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Synopsis

Based on the anime series Ushio & Tora, this game tells the story of a boy named Ushio. He lives in modern Tokyo with his father, but his family lineage dates back to the samurai era of Japan. Five hundred years ago, a demon terrorized the land. Ushio's ancestor, wielding a magical spear from China, managed to bind the monster to a rock using an artifact. Unable to kill the demon, he built a temple around it and stayed there as a monk to ensure it would not escape. Ushio finds the demon still attached to the rock in the basement of one of the temple buildings. Unfortunately, by breaking the seal on the basement doors, Ushio released the demon's evil energy, which attracts other monsters. Ushio calls the demon Tora, because it reminds him of a tiger (Tora is the Japanese word for tiger). Tora must stay with Ushio, because he holds the magic spear, and to help him defeat his own evil will!

The game plays like a traditional console RPG, with turn-based battles, where Ushio uses his family's magic, and Tora his demonic abilities. You explore Tokyo by moving Ushio up and down, and inside houses and dungeons the view switches to first person, like in early "interactive fiction" adventures.

From Ushio to Tora: Shinen no Daiyo is a Japanese-only game and is not the same as the SNES action title "Ushio & Tora".

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