Samurai Duels?

**Sir Robin** · March 20, 2011, 01:58 AM

A bit ago a samurai duel video was released. I assumed, yes I know what that does, that it was similar to the in-game ninja videos. After playing for a few days though I don't see any way to actually trigger a samurai duel. Was it just a promotional thing or am I missing the right conditions to trigger it?

**Disaray** · March 20, 2011, 02:05 AM

I was wondering about this myself just the other day. I tryed a few things to get it to hapen but no dice. I didn't have any other generals or family members to try it on, only enemy, so I might not have exhausted all the options just yet.

**Dynamo11** · March 20, 2011, 02:06 AM

1. Well that video has NOTHING to do with Shogun 2 at all. The company that made it did make the opening CGI but that particular video is unrelated.

2. No you cannot have/see 1-on-1 samurai duels (unless you zoom in very close on the battle map, which I do suggest as some of the animations are brilliant)

**Disaray** · March 20, 2011, 02:10 AM

That's too bad. As I understand samurai would duel each other quite frequently around this time, over all kinds of things too or simply to see who was better. It'd be nice if they put it in, I mean they had the gentalman's duels in the last titles nad those were kind of neet.

**rob-a-dogg** · March 20, 2011, 04:59 AM

Originally Posted by Dynamo11

No you cannot have/see 1-on-1 samurai duels (unless you zoom in very close on the battle map, which I do suggest as some of the animations are brilliant)

haha my favorite one is the one when the guy does a jumping karate roll under the other guys sword. Sound pretty cool? Not so much when you remember everyone has a clan flag on their back

**aeoleron9** · March 20, 2011, 03:19 AM

Yeah I dunno where I got the impression, but I always thought there would be an option to let your generals/samurais fight a duel with the other side before a battle. The opening movie also suggests this but apparently it's not in the actual game.

**Aklis** · March 20, 2011, 04:28 AM

Duelling was common in the periods before Sengoku Jidai, where you'd first exchange arrow volleys, then the samurai (there were pretty much no ashigaru) would stroll up to each other, duel, and the winner would go about his business.

**Jackie Chan's Brother Wang...** · March 20, 2011, 04:37 AM

Originally Posted by Aklis

Duelling was common in the periods before Sengoku Jidai, where you'd first exchange arrow volleys, then the samurai (there were pretty much no ashigaru) would stroll up to each other, duel, and the winner would go about his business.

It was a simpler time.

**Cinnead** · March 20, 2011, 04:54 AM

Originally Posted by Jackie Chan's Brother Wang...

It was a simpler time.

Yeah, samurai would seek out a worthy enemy on the battlefield, then list all his names and achievements to his opponent and then they would commence the fight.

T'would be funny if it were like this in the game

**Erwin Rommel** · March 20, 2011, 05:15 AM

Originally Posted by Cinnead

Yeah, samurai would seek out a worthy enemy on the battlefield, then list all his names and achievements to his opponent and then they would commence the fight.

T'would be funny if it were like this in the game

Hisashiburi dana, Sanada Yukimura...You doing okay?

Enough talk Masamune-dono. I Sanada Genjiro Yukimura, a challenge you to a fair duel!

Or

Honda Tadakatsu-dono. I am Uesugi's 1st Division, Naoe Kanetsugu! The 1st Division consists of only me, the invincible!

**Sir Robin** · March 20, 2011, 08:53 AM

Cool, thanks for the info. Guess it was just some kind of promo thing then. We had gentlemen duels in Empire so I must have just expected it to show up in Shogun 2... too.

**Inhuman One** · March 20, 2011, 05:12 AM

There really are some cool animations there. One of my samurai's sliced a guy's throat when he was laying on the ground.

Another time my samurai where fighting another group of samurai and where winning pretty big. When there was only one enemy left all my samurai stood around him as he fought a duel with one of my group, watching. And cheering when my guy sliced his stomach and kept a rather dramatic position on one knee for a short moment before he stood up and cheered along with the others.