Team Ninja and Sony have released a new Rise of the Ronin trailer, seemingly marking the first in what appears to be a new series.
Titled "World Vignette", the trailer revolves around the gorgeous-looking Edo-period locations you'll explore in Rise of the Ronin, as well as the methods you'll use to get around them. Presumably, future installments will also touch on the characters who inhabit that world.
For now, though, this new trailer opens with shots of the player character soaring over the various cities and rural areas of Japan using a wingsuit, before taking a more ground-level view as the player rides through Japan on horseback.
Following that, we get a glimpse of the various places you'll be able to explore in Rise of the Ronin, starting off with Edo, the city which would later become Tokyo (hence Edo-period).
You'll also get to explore Kyoto, which served as the seat of the Japanese emperor until the Meiji Restoration in the mid-to-late 19th century, as well as Yokohama, which has some truly beautiful-looking brick buildings.
Of course, we get to see the player soaring over Yokohama with a wingsuit, suggesting a high degree of freedom in terms of how you'll be able to explore these stunning-looking historical locales.
After this, we see the player meeting cats and getting to pick them up and cuddle them, which, frankly, has sold me completely on Rise of the Ronin. Just look at their little faces!
The trailer closes with a look at some of the other things you'll be able to get up to in Rise of the Ronin, including combat, open-world activities, and more exploration. It looks like if you've enjoyed other historical PlayStation epics like Ghost of Tsushima, then you'll love this one as well.
Rise of the Ronin arrives exclusively on PlayStation 5 on March 22nd. Stay tuned for more on this exciting-looking adventure.
