Akai Katana

Akai Katana
Developer(s)Cave
exA-Arcadia (EXA Label)
Publisher(s)Cave[a][b]
Director(s)Tsuneki Ikeda
Producer(s)Kenichi Takano
Designer(s)Hideki Nomura
Programmer(s)Tsuneki Ikeda
Shinobu Yagawa
Daisuke Koizumi
Toshihiko Sera
Artist(s)Mushimaro Tachikawa[3]
Composer(s)Ryu Umemoto
Platform(s)
Release
August 20, 2010
  • Arcade
    • JP: August 20, 2010
    Arcade Shin
    • JP: July 24, 2012
    Arcade EXA Label
    • WW: February 17, 2022
    Shin
    Xbox 360
    • JP: May 26, 2011
    • EU: May 11, 2012[1]
    • NA: May 15, 2012
    • AU: August 28, 2012[2]
    Windows
    • WW: December 15, 2022
    Switch, PS4, Xbox One
    • JP: December 15, 2022
    • WW: June 29, 2023
Genre(s)Bullet hell
Arcade systemCAVE CV1000-D

NESiCAxLive (Shin)

exA-Arcadia (EXA Label)

Akai Katana[c] is a bullet hell shooter video game developed by Cave that was released on August 20, 2010 in arcades. A video game console port, Akai Katana Shin,[d] was released on the Xbox 360 on May 26, 2011 in Japan. Rising Star Games released the game in North America and Europe on May 15, 2012.

It is the fourth horizontal shoot 'em up game from the company, the prior three being Progear, Deathsmiles, and Deathsmiles II. The game's soundtrack was composed by Ryu Umemoto.

On February 17, 2022, an enhanced definitive version titled Akai Katana EXA Label was released in arcades on exA-Arcadia.

City Connection re-released the game as Akai Katana Shin for Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on December 15, 2022.[4]

  1. ^ Burleson, Kyle MacGregor (May 5, 2012). "Cave shooter Akai Katana descending onto the Xbox 360". Destructoid. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Akai Katana". GameSpot AU. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  3. ^ "QUATRE AILES". Mushimaro Blog. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  4. ^ "Akai Katana Shin for PS4, Xbox One, and Switch launches December 15". Gematsu. 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2022-08-18.


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