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Nioh: Synopsis, Development & Overview

Nioh is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by Team Ninja and Kou Shibusawa and published by Koei Tecmo for the PlayStation 4. Sony Interactive Entertainment published the game outside Japan on PlayStation consoles. Nioh 2, a prequel to Nioh was released on PlayStation 4 in March 12, 2020. A port to Windows including all downloadable content was…

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Nioh topic overview

The analysis highlights Synopsis, Development and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Nioh.

Related topics
147
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
153
Extracted relationships
287
Concept neighborhoods
35
Bridge connections
153

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Synopsis · 79 topics
Development · 27 topics
Overview · 20 topics
Release · 10 topics
Reception · 9 topics
Gameplay · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Publisher
WW: Sony Interactive Entertainment (PS4, PS5)
Artist
Hirohisa Kaneko
Composer
Yugo Kanno
Developers
Team Ninja Kou Shibusawa
Directors
Fumihiko Yasuda · Yosuke Hayashi
Genres
Action role-playing, hack and slash

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Gameplay

Synopsis

Development

Release

Reception

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Nioh connects Entity context

The extracted context around Nioh shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Nioh → Asia, At, December, Digital Deluxe Edition, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Europe, February, Hisao Kurosawa, In, Initially, It, Japan, Japanese, Kin'iro, Koei, Koei Tecmo, Kurosawa's, May, Ni-Oh, Niō Another extracted example is Nioh → Amidst, Ben Peel, Edo, Edward Kelley, Hattori Hanzō, He, Hinoenma, Hiroyuki Kinoshita/Nicholas Boulton, Honnō-ji, Hōzōin In'ei, Irishman, Japan, John Dee, Jorōgumo, Marume Nagayoshi, Masachika Ichimura, Oda Nobunaga, Queen Elizabeth, Sengoku, The. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Nioh

Top relations

related to Release · 40
Nioh → Asia, At, December, Digital Deluxe Edition, Electronic Entertainment Expo, Europe, February, Hisao Kurosawa, In, Initially, It, Japan, Japanese, Kin'iro, Koei, Koei Tecmo, Kurosawa's, May, Ni-Oh, Niō
related to Setting and characters · 30
Nioh → Amidst, Ben Peel, Edo, Edward Kelley, Hattori Hanzō, He, Hinoenma, Hiroyuki Kinoshita/Nicholas Boulton, Honnō-ji, Hōzōin In'ei, Irishman, Japan, John Dee, Jorōgumo, Marume Nagayoshi, Masachika Ichimura, Oda Nobunaga, Queen Elizabeth, Sengoku, The
related to Demos · 25
Nioh → April, August, Based, Completing, Conqueror, DLC, Europe, It, January, Last Chance Trial, Like, Mark, May, Nioh's, North America, PlayStation Network, Producer Fumihiko Yasuda, PSN, September, Team Ninja
related to Development · 25
Nioh → Alive, Am, Bayside Shakedown, Dead, Death Note, Fumihiko Yasuda, Hero, Hisashi Koinuma, It, Japan Studio's Rain, Koei, Koei Tecmo, Kou Shibusawa, Light Up, Makoto Kamiya, New World, Ninja Gaiden, Shibusawa, Shin Godzilla, Shinji Higuchi
related to Pre-production · 25
Nioh → According, Akira Kurosawa, Development, Dynasty Warriors, Englishman, Ieyasu, It, Japanese, Kessen, Koei, Koei Tecmo, Kurosawa, Omega Force, Oni, Production, Sengoku, Seven Samurai, Shibusawa, Tecmo, The
related to Reception · 22
Nioh → Awards, Best PlayStation, Best PS4 Game, Best RPG, Black Gate, Destructoid's Game, Eurogamer, Game, Games, Global Game Business Summit, IGN's Best, In, Japanese, Matt Drought, Metacritic, Most, Polygon, PS4, The, Tokyo Game Show
related to Game design · 20
Nioh → Bloodborne, Dark Souls, Diablo, Each, Historical, Japanese, Many, Masocore, Ninja Gaiden, Onimusha, Other, Rather, Shibusawa, Souls, Team Ninja, Team Ninja's, The, When, When Team Ninja, While
related to Gameplay · 20
Nioh → Amrita, Defeated, EXP, Fighting, If, If William, Irish, Japan, Ki, Shrines, Skill, Team Ninja, The, The Ki, These, Weapons, When, While, William, William's
related to Merchandise · 18
Nioh → An, English, February, It, Japan, June, Kadokawa, Kin'iro, Kodansha, May, Niō, Official Artworks, Samurai, The, The Golden Samurai, Udon Entertainment, Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Yosuke Katayama
related to Sales · 14
Nioh → As, By February, February, In October, It, Japan, Koei Tecmo, May, On, Retailers Amazon, Team Ninja, The, UK, Walmart

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

william game team ninja playstation japan koei based samurai kelley version development gameplay tecmo released shibusawa release first combat story

Nioh relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 287 structured relationships around Nioh. Examples in this analysis include Nioh → Artist → Hirohisa Kaneko and Nioh → Composer → Yugo Kanno. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
NiohArtistHirohisa Kaneko1.00infobox
NiohComposerYugo Kanno1.00infobox
NiohDevelopersTeam Ninja Kou Shibusawa1.00infobox
NiohDirectorsFumihiko Yasuda1.00infobox
NiohDirectorsYosuke Hayashi1.00infobox
NiohGenresAction role-playing, hack and slash1.00infobox
NiohModesSingle-player, multiplayer1.00infobox
NiohPlatformsPlayStation 41.00infobox
NiohPlatformsWindows1.00infobox
NiohPlatformsPlayStation 51.00infobox
NiohProducerHisashi Koinuma1.00infobox
NiohProgrammerYuta Yamazaki1.00infobox
NiohPublisherWW: Sony Interactive Entertainment (PS4, PS5)1.00infobox
NiohReleaseNA: 7 February 20171.00infobox
NiohReleasePAL: 8 February 20171.00infobox
NiohReleaseJP: 9 February 20171.00infobox
NiohReleaseWW: 7 November 20171.00infobox
NiohReleaseWW: 5 February 20211.00infobox
NiohWritersKazunori Taguchi1.00infobox
NiohWritersMasahiko Kochi1.00infobox
NiohWritersMakoto Shibata1.00infobox
Niohis a2017 action role-playing game developed by Team Ninja and Kou Shibusawa and published by Koei Tecmo for the PlayStation 40.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Nioh bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Playstation, Koei and Tecmo. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Nioh
    • Playstation
    • Koei
    • Tecmo
    • Ninja
    • Team
    • Began
    • Release
    • Released
    • Shibusawa
    • Development
    • First
    • Based
  • nioh
    • Playstation
    • Koei
    • Tecmo
    • Ninja
    • Team
    • Began
    • Release
    • Released
    • Shibusawa
    • Development
    • First
    • Based
  • action role-playing game
    • Tecmo
    • Ninja
    • Team
    • Nioh
    • Japan
    • Gameplay
    • Shibusawa
    • Koei
    • Playstation
    • Began
    • Project
    • Setting
  • team ninja
    • Team
    • Gameplay
    • Koei
    • Project
    • Shibusawa
    • Tecmo
    • Nioh
    • Game's
    • Development
    • First
    • Setting
    • William
  • nioh 2
    • Playstation
    • Koei
    • Tecmo
    • Ninja
    • Team
    • Began
    • Release
    • Released
    • Shibusawa
    • Development
    • First
    • Based
  • history of japan
    • William
    • Playstation
    • Yōkai
    • February
    • Released
    • Shibusawa
    • First
    • Kelley
    • Nioh
    • Year
    • Period
    • Amrita
  • nioh 3
    • Playstation
    • Koei
    • Tecmo
    • Ninja
    • Team
    • Began
    • Release
    • Released
    • Shibusawa
    • Development
    • First
    • Based
  • female ninja
    • Team
    • Koei
    • Project
    • Shibusawa
    • Gameplay
    • Tecmo
    • Nioh
    • Development
    • First
    • Game's
    • William
    • Death

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Nioh, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Nioh with Synopsis. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
NiohSynopsis · splits 74 ⟂ 80
NiohDevelopment · splits 126 ⟂ 28
NiohOverview · splits 133 ⟂ 21
NiohRelease · splits 143 ⟂ 11
NiohReception · splits 144 ⟂ 10
NiohGameplay · splits 151 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Nioh

Nodes154
Edges153
Triples287
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012987
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Nioh to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Synopsis, Development & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Nioh · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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