The Last Blade
| The Last Blade | |
|---|---|
| Developer | SNK |
| Publisher | SNK |
| Director | Kimura Ken |
| Producers | Akira Goto Hiroshi Matsumoto |
| Designers | Econo Daisuke Eiji Fukatsu H. Taniguchi |
| Programmer | Naoyan Apchiba |
| Artist | Toshiaki Mori |
| Writer | Hidetaka Suehiro |
| Composers | Hiroshi Yamazoe Yasuhiro Naka Yasuo Yamate |
| Series | The Last Blade |
| Platforms | Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, PlayStation |
| Release | Arcade Neo Geo AES Neo Geo CD
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| Genre | Fighting |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Neo Geo MVS |
The Last Blade is a fighting game developed and released by SNK for the Neo Geo system in 1997. It was also ported to several home systems. A sequel, The Last Blade 2, was released in 1998. A second sequel, The Last Blade: Beyond the Destiny, was released in 2000.
The game takes place during the Bakumatsu era in Japan, and incorporates various elements of Japanese mythology (with a heavy emphasis on the symbology of the Four Symbols). As such, the background music generally incorporates synthesized instruments simulating a sound appropriate to the 19th century setting, in a Western classical, pseudo-Romantic style (unusual for a fighting game).