Senran Kagura (閃乱カグラ^?) is a 2011 Japanese video game for Nintendo 3DS. It was adapted into a manga series in 2011 and it will be adapted into an anime television series.^[1]

Senran Kagura Burst was announced to be released 30th of August, 2012 in Japan. Burst allows gamers to play as members of the rival viper clan from the first title as well as implementing stereoscopic 3D into the dressing room mode. It was also announced that Burst would include the first game on the cartridge. No announcement regarding a North American release have been made, although petitions and support threads have been made on localization websites such as XSeed.

Overview [link]

Senran Kagura is a side scrolling action game for the 3DS. The player will assume the control of 5 different female ninja characters. The more they are damaged by enemies, the more their clothes are torn off. The game will also feature erotic elements that use the features of the Nintendo 3DS system such as stereostopic 3D, 3D cleavage along with 3D images of other body parts. Senran Kagura will feature character designs from Nan Yaegashi and scenario work from Yukinori Kitajima.

Gameplay [link]

The main gameplay consist of 3 parts.

Novel [link]

Where the main information of each characters' back stories, major plot points, and general information on the universe of Senran Kagura is told. This section is in the style of 3D visual novel. It is structured like a book and the R button will take you to the next section of text or let you skip through to the end. The Novel part is introduced at major plot points in the story and acts as character set up as well as progression of the story.

Adventure [link]

Where most of the main story takes place as well as all character interaction using the in game character models, it is considered the main HUB world. This part uses text and is fully voiced. The Adventure part will come up at the start of each main mission and at the end of each main mission. There are times where the Novel part will end and the Adventure part would pick up giving more information on the story before starting the mission.

Action [link]

Where the main gameplay takes place. This part consist of battling through the main story as well as side missions. When progressing through the action part you level up your character while gaining new moves and abilities as well as unlock various things for the game such as art work, achievements, music costumes and new characters. The structure of the missions in the action part consist of beat-em up, hack and slash, survival and boss fights. There are also specific missions like time, collect and destroy. The main missions are split in to 5 chapters and each chapters contains a number of story missions as well as extra missions that are optional. once a story mission is complete you can then play that mission again with any any of the unlocked characters. At the end of a mission you are given a grade based on your health, attack and speed of completing the mission.

Development [link]

Game producer Kenichiro Takaki came up with the idea for the game around April, 2010 when he decided to make a 3DS game. Apparently, within 30 seconds of thinking about a possible game he realized that one of the things people want to see the most in 3D are breasts. The producer then began Senran Kagura's design document as well as working on a budget, creating characters, a plot and deciding upon gameplay elements. Takaki also met with character designer Nan Yaegashi and scenario writer Yukinori Kitajima.

References [link]

External links [link]

• Official anime site (Japanese)
• Senran Kagura (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia

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