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25-462: SW3 may refer to: Samurai Warriors 3 Shadow Warrior 3 SW postcode area Chelsea, London Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Kupang LRT station , Singapore Schwassmann–Wachmann 3 , a short period comet [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

50-458: A center of attention, and he became known as a legendary Japanese outlaw hero who stole gold and other valuables to give to the poor. He and his son were boiled alive in public after their failed assassination attempt on the Sengoku period warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi . His legend lives on in contemporary Japanese popular culture , often giving him greatly exaggerated ninja skills. There

75-440: A stand-alone copy of the game, a Classic Controller Pro set, and a treasure box edition. The treasure box edition includes the controller as well as a mini figure, an original soundtrack CD and a book with strategies and artwork. The controller included in the latter two bundles is a special edition black Classic Controller Pro with the game's logo and Japanese inkbrush marks in gold. JPop artist Gackt performs two theme songs for

100-549: Is a port for the PlayStation Portable released in Japan on February 16, 2012. As it is based on Sengoku Musō 3 Z , it has all of its features (including the removal of Murasame Castle mode and Takamaru) as well as the ability for four players to compete in the game's Challenge mode. Due to memory limitations however, the graphics have been significantly downgraded. This port did not receive an overseas release. Samurai Warriors 3

125-678: Is a villain in Torawakamaru the Koga Ninja , and a tragic antagonist in Fukurō no Shiro (and in its remake Owls' Castle , played by Takaya Kamikawa ). He is the subject of the Shinobi no Mono novels and film series, starring Ichikawa Raizō VIII as Goemon in the first three installments. In the third Shinobi no Mono film, known in English as Goemon Will Never Die , he escapes execution while another man

150-420: Is little historical information on Goemon's life, and as he has become a folk hero , his background and origins have been widely speculated upon. In his first appearance in the historical annals, in the 1642 biography of Hideyoshi , Goemon was referred to simply as a thief. As his legend became popular, various anti- authoritarian exploits were attributed to him, including a supposed assassination attempt against

175-580: Is located in Daiunin temple in Kyoto. A large iron kettle-shaped bathtub is now called a goemonburo ("Goemon bath"). Ishikawa Goemon is the subject of many classic kabuki plays. The only one still in performance today is Kinmon Gosan no Kiri ( The Golden Gate and the Paulownia Crest ), a five-act play written by Namiki Gohei in 1778. The most famous act is "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri" ("The Temple Gate and

200-575: Is the first expansion of the game, released for the Wii in Japan on February 10, 2011. The game introduces two new modes, the "Original Career" mode which allows the opportunity to create original scenarios by completing missions and acquiring gold to increase the player's abilities and strength, as well as the series staple "Challenge" mode that has three challenges of varying objectives. It also adds new weapons, items, two new difficulty levels ("Novice" and "Expert") and stories for characters that did not have them in

225-565: The Moushouden expansion. Of all of them, seven characters do not have stories, though they are given stories in the Moushouden expansion. Altogether, there are 30 returning characters for a total of 37 characters in the game. * Denotes characters added through expansion titles ** Denotes Takamaru only found in Samurai Warriors 3/Sengoku Musō 3: Mōshōden Bold denotes default characters The game comes in three different variations:

250-512: The Oda clan warlord Oda Nobunaga . There are many versions of Goemon's background and accounts of his life. According to one of them, he was born as Sanada Kuranoshin in 1558 to a samurai family in service of the powerful Miyoshi clan in Iga Province . In 1573, when his father (possibly Ishikawa Akashi ) was killed by the men of Ashikaga shogunate (in some versions his mother was also killed),

275-448: The 15-year-old Sanada swore revenge and began training the arts of Iga ninjutsu under Momochi Sandayu (Momochi Tamba). He was, however, forced to flee when his master discovered Sanada's romance with one of his mistresses (but not before stealing a prized sword from his teacher). Some other sources state his name as Gorokizu ( 五郎吉 ) and say he came from Kawachi Province and was not a nukenin (runaway ninja) at all. He then moved to

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300-651: The Paulownia Crest") in which Goemon is first seen sitting on top of the Sanmon gate at Nanzen-ji . He is smoking an oversized silver pipe called a kiseru and exclaims "The spring view is worth a thousand gold pieces, or so they say, but 'this too little, too little. These eyes of Goemon rate it worth ten thousand!". Goemon soon learns that his father, a Chinese man named Sō Sokei , was killed by Mashiba Hisayoshi (a popular kabuki alias for Hideyoshi) and he sets off to avenge his father's death. He also appears in some versions of

325-601: The Wii version is the "Murasame Castle" based on the Nintendo game Nazo no Murasame Jō , which allows for the control of its lead character Takamaru. Seven new characters made their playable debut in the Samurai Warriors franchise, most of them former generic non-player characters in past installments. Most of the characters from previous games also return, all redesigned with several receiving new weapons. Four characters; Goemon Ishikawa , Gracia , Musashi Miyamoto , and Kojiro Sasaki do not return, although Gracia later returns in

350-499: The banks of the Kamo River in Kyoto , including but not limited to the following ones: Even the date of his death is uncertain, as some records say this took place in summer, while another dates it at October 8 (that is after middle of Japanese autumn). Before he died, Goemon wrote a famous farewell poem, saying that no matter what, thieves would always exist. A tombstone dedicated to him

375-495: The famous Tale of the Forty-Seven Rōnin . In 1992, Goemon appeared in the kabuki series of Japanese postage stamps. There are generally two ways in which Goemon has been most often portrayed in the modern popular culture: either a young, slender ninja, or a powerfully-built, hulking Japanese bandit. Goemon was a subject of several pre-WWII Japanese films such as Ishikawa Goemon Ichidaiki and Ishikawa Goemon no Hoji . He

400-517: The game's Press Conference in 2009, to present a new mode in the game based on the Famicom Disk System game The Mysterious Murasame Castle . Nintendo published and distributed the game outside Japan for the Wii. A sequel, Samurai Warriors 4 , was released in March 2014. Like other games in the series, the game reinvents the story based on the Sengoku period of Japan, a period where Japan

425-414: The game, "Zan" and "Setsugekka". The song "Zan" was used in the promotional commercials for the game, and is also featured in the game's ending. The single, titled " Setsugekka (The End of Silence)/Zan ", which contains both songs, was released on December 9, 2009. The game features three expansions/ports that either add new contents or expand on gameplay mechanics of the game. Sengoku Musō 3: Mōshōden

450-516: The game, released for the PlayStation 3 in Japan on August 25, 2011. Like the other Empires expansion, the game is more focused on the political and tactical battle system. The game features a different version of Historical Mode and Free Mode that fits with the Empires structure and retains the edit character feature. Like Moushouden , this game was never released overseas. Sengoku Musō 3 Z: Special

475-484: The neighbouring Kansai region , where he formed and led a band of thieves and bandits as Ishikawa Goemon, robbing the rich feudal lords, merchants and clerics, and sharing the loot with the oppressed peasants. According to another version, which also attributed a failed poisoning attempt on Nobunaga's life to Goemon, he was forced to become a robber when the ninja networks were broken up. There are also several conflicting accounts of Goemon's public execution by boiling on

500-415: The original game returns and is required to access the new "Historical Mode", which can be used to create an original story for edit characters by reenacting parts of historical battles. Both Story Mode and Free Mode return, as does the shop system, which has been redesigned and is now part of "Dojo", a section also dedicated to creating edit characters and color-edit existing characters. An exclusive mode for

525-473: The original. The game also has online functionality which was not possible in the original. It was also released for the PlayStation 3 on the same day under the title of Sengoku Musō 3 Z . This version has updated graphics compared to the Wii, but removes the Murasame Castle mode and Takamaru. Both of these versions did not receive an overseas release. Sengoku Musō 3: Empires is the second expansion of

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550-550: The same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SW3&oldid=1155045012 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Samurai Warriors 3 Shigeru Miyamoto from Nintendo attended

575-717: The series, the most notable being the addition of the Spirit Gauge, a gauge which allows for characters to cancel certain attacks to perform more powerful ones. These occur depending on the level of the gauge. It can also be combined with Musou attacks to perform an "True Musou". Certain combinations of attacks from the Xtreme Legends expansions also make a comeback. Each of the character's weapons are categorized under Normal, Speed, and Power types similar to Dynasty Warriors 6 , except that each character still has unique weapons assigned to them. The option to create/edit characters from

600-533: Was met with mixed to negative reception upon release; GameRankings gave it a score of 59%, while Metacritic gave it 55 out of 100. Ishikawa Goemon Ishikawa Goemon ( 石川 五右衛門 , Ishikawa Goemon , August 24, 1558 – October 8, 1594) was the leader of a group of bandits during the Azuchi-Momoyama period in Japan. Over time, and especially during the Edo period (1603-1867), his life and deeds became

625-490: Was ruled by powerful daimyōs and where constant military conflict and much political intrigue happened that lasted from the middle of 16th century to the beginning of 17th century. However, the game has a slightly extended time frame compared to the previous game; while Samurai Warriors 2 is mostly focused on the events leading to the great battle of Sekigahara , this game also covers the events beforehand. The game features many gameplay improvements over previous games in

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