Tengai Makyō III: Namida has been a long time in the making. Initially conceived for NEC's PC-FX (the successor to the PC Engine), it was canned around 1995 due to the colossal failure of the console. Ten years later (and after a complete makeover), Hudson revived the series for the PlayStation 2. After a huge bunch of detours into fighting games, FMV games and parodies of American culture, the "Far East of Eden" series finally goes back to its roots with a true sequel to Tengai Makyō II: Manji Maru.
Namida is a young man with amnesia, having washed ashore onto a small village when he was a little boy. When evil demons known as "Ami" kidnap his friend Ichiyo and destroy their town, it's up to him to save her. Namida discovers he has great power hidden within himself, and after rescuing his friend, sets off on a journey to free Jipang from the evil demon leader and his crew of villains.
There are many more playable characters here than most of the other games in the series, although you can only have three in battle at a time. It was rumored at one point that Konami would localize the title for North America, although that plan seems to have been scrapped.