Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.53 Update + All DLCs

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles This is Relive Tanjiro’s journey from joining the Demon Slayer Corps in the Unwavering Resolve Arc to his encounter with the Flame Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, in The Movie: Mugen Train. This game is a fighting action-adventure game developed by CyberConnect2. Based on the 2019 anime adaptation of Koyoharu Gotouge’s manga series, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, the game was released by Aniplex in Japan, and globally by Sega, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in October 2021. It was released for Nintendo Switch in June 2022.

GAMEPLAY AND PLOT

Adapted from the events of the first season of the anime series, along with Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train, the game’s single-player story mode follows Tanjiro Kamado, the series’ protagonist, as he joins the Demon Slayer Corps and faces off against various demons to turn his sister Nezuko, who has become a demon, back into a human.

The story features some exploration elements and is told through various cutscenes and boss battles with demons seen in the anime series. The Hinokami Chronicles also features a versus mode, where players form teams of two fighters from the roster and battle CPU opponents or other people. The game supports both local and online multiplayer.

DEVELOPMENT

The game was announced in March 2020. It was to be published by Aniplex for the PlayStation 4; the company previously produced the 2019 anime adaptation. Later that month, the first footage was shown, along with the announcement that the game, titled Kimetsu no Yaiba Hinokami Keppūtan, will be developed by CyberConnect2, the company known for developing the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series.

Following months of development, the game was re-announced via the issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump to be a multiplatform arena fighting game for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Ufotable, the animation studio behind the anime series, has produced several key illustrations for the game.

The Hinokami Chronicles received three free post-launch DLC, each with two new characters. The first, announced in October 2021, and released in November 2021, added Akaza and Rui, the first playable antagonists in the game. An Additional Character Pack, released in 2022, added seven characters from the Entertainment District Arc as paid DLC. A Nintendo Switch version was released in Japan on June 9, 2022, and worldwide the following day.

CHARACTERS

The game launched with 18 characters, including six who appeared in the spin-off anime Chuukou Ikkan!! Kimetsu Gakuen Monogatari. Six characters were later added via free updates, along with seven made available as downloadable content, for a total of 31.

• Academy Giyu Tomioka.
• Academy Inosuke Hashibira.
• Academy Nezuko Kamado.
• Academy Shinobu Kocho.
• Academy Tanjiro Kamado.
• Academy Zenitsu Agatsuma.
• Akaza / Upper Rank 3.
• Daki / Upper Rank 6.
• Enmu / Lower Rank 1.
• Giyu Tomioka.
• Gyutaro / Upper Rank 6.
• Hinokami Tanjiro Kamado.
• Inosuke Hashibira.
• Inosuke Hashibira (Entertainment District Arc).
• Kyojuro Rengoku.
• Makomo.
• Murata.
• Nezuko Kamado.
• Nezuko Kamado (Awakened Form).
• Rui / Lower Rank 5.
• Sabito.
• Sakonji Urokodaki.
• Shinobu Kocho.
• Susamaru.
• Tanjiro Kamado.
• Tanjiro Kamado (Entertainment District Arc).
• Tengen Uzui.
• Yahaba.
• Yushiro and Tamayo.
• Zenitsu Agatsuma.
• Zenitsu Agatsuma (Entertainment District Arc).