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Overview[]

The Katana or Samurai Sword is a weapon that appears in Hotline Miami and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number. It is a Japanese sword traditionally used by Samurai in feudal Japan.

Hotline Miami[]

In Hotline Miami, the Katana is an unlockable weapon, meaning it can spawn randomly once unlocked, It is the first weapon you receive. The Bodyguard is the only enemy in the game who wields the Katana. This weapon is required if you want to unlock the Always On Top, Knife For Pros and I Got New Friends achievements.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number[]

The Katana returns in Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, where it functions rather differently than it did in the first game. When used, the Katana is kept sheathed inside a sword scabbard, and is unsheathed when the player attacks before being sheathed again, similarly to how the Bodyguard attacks with her Katana in the first game; meaning the weapon attacks slower in this game. The Katana is used by The Son (if the Bodyguard Technique is chosen at the start of the level) and the Colombian Dodgers. This weapon is required for the A BOX FULL OF SHARP OBJECTS achievement.

Summary[]

Pros:

  • Very long attack animation
  • Large sprite

Cons:

  • Rare, being usable only if found via Weapon Spawns or if the Bodyguard Technique is chosen.
  • Extremely slow execution animation
  • Swing rates vary between games

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • A similar looking version of the Katana is available as a melee weapon in the special edition of the 2013 remake of Shadow Warrior.
  • Despite the Katana traditionally having a curved blade, the blade in the in-game sprite is completely straight.
  • The Katana used by The Son is presumably the same Katana previously used by The Bodyguard in Showdown.
Weapons in the Hotline Miami Series
Melee Shared Knife · Baseball Bat · Lead Pipe · Golf Club · Machete · Fireaxe · Katana · Baton
Pot · Drill · Cleaver
Hotline Miami Exclusive: Crowbar · Frying Pan · Sledgehammer · Pool Cue
Briefcase · Trophy
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Exclusive: Butterfly Knife · Chainlink · Taser · Big Pipe
Hammer · Chainsaw · Glass Bottle · Toothbrush · Glass Shiv · Skateboard
Guns Shared Silenced Pistol · Magnum · Uzi · MP5 · Double Barrel · Shotgun · M16
Silenced Uzi
Hotline Miami Exclusive: Skorpion
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number Exclusive: 9mm · Kalashnikov · Mendoza · FAMAE
Nail Gun · Heavy Machine Gun · Sniper Rifle · Flamethrower
Thrown Shared: Throwing Knife
Hotline Miami Exclusive: Hammer · Glass Bottle · Beer Can · Brick · Dart · Ninja Star · Scissors
Hotline Miami 2 Exclusive: Acid
Misc Unusable Pistol · Crossbow
Chainlink (HLM)
Skorpion (HLM2)
Cut Flamethrower · RPG · Automatic Shotgun · Minigun · Grenade · Plank (Super Carnage)
Taser · 9mm · Sniper Rifle (HLM1)
Biker Exclusive (Shared)
Metro Exclusive · Carl Mask Exclusive · Showdown Exclusive (HLM)
Martin Brown Exclusive · The Fans Exclusive · Jake Exclusive · Henchman Exclusive · Soldier Exclusive · Richter Exclusive · Jacket Exclusive (HLM2)