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Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba

Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba is as action RPG with elements of a fighting game. You fight enemies in action-based combat. You can use a variety of moves and special attacks, defend, and jump. There is also a…

25 March 1994

Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba is a video game, released 25 March 1994 on Game Boy.

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What Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba is

Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba was released in 1994. It is available on Game Boy only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Kenyū Densetsu Yaiba is as action RPG with elements of a fighting game. You fight enemies in action-based combat. You can use a variety of moves and special attacks, defend, and jump. There is also a two-player mode, in which players control Yaiba and his rival. The game is based on the anime series The Legend of the Swordsman Yaiba. Yaiba Kurogane has been raised by his father in a jungle, training to become a samurai warrior. When Yaiba arrives at Tokyo to continue his training, he stays there at the house of his father's old rival, Raizou. Later Yaiba meets Takeshi Onimaru, an exceptionally talented apprentice swordsman, who soon becomes his biggest rival. One day Onimaru discovers a…
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What it launched against

Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba launched on 25 March 1994, within three weeks of Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI and The Elder Scrolls: Arena.

Released around the same time: Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III, FINAL FANTASY VI, The Elder Scrolls: Arena.

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When did Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba come out?
Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba was released on 25 March 1994 for Game Boy.