Sushi Striker – The Way of Sushido

Sushi Striker – The Way of Sushido is an action–puzzle video game developed by indieszero and published by Nintendo. The game was released worldwide for the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch on June 8, 2018. Sushi Striker takes place in a world where sushi has been made forbidden by its ruling empire. The protagonist, Musashi, attempts to revert this ban on sushi.

The game consists of one-on-one battles with CPU-controlled opponents, where the player must match sushi plates of the same color on a series of conveyor belts to cause damage to the opponent. The game takes place in a world without fish, where the Republic and the Empire have long battled over control of sushi in a war known as the Sushi Struggles. In this world, sushi is created by mysterious creatures known as “sushi sprites”, and the people who fight alongside them (by throwing the plates used to serve the sushi) are known as “sushi strikers”.

Following the defeat of the Republic, the Empire forbids the consumption of sushi within the borders of the Republic. The player plays as Musashi (whose gender is set by the player), an orphan growing up in the Republic. While attempting to gather food for hungry children in the orphanage where they grew up, Musashi comes across a sushi striker named Franklin and his partner sprite, Ara-o. Franklin offers Musashi some sushi, and after some hesitance due to Musashi losing their father in the Sushi Struggles, Musashi tries it out.

Thrilled by its taste, Musashi resolves to spread the word of sushi to everyone, and asks Franklin to feed the orphanage’s children as a first step. Before they can return home, however, Franklin and Ara-o are captured by Imperial general Kodiak and taken for interrogation. Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido is a game where the player battles against opponents with sushi in order to defeat them. In battle, both the player and the opponent face each other, with conveyor belts of sushi, resembling sushi trains, between them.

The player must match as many sushi plates of the same color as possible in order to gather them. Musashi will eat the sushi off the plates, and the plates will attack the opponent, causing their health to decrease. This is also how the opponent attacks. The player and the opponent have three conveyor belts each to match sushi on, as well as one conveyor between them, for both to use. The game also offers online multiplayer.