Seppuku wives of samurai who have performed seppuku or brought dishonor. Some women belonging to samurai families committed suicide by cutting the arteries of the neck with one stroke, using a knife such as a "tantō" or "kaiken". The main purpose was to achieve a quick and certain death in order to avoid capture. Before committing suicide, a woman would often tie her knees together so her body would be found in a dignified pose, despite the convulsions of death. Invading armies would often enter homes to find the lady of the house seated alone, facing away from the door. On
Samurai Warriors 3 in the game's Challenge mode. Due to memory limitations however, the graphics have been significantly downgraded. It has yet to receive an overseas release. "Samurai Warriors 3" was met with very mixed reception upon release; GameRankings gave it a score of 59%, while Metacritic gave it 55 out of 100. Samurai Warriors 3 Shigeru Miyamoto from Nintendo attended the game's Press Conference on August 5, 2009, to present a new mode in the game based on the Famicom Disk System game "The Mysterious Murasame Castle". Nintendo published and distributed the game outside Japan for the Wii. A sequel, "Samurai Warriors