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[MassiveAttack]

Japanese TV commercial running this week - pretty damn funny. Stars ex-sumo wrestler Akebono as a very fat ninja.

http://www.tenchu.net/kurenai/download/movie/kurenai_cf01_bb.wvx

 

[explodet]

Direct link:

http://219.122.11.36/movies/ten_kurenai/kurenai_cf01_bb.wmv

 

[MassiveAttack]

New screens

 

[MassiveAttack]

New trailer ~ 3m

http://sb.tsutaya.co.jp/WM/game/SLPS25384.asx

 

[FortNinety]

Couple of questions...

First off, what exactly is Kurenai?

Second, has this been announed for the states?

Third, I love the first game; I should I pick up the one for the PS2 right now/ Ot Xbx?

Fourth, I also loved the first game's soundtrack. Has it been the same artist doing the music for games?

 

[dark10x]

Kurenai is basically a new Tenchu game. The word Kurenai basically means "crimson" or "blood red".

No clue about a US announcement, but it is likely.

Yes, you should buy the recent PS2 game. It is actually very enjoyable, outside of the crazy camera. I seriously enjoyed it...

Tenchu 2 tossed the music away, and people complained. Tenchu 3 happesn to include music that sounds very similar to the original (and even includes some nice remixes). So, the music IS back in Tenchu 3 and it rocks. As for Kurenai, I can't imagine that they would return to no music...but who knows.

 

[MassiveAttack]

First off, what exactly is Kurenai?

Second, has this been announed for the states?

Third, I love the first game; I should I pick up the one for the PS2 right now/ Ot Xbx?

Fourth, I also loved the first game's soundtrack. Has it been the same artist doing the music for games?

1. It's a side-story game featuring Ayame and a new female ninja named Rin. Timeline is one year before Tenchu 3 during the period of Rikimaru's disappearance. Kurenai translates to "Crimson".

2. Has not been announced for the States. Expect to hear something shortly.

3. Tenchu 3 PS2 > Tenchu 3 XBOX

4. Noriyuki Asakura has composed all the music for the Tenchu series except Kurenai. He did compose the main theme however.

 

[dark10x]

Are you the one who has been playing Kurenai, MA?

If so, how is it? Without Asakura, how does the music stand up?

Any impressions would be nice.

 

[MassiveAttack]

I'll post some impressions this week. Just got my hands on the final the other day.

 

[Diomedeskun]

It's great to hear that theme and see the add'ua logo. I still get tingly at all teh Tenchu series openings. I am also one of the few who liked 2, but I did miss music in the levels (other than user-created, those had short repeating tracks).

Plus, the revelation on winning as Tatsumaru is pretty cool. Great FMV.

Get Tenchu 3, it follows up directly to part 1 and should be pretty cheap.

Asakura also did guitar work for Rurouni Kenshin, which is why some of the Tenchu music sounds like it is using samples from Kenshin.

There is a girl in the trailer, a boss I guess, who uses a combination crossbow/twin wrist blades that looks just like Hyuakurin's from Blade of the Immortal.

 

[MassiveAttack]

The girl is a boss named Futaba.

 

[maskrider]

Got the Japanese (Asian) version yesterday, haven't played Tenchu 3 much so cannot compare Kurenai and 3.

The screens that MassiveAttack posted are from the Chinese version, it will be released in August.

I think the 3D engine is the same as PS2 Tenchu 3, the shadow of the characters are always from a light source above them while the shadow in Tenchu 3 X-BOX version will follow the dominant light source.

I think the 3D model is better made than in Tenchu 3, and she looks better in Kurenai.

Some areas (e.g. the first area) have a blur filter that blur the whole screen including the text. It is a preset of the stages.

There is a vs mode that you can select the characters that you have fought with (for sure includes Ayame and Rin).

You collect scrolls, which you got from good assassinations, to unlock more skills.

edit: Forgot to mention that the game support Dolby Pro-logic II surround output.

 

[maskrider]

Some shots showing the blur screen and the normal screen

Blur filter

No blur filter

 

[Miburou]

So what does Tenchu Kurenai mean? It wouldn't mean Crimson Heavenly Punishment, since that would have to be Kurenai (no) Tenchu, right? I remember reading that the title has a pun in it, like that Kurenai in the title could also be perceived as the negative form of Kureru?