



Sengoku Basara (戦国BASARA) is the first game in the series and released in Japan on July 21, 2005, for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) as a hack and slash, action game. Games Console and handheld games Sengoku Basara ( Devil Kings) As of December 31, 2022, the game series has sold 4.1 million copies worldwide. Sengoku Basara serves as one of Capcom's flagship series in Japan. Sengoku Basara 's producer is Hiroyuki Kobayashi (who has been the producer for every console and handheld game in the series except for Sengoku Basara Sanada Yukimura-den, and is the creator of the franchise), and its director is Makoto Yamamoto (who has been the director for every console and handheld game in the series except for Sengoku Basara Sanada Yukimura-den). The franchise started with the first Sengoku Basara video game releasing in Japan on July 21, 2005, for the PlayStation 2. Despite Sengoku Basara being considered niche outside of Asia, it does maintain a small following in countries such as Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. While Sengoku Basara remains popular in Japan, it has gained some popularity in other Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. Sengoku Basara is considered to be popular in Japan with the franchise getting good reviews and sales, winning some awards, becoming a cultural phenomenon, having the video games being cited as an example of games as art, and gaining a passionate fanbase. Its story is loosely based on real events of the titular Sengoku period in the history of feudal Japan. Sengoku Basara ( 戦国BASARA) is a series of video games developed and published by Capcom, and a bigger media franchise based on it, including four anime shows, an anime movie, a live action show, a magazine series, a trading card game, and numerous drama CDs, light novels, manga, and stage plays.
