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Onechanbara
Wii variant to the first Onechanbara logo (North American release)
Genre(s)	Hack and slash
Developer(s)	Tamsoft
Publisher(s)	D3 Publisher
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows
First release	Zombie Zone August 7, 2004
Latest release	OneeChanbara Origin December 5, 2019

OneChanbara (お姉チャンバラ), initially defined The OneeChanbara (THE お姉チャンバラ), is a series of action-adventure hack and slash video games originally developed by Tamsoft for D3 Publisher's Simple 2000 series. The title is a portmanteau of the Japanese words onee-chan (お姉ちゃん, lit. "big sister", but also a colloquialism for a young adult woman) and chanbara (チャンバラ, "sword fighting"). The series centers around Aya, a cowgirl who wears a scarf and wields a katana, who is pitted against hordes of zombies and other monsters.

Gameplay

Players guide their characters through the stages, completing tasks while fighting through enemies. The player-character's weapon becomes progressively covered in blood, causing their attacks to be slower and to inflict less damage, even getting stuck in enemies if it gets too bad. This is represented by a "Blood Meter" showing how dirty the weapon is. To prevent this, players must actively clean off their sword to keep the blood meter from filling up.

In addition, there is also the "Blood Lust" meter. As a character kills enemies, this meter starts to fill. Once the meter is full, the character will go into a "blood frenzy". This gives the character an increase in attack power, but drains health. To recover from a blood frenzy, the player must use statue items, which are dropped by dead enemies. Additionally each level will contain a large statue. Going to the large statue will remove the blood frenzy and also recover any lost health.

Games

Main series

Updated versions

Spin-offs

Other media

Aya, the series' main character, has also appeared in Simple 2000 Series Vol. 91: The All*Star Kakutou Matsuri (released as All-Star Fighters in Europe in March 2007), a fighting game featuring characters from many different Simple 2000 series releases.

Reception

References

1. Hatfield, Daemon (2009-02-12). "Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers Review". IGN. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
2. ^ "Review: Onechanbara Z2: Chaos". Destructoid. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
3. "Onechanbara Z2: Chaos European release date set". 17 July 2015.
4. Joe Sigadel (July 1, 2015). "Press Release: Onechanbara Z2: Chaos Launches On July 21". Oprainfall. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
5. "Cel shaded Onechanbara comes to cell phones". Siliconera. 2007-01-11. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
6. "Z.P.F. Anna: A Blend Of Resident Evil 4 And The Onechanbara". Siliconera. 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
7. "ポロリもあるよ!? 『お姉チャンバラ』映画製作発表記者会見が開催」". Retrieved 2008-02-13.
8. "Meet The Stars Of New Onechanbara Movie". Kotaku. 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
9. https://www.metacritic.com/game/onechanbara-bikini-samurai-squad%2Fxbox-360/
10. https://www.metacritic.com/game/onechanbara-bikini-zombie-slayers%2Fwii/
11. https://www.metacritic.com/game/onechanbara-z2-chaos%2Fplaystation-4/
12. "SG/ZH: School Girl Zombie Hunter Reviews". Metacritic.
13. "Onee Chanbara ORIGIN Reviews". Metacritic.

External links

• Official website

• Crowd-combat fighting games
• Action-adventure games
• Hack and slash games
• OneChanbara
• Simple 2000 games
• Video games featuring female protagonists
• Video game franchises
• Video games about zombies
• Video game franchises introduced in 2004
• Hack and slash games by series