Throughout history, wars have been waged over ridiculous things, Mexico's Pastry War with France in 1838; the Pig War, which saw the US and UK squaring off in 1859 and The Stray Dog war between Greece and Bulgaria in 1925.
So a long-waging, bitter war over sushi is not, historically
speaking, as goofy a premise as it appears. Or is intended.
The story behind Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido is purposefully bonkers and the best thing about this puzzle game. You play as an orphan of the Sushi Struggles, a destructive war for control of the nation's sushi supply. The evil side, unfortunately, won and subsequently banned sushi for everyone except themselves. Rebels, known as Sushi Strikers, are rebelling to bring sushi to the masses with the help of magical creatures called sushi sprites.
The story told via cutscenes and bright bold text crawls, is ultra goofy and weirdly funny. It serves as a colourful backdrop to the puzzle game action.
The game itself is a manically paced puzzler that has you gobbling down sushi as fast as you can and then hurling the empty plates at your opponent. The sushi sprites give you various powers and abilities to help you achieve victory.
