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The Genji and the Heike Clans

Multi-style game in which you play a Japanese demon warrior with flowing red hair. It is divided into overhead areas, platform areas with small sprites and walk along hack ‘n’ slash bits with much larger…

16 March 1990

The Genji and the Heike Clans is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Namcot, released 16 March 1990 on Wii and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

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What The Genji and the Heike Clans is

The Genji and the Heike Clans is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Namcot and released in 1990. It was published by Namco. It is available on Wii and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Multi-style game in which you play a Japanese demon warrior with flowing red hair. It is divided into overhead areas, platform areas with small sprites and walk along hack ‘n’ slash bits with much larger characters.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Genji and the Heike Clans launched on 16 March 1990, within three weeks of Nemesis and Target Earth.

Released around the same time: Nemesis, Target Earth.

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When did The Genji and the Heike Clans come out?
The Genji and the Heike Clans was released on 16 March 1990 for Wii and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

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