History VideoGame / ShadowWarrior2013

** Ameonna literally translates into "Rain woman" which makes her name both this and ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* MeaningfulName: The large fuck-off revolver is named "Tosainu". The Tosa Inu is a very large, extremely aggressive breed of Japanese dog, which is considered by most professional dog handlers to be unmanageable and useful only for tearing people you don't like into giblets. It's even referenced in it's FlavorText.

* AdaptationalHeroism: A ''very'' downplayed example, but in the original game Zilla was just a bad guy with redeeming traits or characterization. Here, he's still a bad guy, but seems to [[WorthyOpponent have some respect for Lo Wang,]] as well as claiming at one point that Zilla Industries has invented a lot of things that benefited humanity (which is technically true, even if he had them invented for completely self serving reasons.)

The game was developed by Flying Wild Hog of ''VideoGame/HardReset'' fame. Greater emphasis was put on sword combat, with Lo Wang now capable of doing devastating combos and using KiAttacks to great efficiency, on top of his arsenal of guns. The game stays true to the tongue-in-cheek tone of the original, while going for a more developed, complex story.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: It is the game's primary weapon, capable of disarming (literally) enemies and shearing off heads, and as Lo Wang grows in power and skill, it's capable of potent KiAttacks like a SpinAttack and a SwordBeam. In addition, Lo Wang can find and assemble the legendary Nobitsura Kage, which is designed to kill demons.

* BlackSwordsAreBetter: The fully-upgraded Nobitsura Kage, which one-hit kills any enemy within rage with powerful strokes that slice through the air itself.

* PoorCommunicationKills: The plot might have turned out a lot differently had the villains bothered to talk to the other characters (bonus points with the villains being the only ones [[spoiler:with enough memories of important events]] to even do so). For instance, if Enra had bothered to give his side of the story in the first three-quarters of the game, he might have convinced Lo Wang that Hoji was a villain long enough to complete his plan, especially since [[spoiler:it's not exactly untrue]]. [[spoiler:Zilla]] might have won if he didn't try to treat Lo Wang as a traitor for managing to pull his off job even better than what he was hired for, which only happened because [[spoiler:Zilla]] decided to stop supporting him to begin with after blaming him for Mizayaki being unwilling to sell the sword. In other words, [[spoiler:Enra and his brothers die]] because he didn't tell anyone why he was invading, and Zilla lets that invasion grow out of control because he doesn't keep Lo Wang in the loop.

An expansion to ''Videogame/VisceraCleanupDetail'' about cleaning up after the events of the game was released 11 Oct, 2013.

** Two achievements are called "The Touch" and "The Power" referencing Stan Bush's "The Touch" [[note]]"You have the Touch, You have the Power![[/note]], the theme song of the 1986 WesternAnimation/TheTransformers film. Lo Wang will also mention in the intro he might have to employ "The Touch". Doubles as an homage to VideoGame/SaintsRowIV as "The Touch" plays [[spoiler: in the lead-up to the final boss fight]].

** Two achievements are called "The Touch" and "The Power" referencing Stan Bush's "The Touch" [[note]]"You have the Touch, You have the Power![[/note]], the theme song of the 1986 WesternAnimation/TheTransformers film. Lo Wang will also mention in the intro he might have to employ "The Touch". Doubles as an homage to VideoGame/SaintsRowIV as the Touch plays [[spoiler: in the lead-up to the final boss fight]].

* SwipeYourBladeOff: Pressing the Reload key while using the katana allows Lo Wang to clean the blade with his hand. Purely aesthetic, as this [[RuleOfCool does not do anything else other than removing the blood from the sword.

* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Despite starting with [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie The Touch]] blaring out loud, the game still shows an example of this - the game ends with Lo Wang and [[spoiler:Ameonna, Hoji's sister, kneeling by Hoji's slowly vanishing corpse in silence, as the camera circles them]].

** [[WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie Lo Wang singing along to The Touch in the beginning]]. Also doubles as a shoutout to VideoGame/SaintsRowIV.

* OneOfUs: In-universe example. The Wang Cave has quite a collection of comics and arcade machines.
-->'''Hoji:''' Five thousand hitmen in this country, and I have to get the nerd? Where do you keep your porn?
-->'''Lo Wang:''' This ''is'' my porn.

* LetsPlay: Done by DiploRaptor

* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler: When you finally assemble all 3 pieces of the [[SwordOfPlotAdvancement Nobitsura Kage]], it gains the ability to fire energy slashes through the air whenever you swing it. Each slash is powerful enough to slice multiple enemies into pieces with one swing.]]

** Owning ''{{VideoGame/Saints Row IV}}'' will give you the Penetrator [[GagPenis dildo bat]] as an alternative to your katana.

* {{Crossover}}: With the ''RiseOfTheTriad'' reboot; ''Shadow Warrior'' gets an Excalibat skin for your katana, and ''[=ROTT=]'' gets Lo Wang as a playable character.

* MeaningfulName: The large fuck-off revolver is named "Tosainu". The Tosa Inu is a very large, extremely aggressive breed of Japanese dog, which is considered by most professional dog handlers to be unmanageable and useful only for tearing people you don't like into giblets.

* ProductPlacement: The reboot has arcade cabinets for ''HotlineMiami'', ''VideoGame/SeriousSam'', ''VideoGame/HardReset'', and the original ''Shadow Warrior'', which apparently use Alienware tech. The Wangtastic Features trailer [[{{Lampshading}} labels]] this as [[SelfDeprecation "Shameless cross-promotion"]] and "[[BlatantLies Tasteful product placement]]", respectively.

** A minor one occurs with the sword. When you get the Revolver, you're taught about upgrading weapons with money, but the sword's upgrades are locked. As you acquire other weapons, the sword remains as the only weapon that doesn't tell you about its upgrades or allow you to purchase them. This makes it not so much a surprise when you get the first upgrade [[spoiler:as part of the plot]], and further that the other two legendary swords are [[spoiler:simply part of the true Nobitsura Kage]], since they must simply be upgrades to a single weapon.