Editing Onimusha (section)

==Games==
{{video game timeline
| compressempty = 
|2001 = '''''[[Onimusha: Warlords]]'''''
|2002a = ''[[Onimusha: Warlords#Genma Onimusha|Genma Onimusha]]''
|2002b = '''''[[Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny]]'''''
|2003a = ''[[Onimusha Tactics]]''
|2003b = ''[[Onimusha Blade Warriors]]''
|2004 = '''''[[Onimusha 3: Demon Siege]]'''''
|2005 = ''Shin Onimusha: Curtain of Darkness''
|2006 = '''''[[Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams]]'''''
|2012 = ''Onimusha Soul''
|2018 = [[Onimusha: Warlords#Remaster|''Onimusha: Warlords'' (remaster)]]
|2024 = ''Onimusha VR: Shadow Team''
|2025 = [[Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny#Remaster|''Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny'' (remaster)]]
|2026 = '''''Onimusha: Way of the Sword'''''
}}

The series originated in 1997, with [[Yoshiki Okamoto]]'s idea to create ''Sengoku Biohazard'', a ninja version of Capcom's own 1996 ''[[Resident Evil (1996 video game)|Resident Evil]]'' (known as ''Biohazard'' in Japan), set in the [[Sengoku period]] and featuring a "ninja house" filled with booby traps, similar to the mansion from ''Resident Evil'', where battles are fought using swords and [[shuriken]].<ref name="ign">{{cite web|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/1997/05/29/interview-with-capcom-japans-yoshiki-okamoto |title=Interview with Capcom Japan's Yoshiki Okamoto. – IGN |publisher=Uk.ign.com |date=1997-05-28 |access-date=2013-10-09}}</ref><ref>Gamecenter CX. Season 1. Episode #03 "Capcom". February 12, 2003.</ref> The project was originally intended for the [[Nintendo 64]]'s [[64DD]].<ref name="ign"/>

''Onimusha: Warlords'' began development for the original [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], but the project was eventually moved to the [[PlayStation 2]]. The half-finished PS1 version of ''Onimusha''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvOFYZ5Cm2I |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/FvOFYZ5Cm2I |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Onimusha for the original PlayStation |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2006-08-26 |access-date=2013-10-09}}{{cbignore}}</ref> was scrapped and never released.

The central character of the series, Samanosuke Akechi, is modeled after [[Takeshi Kaneshiro]], who also voiced the character.<ref>{{IMDb name|437580|Takeshi Kaneshiro}}</ref> People were used as models for other characters in the series, including [[Yūsaku Matsuda]] in ''[[Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny]]'' and [[Jean Reno]] in ''[[Onimusha 3: Demon Siege]]''. Character movements throughout the series were created using [[motion capture]].

The series was initially planned to be only a trilogy, but a fourth installment, ''[[Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams]]'' was released in 2006. [[Keiji Inafune]] said that ''Onimusha 3: Demon Siege'' is the end of the Nobunaga storyline, and ''Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams'' is a new storyline. 

''Shin Onimusha: Curtain Of Darkness'', a mobile phone game, was released in Japan in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=アクション: 新 鬼武者Curtain of Darkness |url=http://www.capcom.co.jp/keitai/action/action25.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208192634/http://www.capcom.co.jp/keitai/action/action25.html |archive-date=February 8, 2012}}</ref> ''Onimusha Soul'', a browser-based game, was released on June 28, 2012.<ref name="browsergame">{{cite web | last = Lee | first = Sera | title = Onimusha Soul | publisher = DotMMO | date = 2012-03-09 | url = http://www.dotmmo.com/onimusha-soul-7405.html | access-date = 2012-03-09}}</ref> The game was also released for mobile phones in July 2013 and for [[PlayStation 3]]'s PlayStation Network on February 25, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/onimusha-soul-coming-to-the-ps3-in-japan-268570.phtml|title=Onimusha Soul coming to the PS3 in Japan|last=Carter|first=Chris|date=7 January 2014|work=[[Destructoid]]|access-date=10 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/01/07/free-to-play-onimusha-soul-heads-to-playstation-3-in-japan |title=Free-to-Play "Onimusha Soul" Heads to PlayStation 3 in Japan |publisher=Crunchyroll |date=January 8, 2014 |access-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.siliconera.com/onimusha-soul-free-play-game-headed-ps3/ |title=Onimusha Soul, A Free-to-Play Game, Is Headed To PS3 |publisher=Siliconera |date=January 7, 2014 |access-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref> The mobile version was shut down on May 13, 2015.

''Onimusha VR: Shadow Team'', the first VR entry in the ''Onimusha'' series, was shown at Amusement Expo 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://siliconera.com/onimusha-vr-shadow-team-demo-will-be-at-amusement-expo|title=Onimusha VR: Shadow Team Demo Will Be at Amusement Expo|last=Liu|first=Stephanie|date=8 Nov 2024|work=[[Siliconera]]|access-date=10 Nov 2024}}</ref>

''Onimusha: Way of the Sword'' was announced at [[The Game Awards 2024]] event in December, with an estimated release in 2026.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.siliconera.com/new-onimusha-game-titled-way-of-the-sword/ | title=New Onimusha Game Titled Way of the Sword | date=December 13, 2024}}</ref>