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Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked is a beat 'em up video game for the PlayStation 2. It is based on the anime Samurai Champloo, though the game's story isn't related to the show's events. The game has three playable characters, Mugen and Jin, two of the show's main characters, as well as a hidden character named Worso Tsurumaki.

Plot[]

One day in the middle of their many adventures, Mugen, Jin and Fuu encounter a boat ride that provides free food to the passengers. They ride on it, and it eventually drops them off in the northern land of Ezo. They find it to be too cold and want to get back on the boat, but it sails away before they can get back on. They soon meet Worso and become involved with Ezo's political conflict.

Episodes[]

  • Mugen
    • #0 Ships Come and Ships Go ~ Easy Come, Easy Go
    • #1 Quick as Lightning ~ Watch for the Witch
    • #2 Wiles ~ Hare and Hound
    • #3 Good Medicine Goes Down Bitter ~ A Lonesome Lover
    • #4 Cruel and Inhumane ~ The Tale of Tails
    • #5 Pure of Heart ~ Doer of Dreams
    • #6 Flowers Blooming in Profusion ~ The Rose Room
    • #7 A Fierce Battle ~ The End For End
  • Jin
    • #0 Ships Come and Ships Go ~ Easy Come, Easy Go
    • #1 Once in a Lifetime ~ Close Crows
    • #2 Waiting to Pounce ~ Lousy Liar
    • #3 Gods of Heaven and Earth ~ Wicked Weather
    • #4 Forbidden Place ~ Old Owl
    • #5 Lost in a Haze ~ Tagger's Tagging
    • #6 Moonlit Nocturne ~ A Dubious Deal
    • #7 A Fierce Battle ~ The End For End
  • Worso
    • #1 All Things in Nature ~ Walk in the Woods
    • #2 Self-contradiction ~ Word of Warning
    • #3 Elusive ~ Bloody Blade
    • #4 Dying in a Foreign Land ~ Morning More. Morning Less

Gameplay[]

Sidetracked is a beat 'em up and served as Grasshopper's inspiration for No More Heroes. However, Sidetracked does not rely on blocking or jabs as seen in such later games, instead using a combo system in which a combo tree is displayed at the top of the screen. The player must press buttons to follow the path on the tree in order to execute different moves. The combo trees can be swapped out by equipping different records, which also change the background music, encouraging the player to fight rhythmically.

Release history[]

  • Japan disc – February 23, 2006 (Namco Bandai Games, SLPS-25600)
  • North America disc – April 11, 2006 (Namco Bandai Games, SLUS-21343)

Other names[]

  • Japanese – サムライチャンプルー (Samurai Chanpurū), literally "Samurai Champloo."
Grasshopper Manufacture games
International Shining Soul · Shining Soul II · Killer7 · Michigan: Report from Hell · Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked · Contact · No More Heroes · Flower, Sun, and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise · No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle · FROG MINUTES · Shadows of the DAMNED · Sine Mora · Diabolical Pitch · Lollipop Chainsaw · Liberation Maiden · Black Knight Sword · Killer Is Dead · Short Peace: Ranko Tsukigime's Longest Day · LET IT DIE · Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes · No More Heroes III
Japan-exclusive Shirubā Jiken · Flower, Sun, and Rain · Shirubā Jiken 25 Ku · BLOOD+ One Night Kiss · Zero: Tsukihami no Kamen · Evangerion Shin Gekijōban -Saundo Inpakuto- · No More Heroes: World Ranker · Dark Menace
Other Suda material Super Fire Prowrestling III: Final Bout · Super Fire Prowrestling Special · Towairaito Shindoromu: Tansaku-hen · Towairaito Shindoromu: Kyūmei-hen · Moonlight Syndrome · Sdatcher · Liberation Maiden SIN · Tsukikage no Tokio · Kurayami Dance · Suda Fables
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