Já se passaram três anos desde que Yoshitune Minamoto e Benkei Musashibo, guerreiros do Clã Genji, derrotaram o Clã Heishi em uma guerra pelo "Amahagane". Os Amahagane são joias sagradas que concedem aos proprietários poderes divinos, como Kamui. Agora, rumores estão se espalhando de novas criaturas ímpias lutando com guerreiros Heishi, mesmo sem os poderes de Amahagane. Yoshitsune e seus companheiros devem sacar suas armas novamente e, com a nova força dada a eles pelos Amahagane, derrotar o novo mal para salvar todo o Japão. Genji: Days of the Blade, sequência do jogo para PlayStation 2 Genji: Dawn of the Samurai, é um jogo de ação, baseado no Japão antigo/feudal, no qual você deve derrotar uma nova e misteriosa fonte do mal para salvar seu país. Você controla um dos quatro personagens (mutáveis em tempo real), cada um com suas próprias armas, habilidades, pontos fortes e fracos. Yoshitsune Minamoto and Benkei Musashibo, the main characters of the previous game, join with Gozen Shizuka and Lord Buson to complete their quest. Yoshitsune is a young warrior who wields a katana in each hand, Benkei is a mighty warrior-monk who uses a war club and a naginata for weapons. Shizuka is a nimble priestess who is adept with chained blades, and Buson is a God of War from the Overworld who carries a double saber and can use supernatural powers. The game play involves fighting many enemies and bosses with regular attacks, combo attacks, and Kamui. Kamui is a power that you can use to summon a magical space around you in which you unleash multiple special attacks on surrounding enemies by pressing buttons in series as they appear on the screen. Your Kamui bar fills as you land successful hits on opponents. The characters travel through both levels based on real locations in Japan and fantasy locations, defeating everything from regular Heishi warriors to giant, mutated enemy crabs. The level design involves platformer elements and solving small puzzles, such as destroying Masho flowers scattered throughout an area to open a door. The game also has RPG elements; you collect Amahagane and Mashogane hidden around levels and from fallen enemies. They can be used to augment character stats and weapon attack power, respectively. You can also find new weapons and items such as herbs with healing properties, or scrolls that give you attack bonuses for a period of time.