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Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou

Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou is a Japanese RPG set in a version of Ancient Japan filled with monsters and youkai. The game is a traditional top-down turn-based RPG in the vein of Dragon Quest. The player is…

11 December 1992

Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Tokyo Design Center, released 11 December 1992 on Super Famicom.

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What Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou is

Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Tokyo Design Center and released in 1992. It was published by SUNSOFT. It is available on Super Famicom only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou is a Japanese RPG set in a version of Ancient Japan filled with monsters and youkai. The game is a traditional top-down turn-based RPG in the vein of Dragon Quest. The player is able to choose between a male or a female avatar and name them, recruiting other characters as the game progresses.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou launched on 11 December 1992, within three weeks of Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting and Flashback: The Quest for Identity.

Released around the same time: Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Flashback: The Quest for Identity.

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When did Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou come out?
Benkei Gaiden: Suna no Shou was released on 11 December 1992 for Super Famicom.

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