boss – Osrick +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

This guy packs a huge punch. His attacks mainly consist of swinging
his gigantic mace at you. He even has an unblockable attack in which
he brings the mace down on Sam’s head, knocking him onto the floor.
Don’t recover fast enough and Sam gets a mace in the head and is
kissing even more ground than before. His final attack is a charging
move, where he will knock you on your ass if you’re not careful.
Remember that this charging attack is also unblockable. My personal
strategy when fighting old Osy is to slash him twice and then back
away by tapping the Back button, while occasionally using a magic
attack. Another way is to keep circling him and slashing, because of
his big build, Osy is very slow, so take advantage of that! After a
while he should go down.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

After he dies, he will release a mass of souls, absorb these
immediately and you shall be fully healed. You’ll also get all of
your Magic Power back too! Notice that Osy leaves a big hole where he
fell over, that’s where you should head next. Upon entering this new
area, check the chest to receive the “Journal #2” and move on through
the steel door. Moving along, you will see a few pots here. Smash
them all and then check the ground to find “Fluorite” number 2! Keep
going and you will reach a blue lit hallway with some skeletons
chained to the wall. Enter through the door to start a cutscene.

Here you will be introduced to Guildenstern, the crazy genma
scientist and the one responsible for resurrecting Nobunaga! Sam
unknowingly interrupted him whilst he was dissecting a human (don’t
worry you don’t see anything!). Guilden leaves you to battle his
creation called Reynaldo. No, this isn’t a boss fight, you are just
fighting a stronger enemy, but early on into the game. The unique
thing about Reynaldo is that he can actually create clones of himself
if you do not kill him quickly, so here’s what you do. Knock him onto
the floor and then stab him before he can get up and you’re done!

After you’ve killed Rey, go and examine the orange orb in the top
left hand corner of Guildenstern’s lab for a new weapon – The Enryuu!
This baby is very powerful but it does make Sam attack slower than
usual. I also discovered on one of my playthrough’s that you can
actually pick this sword up whilst the fight with Reynaldo is still
on! Remember that the next time you play Onimusha! With the “Fire
Orb” in your possession, leave the creepy lab and go back the way you
came, until you get to the place where you defeated that brute
Osrick. By the way, on your way back to Osrick’s lair, you will be
attacked by some more spiky rolling genma. this is a great
opportunity to test out the Enryuu! Once you’re back at the area
where you destroyed Osy, you’ll see his body turn into tons of souls,
however, don’t think you can absorb them just yet. Also loitering the
area are some new enemies that resemble blue floating skulls. These
things are very annoying as they love to absorb YOUR souls. Sometimes
they even swoop down and latch onto Sam’s arm, taking away red souls
from your stock and even your magic power! A great way to deal with
them is to press the Up button and the Square button at the same
time. Doing this will make Sam perform an upwards slash that will
severely damage them!

Okay, have the Enryuu equipped and head through the door with the
pink thing on it. Save your game if you want to and then head up to
the rope ladder. Climb up it. There will probably be another behemoth
of a genma guarding the gate that leads to the entrance to the keep
here, but don’t worry, as he will soon fall to the Enryuu’s power!
Enter the keep. Woah... creepy huh? The music in the castle always
makes me a little scared. Greeting you is a new enemy that you’ve not
faced before, he’s this tall red samurai genma and has already killed
a soldier. He gets stunned by the Enryuu so show his no mercy! Okay,
directly ahead of you are some big double doors, don’t enter them
just yet, instead head to the door to the right of these double
doors. Hello save point! Save your game if you want. Also, notice
next to the save mirror is a magic fountain, hold the circle button
and Sam will suck up some blue souls from here, replenishing his
magic power! Open the chest in this room to receive the “Keep map”.
Move to the end of this room and a little green cocoon man will drop
down. Don’t worry, he’s friendly! However, for now he will just be
silently staring at you, but we’ll be visiting him a little later...

Enter those big double doors to start a cutscene. Hello, what’s all
this? Tokichiro Kinoshita is harassing Yumemaru! After allowing the
boy to escape, Sam questions Kinoshita. However, Kinoshita seems more
interested in getting Samanosuke to join the Oda clan. Sam refuses
saying “I serve no one! My life is mine and mine alone to command!”
Quite possibly my favorite line in the whole game! Enjoy Kinoshita’s
weird laugh and then the cutscene will end. Check the chest in this
room to acquire the “Normal Arrows” and move on through the door
nearest to this chest. Proceed forward a little bit and enter the
other room to find a chest containing the “Journal #3”. This journal
is particularly creepy. Head back to the room where you met Kinoshita
and you’ll find that lots of demons have come to say hello. Well no
they haven’t, they’ve rally come to kill you! Kill THEM and head
through the door with the pink thing on it. They’re should be 2 ninja
genma in this room, if not then lucky you! Head through the next
door. In this hallway, you will find another door with a strange
object on it, examine it to get the message;

“What is this? There is a weird pit... You have to find a way to
unlock.”

Ignore it for now and head down, to get a cutscene with Kaede and
Yumemaru. He has a lovely attitude huh? He runs off and Sam tells his
Kunoichi friend to go and search for him. Head down and go through
the door. Run to the end of this small hallway to reach some stairs,
there is a door underneath these stairs. Near these stairs (stairs,
stairs, stairs) is a chest, open it to gain a “Herb”. Now then, check
the little cupboard directly above this chest for another “Fluorite”.
Head through the door underneath the stairs. Word of warning here, do
NOT cut that rope. Just don’t okay. Go to the chest, its time to open
another Trick Treasure chest;

Trick Treasure Chest Solution =======================================

Left, Right, Left, Right, Right

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Helloooooooo Mr. Bow! You will of course obtain the “Bow” for
completion of this Chest. Make sure to use it against flying enemies!
Check the shelves at the back of this room to get the “Suzaku”, just
look for the red book on the shelve. Looks like we’re done in this
room, exit it. Okay head on up those stairs. Once at the top you’ll
see a door on Sam’s right, enter it. Notice the pail on your left,
next to the rope? Examine it to find yet another “Power Jewel”! Exit
the room without cutting the rope and go around. There will be 2
ninja genma and a big red genma waiting to greet you. Kill ‘em and
head through the grey door. If you can save these two complete morons
from the demons (by using your bow and arrows then you can head
downstairs to get a “Power Jewel” and a “Herb”. Notice how I called
them morons? Well at the time of me writing this Walkthrough, one of
them was keeping the genma in an area where I couldn’t shoot him with
my arrows, so they all got wasted. Guh, I hope that genma kill’s
them! Anyway, go back through the grey door and you will see another
door with not 1, but 2 pink things on it! Your Kouen (Fire Orb) needs
to be at level 2 in order to open the door. Once in this room, check
the table for the “Red Book” and open the chest in the corner for the
“R. Crest Piece”.

Exit this room and head back to where you sniped (hopefully
successfully) the genma to save the morons and go around the balcony
to find a door with another pink thing on it. After you enter, you’ll
see genma coming out of the floor to come and get ya. Kill ‘em, kill
the big red one and then move on! In this next room, you’ll find a
staircase and some wooden boxes next to it, smash ‘em up to reveal a
chest, open it to reveal some “Normal Arrows”. Great now I finally
have some more arrows to make up for the ones wasted earlier! Also,
check the stairs near where you got the Normal Arrows and you’ll find
another “Fluorite”. Head on up those stairs. Okay, in this small
room, grab the “Byakko” next to the chest and then open the chest to
receive some more “Normal Arrows”. I’m now telling you to SAVE YOUR
DAMN GAME!!! I’m not saying it might be nice to save, or you might be
considering saving, I’m telling you to save. The next parts of the
game, though short, are monsters, that’s the best way I know how to
describe them. They’re monsters! Saved? SAVED?? Good! Okay, go
through the door next to the save point with the 2 pink thingies on
it and brace yourself.

These next few bits are actually puzzles, there are 3 of them. The
first one ain’t so bad, the second one is very annoying and the last
one is EXTREMELY annoying!!! Plus, there’s this long bring cutscene
that you have to endure that gets very annoying if you have to start
again. Okay, LETS DO THIS!!

-       As Sam, pull the lever down
-       As Kaede, run over to the next 2 levers and pull the right one
-       As Sam, pull the lever next to the one Kaede is holding
-       As Kaede, pull the left lever in the new set
-       As Sam get the “Holy Armor” from the chest and then pull the
right lever in the set you just unlocked. Pull the center one
and you get hurt.
-       As Kaede, go through the door

Okay, in this area, before doing anything, press the Triangle button
to make Sam light up the place in true style! Then press the Circle
button to absorb some blue souls to get your magic power back. Head
through the next door to arrive at puzzle number 2.

The most annoying thing about this puzzle, is that its random. That’s
right, RANDOM! Your goal is to get to the square right at the end
that has the O on it. If you step on a square with an X on it then
all the other squares with X on it will break squares with + on it
and vice versa. It is incredibly annoying, especially when the square
you’re standing on breaks ordinary squares. Capcom really took the
Mickey by making this puzzle random, that’s just not right. Sorry, I
couldn’t be of more help here, but you know, what with the stupid
puzzle being random and all... I can’t. Don’t worry if you die, it
took me many tries to do this one, cause Capcom had to make it
random. It was because of this puzzle and the next one that I
memorised the cutscene before the levers.

If you’ve finally managed to overcome that then congratulations, but
don’t celebrate just yet as the next puzzle is still to come!
Basically, Sam and Kaede find themselves in a small room and the door
begins to close. Sam shoves Kaede through it just in time, but gets
himself trapped inside the room. To make matters worse, the room is
filling up with water which makes this puzzle A FREAKIN’ TIMED
PUZZLE!! Oh man, okay pause the game, get your self ready and then
head over toward the little water chamber controls to the right of
the chamber and good luck my friend. You’re gonna need it!

Notes –

-       See that line on the left of the screen? That’s the timer. If
that little orange circle with the 2 red points on either side
reaches the top, Sam will die, you’ll get a lovely big “GAME
OVER” screen and you’ll have to suffer through the nightmares
of the previous puzzles again.
-       You need to get those 2 pieces of the puzzle into the middles
to free Sam.
-       In order to move a tile, use the directional button to
highlight it and then keep the X button held down. You will now
be able to move the tiles.

Okay, when you’re ready, go for it man!

-       Okay, there is a drawing of the Saito Clan crest on the board
-       You need to get those 2 pieces of the puzzle (with the yellow
markings on them) on top of that emblem. Do you see?
-       Move the bottom left tile all the way to the right
-       Move those two tiles on the left, all the way down
-       Move those two little tiles in the middle, to the left
-       Move the bottom middle tile all the way to the top
-       Move the bottom right tile all the way to the left
-       Move the 2 tile on the right hand side to the bottom
-       Move the middle tile (that’s above the bottom middle one) all
the way to the right
-       Move the bottom center tile all the way up
-       Move the 2 tiles on the bottom left, to the middle
-       Move the two tiny tiles at the right, all the way to the bottom
-       Move the top right tile, all the way to the bottom
-       Move the 2 top center tiles, all the way to the right
-       In the center you should have 2 tiles facing down, at the
bottom, move the right one to the very top, then move it across
to the left
-       Move the Tile facing down on the right, to the middle and then
move it up to the very top
-       FINALLY move the tile facing down on the far right, all the way
to the middle and you’re done baby!
Congratulations!! You’ve done it! Okay, Sam is now freed and gets out
of the Water Chamber and no, you won’t be seeing it again ever!
Relax, there aren’t any more parts like this in the game.

As Sam, head out the door (past Kaede). In this next room, go to the
far end and you’ll locate a tab, pull it! This will knock out all the
puzzles and you can backtrack to go and save without fear of the
puzzles! Pulling this lever also brings a staircase down. Now I
cannot stress this enough, go back and save. Then come back to these
stairs. Ascend ‘em. You’ll now be in a yucky green colored hallway.
(I call it yucky green cause I don’t like this particular shade of
green). Turn the corner and you’ll see a door, examine it to get the
message;

“A locked door. Looks like you need to fit something here.”

Walk past it and you’ll see a ladder, go down it. After climbing down
you’ll get a message saying that you can reach a lower level with
this ladder, but ignore that for now. Move forward a little bit and
you’ll see an opening to Sam’s left, go down here until you reach
another ladder, chose to descend it. Ratty! Can you see the little
rat? Isn’t he cute? Ahem, sorry, go down until you find a chest, open
it to receive a “Power Jewel”. Nice! Now then, go the opposite
direction past the ladder and you’ll eventually come to a door with a
latch, unlatch it and you’ll come to a familiar room. That’s it. Go
back and climb up the ladder. Once at the top again, go to the first
ladder and chose to go to the lower level (Go Down) with it. Sam will
find himself in a dark little room. Go to the chest and open it to
receive the “L. Crest Piece”. Now, you see that suspicious thing on
the wall? Cut it! Now, examine it to get the “Journal #4” and find
out what our old friend Saimyou has been up to! Well, nothing more to
do in this room now, so head up the ladder and then climb up it
again.

Go up to the door that said you needed to fit something into and
place the R. Crest Piece and the L. Crest Piece into it. The L. and
the R. actually meant Left and Right! Bingo, the crest of the Saito
Clan is set. The key is now unlocked and you can enter this door, go
inside! Cutscene, its Yumemaru getting abducted by a ninja genma!
What’s this? Kinoshita is back again, he relays some disturbing news
to you – Princess Yuki’s skull will be filled with her own blood and
drunk by Nobunaga further completing the Dark Ceremony! But we aren’t
gonna let that happen now. Are we? If you want, check the little
destroyed part of the keep where Kinoshita jumped and Sam will
comment on the height. Okay, behind the wreckage are 2 screens that
you can cut down. Do you see that little blue book? Grab it, it’s the
“Seiryu”. And directly behind it is another “Fluorite” located on
that little table. Got those 2 items? Good, then head through the
door. In this room, pick up the “Suzaku” on the floor to Sam’s right.
Move forward and – OH HOLY ****!!!! Kill this ninja bastard for
scaring you and look to the left of these stairs, there’s a chest
containing the “Normal Arrows”.  Okay, up the stairs we go!

Move forward a little to hear Yumemaru screaming his ass off. Yeah
shut up brat we’re comin’ already!! Sheesh! Go around the platform
here, killing ninja genma, until you come to a... GREEN THINGIE!!
This is the room where Yumemaru is, but you don’t have the right
weapon to get to him yet. Turn around and backtrack until you see
another door that isn’t guarded with green magic and enter it. In
this room, go and open the chest for a “Medicine” and then go and
pick up that little blue book on the table, the “Seiryu”. Move
forward a little, to pick up another “Seiryu”. To the left of this
latest Seiryu is a screen, cut it down to reveal a Soul Shrine. Hold
the Circle button and watch those souls fly into your gauntlet baby!
Okay, got ‘em all? Great, now go to the other screen and chop it
down. You’ll find a save mirror here. Enhance and save, because there
is another boss fight coming up! Press R2 while facing the save
mirror to have Sam do an instant 180 turn and head up that ladder to
face;

Boss – Marcellus ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Okay, Marcy can and will block many of your attacks, he can even
block the Raizan’s magic attack! The Enryuu’s magic attack will knock
him back ever so slightly. I found that using a magic attack on him
causes him to release a red soul and a blue soul, so absorb! Another
thing some people will find quite annoying in this fight is the
camera angle, it’s in quite an awkward place, but it should hinder
you too much. I recommend that you have your swords at level 2 for
this battle. To hit him with the Raizan’s special attack, wait until
he’s about to attack you and THEN hit the Triangle button. This
should stun him long enough for you to absorb the souls he releases.
After a few more hits, he will fall to his (supposed) death.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Congrats! Okay, you see that big bright light at the bottom of the
screen? It’s actually tons of souls! Suck em up Samavacuum and then
pick up that glowing green orb. This is the “Shipuu” – The wind
Naginata! Now then, remember that door that was protected by the
green thing? Go back there! Unlock the door (by having the Naginata
equipped) and you’ll find a non screaming Yumemaru! This begins
another long cutscene. Sam tells Yumemaru about the ways of the
world, complete with an FMV! Mitsuhide, Sam’s uncle, pressured him to
go and see the world, he met people who looked and talked different
than him and more. This nice scene is interrupted by the arrival of
Princess Yuki’s servant Nui. She promptly tells you that Yuki is
underground and then faints. Sam tells Kaede to watch over Nui and
Yumemaru.

Okay, time to get some Burst Bullets for a weapon you get later! Head
out the door and you will find some rolling spiky genma, kill ‘em and
go through the door on Sam’s right (not the door that leads to the
main part of the keep. Go through the next door. Go past the door
with the weird pit and through the next door that leads to the
staircase. Head upstairs. Once upstairs, head through the door that
lead you to where the moron soldiers needed help and go through the
next door. In this room, kill the genma that are crawling up out of
the little spaces in the floor and move on. In the next area, head up
the stairs and go through the dreaded puzzle parts. (No you don’t
have to do the puzzles again, just walk through the areas!) Up the
stairs and you’ll find yourself back in the yucky green colored
hallway. Head through the door with the Saito Clan emblem on it. A
little bit past the area where Kinoshita jumped down, is a minotaur
genma, kill him and move on. Head into the room where Sam found
Yumemaru and you find a chest containing the “Burst Bullets”. Hoorah.
Now head ALL THE WAY BACK! Go to the main part of the keep. In this
area, there is another soldier that needs rescuing from 2 regular
genma and an archer on the balcony above you. Take out the first 2
and then use your Bow and Arrow to kill the archer, it should only
take 1 Arrow to kill it. For helping him out, the soldier will give
you a “Herb”. Cheers fella! Okay, save and enhance in the little room
with the green cocoon man in it and then head to the main part of the
keep again. Go to the entrance, see that little door next to the
entrance? Enter it!

In this next area, there will be many spiky roller genma attacking
you, kill ‘em and head toward the door protected by 2 blue thingies.
Unlock it and then enter the door. Smash that pot if you want
(there’s nothing inside it) and make your way to the next door,
killing the ninja genma along the way. In this next room you will
notice a light fog in the area. To Sam’s right there is the “Blue
Book”. Pick it up and then move over to the green area with the 3
colored orbs on it. This is the entrance to the underground part of
the keep! Equip the Raizan and examine the pedestal to open part 1 of
the entrance. Now equip the Enryuu and examine the pedestal to open
part 2 of the entrance. Finally, equip your Shipuu to open the last
part of the entrance to the underground section and proceed.

Oh man, there’s some creepy music playing here, especially the piano
parts! Okay move forward until you see a door, that’s being protected
by tormented souls, examine it and you will get this message;

“These ghosts are blocking this door and will not allow it to be
opened. It looks like the dead are screaming... But why do these
tormented souls want to interfere with your mission?”

We need a special type of item to open this door. Let’s go and find
it shall we? Take the other path and keep going until you see a steel
door. Enter it. Lookey lookey! A chest and a save mirror! Save and
enhance your Arashi (wind orb). Trust me. Inside the chest is a
“Herb”. Move on and cut those tentacles down and eventually you’ll
meet another Reynaldo! Kill him and then search the book shelves for
the “Green Book”, the “Orange Book” and the “Byakko”. Head through
the next door. There are many Reynaldo’s in this area and they can
use make their tentacles travel underneath the ground to attack you
sneakily. Kill them all. See that steel double door? Enter it! In
this room mo... what the hell are those things hanging from the
ceiling? Wait forget it! I don’t even wanna know! Head to the right
(Sam’s left) and you’ll find a chest containing the “Keep Und. Map”.
Keep going and chop that rope at the end to trigger the weight at the
other side of the room. Head on over and you will be able to pick up
the “Rosary of Com.”. This unique item will let you talk to dead
people. Spooky! Exit this room and have Sam go to the top of the
screen, see that door? Enter it! Go to the end of this room and
examine the chest to receive the “Purifier Bell”. This is the item we
need to get through that spirit infested door near the entrance to
the underground! Unfortunately, opening this chest also activates a
trap. Swinging blade’s (3 of them in fact) will be swinging from left
to right, attempting to turn Sam into Samurai Puree! My way of
getting past them is to go the right of the screen, keep you hand on
the R1 button and then JUST as the blade has swung past Sam, hit the
Forward button to make Sam quickly move forward. Do this for each of
the 3 swinging blades and then exit the room. Go back through the
hallway, past the double steel doors and then you will wind up back
at the room with the tentacles attached to the ground and ceiling.

Hack ‘em down again and proceed. Save and enhance your Arashi and
then return to the tormented spirit infested door. Use the Purifier
Bell and you can now proceed! Enter the door to find yourself in a
narrow hallway with several blue pods on the walls. Hmmm, I wonder if
those monsters will break out of the pods. Walk forward. Oh look,
they did! Kill them all. When you reach the end of this hallway, go
to Sam’s right and move all the way to the end for a “Fluorite”. You
should now have 6 Fluorites. Go back and enter the little door (the
first one you saw when you entered this area. Move forward a little
and you will come across a door protected by 2 green thingies. Ignore
it for the moment and head right at the corner. Enter the door here.
In this area, hack away at the tentacles and move along until you
locate a little white book and a chest. Pick up the “White Book” and
then examine the chest for yet another “Herb” and then exit the room.
Equip your Shipuu to unlock the door with the 2 green thingies on it
and enter.

Right, first things first, examine the iron maiden for another
“Fluorite” and then check it again for an amusing comment from Sam.
Now check that Trick Treasure Box;

Trick Treasure Box Solution =========================================

Middle, Right, Left

=====================================================================

There you go, a shiny new “Blue Key” for you! Well, okay so it isn’t
shiny at all. To the left of the dead guy in the corner is a “Byakko”
and to the right of him is the “Apocalypse #1”. If you want, talk to
the deceased man and then leave this room. Head back to the blue pod
room and then head to the door next to where you found the Fluorite.
Examine the door to automatically use the Blue Key item and then
enter it. In this area, move forward a little for a cutscene.

Kinoshita once again rears his ugly head and The Dark Ceremony
begins. He wastes no time in trapping Sam behind a green force field!
Meanwhile, Sam returns to Kaede, Yumemaru and Nui, but Yuki’s servant
grabs the boy! Kaede tries to help out, but Sam punches her!? Kaede
is knocked unconscious and Yumemaru is abducted AGAIN! Man, can he
spend at least 5 minutes without getting kidnapped? Back with the
trapped Sam and Kinoshita, the mighty samurai is furious with
Kinoshita who leaves Sam to be sucked even further underground! Kaede
wakes up and you’ll now be controlling her.

Kaede controls –

Square – Attack (Press 4 times for a combo)
Back + Square – Spinning Kick
Triangle – Throw a Kunai (You start out with 30 of them)
L1 – Block
R1 – Ready knife
R2 – Instant 180 degree turn

Kaede has a special Issen-type hit of her own! To do it, face a genma
and then press the R1, Forward and Square buttons all at the same
time. If you did it correctly then Kaede will flip over the opponents
head and slice their neck from behind. It looks very cool!

Notes of Kaede –

-       She can’t absorb souls, so don’t fight unless you really have
to!
-       She can’t use magic attacks
-       She is a lot weaker than Sam
-       She is a lot faster than Sam

Okay, here we go! Leave this room and you’ll see a dying soldier.
Kaede will speak with him and will obtain the “Red Key”. The soldier
(with his last breathes) told Kaede that monsters were coming from
the West Prison, so that’s where we’re going! Exit the keep. Head to
the top of the screen and go through the green gate. In this area,
head past the dry moat and the Rope Ladder and instead go to the door
that Sam couldn’t get through earlier. Examine it and Kaede will use
her Shinobi Kit to unlock the door! Enter it. In this area, kill the
ninja genma and then open the chest for a “Herb” and move on. Enter
this gate. Go around the corner and you will see a door with not 2,
but 3 blue thingies on it! Since Kaede doesn’t have a Gauntlet, she
cannot open this door. Search just to the right of this door for
another “Fluorite” and move on. See that well, you can climb down it
now if you want but there’s really no point, seeing as the only thing
that’s down here is the cocoon man and whenever Kaede tries talking
to him, he just ignores her. Head through the gate. You will find
yourself at an archery range where a lone soldier is trying to hold
off 3 genma all by himself. Kill the one of the ground and then climb
up the ladder (to the left of the building) to finish off the 2
archer genma. After you’ve killed them you’ll hear a “Uuugh”. This is
that soldier sighing in relief! Head back down the ladder to gain a
“Soul Absorber” from him.

Now, head through that door, that’s next to the ladder you went up,
to kill the archers (Not the door on the upper level of the building,
the door on ground level). On this screen you can chop the trees down
for a laugh. Move forward. See that shiny object lying in the grass?
Examine it for some additional “Kunai”. Move on and go through that
door. Kaede will use her Shinobi Kit to unlock it. Inside this room
is a save mirror! Hooray! There is also a Chant Treasure Box;

Chant Treasure Chest Solution #######################################

Fifth one, Seventh one, Second one

#####################################################################

For opening this one you get a “Magic Jewel”. Head through the door.
Notice that shiny thing next to the dead guard? Examine it to get the
“Gear”. Head even further to locate a massive gate. You can’t enter
it just now however, as you lack the proper items to do so. Examine
the gate to get this message;

“It will not open because it is blocked by an iron grille. However,
there must be a way to open it...”

Check the gates sides and you’ll see 2 holders. Looks like you’ll
need to inlay something’s here before you can gain access to this
gate. Head back past the save point and past the garden with the
trees you cut down, until you’re back at the archery range. Don’t
even think about fighting the big red demon here! Just don’t okay!?
Instead, head back up that ladder! Once at the top, go through the
door. In this area, run forward and climb down the ladder. You will
come across a door protected by 3 pink thingies here. Ignore it and
go the opposite direction for another save mirror, a magic fountain
(that Kaede can’t use) and a chest. Open it to get the “West Area
Map”. Examine the door to have Kaede use her Shinobi Kit, unlocking
it, and enter. In this corridor, kill these common genma, or run past
them. Keep going until you reach a fork in the hallway. Go to Kaede’s
left and enter that door. In this area, to Kaede’s left is a well
hidden chest with a “Herb” in it. We can never have too many of
these! See that second chest that’s not hidden at all? Open it to
gain the “Journal #5”. To the left of the screen, up on the bookshelf
is the “Suzaku”. Now then, walk over to that little brown box in the
corner and examine it to make it open up. Try to pull the string and
nothing will happen as its missing one of its gears. Bingo! We have
it with us! Use it! After setting the Gear, you will be asked if you
want to pull the string again. Go for it. Ooooooooo, secret entrance!
Enter this secret room and examine the chest for the “Silver Plate”
and then pick up the “Byakko” that’s lying right next to the chest.
But wait, we’re not done in this room yet! See that Buddha Statue
directly behind the chest that contained the Silver Plate? Examine it
and you’ll receive another Fluorite. You should now have 9 Fluorites.

Okay, we’re now done in here! Let’s leave. Head back to the fork in
the hallway, take door to the right this time. Wow, a furnace! Move
forward until you see a grey tab hanging from the ceiling. When you
pull it the door at the end of this room will open. However, you must
cross the room without turning Kaede into a Kunoichi barbecue. After
you’ve pulled the tab and the door opens, it will immediately (but
slowly) begin closing again. You need to get Kaede through that door,
before it shuts and also must make sure that she isn’t scorched by
the flames. Once inside, pull that tab to Kaede’s left and this will
make sure the door stays open, it will also turn the flames off!
Okay, see that glowing thing on the wall? Examine it for the “Gold
Plate”. Smash those wooden boxes to find another “Herb”. Exit the
furnace. Now, go all the way to the bottom of this hallway and go
through the door. In this room, save you game again and then climb up
the ladder that’s next to the door, being protected by 3 pink
thingies. Once at the top, head through the door. Now climb down the
ladder, once at the bottom, head through that door. You’ll be in the
garden filled with crickets again. Keep moving onward and go through
the door. Save if you want to and then go up to the gate that you
couldn’t get to before. Inlay the Silver Plate on the right side of
the gate and then inlay the Gold Plate on the left side of the gate.
Voila! Unlocked! Enter the gate. Woah, this place is on fire!
Literally! Don’t touch the dancing flames, or you’ll get hurt. See
that door? Enter it. Look around near the staircase for another
“Fluorite” and head on up those stairs. In this room, its time to
give Kaede a little present. Examine the Trick Treasure Box;

Trick Treasure Box Solution =========================================

Middle, Right, Right, Left, Left

=====================================================================

Haha! Congrats, you’ve just scored Kaede’s ultimate weapon – The
“Sacred Knife”! Equip it immediately. Wow, lovely glowing effect
there. Head back downstairs and then head through the door, we’re
nearly done with Kaede’s adventure! Notice how demons have now
infested the building? Well, don’t worry too much about them, you see
some genma just aren’t that smart. These ones will prove me right by
99% of the time walking into the flames! Go to the end of the hallway
and smash the pots in here. There’s also a ninja genma, but Kaede’s
new toy will make short work of it. Nab the “Kunai” from that chest
and then pick up the “Genbu” that next to the chest. After you’ve
collected these go back to the entrance to this burning building and
head down into the basement. Keep going and... EWW!! More tentacles!
Chop ‘em down and head through the door here. In this room, make your
way up to the purple jail cell and examine it for cutscene.

You’ve located Princess Yuki! Whilst Kaede picks the lock, Yuki talks
to her. The princess wants to leave castle and see the world with
Sam. Yuki tells Kaede to leave her and see the world with Sam, but
Kaede refuses. Whilst picking the lock, a bit flies off and cuts
Kaede’s cheek, but Yuki kindly wipes it for her. Suddenly, the mad
genma scientist, Guildenstern, appears and drags Yuki away! He tells
the Kunoichi that she can die in the jail cell alone and sets one of
his genma on her!

This is exactly like the first time you met with Guilden’ only that
he leaves you to fight a stronger monster than Reynaldo. This genma
can cloak himself and its attacks are quite damaging. The thing here
is to keep your eyes on the ground as soon as he turns invisible and
burrows inside the ground. He leaves a small trail of dust wherever
he goes, whilst cloaking himself. Also, when he comes out of cloaking
mode (when underground), he will attack you straight after with a
leaping attack, so keep your finger on that L1 button! Keep attacking
when given the chance and you’ll be fine!

After the fight he will die and an exhausted Kaede leaves the prison.
Your journey with the Kunoichi is over for now.

Meanwhile, Sam wakes up whilst underground. Controlling him, move
forward until you reach a chest and a save mirror. Check the chest
for a “Medicine” and then save your game, as there is a boss fight
coming up. Head onto the next screen. Cutscene! The evil Sam that
punched Kaede earlier is back and now he wants to kill the real Sam!
Does anyone else loves Sam’s expression here? I mean, wouldn’t you be
making that face if you just saw a complete copy of yourself? Anyway,
onto the battle at hand;

Boss – Stylado / Evil Samanosuke ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Okay, the first thing you should know, is that this guy loves to
block your attacks and he will block most of yours. He has only 2
attacks – Good Sam’s combo and a dark energy attack which takes him a
few seconds to perform. Oh dear, a few seconds! This is when you
should attack him! You’ll know he’s about to use his special move on
you, when he does a circular motion with his sword and the weapon is
engulfed in dark purple flames. Feel free to use normal attacks on
him, or a magic attack.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

After the battle, Styaldo falls over and passes away (Watch his face
when he’s fallen over!). The red barrier that confined Sam to this
area disappears and you’re free to leave, but I would recommend that
you save you game first! Oh, and don’t forget to absorb Stylado’s
souls to replenish your health and magic power! Head past the battle
site where you killed you’re evil clone and keep going until you see
2 chests. The small one contains the “Evil Plate” and the bigger one
contains the “Wooden Ladder”. Its not a Trick Treasure Box by the
way. Now walk to the end of this area. Notice that rope hanging down?
That was the one I told you not to cut earlier on! However, if you
did cut the rope like a naughty little boy / girl, then you’ll find a
“Power Jewel” here. If you were a good seed and didn’t cut it, then
you’ve already got the Power Jewel!

Use that new Wooden Ladder you just obtained (make Sam face the top
of the screen first) and then chose to climb up it. Hey! We’re back
in the room where we acquired the Bow! Leave here and go up to that
weird door from earlier. Along the way, you will notice that dead
bodies now have little clouds above their heads. Feel free to talk to
any of them. Okay now BEFORE you use the Evil Plate item on the door,
explore the rest of the keep first and pick up anything you may have
missed, cause after you enter this weird door, much of the keep will
be totalled, blocking off several paths. Hey, go to the little room
from before (with the save mirror, the magic refill fountain and the
weird cocoon man). Enter and the cocoon man will drop down, offering
you an invite to the Dark Realm. You may want to save your game first
though. If you don’t feel up to it that’s fine, just skip ahead the
next part of the walkthrough (press Ctrl and F on your keyboard and
type in - Alrighty then! Head to the weird door.)

The Dark Realm ******************************************************

The Dark Realm is a place where you go to fight enemies and lots of
them too! It is spread across exactly 20 small floors, each one
filled with a handful of enemies. The enemies get more and more
powerful as you clear each floor. Sam will have his work cut out for
him, if you decide to try and clear all 20 floors! There are also a
few items scattered throughout the Dark Realm, they aren’t hidden.
They are in chests right next to you as you enter some of the floors.
None of these chests are Chant Treasure Boxes, or Trick Treasure
Boxes, just ordinary chests which is nice! Also, make sure you get to
the final floor (floor 20) and obtain the Bishamon Ocarina. This item
will enable you unlock something REALLY great during the final parts
of the game...

$$$$$$ To gain access to the Dark Realm, you must have acquired the
Evil Plate item (gained right after you beat the Evil Sam $$$$$$

There are also 2 ways to get into the Dark Realm.

1) Remember the first room, you saved in, in the Keep? The room with
the save mirror and the magic fountain right next to it? You’ll find
the cocoon man at the end of this room.

2) Remember the screen, just before you arrive at the archery range?
There was that well there? Enter the well and at the far end of it
lies the cocoon man.

(No, these do not lead to 2 different Dark Realms, there is only 1
Dark Realm!)

Tips before entering the Dark Realm –

-       I suggest going in with a maxed out Raizan. This will make
short work of some enemies.
-       Make sure you’ve been using your Magic Jewels to increase Sam’s
magic bar.
-       Have the Holy Armor equipped, or if you waited till a bit later
to do the Dark Realm, equip your Great Armour.
-       Keep your finger close to the L1 button, just in case!

Okay, let’s do this!

Floor I;
Enemies – 10 Zombies
Item(s) – Nothing

Floor II;
Enemies – 7 Ninjas
Item(s) – Nothing

Floor III;
Enemies – 5 Zombies and 2 Red Knights
Item(s) - Nothing

Floor IV;
Enemies – 4 Red Knights
Item(s) - Nothing

Floor V;
Enemies – 5 Ninjas and 2 Red Knights
Item(s) – Nothing

Floor VI;
Enemies – 12 Hobgoblins
Item(s) – Nothing

Floor VII;
Enemies – 8 Hecubites
Item(s) - Fluorite

Floor VIII;
Enemies – 9 Hobgoblins and 4 Soul Stealers
Item(s) - Nothing

Floor IX;
Enemies – 6 Hobgoblins and 3 Orcs
Item(s) - Medicine

Floor X;
Enemies – 3 Orcs and 3 Soul Stealers
Item(s) - Fluorite

Floor XI;
Enemies – 5 Reynaldos
Item(s) - Nothing

Floor XII;
Enemies – 4 Reynaldos and 4 Soul Stealers
Item(s) – Soul Absorber

Floor XIII;
Enemies – 5 Hecubites and 3 Reynaldos
Item(s) - Nothing

Floor XIV;
Enemies – 3 Moles
Item(s) - Herb

Floor XV;
Enemies – 5 Reynaldos and 2 Moles
Item(s) - Talisman

Floor XVI;
Enemies – 7 Shadow Ninjas
Item(s) - Herb

Floor XVII;
Enemies – 3 Blue Knights and 2 Red Knights
Item(s) - Fluorite

Floor XVIII;
Enemies – 4 Shadow Ninjas and 2 Moles
Item(s) - Herb

Floor XIX;
Enemies – 6 Shadow Ninjas and 3 Blue Knights
Item(s) - Nothing

Floor XX;
Enemies – 3 Orcs and 3 Moles
Item(s) – Bishamon Ocarina

Done it? Congrats! Okay, let’s recap on all the items you should have
if you cleared the Dark Realm;

-       3 Herbs
-       1 Medicine
-       1 Soul Absorber
-       1 Talisman
-       3 Fluorites
-       1 Bishamon Ocarina

And oh yeah, you’ve just killed 147 enemies in a row! Also, check out
the number of souls you have now! Enhance those weapons and items!
Feel free to jump right back into the Dark Realm for some more souls
if you want, you can also get as many Medicine’s and Herb’s as you
like. Have fun!

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Alrighty then! Head to the weird door. Remember that Evil Plate you
picked up on the door and then enter it. Cutscene! It’s that traitor
Nui holding Yumemaru! She undoes her hair and then transforms into a
huge bee-type genma! She raises a gate that leads to the Demon World
and this destroys most of the Keep too. She enters the gate with the
boy, leaving Sam on the other side. Sam is joined by Kaede, who tries
throwing a Kunai at the gates force field, but that does nothing to
budge it. Looks like we’re gonna have to find a way!

When you regain control of Sam, exit this room. Head down the screen
and you’ll see that this section of the Keep has been destroyed by
the arrival of the Demon World’s gate. Head the opposite way and make
your way to the main part of the castle. Remember that door in the
main area of the Keep that led you to the Underground part? That’s
gone, so you can’t head underground anymore either. Oh yeah and
before I forget, make sure your Shiden Orb and your Kouen Orb are
both enhanced to the max. They’ll both need to be at level 3 right
now! Head outside the Keep and move Sam to the top of the screen,
head through the green gate here. In the next area, go toward the
next gate (past the dry mote) and enter it. Keep going and head
through the next one. In this area, go around the corner and you’ll
see the door that was protected by 3 blue thingies from earlier.
Unlock it then enter it! In this room, before doing anything, hold
the Circle button down and you will absorb many souls from that Soul
Shrine to Sam’s left. To Sam’s right is the “Genbu”. After picking
the Genbu up, move forward a little to see a statue, looks like some
thoughtless individual has taken its head away. Directly next to the
statue is a chest containing the Vision Staff”. This handy little
item makes Fluorites visible! So you’ll now know exactly where they
are! To the left of the statue of the West (in the middle of the
room) you’ll see a hidden passage, however, when you try to advance a
massive door drops down and blocks your path. Looks like we’ll have
to find a way to open it.

Leave this room and make your way back to that there archery range.
You’ll pass that well I told you about earlier, that houses the
cocoon man. If you wanna go to the Dark Realm, feel free to! At the
archery range, you will almost immediately be hit by arrows from the
annoying archers, so hold block! Destroy the big black samurai genma
and then go to that ladder near the door. Climb up it. At the top,
kill the archers for shooting at you and then enter the door here.
Climb down that ladder and then save your game, recover your magic
power and enhance as needed. See that door protected by 3 pink
thingies? Unlock it and enter it. Head up and look in that chest for
a “Medicine”. Now comes the fun bit! Whilst standing behind that
fence, cut the rope holding the catapult and watch what happens!
HAHA, I never get tired of that! You’ll see a “Fluorite” that was
hiding under the catapult, pick it up and head through the door. Oh
man! 4 HUGE genma have come to say hello, and by “say hello” I really
mean slice him and dice him six ways to Sunday! Immediately use your
Enryuu magic attack to knock the first 3 down and then use it again.
After this (should the smaller ones not be dead already) 1 or 2
normal slashes should take them out. Now move onto the big red Genma.
He’s massive huh? Well don’t let his size scare you. Use your Raizan
magic attack on this guy and if he gets knocked down, then run up to
him and stab him, before he can get up. Easy right? Well then do it!

Okay, near the entrance to this area, is a chest containing that
“Statue Head” we’ve been looking for! A little ways up is another
chest with some “Bullets” inside it. Move up a little bit and examine
that glowing green light for the “Decorated Sword”. Got those 3
items? Great, let’s leave this area. You’ll be greeted by 3 normal
zombie genma and another archer. Kill ‘em and then proceed. Go back
through that door and into the food parlour (room with the save
mirror and the magic fountain). In this room, save, enhance and head
up the ladder, then go through the door. We’re back in the archery
range. Go down the ladder here. Kill the big black samurai demons and
head down the screen. Through that door. Circle around the path until
you get to that door that was protected by the 3 blur things and
enter it, while watching out for those black ninja genma. In this
room, go up to that statue with no head and use the Statue Head item.
Sam will fit it securely in place and that will open the door at the
end of the hidden passageway! Go and claim your “Matchlock”! Now you
have a machine gun! Hohoho. Well, okay I lied it’s NOT a machine gun!
Sorry. Anyway, head out of this room and if there are archer genma
trying to hurt you, then test out your new toy on them! Head back to
the area, just outside the Keep. Along the way, you’ll spot a white
glowing object, it’s another “Fluorite”! Remember that grey door,
that you couldn’t gain entrance to near the beginning of the game? In
the bottom right hand side of the area? Go there. A cutscene will
show a soldier yelling “Help me!!” and then a few Hecubite genma will
burst through that barred door. Thank them, then kill them. Talk to
the soldier if you want and then head through the newly opened door.
You’ll see a grey slab with an imprint of a sword in it. Use your
Decorated Sword on it. Head through the newly revealed gate.

Head down and kill the ninja genma that pop up in a vain effort to
make you jump. Soon enough the path splits into 2. Head upwards and
then turn right to see a door that’s protected by 2 green things.
Unlock it, then enter it. In this room, go straight forward and equip
you Matchlock. Shoot at the rope and it will release a bridge. Cross
that bridge. Open the chest on Sam’s left for some more “Bullets”.
Face the dead end, switch to one of your blades and slice it! A
section will fall off. Examine it for a “Talisman”. Head back across
the bridge and this time, go the other way (A.K.A. the path just
before the bridge you just crossed). Examine the door for the
“Journal #6”. This Journal is Saimyou’s final one. He tells you, or
rather shows you how to unlock the seal that’s preventing you from
entering the demon world. Good bye Saimyou. Enter the door. In this
area, go right to the end, ignoring the door on Sam’s left. Enter the
door at the end and you’ll find yourself in a small room. Directly in
front of you is a chest containing some “Bullets”. On that small
shelve unit, is the “Genbu”. To the left of the Genbu is another
thing for you to slice. Slice it and then examine it to receive the
“East Area Map”. Exit this small room. Go down the path and on Sam’s
right, you’ll see a door. Enter it. In this room, directly to Sam’s
left is a chest containing, yep you guessed it, even more “Bullets”!


Now, up them stairs! On the way, watch out for and kill the annoying
archers and the black samurai genma. At the end of this path, you’ll
see a chest with a “Magic Jewel” inside it. Take the Jewel and then
climb up the ladder. Go around this square section of the roof and
you’ll eventually see and opening, next to this opening (on the left
of the screen) is another “Fluorite”. As you go through this wrecked
part of the roof, the crows will fly away from their meal and you’ll
be facing some shadow ninja genma. Kill ‘em. Next to the dead body is
a flashing object – a “Power Jewel”. This will be your last Power
Jewel. Circle around this roof to find another “Soul Absorber”. Okay,
time to leave this roof. Head back down the ladder and then travel
down that path inside of the building. Now then, once at the bottom,
you should see a door behind Sam, that protected by 3 green thingies.
Equip your Shipuu, unlock the door, then enter it. I love the harp
music playing here! Turn around and unlock the door from this side as
well, but don’t re-enter it. If Sam is facing this door, then make
him go left. Enter that small gate. In this area, a cloaking demon
(like the one Kaede killed in the small prison) has arrived to get
his arse kicked. So kick it! After he’s killed go up to that Soul
Shrine and absorb baby! Enter the door to the left of the Soul
Shrine. In this area, just move forward until you see another gate,
enter it. Okay, now you should be in an area with a waterfall,
beautiful isn’t it? To kill that demon right at the end of the
rickety bridge, lure him onto it, then run back and cut the ropes to
make him fall to his watery grave! Just make sure you aren’t ON the
bridge when cutting the ropes! Haha! Take that genma bastard!
Remember to keep the Circle button held down after he’s fallen,
because he will still release some souls after you cut the ropes.
It’ll just take a few seconds is all. There is another one of these
genma lurking around behind the bridge. Kill him and then search
around here for a secret passageway, in which you’ll find another
Trick Treasure Box;

Trick Treasure Box Solution =========================================

Lower left, Upper right, Lower right, Lower left, Lower right

=====================================================================

Say goodbye to your Holy Armor, as successfully opening this chest
will net you the “Great Armor”! Equip it right now! Wehey! Lookin’
sharp Sam! Okay, after you’ve finished checking out how lovely Sam
looks in his new armor, head to the other side of the waterfall and
enter that door. In this room is a save mirror, a magic fountain, a
normal chest and a Chant Treasure Box. Save, enhance, then open the
chest at the bottom of this screen for a “Medicine”. Now move on over
to that Chant Treasure Box and lets see if we can’t open it hm?

Chant Treasure Box ##################################################

Third one, Sixth one

#####################################################################

Hmmm... that was a short one! Oh well, enjoy your last “Magic Jewel”!
The door to the left of this room is inaccessible to Sam, only Kaede
can open it. Instead, move Sam down those stairs. You should see a
“Fluorite” here, pick it up! From here, examine that boat to the
right of the screen and chose to board it. This will take you to that
building off in the distance. Once you’ve reached the shore, enter
that door. Hehe, rhyme! Inside this building, walk forward and you
see that thing on the altar? That’s one of the things we’ll be
needing to break the seal that’s keeping you from entering the gate
to the demon world. Examine it to receive the “Great Bow”! Cutscene!
The door behind Sam closes, leaving him trapped inside! To make
matters worse, Hecubites have started gathering in the room! The
scene will switch back to Kaede, who gets a fright as a Hecubite
bursts out of the water to kill her. You’ll now be playing as the
female Kunoichi once again. Also, if you completed the first Kaede
scenario with any of your health missing, then that health will still
be missing now. Damn! Heal her up if you want and then take out the
Hecubite genma here, there should be 2 of them. Start moving up the
path and you see where it branches off to the left? Go that way!
Examine the door to have Kaede use her Shinobi Kit to unlock it.
Enter this door. In this area, BE CAREFUL! As you move forward, 2
hecubites will inevitably pop up out of the water an either side of
Kaede. A good way to kill them, is to slash the one in front of you
once or twice and then try her Issen type move on it. Kaede can’t use
Issen’s on these creatures, as they don’t have enough height to them.
Anyway, after Kaede has performed her flip over the Hecubite, just
slash away until they’re both dead.

When the path splits right, head all the way to the right and open
the semi-hidden chest for some more “Kunai”. Now, head through that
double door, next to this chest. In this room, directly to Kaede’s
right is a “Fluorite” on the floor, pick it up. Also, to the right of
that huge statue (located in the middle of the room) is a “Herb”. Now
then, head around that statue and you’ll see a secret passage. Head
around and go right to the end to find the “Apocalypse #2”. Exit this
room. Now then, head up and examine that door at the top of the
screen to have the Kunoichi use her Shinobi Kit on it. Enter the
door. Heh heh, does this area look familiar? Head all the way to the
left of the screen and go through that gate. On the next screen, just
keep running forward and enter that gate. Now then, in this area,
continue to move forward. Enter the gate at the end and you’ll now
find yourself back in the area with the massive waterfall. Go around
the waterfall. In case you’re wondering, no there is not a Great
Ninja Outfit for Kaede hidden in a chest behind the waterfall. Though
it would be cool if there was... Head through that door on the other
side of the waterfall. Inside this room, save your game. Now, head on
over to the left hand side of the screen that Sam couldn’t open
earlier. Examine it to have Kaede once again use her Shinobi Kit on
it, unlocking it. Enter this door. In this bit, run forward and watch
the humorous sight of the genma falling down, if you chose to attack
them while they’re climbing up!

Go all the way to the end of the path and enter that door. In this
room, hack down the boards revealing a chest containing some “Normal
Arrows”. At the end of this room is a big black samurai genma
accompanied by 2 zombie genma, kill the small ones first and then
move onto the big guy. Execute Kaede’s neck slice move (the Issen
type kill) on him, to end this battle quickly. Head through the door
at the end. In this area, there are many zombie genma. Just kill ‘em
all and then smash the pots to find some more “Kunai”. Now, go to the
top of the screen and then head right. Go through that door. In this
room there is a save mirror, so save your game! Climb up that ladder
next to the save mirror and smash those crates. See that shining
object it’s another “Fluorite”! Also hidden in this room is the
“Genbu”. This Genbu is just across from the Fluorite you just picked
up. Climb back down that ladder and go through those double doors.
HOLD THE BLOCK BUTTON!! There is an archer right at the end of this
path who will be shooting at you. Run up and kill him. After slaying
him, turn left and enter that small door. In this room, directly on
Kaede’s left is the final “Suzaku”! Check your files after picking it
up, you should now have all 4 Seiryus, all 4 Suzakus, all 4 Byakkos
and all 4 Genbus. If you have, then congratulations! If you haven’t,
then don’t fret it. You never really needed them anyway cause your
using this guide! Inside that chest is another “Herb”. Now check that
little shining thing near the ladder for the FINAL “Fluorite”!
Yaaaaay! If you went through the Dark Realm, like I suggested earlier
and picked up all the items while you were in there, then you should
now have 20 Fluorites. Climb up that ladder.

In this room, keep going around all the corners and you’ll eventually
come across another Trick Treasure Box. It seems as if we’re
completing a lot of things now doesn’t it? This is the last Trick
Treasure Box;

Trick Treasure Box Solution =========================================

Left, Left, Middle, Right, Right, Middle, Middle

=====================================================================

Open this last one to receive the “Decorated Bow”. Head back to the
ladder, on your way a shadow ninja genma should appear to say hello.
Kill him and climb down the ladder. Go through that door again. Now
enter those double doors, you saw earlier, remember, where you killed
the archer? In this room, you’ll come across a statue. Examine the
black and gold treasure chest in front of it to get this message;

“There is an off treasure box... But it won’t open. There is no
keyhole, so you will need to figure out the locking mechanism.”

See that small path to the left of the statue? Go through there and
turn the corner, till you see a dragon pedestal, holding an arrow.
Examine it to gain the “Great Arrow”. Woohoo! Now Sam can finally
enter the demon world and... Sam? SAM?? Crap, he’s still in trouble!
Lets finish up with Kaede’s final scenario and go rescue him! After
picking up the Great Arrow, the door to this room will lock, trapping
Kaede inside. Worry not though! Remember that Decorated Arrow you
picked up earlier? Well, place that on the dragon pedestal to unlatch
the door and that odd looking treasure chest in front of the statue.
Open the chest for the “Green Key” and leave this room. Okay, now you
must return to that room with all the pots in it that you broke. So
go there. Remember to block because there is another archer just
outside this room, looking for revenge for his little brother. Kill
him. Back in the room with the urns? Great. This time take the left
path. I also think its worth noting the big black samurai genma
that’s lurking around in here. Don’t worry though, as a few Kunai
will take him down! Examine the door at the end of the left path to
have Kaede automatically use the Green Key. Enter the door.

Head to the ladder and climb down it. Go to the right hand side of
the screen and you’ll find a boat. Choose to board it. It will take
Kaede to the building where Samanosuke is! Examine the door and
you’re adventure with Kaede will end. Cutscene! Kaede peers inside
the door and sees that Sam is in trouble, but she can’t open the
door, to make matters worse, a monster is coming! Kaede quickly
locates a boat filled with gunpowder... Inside the building, Sam is
confronted by Hecuba, who announces that the Dark Ceremony is
starting! The genma also plan to kill Yumemaru as well. It seems that
by killing him, Yuki’s sorrow will peek and it will make her blood
taste better. Hecuba summons her “babies” and the fight with her
begins!

Boss – Hecuba +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

This boss battle is not really that hard, rather annoying. Hecuba,
being a bee-type genma is constantly in the air rendering your normal
combo useless. To make matters worse, you have to keep on killing her
babies the Hecubites. To take care of the Hecubites, use your Enryuu
fire magic or the Shipuu wind magic on them. Don’t worry they are
much weaker than the ones you’ve faced before. Even a normal combo
with a maxed out Raizan will kill one of them. To hit Hecuba, wait
for her to swoop down to try and hit you and then use a combo or some
magic on her. The Shipuu’s wind magic can hit her when she’s out of
your range. Burst bullets work wonders here! Also, about her swooping
attack, if you block it (you are blocking aren’t you?) then Sam will
be momentarily knocked back slightly leaving her time to ascend into
the air again. Oh yeah, after you’ve used the wind magic on her, she
will be momentarily weakened, so used the Raizan’s magic attack or a
combo on her! One of her other attacks is a normal sweep with her
arm. If you’re lucky enough then this attack will actually kill one
of the Hecubites! Keep attacking her ass and she’ll fall eventually.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

After the battle, Hecy falls into the water. Kaede arrives and helps
Sam out of the building with a ladder, but Hecy returns! Fortunately,
Hecuba gets trapped under a flaming support beam that falls down from
the ceiling. As she screams, Sam and Kaede escape from the huge
explosion, however, Kaede is unfortunately injured. Sam brings her
back to the Keep and places her in one of the rooms, smiles at her,
delivers a great speech and then leaves to go to the Demon World.

Wehey! No more scary music plays in the Keep now! Now plays an
inspiring tune to get you in the mood for saving Yuki and Yumemaru!
Lets go young Samurai!

Okay, first things first, you have now reached the final part of
Onimusha. Go and save your game. Now is the time to do any enhancing.
Make sure everything is at level 3 and make sure that all your herbs
are enhanced into medicines, any arrows upgraded to flame arrows and
any bullets are transformed into burst bullets. Once you enter the
demon world, you won’t be coming out. If you haven’t done so already,
go through the Dark Realm. The final boss will be a piece of cake if
you obtain the Bishamon Ocarina. Trust me! If you’ve done all you can
do, then head back to the room where Nui transformed herself into
Hecuba. Once there, go to the item screen (press Start and then
right) and select to use either the Great Bow, or the Great Arrow to
start an awesome cutscene of Sam destroying the barrier. With the
barrier gone, Sam makes his way inside. Welcome to the demon world,
here Sam will be met by Guildenstern. After getting insulted by the
samurai, Guilden sets his ultimate creation upon Sam – A supped up
Marcellus!!

Boss – Super Marcellus ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Yep, remember that guy you killed on the roof earlier? He’s back and
he wants revenge! This Marcellus is a real handful if you’re not
careful. He starts out with a huge shield and a sword. Oh yes that
shield of his can and will block most of your attacks. Even the
Raizan’s magical attack is useless against it. Wait for him to attack
and then use a magic attack on him. After you’ve damaged him enough,
his sword and shield will both be lost to him, however, he just forms
2 new swords the bastard! Do you have a talisman? If Marcy kills you,
then you will be instantly revived on the spot with a full life bar.
You should have 2 of them on you if you followed this walkthrough.
You can still block all of his attacks though, just watch out for his
spinning attack. Its brutal. Absorb the souls he releases (he lets
off quite a few yellow and blue souls ya know!) and keep slashing
away and you’ll be fine!

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

After being defeated by Sam a second time, Marcy turns into a red
light and then releases his souls. Absorb these immediately to
replenish your lost health completely. Before you leave this area, go
to the part where you just came from to find a chest containing a
“Medicine”. Now head through the door at the end. In this area, press
the Circle button to absorb some magic souls to replenish your magic.
See the weird looking door to the right of the magic fountain? Use
your Bishamon Ocarina and watch it open up! Inside you’ll see a
skeleton attached to the wall, plunged into its chest is a sword. The
Bishamon Sword. Sam’s ULTIMATE WEAPON!! Equip it immediately. Wow,
check it out, its nice eh? This sword can kill most enemies in just 1
hit and it NEVER runs out of magic power! Head on out. You’ll find a
save mirror – the final one – in the corner of the magic fountain
room. Next to the save mirror is the “Dark Realm Map”. Save, enhance
your herbs to medicines and head through that door on the right.

You don’t need any directions for this room, its just a spiral going
down, down, down... Along the way, you’ll find out what’s creating
Reynaldos. And it won’t stop spawning them either, so you have an
infinite supply of the buggers to kill. Use them to gain more souls
and enhance any last things you need to. At the very bottom of this
spiralling path is a cloaking genma. Kill him and then pick up the 2
“Medicines” right behind him. Head left and you’ll see a huge door.
This is it. The final boss of the game. Boy we’ve sure had some fun
haven’t we? Take a deep breath and then enter the door. Cutscene! Sam
spots Yuki and Yumemaru! They’re tied to a wall and are very high up,
but they’re unharmed. Just as Sam goes to free the, he here’s a
monstrous laugh. The King of Demons has arrived! Fortinbras bursts
into the area! “Come here Nobunaga!” He bellows, “Drinks her blood
from the Grail of Despair!” Uh-oh! Its Nobunaga Oda himself! He
descends the steps all sinister-like, ready to drink Yuki’s blood!
Fortinbras then begins shocking the princess, as she screams,
Yumemaru yells out her name. Fortinbras only laughs. With that, Sam
delivers one final speech;

“Even if I die... I will DESTROY YOU!!”

Fortinbras roars and the battle begins!

Boss – Fortinbras +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Here we go! The final boss of the game! He has a multitude of attacks
and is extremely powerful. He doesn’t move at all from his spot, but
the area you’re in is incredibly limited and small. Forty uses his
incredible reach to try and stab you with his hand, you can block
this, but it will knock you back a lot. He has a fire breathe attack
that will cover the entire arena, but you can just stay in one of the
corners, until he’s finished using it. See those glowing pink orbs in
the air? Avoid those at all costs! You’ll be able to see where
they’re going to hit by looking out for the pink shadows on the
floor. When Forty uses his eye lasers, keep the R1 button held down
and dodge left and right until he stops using them H uses a few of
these eye lasers so be careful! His most powerful attack is something
you do NOT want to receive; Forty picks Sam up, stares at him for a
few seconds and then does a 1 hit kill to him! If you’re unfortunate
enough to be scooped up by him, then MASH THOSE DAMN BUTTONS like a
madman! Mad I tell you!! Okay, that’s all his attacks and how you can
avoid or block them, lets move onto how you can damage him! You could
use all your magic attacks at once and then switch to normal combos
to deal damage to him. The swords effectiveness against Forty in
order is this – Enryuu > Raizan > Shipuu

Of course, you could just stay in one of the corners and shoot him to
death with Flaming Arrows and Burst Bullets, while occasionally
dodging his attacks.

If you got the Bishamon sword, then just slash at him a couple dozen
times. That’s it. Now do you see the power it holds? -_^

Keep at it and he will fall at your feet!

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

CONGRATULATIONS!! You have just completed the first in Capcom’s epic
samurai trilogy! Give yourself a pat on the back, or get somebody
else to do it for you, then sit back and watch the amazing FMV
ending. I recommend you watch the ending first, rather than reading
it from this walkthrough and then watching it. Oh yeah, don’t forget
to check out what grade you got!

I’ll see you in Onimusha 2!

******************************ENDING*********************************

Fortinbras falls and the place begins to fall apart.

Samanosuke sheathes his sword and is joined by a recently recovered
Kaede.

Kaede – Samanosuke!

Samanosuke – Kaede! Lets get out of here!

The two of them cut the things that are holding Princess Yuki and
Yumemaru.

Yuki – Samanosuke!

Yumemaru – I’m fine.

Samanosuke – We cannot stay here any longer! Run!

The 4 of them all descend the stairs and run for the door. Yumemaru
stops to look at Fortinbras’ dead body, but Kaede grabs his arm to
pull him away.

Kaede – Yumemaru!

Samanosuke makes sure they get out, but suddenly Fortinbras comes
back to life! He grabs Samanosuke in his hand and begins to crush
him. Yuki sees this.

Fortinbras – There is no escape from me!!

Yuki – Noooo!

Samanosuke – Forget about me! Go!

Kaede helps Yuki to escape as Fortinbras’ grip tightens by the
second. As Samanosuke looses consciousness, he mutters the names of
his friends.

Samanosuke – Yuki... Kaede... Yumemaru...

Samanosuke coughs up a mouthful of blood. The blood goes on the
gauntlet and a powerful explosion blows Fortinbras’ right hand
straight off! The demon king looks at Samanosuke who has transformed
into an Onimusha! Fortinbras reaches for Samanosuke again, but the
samurai simply places his sword on the ground in front of himself and
the demon king’s arm is cut in half almost all the way to the end.
Samanosuke raises his blade high and Fortinbras can only stare as the
sword is plunged straight into his eye! Fortinbras is finally dead.

Samanosuke wakes up, without a top on. His hair is loose. The samurai
spots Nobunaga standing behind him and gets up, ready to face the
warlord...

What happened to the characters next??

Yuki went to stay with a family friend. She left a month later to see
the world.

Following Sam’s advice, Yumemaru accompanied her, also wanting to see
the world.

Kaede searched for Sam, but never found him. Sam’s uncle Mitsuhide
employed her as his agent. She sadly died 14 years later in a war.
Rest in peace Kaede.

As for Sam, nobody knows what happened to him...

STAY UNTIL AFTER THE CREDITS FOR AN EXTRA SCENE!!
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IX) Unlockables

Oni Spirits mini game – Collect all 20 Fluorites

Special sneak peak trailer of Onimusha 2 – Simply complete the game
once on any difficulty.

Ultimate mode – Complete the Oni Spirits mini game.

(In Ultimate Mode you start the game with the Bishamon Sword, 99 Soul
Absorbers, 99 arrows, 99 bullets, all other swords and unlimited
magic!!)

Kaede’s extra costume – Complete the game with an S ranking.

Samanosuke’s Panda outfit – Complete the game, obtaining at least 10
Fluorites to unlock Sam’s panda costume! ^.^

(The panda outfit is so funny. The gauntlet gets replaced with a
sunflower. You can press the L2 button to remove the panda mask from
Sam’s head and there’s a little baby panda in the pouch of the
outfit! The baby panda is constantly looking around and clapping his
hands. So cute!! ...ahem, let’s move on shall we?)
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X) Trivia

* Onimusha was originally to be released for the Nintendo 64 system.
It was then moved to the Playstation. Development then finally
settled on the Playstation 2 system.

* Look at the gauntlet when you have an orb equipped. It blinks.

* Sam’s full name is Hidemitsu Samanosuke Akechi, as revealed in
Onimusha 3

* The word genma is actually not spoken, or written at all in this
game, or in Onimusha 2. Capcom started using the word genma in
Onimusha 3.

* When Sam has his bow equipped, press R1, but don’t actually fire
the arrow. Take your hand off R1 and Sam will now be holding the
arrow in his other hand. He will continue to hold it until you enter
another screen.

* There was actually one part of the game that was edited and that
part was the Nui transformation into Hecuba. Some small parts were
cut out and I’m not gonna tell you what they were, you’ll have to
watch the clip yourself!

Release dates –

Japan – January 25 2001
America – March 13 2001
Europe - July 6 2001
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XI) Frequently Asked Questions

Q) How long is this game?
A) A skilled player can complete it in 3 hours or less. I once
completed it in 2 hours and 33 minutes.

Q) Who voices Sam?
A) Takeshi Kaneshiro in Japanese and Tig Fong in English.

Q) Did Samanosuke die at the end?
A) Play Onimusha 3. It tells you what happened to Sam.

Q) How good are you at this game?
A) I dunno, good I guess. I’ve completed it over 10 times, I toy
around with the bosses, etc.
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XII) Special Thanks

- Capcom for making what has become my favorite Playstation 2 game.
- Takeshi Kaneshiro for playing the part of Sam.
- Sam for quickly becoming my favorite video game  character ever.
- My friend Danny for offering his support. Thanks man!
- Me for writing this walkthrough
- You for reading this walkthrough, unless of course you’re someone I
 hate...

Looks like you’re done now. Go outside and play...

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