Onimusha: Way Of The Sword Producer Explains The 20-Year Wait For A New Game | Switch Plaza News

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Onimusha: Way Of The Sword Producer Explains The 20-Year Wait For A New Game

Nintendo Life · 24 July 2026

"it was very difficult to get a team together". Onimusha fans have been waiting a long time for Way of the Sword – over 20 years, in fact, since the release of Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams in 2006. Now, in a new interview with Game Informer, producer Akihito Kadowaki has explained why fans have had to wait so long for a revival. In short, it wasn't for lack of trying, with Kadowaki stating that internal teams had wanted to make a new entry for a while. However, the combination of work on other key franchises and the expanded resources and time required meant that nothing could be green-lit until r…

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