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Aggregator | Score |
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Metacritic | NS: 78/100 [9] PC: 74/100 [10] PS4: 75/100 [11] XONE: 77/100 [12] |
Publication | Score |
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Famitsu | 35/40 [13] |
IGN | 7/10 [14] |
Nintendo Life | [15] |
Nintendo World Report | 7/10 [16] |
Push Square | [17] |
Shacknews | 8/10 [18] |
The game has received "generally favorable" reviews according to Metacritic, becoming the highest rated entry in the series. Famitsu gave all versions of the game scores of 9/9/8/9 for a total of 35/40. [13] The game sold a total of 94,366 physical copies during its first week on sale in Japan (PS4: 55,675/Switch: 38,691) with the PS4 version being the second best-selling game of the week, and the Switch version being the third best-selling game of the week. [19]
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We're developing this title using our proprietary engine, the "Katana Engine", which we also used for SAMURAI WARRIORS 5.