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''Blood Warrior'' ([[MarketBasedTitle "Oedo Fight" in Japan]]) is a fighting game by Kaneko and the sequel to ''Shogun Warriors''. While the original game used cartoonish sprites and a modest amount of bleeding, ''Blood Warrior'' tries to cash in on the success of ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' by using digitized sprites and adding even more gore.

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''Blood Warrior'' ([[MarketBasedTitle "Oedo Fight" in Japan]]) is a fighting game by Kaneko and the sequel to ''Shogun Warriors''. Warriors''.

While the original game used cartoonish sprites and a modest amount of bleeding, ''Blood Warrior'' tries to cash in on the success of ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' by using digitized sprites and adding even more gore.






* AWinnerIsYou: Beating the game rewards you with a screen of your character posing that reads “CONGRATULATION.”

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* AWinnerIsYou: Beating the game rewards you with a screen of your character posing that reads “CONGRATULATION.”"CONGRATULATION."



* AmbiguouslyHuman: Ikkyu. He bleeds like the rest of the cast, but it’s hard to tell if he’s a living statue or just wearing a mask.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Ikkyu. He bleeds like the rest of the cast, but it’s it's hard to tell if he’s he's a living statue or just wearing a mask.



* BloodierAndGorier: Compared to ‘’Shogun Warrior’’.

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* BloodierAndGorier: Compared to ‘’Shogun Warrior’’.''Shogun Warrior''.
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* BadassAdorable: Kasumi, who looks surprisingly cute for a kunoichi.
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* NoblewomansLaugh: Kasumi's victory quote.
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* TheProtagonist: According to Kaneko, they marketed Kinshirō as the protagonist.


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''Blood Warrior'' ([[MarketBasedTitle "Oedo Fight" in Japan]]) is a fighting game by Kaneko and the sequel to ''Shogun Warriors''. While the original game used cartoonish sprites and a modest amount of bleeding, ''Blood Warrior'' tries to cash in on the success of ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' by using digitized sprites and adding even more gore.
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!!This game contains examples of:
* AWinnerIsYou: Beating the game rewards you with a screen of your character posing that reads “CONGRATULATION.”
* ActionGirl: Kasumi, [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the sole female of the cast.]]
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Ikkyu. He bleeds like the rest of the cast, but it’s hard to tell if he’s a living statue or just wearing a mask.
* BloodierAndGorier: Compared to ‘’Shogun Warrior’’.
* {{Expy}}: Most of the cast is based on characters from the previous game.
** Kinshirō, based on Samurai, who was in turn based on Tōyama no Kin-san.
** Arashi, based on Ninja.
** Sanpei, based on {{Kappa}}, who also happens to play like an ice-elemental [[Franchise/StreetFighter Dhalsim]].
** Syūgethu, based on Shogun.
** Shishimaru, based on Kabuki.
** Benkei, based on Musashibō Benkei and the boss character of the same name.
** Goemon, based on Ishikawa Goemon and is also based on the boss character of the same name.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Finishing moves can either split an opponent in half vertically or leave them a pair of legs with a geyser of blood gushing out.
* LaserBlade: Syūgethu has [[DualWielding two of them]].
* MovesetClone: Kinshirō and Syūgethu. Interestingly enough, their projectile moves have different inputs.
* {{Ninja}}: Arashi and Kasumi.
* NoPlotNoProblem: Nine characters based on Japanese culture fight to the death. No other explanation necessary.
* PrehensileHair: Shishimaru can whip his hair at opponents and even grab people with it.
* SoundtrackDissonance: The game is set in feudal Japanese times, yet most of the background music is rock music.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You have the option to leave your opponent a gory mess. Sure, you could spare them, but what's the point?
* WolverineClaws: Kasumi wields a pair of them.
* WorldOfHam: The victory quotes demonstrate this.
* YourHeadAsplode: Inverted with one of the finishing moves of each character, which leaves an opponent nothing more than a pile of blood and entrails, with their severed head perfectly intact.
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'''[[http://33.media.tumblr.com/e61f97a4879e97c160806ffcec3d3bc0/tumblr_mtwwrxs7rn1qd9g7oo1_1280.png HAVE YOU SEEN MY KILLER TATTOO?]]'''

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