Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel

InuYasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel
Developer(s)	Art Co., Ltd, Frontier Groove, Inc.
Publisher(s)	Namco Bandai Games
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Genre(s)	Role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single player

InuYasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel, released in North America on January 23, 2007, for the Nintendo DS, is an RPG game developed by Namco/Bandai Games America, Inc. Once again, InuYasha and his friends are off on another adventure through the Warring States Period.

Story

Janis is a student who had transferred from the United States, living in Japan for the second time (explaining how she can speak Japanese right away). She was forced to move back after her father had yet another job transfer. It is in present day Japan where she meets Kagome Higurashi. The two become fast friends. One day, Kagome is absent from school and Janis goes to check on her. Soon after she reaches the Higurashi Shrine, she is attacked by a demon and is almost killed. Janis is rescued, however, by a mask wearing priest named Sen (or Monk Sen). He tells her that her destiny lies on the other side of the Bone Eater's Well. In the Sengoku Era, she is reunited with Kagome and the others. Something strange happens though. She touches a sacred jewel shard and it melts into her body. According to Monk Sen, Janis possesses a divine power called Kamuitama, and says that she is the daughter of Kamui. The shard inside Janis is even undetectable by Kagome. Janis joins the others in a quest to return the Kamuitama to the one who previously bore the power, a god known as Datara. Only then will she be able to remove the shard and rid herself of the power that makes her a target for demons.

Characters

Janis

A human girl from the modern era who becomes friends with Kagome in the game. Janis is an American and is the reincarnation of the wife of the god Datara. When Kagome is absent from school, Janis goes to Higurashi shrine to visit Kagome where she is attacked by a demon who emerges from the Bone Eater's Well. Rescued by the mysterious Monk Sen, Janis follows his advice to go to the feudal era through the well and look for Kagome. After passing through, she meets Kagome and her friends. Once she touches a shard of the Sacred Jewel, it blends in with her body and awakens her Kamui powers. She agrees to accompany them on their journey until she is able to remove the Jewel Shard from her body.

Lord Gorai

The infamous Lord of the Northern Lands. He is a powerful demon who sought the Demon Mask 500 years before the main storyline, and used the mask to control the god Datara. After an encounter with InuYasha's group, Gorai grants them safe passage through the mountains and allows them to reawaken the dormant Datara. With the god as his slave, he plans to steal Datara's Kamui powers. Gorai and his forces attacked and destroyed many human villages, but his units are wiped out by Naruku's demon puppets. After a brief battle with InuYasha and his friends, Gorai was defeated and injured. Naraku stepped in to distract InuYasha with his Demon Puppets, thus allowing Gorai to escape. The Demon Lord played into Naraku's plans to steal Datara's Kamui by allowing Gorai to steal the Kamui first, and then taking it from him. Both Gorai's and Naraku's plans are eventually thwarted by InuYasha's group, and Datara was freed from his control.

Sara

Known for using a spell to control humans, Sara is a powerful female demon. Despite leading a small army of her demon minions, she can be somewhat overconfident in her own abilities. After her battle with InuYasha's team (accompanied by Janis), Sara retreated. Her serious injuries led her to the New Moon Cave, which opens only on the night of the New Moon. Despite it being the Night of the New Moon, the human InuYasha and his group entered the demon-infested cave and encountered Sesshomaru. Knowing of their presence, Sara captured Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara. She succeeded in stealing the Sea God's Kamui, but was confronted by Sesshomaru. He and Janis temporarily joined forces to destroy Sara, and return the Sea God's Kamui.

Akagane

An incarnation of Naraku, wearing red suit of samurai armor & who rides on dark cloud (he looks like a demonic samurai). He was likely created by Naraku to steal the Kamuitama from Janis. He is confident in his abilities, but is cautious enough to only attack his enemies when the odds are stacked in his favor. Like Naraku he plans ahead & uses deception to trap his enemies. He is loyal to Naraku as he follows orders and is willing to handover Kamuitama to Naraku instead of keeping it for himself. He is first encountered by Inuyasha's group in Sakata Village, shortly after they defeat the Banshee boss. He appears before them after they had all been weakened by the Banshee's scream. He reveal he is the one responsible for creating the Banshee by using a Sacred Jewel shard on a restless female spirit which Miroku, Kagome, & Janis had helped bring peace to earlier. Though weakened, Inuyasha recognizes him as an incarnation of Naraku, via his scent. His enemies weakened he attacks them, but through strength of numbers are able to defeat him. Akagane retreats to Osore Valley where he sets up a fake village (with fake villagers who pretend to be outcasts) inside of a nearby cave. Using Sango’s brother, Kohaku as part of the deception. He has the Saimyosho chase Kohaku in Osore Valley where he is “’’saved’’” by Sango & Co. Akagane then has the fake villagers call Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Shippo, & Kirara away so Kohaku can lead Janis & Sango to him. Janis & Sango fall for Akagane’s trap and are forced to fight him, however they are overwhelmed. With Sango & Janis defeated Akagane decides to kill Sango, but is reminded by Kohaku that his mission is to capture Janis and turns his attention to back her. However his plans to bring Janis to Naraku are thwarted thanks to the intervention of Inuyasha, Kagome, & the others. Inuyasha tells Akagane he is impressed by his use of Osore Village’s polluted air to counter Inuyasha’s sense of smell & Kagome swears she won’t lose to a coward like him. Inuyasha & the others once again engage Akagane in battle and he is defeated. Kagura appears saying she knew Akagane couldn’t handle Inuyasha’s group or steal the Kamuitama from Janis before fleeing back to Naraku along with Kohaku.

Gameplay

Secret of the Divine Jewel has a turn based battle system, where each character in the player's party takes a turn attacking, guarding, using items, or escaping. It also has a character development system, where the characters gain experience to level up and become more powerful. When not battling, the player is free to roam around the map or continue with the story and move on to his or her next objective and then they will live happily ever after.

Reception

Secret of the Divine Jewel Game Reviews

Aggregate scores

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	50%
Metacritic	45

Review scores

Publication	Score
1Up.com	A
GameSpot	3.9/10
GamesRadar+	4
GameZone	7.5/10
IGN	4.0/10
M! Games	48
NGamer	43/100
Nintendo Power	6/10
X-Play	3/5
Game Vortex	90/100
Cheat Code Central	2/5
Digital Entertainment News	4.0
GamerNode	3.5/10
Entertainment Depot	2/10

External links

• Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel at IGN
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