Bushido Blade (video game)

Bushido Blade
Bushido Blade
	North American cover art
Developer(s)	Lightweight
Publisher(s)	JP: Square; WW: Sony Computer Entertainment;
Director(s)	Kunihiko Nakata
Producer(s)	Tetsuhisa Tsuruzono
Composer(s)	Shinji Hosoe; Ayako Saso; Takayuki Aihara
Platform(s)	PlayStation
Release	JP: March 14, 1997; NA: October 16, 1997; PAL: February 1, 1998;
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Bushido Blade (ブシドーブレード, Bushidō Burēdo) is a 3D fighting video game developed by Lightweight and published by Square and Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. The game features one-on-one armed combat. Its name refers to the Japanese warrior code of honor bushidō.

Upon its release, the realistic fighting engine in Bushido Blade was seen as innovative, particularly the game's unique Body Damage System.^[2]^[3] A direct sequel, Bushido Blade 2, was released on the PlayStation a year later. Another game with a related title and gameplay, Kengo: Master of Bushido, was also developed by Lightweight for the PlayStation 2.

^ I. G. N. Staff (1997-10-09). "Bushido Blade Delayed". IGN. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
^ "NG Alphas: Bushido Blade". Next Generation. No. 22. Imagine Media. October 1996. p. 90.
^ "Top 25 Beat-'Em-Ups". Retro Gamer. 29 April 2010. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 2011-03-17.

[1] I. G. N. Staff (1997-10-09). "Bushido Blade Delayed". IGN. Retrieved 2023-11-25.

[2] "NG Alphas: Bushido Blade". Next Generation. No. 22. Imagine Media. October 1996. p. 90.

[3] "Top 25 Beat-'Em-Ups". Retro Gamer. 29 April 2010. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 2011-03-17.

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