Capcom has always been good to its fans when it comes to dream matches. We've had the wonderful Vs. series, which pitted Capcom's fighting game characters against Marvels superheroes, as well as the addicting Capcom vs. SNK series. Unlike other companies, the house that MegaMan built is always up for answering such questions as "Who would win in a fight, Samonosuke or Zero?" Onimusha Blade Warriors (also known as Onimusha Buraiden in Japan) is a dream match, set in the Onimusha universe. Ever wanted to know who is the biggest badass demon hunter between Samonosuke and Jubei? Now you can. Featuring over 24 characters from the first two Onimusha games (plus some other wild card entries), Blade Warriors is 50% PowerStone, 50% Onimusha, and 100% fun. While Blade Warriors is a terrific single player game, it truly shines when you corral three of your friends to duke it out in an intense melee. Luckily, this is where our guide comes in. We'll not only help you build up an incredibly strong fighter, but we'll also help you unlock every secret character in the game, and give you some useful multiplayer strategies to boot. Here's what you can find in our guide:

• Basics:
  We'll run down the techniques that you need to know to survive the harsh world of Onimusha.
• Combatants:
  A complete list of every character in the game, their unique techniques, and the weapons they use.
• Q&A:
  Can't find what you're looking for in our guide? It's probably in this section.
• Secrets:
  Need help to unlock an elusive fighter? We'll tell you how to do that here.

Get the guide here.

• Blue Z-part: Complete Phantom Realm 2 with Megaman EXE.
• Green Z-part: Complete Phantom Realm with Megaman EXE.
• Red Z-part: Complete Story mode with Megaman EXE.

• Giramusaido: Reach Level 3 with Musaido.
  
  
• Gogandantess: Complete Story mode with Kaede, Normal Soldier, Maeda Keijirou, and Samanosuke Akechi.
  
  
• Jaido: Reach Level 2 with Normal Genma or Sword Foot Light.
  
  
• Jujudormah Ran: Complete Story mode with Jujudormah and reach Level 3.
  
  
• Magoichi Saiga: Complete 200 battles in Versus mode.
  
  
• Marcellus Modify P: Reach Level 2 with Marcellus.
  
  
• Marcellus Modify S: Reach Level 3 with Marcellus.
  
  
• Megaman EXE: Complete Story mode with Samanosuke Akechi.
  
  
• Megaman EXE Bug: Reach Level 3 with Megaman EXE.
  
  
• Megaman EXE Grand: Reach Level 2 with Megaman EXE.
  
  
• Megaman Zero: Collect all three Zero-parts with Megaman EXE.
  
  
• Megaman Zero Proto: Reach Level 2 with Megaman Zero.
  
  
• Megaman Zero Ultimate: Reach Level 3 with Megaman Zero.
  
  
• Miyamoto Musashi: Complete Story mode with Normal Soldier and reach Level 3.
  
  
• Musaido: Reach Level 2 with Three Eye.
  
  
• Oda Nobunaga: Copmlete Story mode will the twelve default characters.
  
  
• Sasaki Kojirou: Complete Story mode with Miyamoto Musashi.
  
  
• Zero: Collect all three Zero-parts and defeat Zero in Versus mode.

Start Onimusha Blade Warriors with a memory card that has a save file from Onimusha 3.

When you are playing in the Phantom Realm, let the souls be sucked up by the Gyaran (the floating ball of skulls). After you let this happen to a couple victory souls, destroy the Gyaran and all the souls that were sucked up by the Gyran will now be doubled.