Samurai are also heroes and enemies in many computer games, and can be found especially in RPG, strategy, action, adventure, and fighting game genres.
For example, samurai can be seen in the strategy game series Nobunaga's Ambition, Kessen, Black & White 2, Age of Empires, Civilization IV, Battle Realms and in the Ultima Online: Samurai Empire MMORPG. Samurai battles also provide the theme for the strategy simulation Shogun: Total War, which portrays Sun-Tzu war philosophy. Samurai character class is available in the famous RPG Wizardry 8. Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy V, X, X-2 and XI also contain a samurai class.
Some popular Japanese titles featuring samurai include Shingen the Ruler, Bushido Blade, Samurai Warriors, Brave Fencer Musashi, Musashi: Samurai Legend, and Seven Samurai 20XX. Also, there is a lead character portraying a samurai in the sci-fi thriller game Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse named Jin Uzuki. Jin Uzuki, Shion Uzuki's brother, is a samurai who fights with a sword only and wears a traditional kimono. Other popular Japanese games featuring samurai as main characters are the Onimusha, Genji and Way of the Samurai series. In Ninja Gaiden, one boss is a mounted samurai while another is a demonic fiend who takes the form of a samurai.In addition, [(Afro Samurai)] draws inspiration from samurai weaponry, practice and costume.
Several fighting games hold samurai fighters, for example, Bishamon from Darkstalkers, and Sodom from Street Fighter Alpha. Samurai Shodown has a roster full of samurai characters. Haohmaru and Genjuro Kibagami are the most traditional samurai warriors in this fighting game. The Soul series offers one samurai character: Mitsurugi.
The trading card game Magic the Gathering includes samurai as a part of its Japanese-themed Kamigawa setting.
In Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3, the Samurai is called the Imperial Warrior. Its weapon is the beam katana, similar to the Star Wars weapon the lightsaber.
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