Both Versus games also expanded beyond the core ten cast members from Burst and Deep Crimson to incorporate the girls of Gessen Academy (another group of good shinobi) and the girls of Hebijo Academy (a group of evil shinobi who replaced Homura’s Crimson Squad following the events at the conclusion of Burst). Instead, the Versus installments concentrate on the interpersonal relationships between the girls, their reasons for fighting and their many and varied backgrounds that brought them to their own personal Path of the Shinobi. While the Versus series acknowledges the events of the 3DS titles, the overall conflict between the shinobi girls and the yōma is not furthered significantly by these games.
This particular part of the plot is primarily dealt with by what is regarded as the mainline installments of the series - Senran Kagura Burst and Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson, which can be found on the Nintendo 3DS platform. The Versus subseries of Senran Kagura - to date consisting of Vita-only title Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus and the more recent PS4 and Vita-based Senran Kagura Estival Versus - takes an interesting approach in that it doesn’t really advance the main overarching storyline of the series at all.Īt heart, Senran Kagura as a whole is about the struggles of a group of young women as they train to become good and evil shinobi, initially to fight against their counterparts from the opposing ideology, but later with the shared purpose of defeating the horrific and terrifying yōma - demons drawn from Japanese mythology. The Versus installments concentrate on the interpersonal relationships between the girls, their reasons for fighting and their many and varied backgrounds. While starting with fun in the sun, Estival Versus’ plot develops over time into something much more interesting. So where does Estival Versus itself fit in to the grand scheme of the complete series? Read on and let’s find out. Each of the individual installments stand by themselves as a complete story in their own right, but taken in context with all the other companion pieces, it’s clear that Senran Kagura is a franchise that has been thoroughly planned from start to finish - and it’s very likely we haven’t seen the last of it with Estival Versus, not by a long shot. Interestingly, the complete series doesn’t take a linear approach to exploring its narrative, instead breaking itself into three main branches: the “main” plot, the Versus plot, and the spin-off stories. One of the biggest strengths of the Senran Kagura series as a whole is its comprehensive lore, consisting of numerous intertwining character backstories and its own take on Japanese mythology. This article is one chapter of a multi-part Cover Game feature!
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