Shinobi weapon ?

[Vanish]

So this is from Ubisoft
"Shinobi (Samurai Assassin) – The Shinobi are silent warriors able to move with a dancer’s grace and kill with precision thanks to a lifetime of disciplined training. They wield the traditional Japanese Kusarigama."
Correct me if i'm wrong. But I think Kusarigama is a sickle (kama) connects with a metal counter weight by chain. Wielder will hold the sickle in one hand, other hand will swing and throw the counter weight. The sickle is used to defend or in close combat situation while the counter weight is a deadly metal ball crushed enemy head, break bone, or disable their weapons. So I don't understand how Ubisoft's shinobi is going to dual-wield 2 Kusarigamas. Ubi must've put some time on research about the weapon they put in the game, right ?

[Simple Kind of Man]

ya and shugy can bat some one away 30 feet this is not real life

[Jacabob]

You are correct im wondering how he/she is going to hold two at the same time

[Saint Landwalker]

Technically a kusarigama would have a kama on one end and a weight on the other end of the chain. Ubisoft are doing some "artistic liberties" with it and basically just making it two kama connected by a chain (or something like that). Because, you know, "ninja" or whatever.

[Smug Kot]

Originally posted by Landwalker04:

Technically a kusarigama would have a kama on one end and a weight on the other end of the chain. Ubisoft are doing some "artistic liberties" with it and basically just making it two kama connected by a chain (or something like that). Because, you know, "ninja" or whatever.

i would like more if was a single kama with a chain.

[Saint Landwalker]

Originally posted by Touch Fluffy Tail:

Originally posted by Landwalker04:

Technically a kusarigama would have a kama on one end and a weight on the other end of the chain. Ubisoft are doing some "artistic liberties" with it and basically just making it two kama connected by a chain (or something like that). Because, you know, "ninja" or whatever.

i would like more if was a single kama with a chain.

I would like a lot of things more if Ubisoft did them differently than they actually did them.

[Vanish]

Yeah I'm a fan of Kusarigama. So I'm kinda disappointed when I see Shinobi weapon.

[Arebasu Shun]

Considering the kusarigama is more a dueling weapon than battlefield it's still out of place. But from what I can gather (in game) it's two kama connected by chain which isn't a kusarigama. It hurts me so much to watch anime and ignorant people think you throw the kama end. T_T;;

[Arebasu Shun]

I'm all for adding the ninja, but wasnt the Assassin filling that role already? So now Samurai will have two Assassins?

[Saint Landwalker]

Originally posted by Arebasu Shun:

Considering the kusarigama is more a dueling weapon than battlefield it's still out of place. But from what I can gather (in game) it's two kama connected by chain which isn't a kusarigama. It hurts me so much to watch anime and ignorant people think you throw the kama end. T_T;;

It's pretty clear from the inclusion of the Peacekeeper and the fact that the Centurion will use a freaking cestus that Ubisoft gives zero craps about whether or not something was a proper battlefield weapon.

[Arebasu Shun]

I thought I saw the centurion would use a gladius or spatha, but no shield. It's just a shame because it started out having some semblance of historic combat; albeit very lightly with moderate/high fantasy.

[Saint Landwalker]

Originally posted by Arebasu Shun:

I thought I saw the centurion would use a gladius or spatha, but no shield. It's just a shame because it started out having some semblance of historic combat; albeit very lightly with moderate/high fantasy.

Gladius in one hand, glorified ancient boxing glove in the other. Yippee.

[Cerebral Daemon]

Didn't they say in the Warrior's Den stream that the ninja's Kusarigama was modified, though? I recall them mentioning the chain was also longer than a normal Kusarigama.

[Vanish]

Originally posted by Arebasu Shun:

I'm all for adding the ninja, but wasnt the Assassin filling that role already? So now Samurai will have two Assassins?

Yes Samurai will have two Assassins and Knight will have two Hybrids

Originally posted by Cerebral Daemon:

Didn't they say in the Warrior's Den stream that the ninja's Kusarigama was modified, though? I recall them mentioning the chain was also longer than a normal Kusarigama.

Judging from the gameplay teaser. I wouldn't say the chain is longer than a normal Kusarigama. Because a traditional Kusarigama chain is pretty long, at least 3 meters I believe. Some may be even longer.

[Neon Knight]

Originally posted by ⠀:

Maybe he has the chains attached to his arms. He's the weeaboo Kratos.

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