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on February 21, 2026
It took a few days for the Mongols to get ready again, and at the beginning of June, both fleets had departed. Only, the Korean one did not wait again to join with its Chinese allies and sailed for Iki Island, where the combined weight of Korean and Mongol numbers managed to overwhelm the defend
It's an extremely fascinating setting and, after thoroughly enjoying NiOh by Koei Tecmo , I'm very interested in seeing how a western studio with Sucker Punch's pedigree will tackle feudal Japan. It has the potential to feel very fresh, considering that we're talking about a rendition of three-hundred years older Japan. It's a period that is not often represented in media (and close to never in western media), in favor of the much more popular Sengoku Ji
Sucker Punch has been keeping its upcoming project Ghost of Tsushima under wraps for a long time. Personally, I was entirely convinced that their next game would be a new inFAMOUS , or something still based on superpow
It wouldn't be an additional cost, because the track is going to be recorded anyway for the Japanese market, and it would enrich the experience for https://Strategynewsbase.Com/ those of us who would like to fully immerse themselves in the atmosphere of ancient Ja
At last week’s opening presser, despite the low expectations Sony had set for fans, the publisher still managed to fall below them, with only a handful of new demos and teasers to satiate an increasingly ravenous group of players after the past few disappointing months. Even seemingly obvious reveals , such as a God of War or Detroit: Become Human release date, or any footage whatsoever for Spider-Man, Ghost of Tsushima, or The Last of Us: Part II, were inexplicably left out, as fans were forced to sit through over two hours of developer interviews and several trailers that were debuted earlier this year, including the night before at the more hypeworthy Game Awards. While this series of events would be more excusable if Sony's 2018 lineup was relatively empty, their inability to capitalize on their packed lineup for 2018, one that arguably stands head and shoulders above the other big two in gaming at this point in time, is jaw-dropping, with no release dates for any of their seven big first-party titles slated for next year, despite several supposedly expected to arrive sometime in the next six months .
The Mongol army finally landed at Hakata Bay in Kyushu on October 19th, starting a series of engagements known as the Battle of Bun'ei. Japanese forces in the area are often counted under 6,000 even if different accounts vary wildly. Both sides actually seemed to think themselves outnumbered, and it's probable that the numbers were effectively rather even on the ground, while the Mongols enjoyed only naval superior
At Torikai-Gata, Japanese commander Takesaki Suenaga attacked an army of thousands of Yuan soldiers and managed to hold them long enough, allowing the arrival of reinforcements under Michiyasu Shiraishi, who ultimately pushed the Mongols back and inflicted heavy casualt
That being said, Ghost of Tsushima is different. The game is set in Japan, and the inclusion of the Japanese voice track would mean going the extra mile to help immersion. Of course, this isn't to say that the Japanese voice track is a better option than the English one. Normally Sony does a great job with English voice acting as well, but having the option to pick and choose between the two would be fantas
Over the past few years, Sony has been able to maintain a consistent level of expectations for fans to set for themselves, with E3 and PSX being the two standouts to look forward to for the biggest announcements and updates, and smaller news pieces being shuffled in throughout the year. After a couple of noteworthy E3s, Sony’s middling press conference at this year’s event left a lot of fans underwhelmed and anxious for more. In a moment of seeming panic, Sony set forth a chain of events that pushed forward a few of their key PSX announcements, including the reveal of Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima, up to the Paris Games Week press conference, an event that, in the past, had rarely been used for major reveals such as those. Teased as the "second half of E3" , the Paris Games Week presser, while distinctly more filled with new trailers, also ended up being fairly standard and middling, leaving fans to wonder what Sony had left up their sleeves for PSX.
If you look at Google Trends, you'll notice that "Ninja" is more popular as a search term than pirates (just to play with a classic meme), and if you try to compare against many other relevant search terms, the Japanese stealthy warriors will more often than not jump out of the shadows and come out on
While all this diplomatic back and forth was happening, the Bakufu was making use of the time to warn warriors from across Japan about the danger of invasion, and to move forces to western Kyushu. The Mongols, on the other hand, were busy establishing the Yuan dynasty, defeating the last pockets of resistance to their rule in Gyoreo, and making serious headway in Southern Sung. This freed enough forces to mount an attack on Ja