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[WitchBIade]

First of all I wanted to start by saying I love costumes, just love them, if you see me in Home 9 out of 10 times you would see me in a costume! That being said, with the introduction of the Granzella Edo game space on PSHome EU and NA we gained a lot of new costumes to play with. The costumes itself are a mix of fictional and traditional Japanese warrior armours weapons and clothing like Samurai armours, Ronin, Ninjas and even runaway Shinobi!.

I for one love the whole Japanese Samurai and Ninja history, like many other people I grew up on Japanese (anime) cartoons or movies like the Shaw Brothers, 36 Chambers of Shaolin, Drunken Monk or newer movies like Azumi and classics like Enter the Dragon.


I would even go as far as blaming the Samurai Pizza Cats!


For those of you still unfamiliar with the Edo space (Shame on you!) I picked up a short summary from the granzella website:

Operation: Defend Edo, is available to play in the Edo Period Themed Lounge.

Protect the peace of the Edo period! Defeat the Mononoke by utilizing a wide range of attacks and actions. Fight alone, or team up with friends to battle against powerful Mononoke.


Edo is a peaceful city, however there is another Edo you have yet to see. This alternate world is very similar to the Edo you know, however, in the streets roam horrible Mononoke (evil and mischievous spirits), such as Oni and Hitodama.


Choose a mission. Once the mission is finished a blue pillar of light will appear. This light can take you to safety.



In the fight against the Mononoke you can attack, jump, defend, and use a crouching stance. Be sure to make full use of these various actions. Use vertical cuts, side cuts, and other various attacks against the Mononoke.





Operation: Defend Edo is challenging, therefore you must have a weapon equipped. A bamboo sword is available for free, just pull it from the straw figure nearby. In addition, If you go to the clothing store, you can buy a more powerful weapon and also clothing and armour to increase your defensive abilities.







Operation: Defend Edo is challenging either as a solo battle or a group battle with friends.

Solo Battle
Examine the blue sign to take on the Mononoke by yourself.

Group Battle
Examine the red sign, along with your friends, to battle side by side against the Mononoke.


Okay! well I think the summary said it all! Now, for those of you wondering which costumes Granzella has given us to play with I've taken the liberty to highlight a few of them and give you some background story on them, please note that not all of them are available in all the regions yet!



Chapter 1: The Last Samurai


The samurai (or bushi) were the warriors of pre-modern Japan. They later made up the ruling military class that eventually became the highest ranking social caste of the Edo Period (1603-1867). Samurai employed a range of weapons such as bows and arrows, spears and guns, but their main weapon and symbol was the sword.


Armour in Japan has a history that goes back as far as the 4th century. Japanese armour developed enormously over the centuries since its introduction to the battlefield. It was worn to varying degrees by numerous classes; most notably by the samurai , and was seen on the battlefield both on mounted and foot troops. The pinnacle of Japanese lamellar armour is generally accepted as being the ō-yoroi (大鎧, literally 'great armour') type.

Granzella's Great Samurai Armour

Granzella's Fleeing Samurai Armour

Chapter 2: Silent but Deadly

A ninja or shinobi was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan who specialized in unorthodox warfare. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, and open combat in certain situations. Their covert methods of waging war contrasted the ninja with the samurai, who observed strict rules about honor and combat. The shinobi proper, a specially trained group of spies and mercenaries, appeared in the Sengoku or "warring states" period, in the 15th century, but antecedents may have existed in the 14th century, and possibly even in the 12th century (Heian or early Kamakura era).

The historicity of armour specifically made for ninja cannot be ascertained. While pieces of light armor purportedly worn by ninja exist and date to the right time, there is no hard evidence of their use in ninja operations. Depictions of famous persons later deemed ninja often show them in samurai armor. There were lightweight concealable types of armour made with kusari (chain armour) and small armor plates such as karuta that could have been worn by ninja including katabira (jackets) made with armour hidden between layers of cloth. Shin and arm guards, along with metal-reinforced hoods are also speculated to make up the ninja's armor.

Granzella's Shinobi outfits

Granzella's Ninja outfit

Chapter 3: The Shrine Maiden.

Miko performed in Japan throughout history. The term Miko means possession by gods and spirits, and while originally perhaps all Mikos employed ecstasy, the term gradually came to include many groups which did not use ecstasy. Mikos performed both within the shrines and outside of the shrines, divining, driving out evil spirits, performing sacred dances, etc., the purpose of which was to serve mankind by preserving life and bringing happiness to man

Granzella's Shrine Maiden

Let me assure you that these are not all of the costumes Granzella has made for us, not even are these all the available colours, besides these there are ofcourse also the Warlords, the Ronin and the mandatory hot babes in mini yukatas!

Granzella's mandatory Hot Babe in Mini Yukata

That's all for now.

See you in Home!

WitchBlade.


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[Legendary_Vicki]

Thanks WitchBlade! I also really love the Edo space, wasn't too keen on the game though but i might give it another try. Loving the ninja outfits. I hope all of them finally come our way including those awesome hairstyles. Really well informed post there and thank you for modelling the new outfits for us!

[jfsebastian]

I bought the throwing stars and knives today but I can't figure out how to equip them in the game. I know you press triangle to use items and press L2/R2 to switch items but haven't been able to find the shurikens or throwing knives. Can anyone help me out? These items weren't exactly cheap so I'd like to be able to use them.

[Legendary_Vicki]

Thanks for all your help on this WitchBlade. I finally managed to beat the game! Was actually pretty straight forward once i got the hang of it. Kudos to you though WB for taking the time out to show me how its done, i appreciate it a lot. 

For those of you who haven't managed to do it yet, you will need the samurai armour and a good sword. I managed to do it without any of the medicine packs or what not. It's pretty simple. Only kill what is in your way and avoid the big red ogre's. Kill the lanterns that spit fire at you and whenever the cyclops "farts" or swings its weapon around just step back and wait for it to stop, you then have about 5-6 seconds to attack it then step back and repeat. It takes about 15-20 hits for the cyclops to die and you have 2 of them to kill.

Once thats done you need to run into the blue lightning bolt for the game to end

(This is what works for me, it's possible there is other strategy's but this is just my advice.)

[jfsebastian]

You can eliminate the red ogre with this little tip. Attract the swine's attention and then run to the side street on the left. Proceed into the courtyard with the Edo Row houses in it and wait for the jolly red giant to catch you up. He can't fit through the doorway to the courtyard but will continue to stand there like a big dope.

Go over to him and get close enough to annoy him and he'll try to run through the doorway towards you. After each run he gets all tuckered out (poor chap) which is your cue to bash him on the bonce. Rinse and repeat and you'll soon dispatch him, leaving you free to bump off the other spirits with ease.

[WitchBIade]

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jfsebastian wrote:
I bought the throwing stars and knives today but I can't figure out how to equip them in the game. I know you press triangle to use items and press L2/R2 to switch items but haven't been able to find the shurikens or throwing knives. Can anyone help me out? These items weren't exactly cheap so I'd like to be able to use them.

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You should be able to throw them with the triangle button, however I don't think they work in EU yet, the JP version of the space is a newer one then ours. The latest costumes do seem to work on the EU version, cept for the ninja controler tutorial still being in Japanese.

The shuriken and Kunai don't seem to work with our version of the space yet. 

[Grim_log]

whats the currency you get from the game for? and where do you spend it?

[U_n_y_o_n]

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Grim_log wrote:
whats the currency you get from the game for? and where do you spend it?

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Old lady standing near the game, has rewards.

[Grim_log]

whats the souls for?

[blacklagoon-REVY]

thats your all time score, the lower left is your pay, you ca buy rewards with it at the old lady in the space.