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As much as I love the combat and fanservice. I think a lot of people don't give the animations enough credit. All the ninja arts are so beautifully animated. Also kinda sad I already played all these, I miss SK :(
@@mrwannabe00 technically it’s in limbo, the original creator is a Sony fanboy even when the new president specifically stated he wanted to kill the franchise and so he still insists he can release SK 7 on the Playstation but he also doesn’t want to censor it which is exactly what the developers have said Sony has asked them to do. And until SK 7 releases he still has a hold on the franchise since his contract states he’s still in charge until after it releases.
@@chaserseven2886 well the changes forced by Sony lead to Devil May Cry 5, Terminator and Dead or Alive all being censored on playstation so it's not just the small indie studios that got fucked BUT unlike the bigger studios the small studios didn't have the money to stick around and hope that things would get better
When I realized that all the girls in GalGun are unique blew my mind. It is one of those things that really shows they took an extra step to make the game more interesting.
I would love if the Nintendo Switch got ports of Senran Kagura Shinobi versus and Estival versus, ya know, enhancing the original psvita games ! I own both of them and I would buy them again on Switch.
I've been waiting for the ports for ages but last year I went screw it and got them on Steam during a sale, before then I'd only played the ones on the 3Ds and I don't have a PS4/5 so that option wasn't their.
I started with Bayonetta when it came out and discoved Senran Kagura by chance. Thus began my crippling obsession with the fan service and hack n' slash games.
Honestly I want another beat ‘em up like Burst or Deep Crimson. If 7 is in contract limbo with Sony and can’t be released in its intended form, then a Senran Kagura 3 on Switch would be cool.
@@Skye2993 It is a bit overhyped by hardcore fans, but I think it still deserves a lot of its praise. It has more of a learning curve than the other games. It’s really easy for your attacks to just miss, or for enemies to drop out of your air combos, and it takes a while to get used to.
@@roxas7295 Agreed again I do think it’s still a very good game despite it’s learning curve which I think they really should remake it because with the way Burst Renewal was handled despite using the exact same mechanics from Estival Versus it was less stiff and more smooth gameplay and slow characters like Katsuragi and especially Yozokura were fun to play as Which I could see Deep Crimson getting an upgrade like that because both Burst and DC needs it and Shinovi Versus and Estival Versus could get releases as well to polish their gameplay especially EV it’s not bad by any means but it could definitely go for some fine tuning and Shinovi Versus so it could be available on other platforms.
Oneechanbara: Origin literally made my Q4 2022. Aya just looks super huggable to me for some reason.☺️⚔️ The cutscenes were great and the gameplay seems pretty flexible, although I kinda suck with parrying.😅➡️😁
Bullet GIrls Phantasia might be a good choice. There's fan-service, the gameplay is quite similar to the main SK games, and the characters are fun in their own way. Instead of ninjas, you control girls with fire guns and fight fantasy creatures, and interrogate some prisoners you take (the interrogation is basically Reflexions). On a similar note, Gun Gun Pixies is also a good choice (if you liked the fight against giant Ryona in PBS, this game is basically that concept, but you have to avoid being noticed on top of fighting the giant girl). On the hack and slash genre, i personally reccomend The initial, that has a little bit of fan-service (and i mean a little) and it's basically about opening your way through waves of enemies. On normal it's actually quite easy, but if you play it on the hardest difficulty you can get a pretty good challenge.
I highly recommend Uppers. It's directed by the creator of Senran Kagura and it's a great 3d beatem up with a clever use of fan service. Initially you can only play as two guys but you unlock more characters to play as you go, including Daidoji from Senran Kagura. The real unique thing about this game is you always have an audience of cute girls watching you fight. If you fulfil their requests they will heal you and power you up with hugs and kisses. Also you can knock enemies into the audience to see their panties which will power you up as well. The main characters are also spectacularly dumb so it leads to some great hijinks that I bet SK fans will enjoy.
Senran Kagura has heart. The characters are not just sexy, they are actually likable and interesting. There is a warmth to their interactions. Valkyrie Drive does not have this warmth, but it does have the sex appeal. For me that is not even close to a replacement.
@@429bigblock Yeah, I initially got into SK anime adaptation for T&A, but then I started liking whole series for the girls themselves. I mean, they even got me to like Imu (and I don't normally tolerate the possesive, angry lesbian trope). Shame that story quickly stagnated though...
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The Ikkitousen game series was first to do all these things before Senran Kagura and they're made and published by the same company Marvelous, they range from the PS2 and PSVita games. Sadly they're all in Japanese no translation, the PS2 version almost got a translation, but the PS2 life cycle was ending so it didn't get localized.
Nice vid, as always! I'd be interested to see a video of your thoughts on onechanbara, I had never heard of it till right now but it sounded interesting enough
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos is actually quite a gem. it actually has really fun arcade style action gameplay with a surprisingly high technical ceiling if you choose to go for it. A solid amount of content and replayability, and just good fun. I haven't played Origin yet because I wanted a physical and it seems to be insanely priced so i'll just grab it digitally later. Hope that series doesn't die.
Not sure if anyone else already mentioned it but the bullet girls series though I think you have to import them the most recent one bullet girls fantasia is in English
Taimanin is a bit of a different beast though. Itmight also be about urban ninjas, but it's violent, it's sexually extreme (contortions, body modification, electric fetishes) and it's also a visual novel series first, with only 4 gacha games to its name.
I think what I'm mostly looking for, not just Dynasty Warriors style combat, but games with clothing destruction in general. It seems I'm struggling to find any.
@@EmeraldTaurus96 And those are both great examples. Valkryie Drive also has it, Gun Gun Pixies does too...plus like ONE Neptunia game...but other than that, I don't know too many...heck, I'll even take some mobile games. XD
@@darkstarz-inc7386 We need more games with this mechanic. It's sad we have to look for mobile games for cute attractive anime characters without censorship. And those aren't guaranteed either. One update/patch could take it away.
Oneechanbara is pretty fun. Vortex should be good (360) and Revolution (Wii) is a headache because of controls. It’s basically the same game. I recommend Z (JP exclusive), Z2, origins. School Girl Zombie Hunter is fun when it works right. Top vid as always.
Cool alternatives, that much I can admit. But I'm still holding out hope for the inevitable next SK game, even if Marvelous is out of the picture. Tamsoft (a major developer of the series since the first game) can still make a game, but with a new publisher (and co-developer). There's all kinds of alternatives to Marvelous (some even better) and the hottest games they made. For instance: Koei Tecmo (Team Ninja recommended) (Dead or Alive) Compile Heart (Neptunia) Idea Factory (same as above) Capcom (Street Fighter) Sega (Sonic, Virtua Fighter, etc.) HuniePot (HuniePop) Matrix Software (Omega Labyrinth) D3 Publisher (same as above) Any one of these could pick up Marvelous' slack.
i love the Akiba's trip games, they aren't the most engaging in terms of gamplay but they have a unique charm to them. though for undead & Undressed i'd wait until the Director's cut edition comes out as it's adding a whole new ending to the game
If this was not mentioned, then I highly suggest checking out Aquaplus's Dungeon Travelers. It's actually a dungeon crawling rpg with visual novel elements. It's doesn't compare with Senren Kagura's game play, but it's fan service is top quality. Also, Dungeon Travelers 2 and 2-2 just released the other day for pc as it was a Vita game before.
Excellent stuff! :) Thank you for this video, sir. *Edit: I haven't played it myself, but "Bloody Spell" seems cultured and possibly a little wonky. If anyone's tried it, please do tell.
Dragon's Crown is amazing, also I'd put Fight 'n Rage in there, amazing combat and a lot of sprites making liberal use of jiggle so it's not hard on the eyes either.
Soul Calibur 6 with 2B DLC, Street Fighter 6 is pretty eye pleasing as well. Both let you create your own character. Fight 'n' Rage is another beat 'em up that wears it's fan service on it's sleeve.
Keep an eye out on 2D beat em up games such as Maoden Cops and Eromancer. They're indie and currently in development, but look promising, especially the fan service.
@@flameshana9 They need to get out of California and fire everyone responsible for that all the bad decisions over the past few years. And there needs to be an iron clad policy against censorship and they must publicly denounce and disavow censorship, period. If they want to redeem themselves, they need to make sure this isn't going to to happen again.
Recently I finally got my hands on Onechanbara Bikini samurai squad for xbox 360 and can say its a really fun game however there's a few things to note: 1. Frame rates dip and drop a lot when too many enemies are on screen and being attacked 2. Screen tearing happens at random but imo it adds to the aesthetics of the game 3. a lot of the story is told in the star wars dialog fashion which is really annoying because the voices are Japanese only so your forced to read or just skip it all. Other than those things its a really fun game and I recommend it. Really wish it got ported to pc so the community could fix some of the issues.
desgraciadamente a todos esos juegos ya los jugue y los re jugue en su momento :) fueron de mis preferidos . lastima que ya no vamos a ver ninguno a futuro :( como esta la cosa , capas algun gacha por celular , la mayor parte de la culpa fue de sony plasytation , por eso no le compro nada ya . (hace rato estoy esperando un juego de este estilo >_
Loved Valkyrie Drive on the vita wish it was ported to the switch. One game that recently reminded me a lot of senran kagura was Samurai Maiden. Really did enjoy my time with the game.
I did watched that show on a laptop when i was like 14 years old, and OMG i'm speechless that it was meant to be lesbian... *Literally my first time witnessing LGBT!*
I'm glad someone mentioned Samurai Maiden. I was gonna comment on it but thought I'd check the comments first lol yeah I actually really love it. Trying to beat it on hard mode. it's a game that is helping fill the void in my heart of Senran Kagura's absence.
I’m surprised you didn’t include Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed in there, which is a hack and slash version of the franchise and clearly an attempt to compete with Senran Kagura games on Vita at the time.
Well l play all those games and they were really fun. I just hope that they can really start with a new Senran Kagura game. I mean the mobile game New Link is still playing and adding more characters as well. Maybe they will return to the game but if it comes out on Sony well l now it be tone down. It should be on the Switch or maybe the Xbox.
As always, great video! I've reviewed several of the Senran Kagura alternative games from this list! Onechanbara Z2 Chaos: czcams.com/video/cuXzDZH40bQ/video.html Onechanbara Bikini Samurai Squad: czcams.com/video/uxLuPIxf0cI/video.html School Girl/Zombie Hunter: czcams.com/video/rHW_TC7ocCA/video.html Gal Gun Double Peace: czcams.com/video/wwE8srM0Uzo/video.html We seem to have similar taste in games and while our video styles are very different, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
I did not know about Sonicomi! Just added that to my Steam wishlist! Another game people might like woyld be the Bullet Girls series. The 1st 2nd games are exclusive to Japan on the Vita but the 3rd game in the series "Bullet Girls Phantasia" had an asian english releases for the Vita, on Steam, and PS4. Lots of great gameplay and fan service in those games!
I've been hoping yellow would do an actual review on these games for years since I've seen other youtubers cover content from them. But we got this very general overview instead, which is a start. Lol
@@YSN i generalized my comment too much when I really only meant onechanbara and Bayonetta, those were the two I had in mind while making the comment but I forgot revise and specify my thoughts before hitting send, sorry.
No worries, I was just curious. Don't know about Bayonetta yet, but I'm definitely going to talk about Onechanbara in more detail. I recently got a few more games from the series (Xbox 360, Wii, and High School Zombie Hunter, specifically) to try out.
Funny you should mention Akiba's Trip, I just pre-ordered it for one of my Summer titles. I also wanted to give Astral Chain a try too, but I wanted Metroid Prime Remastered.. AHHHH I can't choose! (/□＼*)
For a ninja themes third person beat em up game I guess "Mini Ninjas" fits the bill, as for an anime side scroller beat em up there is "Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds" though I heard the PC version is not well supported, If you just want to punch ppl there is the ever popular "Yakuza Series". AKIBA'S TRIP: Hellbound & Debriefed was also ported to PC but reception is mixed since apparently it's even more clunky. IDK why YSN would mention Bayonetta and forget to mention Devil May Cry, but it is already wildly popular so I guess most ppl already knew.
@@flameshana9 I mean the whole video is kinda just trying to make any connection to Senran Kagura, none of the fighting games are remotely close to the SK games, even saying they have fanservice cuz they have skimpy outfits is a stretch. At least MN and SK are both Ninja themed third person beat em up games.
I'm very surprised you didn't mention Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed, MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptunia VS Zombies and Drive Girls for the PS-Vita. And Neptunia Virtual Stars for the PlayStation 4 all of these games share a lot of similarities to Senran Kagura. Are you familiar with the "Musou" genre? Because Senran Kagura and a few of its contemporaries is heavily influenced by it.
@@B1az1ngSuN I wouldn't be here if I wasn't? Let me guess this sounded a lot smarter in your mind right?? Should have kept it there because it added nothing.
@@TooSweetMeBro take it easy mod The dude is an expert on neptunia or did your big brain not put 2 and 2 together? It's the poster child of his channel tough guy
@@TooSweetMeBro im late but would you recommend drive girls i got a vita recently to play the older neptunia games and i was thinking of ordering drive girls online since you cant buy it from the shop for some reason. Also unrelated but nice pfp noire ia best gil
@@kingkilla777 Without completely dumping on it Drive Girls is entertaining but in small doses. When compared to it's contemporaries it lacks quite a bit of the content you would enjoy in games like Neptunia, Senran Kagura and other niche titles. And for that I personally wouldn't recommend it which is ironic to say because I actually own it and haven't played it all that much. If money is no object I would recommend you pick up all the Neptunia and Senran Kagura titles for PS-Vita. Because they both offer so much more then Drive Girls does and thanks for the love bro Noire is my favorite!
Onechanbara is one of my favorite series. It shares the quality of all Tamsoft beatemups of being tragically underappreciated, considered trash, and ultimately hiding a fair amount of superfluous depth and refinement in it's combat. They are the type of games that at first seem janky but oddly appealing, and become better the more you play them.
Onechanbara is a good series. However, the gameplay feels dated in Bikini Zombie Squad and Bikini Zombie slayers feels kind of repetative(haven't tried the psp game yet). It start's to feel more modern in OnēChanbara Z: Kagura(japan only you can import the PS3 version since it's region free). Which came berore z 2. The series has a good ost as well.
I think people need to remember that senran kagura isn't "dead" it's just in purgatory. Senran Kagura 7 was announced years ago, but we don't treat other franchises similar to Senran Kagura. Most game franchises will have weird developmental cycles, South Park the fractured but whole released in 2017, and they are releasing a new mainline south park game this year, nobody thought the South Park game franchise was dead though. Senran Kagura is in an awkward position, given Sony's recent obsession with censorship, even mainstream and non-niche games like doki doki literature club have been censored, and it got censored for VIOLENCE (yes, the violence, the same platform that allows mortal kombat 11) even Microsoft and Nintendo didn't censor DDLC. But, I'm sure one day the franchise will continue, it's not dead until they specifically state it is dead, and anything that could get censored on Playstation could just be per-platform as they could allow that content on Steam and Nintendo.
Doing God's work of being a continuous messenger of Takaki's original core value of Wrapping the world in happy life and hometown! I wonder if you're willing to take a step further and cover games that have action but go further beyond just fanservice.
I'd vote against the latest DOA titles unless you are on PC and yar har har. It's like fucking $2000 for everything, even now. It's not worth it in the slightest given how bare bones (get it?) these games get. Without many game modes, it's basically spam arcade. I can say that Soul Calibur 6 is far more affordable (when it comes to being a modern fighting game, compared to others, it's a drop in the bucket, even compared to Dragon Ball Fighterz, which is like $300~$400 now or some shit), another affordable alternative is Tekken 7, has some straight up waifu material as anyone should know by now. Honestly, it doesn't matter which you choose if you are on PC, online isn't really worth it unless you want to fight cheesers and tryhards with shitty netcode (9/10 they usually do). As for anime-styled fighters? Uhhhh, I'm too busy with JRPGs to have looked into it to be honest, and a lot of them are crossovers that barely have any content (likely due to the agreements made with the copyright owners). This is specifically regarding fanservice or waifu material mind you, I don't count MHA for example even though it's "mid" when it comes to outfit selection (as someone who literally has everything, don't get me wrong, there's some nice ones, but it's not anything HC, regardless of the censorship mind you, yeah, it's still "mid"). (P.S. I've been staring at Ryza's ass for the last week while running Ryza 2 cause' when Ryza 3 was released I decided to run through the whole series. I adore it all so far.)
@@Klaxynd I wouldn't consider that, or any of Gust's games, only a few of them actually contain "all DLC". There's some limited time costumes for instance that have never been re-released, so you essentially have to opt-out of these if you pay. This is regardless if you get the "Ultimate Edition" or not. There's also Japan exclusives that were never released state-side, so yeah, it's kinda bad in places, you are effectively paying for less content. If you already bought it once and enjoyed it, I wouldn't recommend a second time unless you can accept that (I sure as shit can't accept buying a lesser product, yar har har, shiver me timbers mada faka). I'm still running through the games on Switch, I'll move to PC eventually, I've got a lot more on my backlog.
I haven't played it yet, but Samurai Maiden dropped last year and it looks like it could scratch the SK itch. It's a bit pricey and the gameplay is apparently a little clunky though. Regardless, I'd like to support the game so it can become a franchise with better gameplay in the future.
@@ShadowCthulhu The localization was actually changed waaaaaay back in late December through a patch on Steam. Dunno if it was applied to the other releases of the game though. The only censorship is an oddly specific thing with panty shots in the photo mode. Dunno why that's the case, but it hardly ruins the primary experience.
Ended up importing the physical version on Switch and finished it early this year. The game itself is pretty solid the dedicated 3D platforming sections were a neat surprise, and for what the game is they did a really good job of them. In saying that the standard price is a little too steep but if you saw it on sale at around 20% off that's a good deal.
Some from me: Code Vein it is also BAmco souls game. Rumble Roses XX, Xbox game and even better from Senran Kagura games from certain aspects. Yakuza zero. Code Vein Hot Fighting games: Street Fighter 6, Tekken 7. Soul Calibur 6. Some MMOs, Black Desert, Genshin Impact.... Maybe Monster Hunter Last one but not released . Project EVE/ Stellar Blade ıt looks amazing
I saw the Valkyrie Drive anime while playing the Vita game a year or two ago. It might as well be hentai. There's a lot of full nudity and the characters' powers activate by sexually assaulting each other, it's wild.
There's a scene where there's a whole troup standing still militar style, and just as they're done receiving orders they immediately star hugging and french kissing each other so they can fight. That shit had me in tears. Wild show. Catchy af ED song.
I'm surprised that Samurai Maiden didn't get a mention. Also I'm still trying to understand why the mainline Senran Kagura games aren't on Switch, the series after all started on the 3Ds.
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As much as I love the combat and fanservice. I think a lot of people don't give the animations enough credit. All the ninja arts are so beautifully animated. Also kinda sad I already played all these, I miss SK :(
Same
I really wish the franchise hadn't died, I legit wanted to see how the story panned out for everyone.
@@UltimateGattai oh it's done? Idk much about the series or news about it
@@mrwannabe00 technically it’s in limbo, the original creator is a Sony fanboy even when the new president specifically stated he wanted to kill the franchise and so he still insists he can release SK 7 on the Playstation but he also doesn’t want to censor it which is exactly what the developers have said Sony has asked them to do.
And until SK 7 releases he still has a hold on the franchise since his contract states he’s still in charge until after it releases.
@@Dtoszi mmk thanks for the info
I'll never forgive Sony for destroying the JP Indie games industry...
Me neither. They can rot.
Yup, fuck sony and their gross disney aspirations.
the games probably sucked
@@chaserseven2886 well the changes forced by Sony lead to Devil May Cry 5, Terminator and Dead or Alive all being censored on playstation so it's not just the small indie studios that got fucked BUT unlike the bigger studios the small studios didn't have the money to stick around and hope that things would get better
You got me with that thumbnail.
Same with me.
Thumbnail sauce pls?
I would have preferred Mirai,Ryobi or Muramasa.
I'll never forgive Sony for what they've done to SK
When I realized that all the girls in GalGun are unique blew my mind. It is one of those things that really shows they took an extra step to make the game more interesting.
I would love if the Nintendo Switch got ports of Senran Kagura Shinobi versus and Estival versus, ya know, enhancing the original psvita games !
I own both of them and I would buy them again on Switch.
I've been waiting for the ports for ages but last year I went screw it and got them on Steam during a sale, before then I'd only played the ones on the 3Ds and I don't have a PS4/5 so that option wasn't their.
Evenicle on PC is a RPG featuring the character designer of Senran Kagura.
That is a good one although I LOVE the art style of Dohna Dohna (same company). Harder to get but a visual masterpiece :)
For the man of culture there is no alternative to senran kagura
I started with Bayonetta when it came out and discoved Senran Kagura by chance. Thus began my crippling obsession with the fan service and hack n' slash games.
Honestly I want another beat ‘em up like Burst or Deep Crimson. If 7 is in contract limbo with Sony and can’t be released in its intended form, then a Senran Kagura 3 on Switch would be cool.
While I did like Deep Crimson I’m not going to lie it is a bit overrated, I hope they can remake that Deep Crimson like they did Burst.
@@Skye2993 It is a bit overhyped by hardcore fans, but I think it still deserves a lot of its praise. It has more of a learning curve than the other games. It’s really easy for your attacks to just miss, or for enemies to drop out of your air combos, and it takes a while to get used to.
@@roxas7295 Agreed again I do think it’s still a very good game despite it’s learning curve which I think they really should remake it because with the way Burst Renewal was handled despite using the exact same mechanics from Estival Versus it was less stiff and more smooth gameplay and slow characters like Katsuragi and especially Yozokura were fun to play as
Which I could see Deep Crimson getting an upgrade like that because both Burst and DC needs it and Shinovi Versus and Estival Versus could get releases as well to polish their gameplay especially EV it’s not bad by any means but it could definitely go for some fine tuning and Shinovi Versus so it could be available on other platforms.
What is stopping them from porting some titles to Switch in the meantime?? I mean, we are starving here !! 😠
Oneechanbara: Origin literally made my Q4 2022. Aya just looks super huggable to me for some reason.☺️⚔️
The cutscenes were great and the gameplay seems pretty flexible, although I kinda suck with parrying.😅➡️😁
Bullet GIrls Phantasia might be a good choice. There's fan-service, the gameplay is quite similar to the main SK games, and the characters are fun in their own way. Instead of ninjas, you control girls with fire guns and fight fantasy creatures, and interrogate some prisoners you take (the interrogation is basically Reflexions). On a similar note, Gun Gun Pixies is also a good choice (if you liked the fight against giant Ryona in PBS, this game is basically that concept, but you have to avoid being noticed on top of fighting the giant girl).
On the hack and slash genre, i personally reccomend The initial, that has a little bit of fan-service (and i mean a little) and it's basically about opening your way through waves of enemies. On normal it's actually quite easy, but if you play it on the hardest difficulty you can get a pretty good challenge.
I'm shocked that the Bullet Girls series hasn't made it to the Switch yet
Thank you for the recommendation, this looks awesome!
I WANT SENRAN KAGURA TO COME BACK, As Another Renewal Of Deep Crimson.
It's dumb how SNK made an all ladies fighting game and didn't call it The Queen of Fighters.
"nah brother dat be too woke for us weeabos!"
You have reopened the wound :(
Cultured video. Damn you Playstation!
Where's my Senran Kagura 7!?
Dude, I miss senran kagura.
I highly recommend Uppers. It's directed by the creator of Senran Kagura and it's a great 3d beatem up with a clever use of fan service. Initially you can only play as two guys but you unlock more characters to play as you go, including Daidoji from Senran Kagura. The real unique thing about this game is you always have an audience of cute girls watching you fight. If you fulfil their requests they will heal you and power you up with hugs and kisses. Also you can knock enemies into the audience to see their panties which will power you up as well. The main characters are also spectacularly dumb so it leads to some great hijinks that I bet SK fans will enjoy.
Senran Kagura has heart. The characters are not just sexy, they are actually likable and interesting. There is a warmth to their interactions. Valkyrie Drive does not have this warmth, but it does have the sex appeal. For me that is not even close to a replacement.
This is the biggest factor. The SK girls all have such interesting backstories and dynamic personalities. They're not just fanservice tropes
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Yeah, I initially got into SK anime adaptation for T&A, but then I started liking whole series for the girls themselves.
I mean, they even got me to like Imu (and I don't normally tolerate the possesive, angry lesbian trope).
Shame that story quickly stagnated though...
Thanks for the list, heres more:
Ikki Tousen and IT X for PSP
Queens Gate, Queens Blade PSP
Drive Girls Vita
Bullet Girls series Vita/PC
Bullet Witch 360/PC
Sexy Survivors PC
Thanks for the list. Never knew about 2 psp games until now.
Looks like ol YSN has got a lot of games to play and tell us about 😄
"Bullet Girls Phantasia" maybe an alternative for those who liked "Senran Kagura PBS"
Thanks for the response video 😀
The Ikkitousen game series was first to do all these things before Senran Kagura and they're made and published by the same company Marvelous, they range from the PS2 and PSVita games. Sadly they're all in Japanese no translation, the PS2 version almost got a translation, but the PS2 life cycle was ending so it didn't get localized.
Did the fans translate it. If not then we need to bring it the attention to fan subbers to do an English patch.
Surprised not to see Neptunia U on there, or maybe bullet girls
Nice vid, as always!
I'd be interested to see a video of your thoughts on onechanbara, I had never heard of it till right now but it sounded interesting enough
It'll happen. I recently bought the Xbox 360, Wii, and highschool spinoff game.
Muramasa is amazing. They need to re-release that one
You are a man of culture thank you
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos is actually quite a gem. it actually has really fun arcade style action gameplay with a surprisingly high technical ceiling if you choose to go for it. A solid amount of content and replayability, and just good fun. I haven't played Origin yet because I wanted a physical and it seems to be insanely priced so i'll just grab it digitally later. Hope that series doesn't die.
Great vid as always. I would just like to add to the list Gal Gun Pixies.
You mean Gun gun pixies right?
Not sure if anyone else already mentioned it but the bullet girls series though I think you have to import them the most recent one bullet girls fantasia is in English
The closest thing I can think of is the Taimanin franchise, also female ninja fight demons.
There is also a Senran's mobile gacha JRPG Game, but it was released only in Japan and also in Japanese.
Taimanin is a bit of a different beast though. Itmight also be about urban ninjas, but it's violent, it's sexually extreme (contortions, body modification, electric fetishes) and it's also a visual novel series first, with only 4 gacha games to its name.
I really wished marvelous moved the series to the switch already
I think what I'm mostly looking for, not just Dynasty Warriors style combat, but games with clothing destruction in general. It seems I'm struggling to find any.
Only ones I know so far are Soul Calibur and Nier Automata.
@@EmeraldTaurus96 And those are both great examples. Valkryie Drive also has it, Gun Gun Pixies does too...plus like ONE Neptunia game...but other than that, I don't know too many...heck, I'll even take some mobile games. XD
@@darkstarz-inc7386 We need more games with this mechanic. It's sad we have to look for mobile games for cute attractive anime characters without censorship. And those aren't guaranteed either. One update/patch could take it away.
Thanks for the cultured video!!
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Also I'm surprised you didn't mention Neptunia U.
Hack and Slash and the Dress Break cinematic.
Doing the Lords work.
Oneechanbara is pretty fun. Vortex should be good (360) and Revolution (Wii) is a headache because of controls. It’s basically the same game. I recommend Z (JP exclusive), Z2, origins. School Girl Zombie Hunter is fun when it works right. Top vid as always.
Cool alternatives, that much I can admit. But I'm still holding out hope for the inevitable next SK game, even if Marvelous is out of the picture. Tamsoft (a major developer of the series since the first game) can still make a game, but with a new publisher (and co-developer).
There's all kinds of alternatives to Marvelous (some even better) and the hottest games they made. For instance:
Koei Tecmo (Team Ninja recommended) (Dead or Alive)
Compile Heart (Neptunia)
Idea Factory (same as above)
Capcom (Street Fighter)
Sega (Sonic, Virtua Fighter, etc.)
HuniePot (HuniePop)
Matrix Software (Omega Labyrinth)
D3 Publisher (same as above)
Any one of these could pick up Marvelous' slack.
i love the Akiba's trip games, they aren't the most engaging in terms of gamplay but they have a unique charm to them.
though for undead & Undressed i'd wait until the Director's cut edition comes out as it's adding a whole new ending to the game
Thanks bro
If this was not mentioned, then I highly suggest checking out Aquaplus's Dungeon Travelers. It's actually a dungeon crawling rpg with visual novel elements.
It's doesn't compare with Senren Kagura's game play, but it's fan service is top quality. Also, Dungeon Travelers 2 and 2-2 just released the other day for pc as it was a Vita game before.
All the cultured people gather here periodically, great place to find them together and say "hello my fellow" 😁
Excellent stuff! :) Thank you for this video, sir.
*Edit: I haven't played it myself, but "Bloody Spell" seems cultured and possibly a little wonky. If anyone's tried it, please do tell.
My brain read that as 🅱️🅾️🅾️🅱️y spell
I see, You're a man of culture as well!
Dragon's Crown is amazing, also I'd put Fight 'n Rage in there, amazing combat and a lot of sprites making liberal use of jiggle so it's not hard on the eyes either.
Thanks for the video! I can only hope for more culture in gaming and less ESG
The fact that the video is age restricted shows its a good video 😅
That thumbnail is neuron activation incarnate, you my friend, are indeed a man of culture.
Soul Calibur 6 with 2B DLC, Street Fighter 6 is pretty eye pleasing as well. Both let you create your own character.
Fight 'n' Rage is another beat 'em up that wears it's fan service on it's sleeve.
Onechanbara Origins is super great! I had the 360 and Z2 as well. I miss my Senran Kagura ladies though…
Nice thumbnail 👌
Keep an eye out on 2D beat em up games such as Maoden Cops and Eromancer. They're indie and currently in development, but look promising, especially the fan service.
What really pisses me off about Kenichiro Takaki abandoning the series is that the dude is still a sony fanboy, what the heck is wrong with him.
What do you think about the trend of Japanese games being censored/fanservice being toned down happening in recent years?
I'm sure everyone here can agree it needs to stop. Bring back the glory days of Playstation!
@@flameshana9 They need to get out of California and fire everyone responsible for that all the bad decisions over the past few years. And there needs to be an iron clad policy against censorship and they must publicly denounce and disavow censorship, period. If they want to redeem themselves, they need to make sure this isn't going to to happen again.
i think we need more fan service today is a bunch of snowflakes making dumb rules
Recently I finally got my hands on Onechanbara Bikini samurai squad for xbox 360 and can say its a really fun game however there's a few things to note:
1. Frame rates dip and drop a lot when too many enemies are on screen and being attacked
2. Screen tearing happens at random but imo it adds to the aesthetics of the game
3. a lot of the story is told in the star wars dialog fashion which is really annoying because the voices are Japanese only so your forced to read or just skip it all.
Other than those things its a really fun game and I recommend it.
Really wish it got ported to pc so the community could fix some of the issues.
desgraciadamente a todos esos juegos ya los jugue y los re jugue en su momento :) fueron de mis preferidos . lastima que ya no vamos a ver ninguno a futuro :( como esta la cosa , capas algun gacha por celular , la mayor parte de la culpa fue de sony plasytation , por eso no le compro nada ya . (hace rato estoy esperando un juego de este estilo >_
Loved Valkyrie Drive on the vita wish it was ported to the switch. One game that recently reminded me a lot of senran kagura was Samurai Maiden. Really did enjoy my time with the game.
I did watched that show on a laptop when i was like 14 years old, and OMG i'm speechless that it was meant to be lesbian...
*Literally my first time witnessing LGBT!*
I'm glad someone mentioned Samurai Maiden. I was gonna comment on it but thought I'd check the comments first lol yeah I actually really love it. Trying to beat it on hard mode. it's a game that is helping fill the void in my heart of Senran Kagura's absence.
Thank you sir, I will go get that from Playasia right now
In terms of beat em ups.. this game is really old and an ff7 fan game, but Tifa tan x2 is a good one.
Man, it's been like a decade or more since I heard that name.
thumbnail wilding
You missed Bullet Girls Phantasia on the PS4 😂
Played oneechanbara origins this year, really liked the rythmic combat. Can recommend👍
Onechanbara origins is great
I think onechanbara Z2 chaos is better
They also did a movie that I enjoyed as well
Still play the mobile game version to this day even though I don't understand what they're saying or the descri text.
Forgive me o father, for I have sinned
That's what Sony should be saying.
I’m surprised you didn’t include Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed in there, which is a hack and slash version of the franchise and clearly an attempt to compete with Senran Kagura games on Vita at the time.
Well l play all those games and they were really fun. I just hope that they can really start with a new Senran Kagura game. I mean the mobile game New Link is still playing and adding more characters as well. Maybe they will return to the game but if it comes out on Sony well l now it be tone down. It should be on the Switch or maybe the Xbox.
Didn't you do this video before? I remember a very similar video with pretty much the same games.
ah yes thanks algorithm for a video on alternatives for a game series I NEVER PLAYED
As always, great video! I've reviewed several of the Senran Kagura alternative games from this list!
Onechanbara Z2 Chaos: czcams.com/video/cuXzDZH40bQ/video.html
Onechanbara Bikini Samurai Squad: czcams.com/video/uxLuPIxf0cI/video.html
School Girl/Zombie Hunter: czcams.com/video/rHW_TC7ocCA/video.html
Gal Gun Double Peace: czcams.com/video/wwE8srM0Uzo/video.html
We seem to have similar taste in games and while our video styles are very different, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
just noticed that this video was posted during 6/9 💀
I did not know about Sonicomi! Just added that to my Steam wishlist! Another game people might like woyld be the Bullet Girls series. The 1st 2nd games are exclusive to Japan on the Vita but the 3rd game in the series "Bullet Girls Phantasia" had an asian english releases for the Vita, on Steam, and PS4. Lots of great gameplay and fan service in those games!
Bullet Girls Phantasia !!! Another similar game on PS4
I've been hoping yellow would do an actual review on these games for years since I've seen other youtubers cover content from them. But we got this very general overview instead, which is a start. Lol
Which games in particular? I reviewed the majority of games shown in the video.
@@YSN i generalized my comment too much when I really only meant onechanbara and Bayonetta, those were the two I had in mind while making the comment but I forgot revise and specify my thoughts before hitting send, sorry.
No worries, I was just curious. Don't know about Bayonetta yet, but I'm definitely going to talk about Onechanbara in more detail. I recently got a few more games from the series (Xbox 360, Wii, and High School Zombie Hunter, specifically) to try out.
Im surprised you didnt mention Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed.
Its basically a Senran Kagura game, but in the neptunia series
What is that jet girls game you breezed over at the beginning??
Kandagawa Jet Girls
Very weak game from what I've heard.
Funny you should mention Akiba's Trip, I just pre-ordered it for one of my Summer titles. I also wanted to give Astral Chain a try too, but I wanted Metroid Prime Remastered.. AHHHH I can't choose! (/□＼*)
Do you have any Senran Kagura recommendation as a first Senran Kagura game to play? Thank you.
Most likely Burst Renewal, as it's a remake of the original game.
For a ninja themes third person beat em up game I guess "Mini Ninjas" fits the bill, as for an anime side scroller beat em up there is "Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds" though I heard the PC version is not well supported, If you just want to punch ppl there is the ever popular "Yakuza Series".
AKIBA'S TRIP: Hellbound & Debriefed was also ported to PC but reception is mixed since apparently it's even more clunky.
IDK why YSN would mention Bayonetta and forget to mention Devil May Cry, but it is already wildly popular so I guess most ppl already knew.
DMC has near-zero fanservice tho
@@Lisa_Minci96 kinda hard to have fanservice with Virgil looming over you.
@@ryanw531 very true
Mini Ninjas is pure, cute simple gameplay. It's not really like Senran Kagura though.
@@flameshana9 I mean the whole video is kinda just trying to make any connection to Senran Kagura, none of the fighting games are remotely close to the SK games, even saying they have fanservice cuz they have skimpy outfits is a stretch. At least MN and SK are both Ninja themed third person beat em up games.
we need more fan service forget about these snowflakes today
Buy-oh-nutta
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I'm very surprised you didn't mention Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed, MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptunia VS Zombies and Drive Girls for the PS-Vita. And Neptunia Virtual Stars for the PlayStation 4 all of these games share a lot of similarities to Senran Kagura. Are you familiar with the "Musou" genre? Because Senran Kagura and a few of its contemporaries is heavily influenced by it.
you familiar with his channel? Lol
@@B1az1ngSuN I wouldn't be here if I wasn't? Let me guess this sounded a lot smarter in your mind right?? Should have kept it there because it added nothing.
@@TooSweetMeBro take it easy mod
The dude is an expert on neptunia or did your big brain not put 2 and 2 together? It's the poster child of his channel tough guy
@@TooSweetMeBro im late but would you recommend drive girls i got a vita recently to play the older neptunia games and i was thinking of ordering drive girls online since you cant buy it from the shop for some reason.
Also unrelated but nice pfp noire ia best gil
@@kingkilla777 Without completely dumping on it Drive Girls is entertaining but in small doses. When compared to it's contemporaries it lacks quite a bit of the content you would enjoy in games like Neptunia, Senran Kagura and other niche titles. And for that I personally wouldn't recommend it which is ironic to say because I actually own it and haven't played it all that much. If money is no object I would recommend you pick up all the Neptunia and Senran Kagura titles for PS-Vita. Because they both offer so much more then Drive Girls does and thanks for the love bro Noire is my favorite!
Onechanbara is one of my favorite series. It shares the quality of all Tamsoft beatemups of being tragically underappreciated, considered trash, and ultimately hiding a fair amount of superfluous depth and refinement in it's combat. They are the type of games that at first seem janky but oddly appealing, and become better the more you play them.
Neptunia ❤
It's sad most people think Senran Kagura is only about the fanservice. There is a lot to the game and it's a pretty good vibes and funny game overall.
Onechanbara is a good series. However, the gameplay feels dated in Bikini Zombie Squad and Bikini Zombie slayers feels kind of repetative(haven't tried the psp game yet). It start's to feel more modern in OnēChanbara Z: Kagura(japan only you can import the PS3 version since it's region free). Which came berore z 2.
The series has a good ost as well.
I think people need to remember that senran kagura isn't "dead" it's just in purgatory.
Senran Kagura 7 was announced years ago, but we don't treat other franchises similar to Senran Kagura.
Most game franchises will have weird developmental cycles, South Park the fractured but whole released in 2017, and they are releasing a new mainline south park game this year, nobody thought the South Park game franchise was dead though.
Senran Kagura is in an awkward position, given Sony's recent obsession with censorship, even mainstream and non-niche games like doki doki literature club have been censored, and it got censored for VIOLENCE (yes, the violence, the same platform that allows mortal kombat 11) even Microsoft and Nintendo didn't censor DDLC.
But, I'm sure one day the franchise will continue, it's not dead until they specifically state it is dead, and anything that could get censored on Playstation could just be per-platform as they could allow that content on Steam and Nintendo.
So thats what this game is, looks a lot better than the fanart.
No one seems to know of the existence of Huuma Mina, Cinderella Escape, and She Will Punish Them. They exist.
Cinderella Escape is pretty ass tbh
Sakura Wars?
Doing God's work of being a continuous messenger of Takaki's original core value of Wrapping the world in happy life and hometown!
I wonder if you're willing to take a step further and cover games that have action but go further beyond just fanservice.
Surprised you didn't mention any dating sims when you left the genre for suggestions.
If we can have stellar blade on psn then we should have senran kagura to .
I'd vote against the latest DOA titles unless you are on PC and yar har har. It's like fucking $2000 for everything, even now. It's not worth it in the slightest given how bare bones (get it?) these games get. Without many game modes, it's basically spam arcade. I can say that Soul Calibur 6 is far more affordable (when it comes to being a modern fighting game, compared to others, it's a drop in the bucket, even compared to Dragon Ball Fighterz, which is like $300~$400 now or some shit), another affordable alternative is Tekken 7, has some straight up waifu material as anyone should know by now. Honestly, it doesn't matter which you choose if you are on PC, online isn't really worth it unless you want to fight cheesers and tryhards with shitty netcode (9/10 they usually do).
As for anime-styled fighters? Uhhhh, I'm too busy with JRPGs to have looked into it to be honest, and a lot of them are crossovers that barely have any content (likely due to the agreements made with the copyright owners). This is specifically regarding fanservice or waifu material mind you, I don't count MHA for example even though it's "mid" when it comes to outfit selection (as someone who literally has everything, don't get me wrong, there's some nice ones, but it's not anything HC, regardless of the censorship mind you, yeah, it's still "mid").
(P.S. I've been staring at Ryza's ass for the last week while running Ryza 2 cause' when Ryza 3 was released I decided to run through the whole series. I adore it all so far.)
Yeah I have been playing Ryza 2 as well. I think I may buy again on PC for… reasons. XD
@@Klaxynd I wouldn't consider that, or any of Gust's games, only a few of them actually contain "all DLC". There's some limited time costumes for instance that have never been re-released, so you essentially have to opt-out of these if you pay. This is regardless if you get the "Ultimate Edition" or not. There's also Japan exclusives that were never released state-side, so yeah, it's kinda bad in places, you are effectively paying for less content.
If you already bought it once and enjoyed it, I wouldn't recommend a second time unless you can accept that (I sure as shit can't accept buying a lesser product, yar har har, shiver me timbers mada faka). I'm still running through the games on Switch, I'll move to PC eventually, I've got a lot more on my backlog.
@@mitrikgaduk347 That's why true men of culture play with mods on a pc. The community provides way more than any dlc ever could.
I know he's covered them in other videos, but to not even toss in a casual mention of the hack n slash Neptunia spinoffs...
I haven't played it yet, but Samurai Maiden dropped last year and it looks like it could scratch the SK itch. It's a bit pricey and the gameplay is apparently a little clunky though. Regardless, I'd like to support the game so it can become a franchise with better gameplay in the future.
Just sucks that they butchered the translation and added censorship.
@@ShadowCthulhu The localization was actually changed waaaaaay back in late December through a patch on Steam. Dunno if it was applied to the other releases of the game though. The only censorship is an oddly specific thing with panty shots in the photo mode. Dunno why that's the case, but it hardly ruins the primary experience.
@@pedreiva indeed it was, not sure if they patched the console editions. Yes that is a weird thing to do for censorship.
Ended up importing the physical version on Switch and finished it early this year. The game itself is pretty solid the dedicated 3D platforming sections were a neat surprise, and for what the game is they did a really good job of them. In saying that the standard price is a little too steep but if you saw it on sale at around 20% off that's a good deal.
Thought it was going to be great but I wasn't impressed at all. In fact I was very disappointed by the overall quality. Sorry.
Some from me:
Code Vein it is also BAmco souls game.
Rumble Roses XX, Xbox game and even better from Senran Kagura games from certain aspects.
Yakuza zero.
Code Vein
Hot Fighting games: Street Fighter 6, Tekken 7. Soul Calibur 6.
Some MMOs, Black Desert, Genshin Impact....
Maybe Monster Hunter
Last one but not released . Project EVE/ Stellar Blade ıt looks amazing
I saw the Valkyrie Drive anime while playing the Vita game a year or two ago. It might as well be hentai. There's a lot of full nudity and the characters' powers activate by sexually assaulting each other, it's wild.
There's a scene where there's a whole troup standing still militar style, and just as they're done receiving orders they immediately star hugging and french kissing each other so they can fight. That shit had me in tears.
Wild show.
Catchy af ED song.
Why the fuck is that name familiar, if it’s a game I haven’t played it that’s for sure
I miss senran kagura 😢
I will NEVER forgive sony
I'm surprised that Samurai Maiden didn't get a mention. Also I'm still trying to understand why the mainline Senran Kagura games aren't on Switch, the series after all started on the 3Ds.