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* ''Genji: Dawn of the Samurai'' - 2005, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2
* ''Genji: Days of the Blade'' - 2006, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3

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* ''Genji: Dawn of the Samurai'' - 2005, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2
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* ''Genji: Days of the Blade'' - 2006, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3
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* BladeOnAStick: Benkei can also choose from an ample set of halbeards and glaives for his arsenal. They're statistically stronger than clubs and have a better reach and more comboes, but can't knock enemies back or use the charged attack. On the villainous side there's Moritoshi, who wields a spear with a giant blade and ornated with a large tassel. ''Days of the Blade'' has Buson employing them as his weapon of choice.

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* AttackReflector: Perfomig a Kamui against ranged enemies results in the character kicking/slamming the incoming arrow/fireball back at the shooter.



%% * BaldOfEvil: Kiyomori Taira.

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%% * BaldOfEvil: Kiyomori Taira.Taira, contrasting Kagekiyo and other characters, is completely bald, save for a thick moustache. Given his robe, it makes him look like a buddhist monk.



* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Moritoshi after being resurrected by Kuyo]].
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* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Moritoshi after being resurrected by Kuyo]].
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Kuyo, sporting purplish, miasma-spewing flesh with gross muscles and glowing eyes]].
* BodyOfBodies: Kuyo's skeleton monster.monster is composed by countless corpses and skeletons mashed in a humanoid body.



* ColorCodedElements: Seen in both the elemental effects of the weapons and the tomoe-shaped icons in the menu. Fire is red, ice is blue, lightning is yellow and poison is dark purple.



* DefeatMeansFriendship: with Benkei, at least.

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* DefeatMeansFriendship: with With Benkei, at least.least.
* DegradedBoss: The first boss is a Heike General wielding a sword: by the time you get to the Heike Mansion, you start meeting weaker counterparts armed with both swords and yari.



* ElementalPowers: only four, and usable by the enemies or by your weapons if they're enchanted. They also causes negatives status, including: [[KillItWithFire Fire (set ablaze)]], [[KillItWithIce Ice (freeze)]], [[ShockAndAwe Thunder (block your movements)]] and Poison (which, well, poisons).

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* ElementalPowers: only four, and usable by the enemies or by your weapons if they're enchanted. They also causes negatives status, including: [[KillItWithFire Fire (set ablaze)]], [[KillItWithIce Ice (freeze)]], [[ShockAndAwe Thunder (block your movements)]] and [[PoisonousPerson Poison (which, well, poisons).poisons)]].



* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Only Heike soldiers wears helms, Yoshitsune, Benkei and even Kagekiyo fight without them.



* IncendiaryExponent: The Yatagarasu boss is seemingly on fire, though it doesn't stop Yoshitsune from hurting him.



* MonstrousHumanoid: In the third act, you start meeting monsters among the Heishi, including fat, green ogres who fight with sumo attacks and ferocious, dragon-like humanoid monsters with tails and fire breath.
* OddlyShapedSword: Master Lightning (massive, arrow-shaped swords sparkling with electricity) and Hellish Lions (straight forked swords with fire in the middle).



* SayMyName: [[spoiler: The revived Moritoshi can only groan Yoshitsune's name in a creepy, reverberating voice.]]



* SparedByAdaptation: [[spoiler: By the end of the second game, Yoshitsune and Shizuka get their happily ever after.]]

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* SparedByAdaptation: [[spoiler: By the end of the second game, Yoshitsune and Shizuka get their happily ever after.after, as everyone else thinks they're dead.]]
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* GiantEnemyCrab: They're actually based on the legendary "Heike-gani", crabs with face-like patterns on their shells: according to legends, these crabs host the restless spirits of the dead Heike soldiers died in a naval battle. So, they do have a raison d'etre (though it's unlikely that the speaker nor the fans were aware of this).

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* GiantEnemyCrab: They're actually based on the legendary "Heike-gani", crabs with face-like patterns on their shells: according to legends, these crabs host the restless spirits of the dead Heike soldiers that died in a naval battle. So, they do have a raison d'etre (though it's unlikely that the speaker nor the fans were aware of this).
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* GiantEnemyCrab: They're actually based on the legendary "Heike-gani", crabs with face-like patterns on their shells: according to legends, these crabs hosts the restless spirits of the dead Heike soldiers died in a naval battle. So, they do have a raison d'etre (though it's unlikely that the speaker nor the fans were aware of this).

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* GiantEnemyCrab: They're actually based on the legendary "Heike-gani", crabs with face-like patterns on their shells: according to legends, these crabs hosts host the restless spirits of the dead Heike soldiers died in a naval battle. So, they do have a raison d'etre (though it's unlikely that the speaker nor the fans were aware of this).
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* GiantEnemyCrab - Found near the beach. This variety has a human head See below for the reason why.

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* GiantEnemyCrab - Found near the beach. This variety has a human head head. See below for the reason why.

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* BaldOfAwesome: Benkei sports one.
* BaldOfEvil: Kiyomori Taira.

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* BaldOfAwesome: Benkei sports one.
%% * BaldOfEvil: Kiyomori Taira.



* BodyOfBodies: Kuyo's skeleton monster.

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%% * BodyOfBodies: Kuyo's skeleton monster.
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Although it's quite a humble-seeming series, [[NeverLiveItDown you may know the game better as]] its second installment being the game featured in Sony's infamous E3 2006 conference featuring [[ArtisticLicenseHistory battles with giant crabs that actually (not really) took place in ancient Japan]].

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Although it's quite a humble-seeming series, [[NeverLiveItDown you may know the game better as]] its second installment being the game featured in Sony's infamous E3 [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2006 conference featuring [[ArtisticLicenseHistory battles with giant crabs that actually (not really) took place in ancient Japan]].



!!''Genji'' is a trope namer for:

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!!''Genji'' (or more precisely, said E3 2006 conference) is a trope namer for:
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* ShoutOut: The enemies and bosses of the first game's trials are a mishmash of various asian [[UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}} Hinduist]] / [[UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} Buddhist]] styles: In Yoshitsune's heavenly trial, the albino monkeys are identical to Hanuman from the Thai [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramakien Ramakien]], the multi-armed boss is reminiscent of Indian Trimūrti like Vishnu and/or Shiva, and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-legged_crow Yagatarasu]] boss is more reminiscent of the [[ThePhoenix Fenghuang]]. In Benkei's earthly trial, the mooks have armors seen in sino-japanese mythology deities, the ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shisa shīsa]]'' dogs are straight out of Ryukyuan mythology, and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asura_(Buddhism) Asura]] boss is taken from Japanese iconography.
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The series is loosely adapted from the classic Japanese novel ''[[Literature/TheTaleOfTheHeike The Tale of the Heike]]'', which in turn was a romanticized account of the actual Genji and Heike war. The Taira clan has conquered Japan with the help of some magic stones called "Amahagane" (litt. Heavenly Steel) which grant great powers to their wielders. The young swordsman Yoshitsune finds out that he's the rightful heir of the Minamoto clan and with the help of the Amahagane, the Tamayoribito clan and Benkei he has to stop the villanous plans of the Taira and recover the Amahagane stones.

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The series is loosely adapted from the classic Japanese novel ''[[Literature/TheTaleOfTheHeike The ''The Tale of the Heike]]'', Heike'', which in turn was a romanticized account of the actual Genji and Heike war. The Taira clan has conquered Japan with the help of some magic stones called "Amahagane" (litt. Heavenly Steel) which grant great powers to their wielders. The young swordsman Yoshitsune finds out that he's the rightful heir of the Minamoto clan and with the help of the Amahagane, the Tamayoribito clan and Benkei he has to stop the villanous plans of the Taira and recover the Amahagane stones.
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* {{Raiju}}: The Nue boss from the first act is replaced by its palette-swap cousin Raijuu, who uses lightning rather than non-elemental attacks and whose claws are needed to make the game's InfinityMinusOneSword for both Yoshitsune and Benkei.
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The series is loosely adapted from the classic Japanese novel ''The Tale of the Heike'', which in turn was a romanticized account of the actual Genji and Heike war. The Taira clan has conquered Japan with the help of some magic stones called "Amahagane" (litt. Heavenly Steel) which grant great powers to their wielders. The young swordsman Yoshitsune finds out that he's the rightful heir of the Minamoto clan and with the help of the Amahagane, the Tamayoribito clan and Benkei he has to stop the villanous plans of the Taira and recover the Amahagane stones.

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The series is loosely adapted from the classic Japanese novel ''The ''[[Literature/TheTaleOfTheHeike The Tale of the Heike'', Heike]]'', which in turn was a romanticized account of the actual Genji and Heike war. The Taira clan has conquered Japan with the help of some magic stones called "Amahagane" (litt. Heavenly Steel) which grant great powers to their wielders. The young swordsman Yoshitsune finds out that he's the rightful heir of the Minamoto clan and with the help of the Amahagane, the Tamayoribito clan and Benkei he has to stop the villanous plans of the Taira and recover the Amahagane stones.

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