Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles | |
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Xbox Series X/S | |
Release | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
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Genre(s) | Fighting, action |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles
Gameplay and plot
Adapted from the events of the
Characters
The game launched with 18 characters, including six who appeared in the spin-off anime Junior High and High School!! Kimetsu Academy Story. These spin-off characters feature different outfits and ultimate attacks, but otherwise generally play the same as their main-story counterparts. 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[b]
- Daki / Upper Rank 6[c]
- Enmu / Lower Rank 1[b]
- Giyu Tomioka
- Gyutaro / Upper Rank 6[c]
- Hinokami Tanjiro Kamado
- Inosuke Hashibira
- Inosuke Hashibira (Entertainment District Arc)[c]
- Kyojuro Rengoku
- Makomo
- Murata
- Nezuko Kamado
- Nezuko Kamado (Awakened Form)[c]
- Rui / Lower Rank 5[b]
- Sabito
- Sakonji Urokodaki
- Shinobu Kocho
- Susamaru[b]
- Tanjiro Kamado
- Tanjiro Kamado (Entertainment District Arc)[c]
- Tengen Uzui[c]
- Yahaba[b]
- Yushiro and Tamayo[b]
- Zenitsu Agatsuma
- Zenitsu Agatsuma (Entertainment District Arc)[c]
Development
The game was announced in March 2020. It was to be published by
, 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,[7] and released in November 2021, added Akaza and Rui, the first playable antagonists in the game.[8] An Additional Character Pack, released in 2022, added seven characters from the Entertainment District Arc as paid DLC, although the arc itself was not adapted into the game's story mode. A Nintendo Switch version was released in Japan on June 9, 2022,[9] and worldwide the following day.[10]
Reception
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles received "mixed or average" reviews for most platforms, according to review aggregator Metacritic;[11][12][14] the Xbox Series X/S version received "generally favorable" reviews.[13] The PlayStation 4 version of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles was the bestselling retail game during its first week of release in Japan, with 94,849 physical copies being sold. The PlayStation 5 also version sold 20,187 copies during the same week, making it the second bestselling retail game in the country.[24] By December 2021, the game had sold over 1.32 million copies worldwide.[25] By March 2023, it had sold over 3 million copies worldwide.[26] By February 2024, it had sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide.[27]
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles was nominated for Best Fighting Game at The Game Awards 2021.[28]
Notes
References
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- ^ a b "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ a b "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles for PlayStation 5 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
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