| Inuyasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Quintet, Giant Seven |
| Publisher(s) | Bandai |
| Year released | 2004 |
| System(s) | PlayStation 2 |
| Series | Inuyasha |
| Japanese title | 犬夜叉 呪詛の仮面 |
|---|---|
| Genre(s) | RPG |
| Players | 1 |
| Modes | Single player |
| Rating(s) |   |
Inuyasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask, known in Japan as Inuyasha: The Cursed Mask (犬夜叉 呪詛の仮面 InuYasha: Juso no Kamen?, lit. "Dog Yaksha: Curse Mask") is an role-playing game for PlayStation 2, developed by Quintet and Giant Seven and published by Bandai, which was released in Japan on March 18, 2004 and in North America on November 2, 2004 as the seventh game based on the manga and anime of same name. The player is able to choose to play as a female named Kaname Kururugi or as a male named Michiru Kururugi. Regardless of the chosen gender, the character is referred to using the last name Kururugi. However, in the North American release, the character is referred to using his/her first name (any sentences containing the player's name have no voiceover).
Story[edit]
The game begins when Kururugi enters the family storage shed in modern-day Japan to retrieve an item for father. After falling through a mysteriously etched pentagram on the floorboards, the player is transported to Feudal Japan. On his unfortune, the villagers mistake the time traveler as a demon and attack. After several close calls, Kururugi comes face to face with InuYasha, who notices the stranger's clothes "look like Kagome's".
After introductions with the rest of the cast, the player begins to search for answers as to why Kururugi has been brought back to the feudal era and how to get home. The game progresses as any normal InuYasha storyline, with the InuYasha group travelling from village to village in pursuit of Naraku (and Kururugi's answers), sometimes helping out with a local problem or two. Occasionally traces to Naraku himself are revealed, as well as leads to Kururugi's mystery and the title's "cursed mask", which holds secrets to returning the character to the present. Along the way, Kururugi learns to harness the power of shikigami from a mysterious old villager called Kakuju, a force needed in order to help InuYasha and the others overcome the dangerous obstacles ahead while unraveling the plot of the mystic Utsugi.
Several characters from the anime appear to help, or hinder, the group's progress, including Kikyo, Kagura, Koga and Sesshomaru.