The Pro Shogunate vs Anti-Shogunate debate has been a heated topic in the Rise of the Ronin forums. Rise of the Ronin is set in the 19th century Japan Edo period during Bakumatsu when Western ...

Rise of the Ronin features plenty of opportunities to make choices that impact how the rest of your game goes, and one of the biggest is which faction you want to support. That’s why we’re here to ...

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Most people are well aware that the Edo shogunate’s seat of power was Edo Castle, but what of the Kamakura shogunate? The focus of NHK’s new historical taiga drama serial Kamakura-dono no 13-nin (The ...

This is the final major choice in the Rise of the Ronin storyline. If you’ve been going back and forth (when possible) in choices this whole time, it’s time to choose your final path. This final ...

Greatest phrasemaker in Japan is Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye, who invented Japan’s vague rationalization for the war in China, “New Order in East Asia.” A few months ago he minted another: ...

Meet the key political factions that vie for power in this tumultuous time. Anti-shogunate forces, united in their mission to restore imperial authority, pro-shogunate forces, defenders of centralized ...

Rise of the Ronin Walkthrough - Reinventing the Shogunate In this gameplay walkthrough, we take you through the Reinventing the Shogunate mission and storyline. This is a complex set of missions in ...

HBO's Song of the Samurai introduces its own version of the Shinsengumi, a legendary police force from the Bakumatsu period in the 19th century. This organization holds a significant place in Japanese ...