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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles

Game

The Hinokami Chronicles is CyberConnect2's 2021 fighting action-adventure adapting Demon Slayer's first season and the Mugen Train film. Tanjiro's story unfolds through a single player campaign alongside a full local and online versus fighting mode.

Genre: Fighting action-adventure
Platform: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Switch (2022)
Developer: CyberConnect2
Publisher: Aniplex (Japan), Sega (worldwide)
Release Year: 2021
Japan Release Date: 2021-10-14
North America Release Date: 2021-10-15
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Gameplay

A single player story campaign sits alongside a traditional versus fighting mode, playable locally or online. Story missions mix arena combat with light exploration and cutscenes rebuilt from the anime, while versus battles pit the roster against each other one on one.
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Story

The campaign follows Tanjiro Kamado from the massacre of his family through his enrollment in the Demon Slayer Corps, as he searches for a cure for his demon sister Nezuko. Content covers the anime's first season plus the Mugen Train film arc.
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Shinobu from Demon Slayer stands in a moonlit garden surrounded by hanging wisteria blossoms, wearing a flowing light purple dress and her signature butterfly hair clip.
Shinobu
Mitsuri Kanroji from Demon Slayer smiles happily while standing on a tropical beach boardwalk at sunset wearing a light green one-piece swimsuit with pink trim.
Mitsuri Kanroji
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Reception

Critics score the various platform releases between 69 and 82 on Metacritic, and the game earns a Best Fighting Game nomination at The Game Awards 2021. It sells strongly at launch in Japan and passes 3.5 million units worldwide by February 2024.
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