Iai Giri

"そこのけ そこのけ 奴らが通る. おぬしは サムライ、 斬り捨て 御免！" "(Make way, make way, they are coming through. You are a samurai. Permission to slay!)"

- Samurai Slice Description

Samurai Slice (ゐあひ斬り) is the 8th game in Rhythm Tengoku. In this game, The Wandering Samurai is protecting a town from Evil Demons wearing tengu masks by slicing them. Getting a perfect on this game earns a gift called "Asian Drum" that can be found in the studio.

Gameplay
The player uses the A Button to quickly unsheathe, slice, and re-sheathe their sword in order to cut down enemies moving to the beat of the music. Fog eventually creeps in to obscure the player's vision of the enemies and forces them to use their sense of rhythm to best them. The more times the samurai succeeds in felling his enemies, the more intense his stance and hairstyle become.

Controls

 * A: Slice

Timing Notes

 * Hit: The samurai slices the enemy directly in half.
 * Barely: The samurai's sword smacks the enemy, causing it to tumble off the screen. His stance returns to the first one. A barely counts as a miss.
 * Miss: The enemy continues its path and hits the samurai, making him cry out in pain while flinging his entire body backward. His stance returns to the first one.

Header

 * "見物人のはなし" (The spectator's talk)

Try Again

 * "きほんが　できてませんな. " (The basics are not down.)
 * "てきが見えないと　ダメっぽい．．．" (Looks like it's no good when you can't see the enemy.)
 * "速いのが　ニガテみたい．．．" (Looks like you're not good at the fast parts.)

OK

 * "う~ん．．．" (Yeah...)
 * "まぁまぁ、　かな. " (OK, I guess?)
 * "とりあえず．．．" (Anyway...)
 * "よしと　します. " (You did your best.)

Superb

 * "てきが見えなくても　イイカンジ！" (Even when you can't see the enemy, you did well!)
 * "速いテンポが　うまくとれてる！" (You got the fast tempo well!)
 * "スローが　おみごと！" (The slow parts were perfect!)

Trivia

 * The name of the game uses an old letter (ゐ) that is rarely used in current Japanese. In modern Japanese, the game's actual name would be いあひ斬り which would mean "killing an opponent by drawing one's sword"
 * This is one of the few games that doesn't have a practice session.
 * However, a tutorial was added in the arcade version.
 * Samurai Slice has become rather well-known for being one of the first rhythm games in the franchise. This has allowed it to make it into the next three games, including one endless game in the series, with new mechanics.