Seppuku the head could, both metaphorically and literally, rest in its owner's hands. Those who did not belong to the samurai caste were never ordered or expected to carry out seppuku. Samurai generally could carry out the act only with permission. Sometimes a "daimyō" was called upon to perform seppuku as the basis of a peace agreement. This weakened the defeated clan so that resistance effectively ceased. Toyotomi Hideyoshi used an enemy's suicide in this way on several occasions, the most dramatic of which effectively ended a dynasty of "daimyōs". When the Hōjō were defeated at Odawara in 1590, Hideyoshi insisted
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