That changes in a couple weeks with the release of Inuyasha: Feudal Combat. We've already talked about this title a bit in our preview a while back, but now Bandai is giving us a deeper look at the cast of Feudal Combat. Today, we're going to look at six of the game's 12 fighters and learn a bit of strategy that will help you take on your enemies.
The Fighters
The half-demon son of a demon father and human mother, Inuyasha was bound to a tree by a magical arrow from Kikyo's bow while attempting to capture the Shikon Jewel. Inuyasha seeks the Jewel, thinking that it can transform him into a full-fledged demon. He possesses his father's "Tetsusaiga" sword, which enables him to defeat powerful opponents. Inuyasha's a strong fighter, so in Feudal Combat, he's especially effective at close range.
Kagome is a 15-year-old junior high school student who lives with her family at the Higurashi Shrine in Japan. Kagome is actually the reincarnation of Kikyo, the young woman who stopped Inuyasha many years ago. Kagome joins Inuyasha after she frees him from the spell of Kikyo's magical arrow in a quest to recover the shattered fragments of the Shikon Jewel, which Kagome accidentally shot and shattered with an arrow. Despite that small blunder, her bow and arrow prove to be a deadly weapon in Feudal Combat.
Kikyo is the shrine maiden who bound Inuyasha with a magical arrow 50 years ago. She had the power to purify the Shikon Jewel. She sacrificed her own life to keep the Jewel from returning to the realm of the living, but the Jewel was revived by demon magic.
A young girl born to a tribe of exorcists (demon exterminators), Sango uses a weapon called "Hiraikotsu" against demons. If you want to make things easier on yourself, feel free to refer to the Hiraikotsu as "the really big boomerang." Her entire tribe and village were annihilated by the series' main villain, the evil Naraku, who now also controls her brother, Kohaku.
