

The modern setting at the end and a Chun-Li cameo could confirm this as a distant past. Ancient Astronauts: Sources differ on whether the game is set in the extremely distant past or the future.The American cover has Asura trying to smash your face in, true, but the Japanese cover has Six armed Vajra Asura screaming in rage at you with his arms raised, instead. American Kirby Is Hardcore: Inverted, believe it or not.Amazing Technicolor Battlefield: Naraka and the Event Horizon.Always Over the Shoulder: When using a certain projectile outside of huge boss fights (one of them being a rapid-fire barrage of bullets that are shaped like Asura's fists), the camera focuses on his shoulder.Said universe also manages to be the same one as Street Fighter, just millions of years ago. Unfortunately, due to pollution and overpopulation, the Will of the Planet, Gohma Vlitra, sent the Gohma to kill all humans on the planet out of anger, thus starting the War of Creation. Modified humans called Demigods could control this mantra, and it was able to propel technology to unimaginable levels real Clarke's Third Law kind of stuff. Alternate Universe: The story takes place in a setting where humanity discovered a powerful source of energy called Mantra.Mantra Asura is referred to as Prajna (Wisdom in Buddhism) Asura, and Mantra Reactor Asura is just plain old Mantra Asura. The Official Complete works, for example, has a couple of Asura's forms have different names from what is given in the game.All There in the Manual: A lot of story elements that aren't shown explicitly in the game are shown in the extras section, and in the Pre-Order Bonus art book from Gamestop.Aerith and Bob: Along with the conventionally Hindu-sounding Asura, Mithra, and Yasha, you have gods named Olga, Sergei, and Deus.Advanced Ancient Acropolis: Inverted with the City of Shinto.


The long version: In a story that draws heavily from Hindu Mythology and Buddhism, Asura is one of the eight Guardian Generals, demigods assigned to protect the world of Gaea and its inhabitants from the Gohma. The short version: A guy called Asura punches demigods in the face and screams a lot. Asura's Wrath is an Action Game published by Capcom and developed by CyberConnect2, released February 21st, 2012 in the US, February 23rd, 2012 in Japan, February 24th, 2012 in Europe, and Main the UK.
