"Dino Crisis, maybe I'll give it some love someday". Oh no, the cycle begins again

The circle is now complete. Johnny is covering Onimusha.

"I've been looking forward to this." - Count Dooku

28:07 What if every time you reached for a Final Fantasy game it turned into a Dragon Quest game.

Fun fact: The composer was deaf Until he admitted to faking it.

I'm surprised I'm not the only one that fell in love with a random game because we got the wrong game a gift and had nothing better to play

Fun fact: Yusaku Matsuda was the inspiration for One Piece's "Admiral Aokiji" appearance too

You finally did it. You’re finally covering Onimusha.

Johnny finally covering Onimusha: This is where the fun begins.

Ok, one thing about those Kaede sections: get close to a monster, lock-on, then double-tap the direction towards the monster (up on the D-pad in vanilla), Kaede will vault over and land behind the enemy. Now, as a Kunoichi, Kaede can instantly kill an enemy if you attack from behind (with a special animation). Once I learned to do this vault-and-assassinate move reliably, her sections became my favorite parts of the game. Highly recommended if anyone hasn’t tried it.

It’s always great to watch a new Johnny episode.

2021: The year Johnny finally reviews Onimusha.

He mentioned Ghosts of Tushima he has to review it now

Ted is an unavoidable obstacle within every KZfaqr's path to an FF marathon.

I think the reason for the narrator informing people about Hideyoshi is that, back then, it was apparently common to change your name to reflect higher status, so Hideyoshi would've referred to himself by that name at the time, but unless you are a diehard fan of Sengoku history to memorize who was called what by then, you never would know that that was Hideyoshi, whereas even passive fans of the time know who Toyotomi Hideyoshi is.

7:57 I sort of know Jean Reno so................I'm not going away!

Johnny, you are apart of some of the good things that have happened in this early 2021 period. Thank you so much you kind soul for doing what you are doing; playing games and talking your stuff about it.

Sonic Shuffle: I still want to be reviewed by Johnny, I've waited for too long. Me: And you still will be if you don't keep your mouth shut.

A classic from my early teenage years Also: "If you don't know who Jean Reno is... go away" best line in the whole video. Maybe best line ever on your channel, Johnny

Dread it. Run from it. Dragon Quest arrives all the same.

I was always kind of wondering when Johnny would get to this series , nice that he finally got to it.

Well the first Johnny VS of 2021 and we're starting off that has been a long time coming, A Onimusha game, This will be interesting and at least that's out of his bucket list.

Now all you need is Brave Fencer Mushashi, and you'll be set for life

Anybody else saw the notification and was like "Fucking finally, you tease"? How many times has he talked about Onimusha without talking about Onimusha?😂

It's about damn time. 5 and a half years he's been teasing this thing.

"I've been waiting for this!"

Marvel Cinematic Universe: I’m the best at hyping up long-awaited releases! Johnny: *Hold my coffee mug.*

I’d knew he’d finally get to this masterpiece.

"No other track represents finality so well." *Answers plays in the distance*

"Dragon Quest V, I hope this is worth my time" Oh man, he has no idea

Man. One of my all time favorite series! A classic!

"The Issen was always something I did by accident." That's me when I play Onimusha 3 lol.

Johnny: HERE'S JOHNNY Us: our saviour has returned! 👐

Oh, I know Jean Reno! He's the voice of Le Frog in that Aardman movie, Flushed Away! ....I'm not allowed in this house, am I?

FINALLY ONIMUSHA! You’ve been mentioning this series for a while so this is worth the wait!

Big props for the Yusaku Matsuda mention! Love the dude

Johnny: I'll review Final Fantasy now. Onimusha: I don't think so chief.... Johnny: Now that I am done with onimusha I can rev- *A Dragon Quest 5 Hand Of the Heavenly Bride draws near!*

Finally, I get to hear about this series. Here’s to the start to a better year.

Oh heck yes! Johnny constantly mentioning Onimusha in his Resident Evil marathon is what made me check out the series, and now it's my favorite action series! Onimusha 2 is a contender for my favorite game of all time

Man, this is a funny looking Devil May Cry game.

9:01 I remember Johnny quoting this for a LP (probably some RE game) and I was never able to find the reference!

Let's go johnny been waiting for this for a very long time can't wait to hear one my fave channels talk about these amazing games!

Onimusha came out around the time I was first getting into Feudal Japanese history. Ever since I read James Clavell's SHOGUN and watched Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai, I got really into games like these. I never got to play Onimusha on my own, but my best friends played them a lot whenever I visited them. The Tenchu series and Onimusha were the main Feudal Japanese games I encountered, and they left quite an impression on me. It's a shame that certain characters and plot points in the first game didn't get revisited or resolved in the sequels. It's funny that the freaky short guy who is on the villains' side is supposed to be Toyotomi Hedeyoshi, the man who managed to attain the dictator title of the Taiko but not shogun after Nobunaga's demise. His reign as Taiko was brief, and his only heir didn't survive to become the next Taiko once Tokugawa became shogun. I do wonder how Ieyasu Tokugawa, the guy who became shogun after Hedeyoshi, would've figured into Onimusha's universe. He didn't ally with demons, but he was brilliant, calculating, and ruthless. Tokugawa's alter ego in Clavell's SHOGUN, Toranaga, gives a fictionalized glimpse into how effectively calculating Tokugawa must've been. It's kind of funny to think of Nobunaga siding with demons, because I think the demons of Onimusha might've found the historical Nobunaga to be irritating. Though he was a great daimyo, Nobunaga was pretty excessive and a difficult lord to work for. One of his retainers found him so difficult to serve, he committed suicide, and told Nobunaga how difficult it was to work for him in his note. I recommend checking out Kurosawa's film Kagemusha, since that film gives rather an interesting dramatization of Nobunaga. I know I'm rambling, but the history that inspired games like Onimusha is pretty fascinating. Good going on the review, Johnny!

First heard of this game when the Mamoru Samuragochi scandal was being brought up in some videos. The SGB LP was a lot of fun too. Glad it’s finally in the spotlight.

Onimusha Warlords is actually one of my favourite PS2 games.

I’m just imagining Johnny squeeing like a girl once he opened that Onimusha disc.

Man, Johnny is really inspiring. Just watched all the videos he put out since the end of 2019 and he wasn't joking about working hard on weight loss. Respect.

11:55 I'm surprised you missed the explanation for the Onimusha transformation considering you described only a minute earlier. Its established that when a human is at the height of despair their blood is at its most potent. Thus when Samonosuke is on the brink of being crushed by Fortinbras and he is certain that Princess Yuki will die due to his failure, his blood infuses the gauntlet and empowers him. Its pretty standard shonen anime bullshit, but its relatively internally consistent. All the times Samonosuke can die midway through the campaign, or indeed during the final boss fight? He just wasn't SAD enough to trigger the transformation.

I've waited years for this moment!

2021 has Johnny finally talk about Onimusha and soon Dragon Quest. That's two milestones out of the gate.

It's been YEARS Johnny, we're finally getting Onimusha god bless

Oooo DQV, that's one of my favorites! I hope you enjoy it bro.

Earliest I’ve been for a new Johnny Vs. Is this what it’s like to hit the big time?

Fun story, there was a glitch during Onimusha’s development where you could juggle the enemies by constantly fighting. After seeing this glitch, Hideki Kamiya thought it was cool and basically designed Devil May Cry’s combat around that idea. Also the skeleton guy, Guildenstern, has like the best voice ever in English.

Johnny, I just wanted to say how much your videos have helped me cope through difficult times. Hell, I’m hot off the heels of an episode now. Just seeing you so passionate to talk about a game and series you enjoy made me smile so much. Never change, keep up the amazing work, and thank you again

Just another comment about how much I LOVE your original outro theme and that I'm glad you used it here

Meanwhile ichiban is smiling at the end of the video.

Speaking of Capcom games, is the Resident Evil marathon coming back anytime soon? Don't get me wrong, I voted to let Johnny take a break from those games, (I don't mind if he outright says he might not come back to them for years), but I'm just curious. Especially with RE8 in developement. And the RE influence in this is bringing me back memories of those games. Also wow, he's finally doing this after mentioning it for so long.

17:34 bravo with that Futurama reference. A man of culture, you are.

yes! yes!! yes!!! so happy to see you doing onimusha johnny especially as i just watched the resident evil marathon(honestly like onimusha more than re.)/finished warlords earlier this week,also souls is basically a build your empire game most infamous for having other capcom characters in feudal garb. also love the new vs. logo background as it fits the 10th anniversary.(along with kid icarus/donkey kong for it's 35th & 40th anniversary you should do a capcom marathon of viewtiful joe,cyberbots/tech romancer,power stone plus the anime,red earth,maximo & especially darkstalkers. :3)

HOLY SHIT GUYS, JOHNNY HAS FINALLY DONE IT!!! HE FINALLY MADE A VIDEO ON ONIMUSHA!!

Onimusha Devil Summoner Samenosuke Akechi Versus The Soulless Army

Hell yeah, I know nothing of this series but seeing you bring it up a lot has made me curious. Take your time on that FF marathon, that is one -hell- of a time commitment

25:09 Was wondering when you'd finally bring her up!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Johnny: But sometimes, you just wanna fucking talk about a game. So bear with me here. The comments: *_Jokes on you, we're into that shit_*

'Here's where the fun begins." -Han Solo

10:21 Now I know where the Marauder from DOOM Eternal came from.

7:55 - "And if you don't know who Jean Reno is.... go away." No, I wanna watch your video!

Ted: It's been 1000 years...

as a wise man once said, I've been waiting for this!

It’s finally time. Real talk, thanks for getting me into this series Johnny! After seeing a few parts of the SGB playthrough and your spotlight video on it, I bought the game last year and played through it 3 times in a row. Though short, this game is so fun to just relax and play. I just wish 2-4 would get rereleased as well. I would get the PS2 versions, but my PS3 is gone after YLOD-ing 3 times. Anyway, can’t wait to watch the video!

Funny how you released a video sponsored by SkillShare the same day I decided to take classes on there. Thank you for recommending it to me!

I've never actually seen what these games looked like and not gonna lie, i'm kinda interested in trying it out now, might buy the PS4 port.

Here’s one you’ll get a kick outta: “A Way Out” for Xbox ONE and PC.

I picked this up over the Xmas break after all the references you've been dropping. Stoked to finally see a review at long last! And it's a long one!!

The wait is over. Never played this but Johnny keeps mentioning this game for the last year.

This video is sponsored by raycon

I will upvote this video for the use of the word “cuck” alone.

I’m so happy to see you go over this game. You inspired me to play this game from the play throughs and I fell in love with just the fun onimusha was! Thanks again Johnny!

God damn it Johnny, i watched this video and was in the mood for something close to Resident Evil after beating all the classic games, decided to give Genma a shot just to see if i'd enjoy it, loved it and immediately bought all the other games in the series. You have cursed me into becoming an Onimusha fan and desperately wanting Capcom to do anything of note with the series again, i hope you're proud of yourself.

Belated b-day gift. A Somecallmejohnny review.

I love this series and always have. Onimusha 3 was always my favorite as a kid and at the end when you played Samanosuke's theme from that game it relit the spark and I went and found a copy. Needless to say, I went on to have four of the best days of my adult life reliving that fantastic game, so thank you. Great review as always. I love seeing Onimusha get the praise it deserves and I hope Capcom doesn't let it fall into another 13 year long hiatus. Definitely looking forward to seeing you cover the rest of this series and I hope you have as much fun as I just did.

Like Akihiko Sanada usually says before an All-Out Attack in Persona 3, I’ve been waiting for this!

Long time fan of the channel. I finally subscribed, AND hit the bell because this is the game/series I've always wanted you to cover. And I didn't want to put the unfair time sink of a FF marathon on your head😅 Edit: oh, wait he IS doing a FF marathon... HOORAY!

That was my first game series and one of my favorites when I was little. Please do that other ones, there really fun to play.

Owned both Onimusha: Warlords and Genma Onimusha, but never managed to hold on to either long enough to beat them, sadly. :( That said, hearing and seeing Johhny extensively talk about these games as well as Devil May Cry just makes me want to see him talk about the reboot Ninja Gaiden games even more--Ninja Gaiden Black and Dragon Sword in specific!!

4:36 Don't mind me, just admiring that Mega Man Battle Network poster featuring Aqua Bug Style Great review. Looking forward to your Final Dragon Fantasy Quest review. Oh no, you merged the franchises! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE JOHNNY!?

They said it would never be done, but he actually made an Onimusha video. Gotta be honest, I'm kind of hyped now.

17:36 this is about wisest thing I’ve ever heard an Elderly man say besides anything Uncle Iroh has said….

Aw sweet, Johnny's getting around to doing Final Fantasy (I can't wait to see both the 13 trilogy and 15).

Onimusha was one of those franchises that I was aware of but completely missed, so it's great seeing you tackle it

7:55 Is it bad that my first exposure to Jean Reno was Godzilla 1998?

Long time fan, not a long time commenter but I gotta say Johnny, looking fit my guy! Keep it up!

Thank You Johnny For Reminding Me How Good This Game Is I Manage To Beat It For The First Time On My Switch 🙏🏾

i like how johnny just forgot about he resident evil marathon due to him not playing res 5 and 6 and revelations

Seeing you talk about Onimusha and how there are no new games reminds me of Megaman Legends and now I can feel your pain Hey at least it's Capcom there's always hope

20:27 You get a like JUST for that sound byte Johnny, well done!

one of my favorite games/franchises that I still love to this day I'm so happy to see Johnny finally cover it and I had no idea about Genma Onimusha I'm going to have to try that since I am such a fan

I really want him to cover onimusha 2 sooner rather than later, but I can wait. It’s got to be one of my favorites.

Sheeshhh Lookin good Johnny! The weight loss is tremendous! Great video as always!