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Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time (2020)

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Create Your Own Legend
Equip and master over a dozen different weapons in combat. Increase your power even more by training and unlocking new skills to support your playstyle.
Gameplay
The game primarily consists of Jack going to an area, defeating all the enemies in that area, then moving on to the next area, and so on. Some of the areas and enemies are optional for completing the level, while others such as boss fights are mandatory. There are four difficulty levels: Jack, Samurai, Master Samurai, and Master of Masters, the last of which can only be unlocked by completing each of the other levels on Master Samurai difficulty. Jack can use strong attacks, quick attacks, ranged weapons, combos, and Kiai Attacks. Kiai attacks can only be used after the player has filled their Kiai Fire gauge, but when used, Jack is temporarily invincible and deals massive damage in a manner specific to the kind of weapon he currently has equipped and his proficiency level in that weapon class.

In exchange for enough Gold, Jack can buy and sell weapons, ammunition, and consumables at Da Samurai's shop, which you can access by talking to him at any of the various locations where he appears. But the kinds of items Da Samurai has in stock differ from location to location, and he has a limited supply of each per location. You can also spend Gold at his shop in return for repairs, which restore durability in weapons that have been worn out from use in combat, and weapon training, each purchase of which increases Jack's proficiency in one the various classes of melee weapons by one level. Some of Jack's other allies, Sir Rothchild, The Scotsman, and The Scotsman's Daughters, appear throughout various levels as well, and can be interacted with for gameplay advice and a single item each.

Jack has a skill tree with three categories: Physical, Spiritual, and Combat. The various skills in each can be unlocked by spending blue Skill Fire, green Bushido Spirit, and occasionally specific kinds of Jewels. Jewels can only be acquired from allies and chests in certain levels, and specific kinds of Jewels can only be found by playing or replaying the specific levels they are available in. Skill Fire, Bushido Spirit, Kiai Fire, and Gold can be acquired by defeating enemies, finding them in chests and destructible objects, and collecting them floating midair in certain places. Blue Skill Fire can be found in overabundance compared to green Bushido Spirit, which is much less plentiful and will ultimately be the limiting factor towards completing one's skill tree. Skill Fire can also be acquired as a reward for completing Challenges, various side-objectives the game keeps track of in the Records menu. One such challenge is opening all 100 different chests in the game.

There are 50 Corrupted Emperor's Kamon and 100 chests in all, and while many of them are in obvious locations, some are more difficult to find. So unless one is following a guide, one would likely require multiple playthroughs of each level to acquire them all. Many require shooting far-off medals or skulls with well-aimed bow-and-arrow shots.

Plot
The game picks up during the finale of season 5, immediately after Jack has freed Ashi from Aku's control and begins traveling back to the past with her. In a desperate, last-minute attempt to prevent his destruction at the samurai's hand, Aku transports Jack into a time pocket, a rift of time and space that is not affected by the main timeline and under the demon's complete control, forcing Jack to relive many of the challenges he has faced before in familiar locations. Aku also corrupted the royal family's kamon crests with his black magic and scattered them throughout the world. As a side-quest, Jack must destroy them to weaken Aku.






Levels
Aku's Mines / Swamp Village
Castle of Boon / Mountain
Cave Of The Ancient
Undead Cemetery
Aku City / Western Train
Ruined City
Snowy Forest / Ruined Tomb
Sahara Desert / Prison Ship / Robot Graveyard
Aku's Tower
Characters
Playable
Samurai Jack
Allies
Ashi
Sir Rothchild
Da Samurai
The Scotsman
The Scotsman's Daughters
Odin, Ra, & Rama (when using Gift of the Gods)
Enemies
Beetle Drones
Beetle Bots
Alligator Robots
Bounty Hunters
Celtic Demons
Skeleton Warriors
Dust Zombies
Shinobi
Leeches
Bosses
The Scotsman
Giant Beetle Drones
Demongo
The Lava Monster
The Hag Witch
Imakandi Warriors
Josephine and Ezekiel Clench
Scaramouche's Golem
Scaramouche
The Daughters of Aku
Lazarus-92
Ashi
Aku
Voice Cast
Mako Iwamatsu as Past Aku (archive sound)
Greg Baldwin as Aku
Phil LaMarr as Samurai Jack
Tara Strong as Ashi, Daughters of Aku, Computer Voice
Rob Paulsen as Sir Rothchild
David Alan Grier as Da Samurai
John DiMaggio as The Scotsman, Zeke
Grey DeLisle as The Scotsman's Daughters, Josephine Clench
Kevin Michael Richardson as Demongo, Imakandi Warriors
Richard McGonagle as Ancient King
B.J. Ward as Hag Witch the Evil Spirit
Tom Kenny as Scaramouche
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