<s>
Devil	B-Application
Kings	I-Application
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
2005	B-Application
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Capcom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Basara	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
several	O
sequels	O
and	O
an	O
anime	O
series	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
them	O
using	O
the	O
original	O
title	O
and	O
setting	O
of	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Basara	I-Application
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sengoku	B-Application
Basara	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
during	O
the	O
Sengoku	O
period	O
,	O
or	O
Warring	O
States	O
period	O
,	O
of	O
feudal	O
Japan	O
during	O
which	O
Japan	O
was	O
split	O
into	O
many	O
minor	O
states	O
battling	O
over	O
power	O
and	O
land	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Devil	O
Kings'''	O
main	O
character	O
is	O
Devil	O
King	O
(	O
Oda	O
Nobunaga	O
in	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Basara	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
,	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
similar	O
in	O
concept	O
to	O
Devil	B-Application
May	I-Application
Cry	I-Application
,	O
Dynasty	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
and	O
Samurai	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
releasing	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Basara	I-Application
,	O
Capcom	O
attempted	O
to	O
appeal	O
to	O
the	O
western	O
audience	O
,	O
by	O
removing	O
all	O
Sengoku	O
and	O
Japanese	O
references	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
a	O
generic	O
fantasy	B-Application
story	O
vaguely	O
connected	O
with	O
Capcom	O
's	O
hit	O
franchise	O
Devil	B-Application
May	I-Application
Cry	I-Application
(	O
a	O
DMC-type	O
font	O
was	O
even	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
cover	O
title	O
of	O
Devil	B-Application
Kings	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
extract	O
from	O
IGN	O
interview	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
producer	O
Hiroyuki	O
Kobayashi:Kobayashi	O
:	O
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Devil	B-Application
Kings	I-Application
is	O
called	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Basara	I-Application
,	O
and	O
it	O
focuses	O
on	O
Japanese	O
history	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
Capcom	O
style	O
,	O
a	O
Capcom	O
flair	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
we	O
were	O
making	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
we	O
told	O
ourselves	O
,	O
"	O
What	O
can	O
we	O
do	O
to	O
differentiate	O
this	O
to	O
make	O
this	O
different	O
from	O
other	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
games	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
said	O
,	O
"	O
Let	O
's	O
give	O
the	O
characters	O
a	O
kind	O
of	O
Devil	B-Application
May	I-Application
Cry	I-Application
flair	O
--	O
some	O
really	O
cool	O
moves	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
kind	O
of	O
things	O
you	O
might	O
see	O
in	O
Devil	B-Application
May	I-Application
Cry	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
few	O
discussions	O
,	O
we	O
decided	O
not	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
game	O
with	O
samurais	O
and	O
ninjas	O
in	O
feudal	O
Japan	O
,	O
but	O
instead	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
dark	O
,	O
slightly	O
devilish	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
setting	O
to	O
it	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
huge	O
Devil	B-Application
May	I-Application
Cry	I-Application
feel	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Call	O
it	O
Devil	B-Application
Kings	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
some	O
fantasy	B-Application
elements	O
that	O
did	O
n't	O
actually	O
happen	O
,	O
of	O
course	O
,	O
but	O
enough	O
of	O
it	O
is	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
now	O
been	O
changed	O
to	O
be	O
darker.These	O
alterations	O
were	O
regarded	O
as	O
unpopular	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
Devil	B-Application
Kings	I-Application
version	O
was	O
a	O
critical	O
and	O
commercial	O
failure	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
more	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Basara	I-Application
games	O
were	O
brought	O
to	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Basara	I-Application
:	I-Application
Samurai	I-Application
Heroes	I-Application
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
westernized	O
version	O
(	O
Devil	B-Application
Kings	I-Application
)	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fans	O
of	O
the	O
franchise	O
seem	O
to	O
have	O
given	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
positive	O
reviews	O
and	O
the	O
westernized	O
version	O
negative	O
reviews	O
with	O
one	O
stating	O
,	O
"	O
While	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Basara	I-Application
was	O
considered	O
a	O
cult	O
classic	O
among	O
fans	O
and	O
gamers	O
,	O
Devil	B-Application
Kings	I-Application
was	O
considered	O
a	O
terrible	O
localization	O
of	O
a	O
good	O
game	O
that	O
should	O
've	O
been	O
left	O
unchanged	O
for	O
its	O
western	O
releases.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
re-released	O
under	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
the	I-Device
Best	I-Device
label	O
(	O
which	O
means	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
best-seller	O
in	O
Japan	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
two	O
sequels	O
,	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Basara	I-Application
2	O
and	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Basara	I-Application
2	O
Heroes	O
,	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
in	O
2006	O
–	O
2007	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
two	O
spin-off	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
main	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Basara	I-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
was	O
announced	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
and	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
29	O
,	O
2010	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
