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Sega Corporation [a] [b] is a Japanese video game company and subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings headquartered in Tokyo.It produces several multi-million-selling game franchises for arcades and consoles, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Angry Birds, Phantasy Star, Puyo Puyo, Super Monkey Ball, Total War, Virtua Fighter, Megami Tensei, Sakura Wars, Persona, and Yakuza.
Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the cornerstones of Japanese mythology. [ 1 ]
The Japanese began to believe in Hotei during the Edo era. The reason why the Japanese have such great respect for this god comes from a legend that says that, before Zen Buddhism arrived in Japan, an alternative Buddhist thought was extended by a priest of dubious aesthetic, who actually was a manifestation of Miroku .
Japanese Sega Saturn, released in November 1994. Sega released the Saturn in Japan on November 22, 1994, at a price of ¥44,800. [150] Virtua Fighter, a faithful port of the popular arcade game, sold at a nearly one-to-one ratio with the Saturn console at launch and was crucial to the system's early success in Japan.
In Buddhism, there is the Mara that is concerned with death, the Mrtyu-mara. [3] It is a demon that makes humans want to die, and it is said that upon being possessed by it, in a shock, one should suddenly want to die by suicide, so it is sometimes explained to be a "shinigami". [4]
Onimusha (鬼武者, 'Oni Warrior') is a series of action-adventure video games developed and published by Capcom.It makes use of the historic figures that shaped Japan's history, retelling their stories with supernatural elements.
Kotodama is a central concept in Japanese mythology, Shinto, and Kokugaku. For example, the Kojiki describes an ukei (or seiyaku) 誓約 "covenant; trial by pledge" between the sibling gods Susanoo and Amaterasu, "Let each of us swear, and produce children".
Otogi: Myth of Demons [2] is a 2002 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Sega.It was released for the Xbox in Japan in December 2002, and in 2003 by Sega in North America in August, and Europe in September.