Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny Game Remaster Adds Easy Mode, Mini-Games, More New Features
CAPCOM revealed in a new trailer for the remastered Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny game on Saturday that it is adding new features to the game. The trailer previews the new features which include an easy mode, a hell mode, mini-games, a special outfit, the original soundtrack, and a special gallery.The remastered game will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam on May 23.Players who have save data for Warlords will get a free Jubei: Samanosuke Outfit for Samurai's Destiny. Pre-orders will also grant the Onimusha 2: Orchestra Album Selection Pack.Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny originally launched for the PlayStation 2 in Japan in March 2002, in North America in August 2002, and in Europe in October 2002.CAPCOM debuted the Onimusha Sengoku-era survival action game series in 2001. The games in the series retell stories from the Sengoku era but with supernatural elements. The latest game in the series, a remaster of Onimusha: Warlords, released in January 2019. Onimusha: Way of the Sword is slated for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam in 2026.The game series previously inspired the Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams CG film in 2006. The film compiles the CG-animated footage from CAPCOM's Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams PlayStation 2 video game and also adds extra animated scenes.An anime based on the franchise, debuted worldwide on Netflix in November 2023. Shin'ya Sugai directed the anime at Sublimation. Famed director Takashi Miike (live-action Ichi the Killer, Blade of the Immortal, Crows Zero, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, Terraformars) served as the supervising director.Source: CAPCOM Europe's YouTube channel
