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If you thought your Monday morning commute was brutal, wait until you meet Ten, a former yakuza whose neighborhood welcome committee consists of three entire crime syndicates trying to permanently check her back into a prison cell.
Nintendo’s latest Indie World showcase gave us a fresh, neon-drenched peek at Tenjutsu, an upcoming action roguelike scheduled to punch its way onto PC and the mythical “Nintendo Switch 2” in 2027. Set in the delightfully chaotic alleys of Kuroboro City, this game looks like the kind of stress relief you usually have to pay a licensed therapist an exorbitant hourly rate to achieve.
Welcome Back to Kuroboro, Here Is Your Target on Your Back
The premise is delightfully straightforward. Ten just wants to turn over a new leaf after a stint behind bars. Unfortunately, Kuroboro City’s local mafia bosses look at her return the way a smartphone addict looks at a charging cable that finally clicks into place on the first try—except instead of a battery boost, they see a threat that needs immediate deletion.
To survive, Ten has to rely on more than just her default martial arts background. She’ll need to scavenge new techniques and an arsenal of weaponry. But developer logic loves to mess with us, and Tenjutsu has a brilliantly sadistic twist.
Succeeding Is Actually a Terrible Idea
When Winning Makes You Miserable
In most games, beating a boss feels like a reward. In Tenjutsu, every time you take down one of the criminal masterminds, the surviving bosses actually get stronger. It is the tactical equivalent of trading your reliable wired earbuds for a pair of Bluetooth ones that somehow always die on the exact train stop where you need them most—you think you’re upgrading, but you’re really just signing up for a specialized form of modern suffering.
By the time you whittle the syndicates down to the last crime lord standing, that final boss is going to be so buffed up, they could probably deflect a bullet with a stern glance.
Until 2027 rolls around and we can legally test our reflexes on Switch 2 hardware, we’ll just have to dream about unleashing our inner yakuza. Just remember: in Kuroboro City, victory is merely a polite invitation to get your teeth kicked in by someone even scarier.
Source reference: ign
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