Genma Onimusha takes place in a world of darkness and magic, when power hungry warlords battle for control of Feudal Japan. One brave Samurai, Samanosuke, boldly volunteers to rescue the kidnapped princess Yuki, but even Samanosuke does not realize the desperation of this mission. An entire legion of demon warriors stands between him and his mission to avenge the princess.
Genma Onimusha features a number of high production values including an award-winning five minute opening movie animation created using an optical motion capture system to "film" six samurais battling simultaneously. Onimusha's other motion picture quality production values include a script written by Flagship, the company who penned the story lines for the Resident Evil series; a 200-piece orchestra who performs the original musical score; and famed Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro as the lead character. Genma Onimusha takesadvantage of the power of Xbox by delivering finely detailed character graphics created at 10,000 polygons per character.