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Sengoku Basara 4 Game's Special Promo Video Posted

CAPCOM began streaming a special promotional video on Friday for its Sengoku Basara 4 PlayStation 3 game. The video gives a small preview of Production I.G and Wit Studio's animation for the game.

The video notes that the first limited edition of the game will come with a download code for a special "hakama & wooden sword" costume for Date Masamune.

CAPCOM is also streaming an introduction video for various DLC costumes, including the above-mentioned costume for Date Masamune, a Devil May Cry Vergil costume for Ishida Mitsunari, a twin sword kung-fu costume for Shima Sakon, a Nagamasa Azai costume for Shibata Katsuie, a "Blue Dragon" costume for Sanada Yukimura, a "Gakuen Basara" costume for Tokugawa Ieyasu, and a wedding costume for Ii Naotora.

The game will ship on January 23 for 6,990 yen (about US$71) including tax. There will also be a limited-edition Sengoku Basara 4 Hyakka Ryōran Tamatebako set with the game, book, storyboard collection, interchangeable disc jacket, and custom theme for 8,790 yen (US$89). T.M. Revolution will perform the game's opening theme and girl band SCANDAL will perform the ending theme.

CAPCOM's Sengoku Basara games have sold 3.2 million copies since 2005. They inspired the Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings 2, and Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings: The Movie anime adaptations. A live-action series starring GACKT premiered last year, and spawned two compilation films in December. The games also inspired a stage musical adaptation from the famous all-female Takarazuka Revue Company that ran from June 15 to July 1.