Seppuku the offender's family of the crime. Depending on the severity of the crime, all or part of the property of the condemned could be confiscated, and the family would be punished by being stripped of rank, sold into long-term servitude, or execution. Seppuku was considered the most honorable capital punishment apportioned to Samurai. Zanshu (斬首) and Sarashikubi (晒し首), decapitation followed by a display of the head, was considered harsher, and reserved for samurai who committed greater crimes. The harshest punishments, usually involving death by torturous methods like Kamayude (釜茹で), death by boiling, were reserved for commoner offenders. The first recorded
Samurai Warriors: Chronicles "Samurai Warriors: Chronicles" was first announced during E3 2010 as "Samurai Warriors 3D" as a part of the Nintendo 3DS line-up. The game was subsequently renamed "Samurai Warriors: Chronicles", which occurred during Tokyo Game Show 2010. "Samurai Warriors: Chronicles" was met with mixed reception upon release; GameRankings gave it a score of 63%, while Metacritic gave it 61 out of 100. The game was followed by two sequels. The first, was released on September 13, 2012, also for the Nintendo 3DS. Being an overhaul of the original game, it has the same general storyline and several of the characters' movesets