The Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba) series inspired many offshoots like games, coloring books, and other activities for fans to check out, but Sweep the Board is by far the most unique one. This particular video game adaptation involves a board game-like experience, with a twists on the Mario Party formula.

Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board is a game any fan of the Kimetsu no Yaiba series and video games should check out, especially if you have friends or family to play with. It is essentially a board game with various minigames, similar to Mario Party, but with a ton of different demon-themed twists. For one, there are multiple boards to pick from, including iconic locations from the series like Mugen Train and the Entertainment District in Tokyo. What I love about this is that the different boards have so much more to them than a simple swap of scenery. Like Mario Party, some boards have unique mechanics, such as a boat you can pay to fast travel to spots around the map with ease. Other boards have different demons to battle, including ones themed around those specific spots.

Regardless, the basics of this board game boil down to four players competing against one another. You pick which slayer to play as, then roll dice to move around the map of your choosing. Each space, as you might expect, does different things, such as causing a short minigame, granting a player some money, or even causing a negative effect that will make it more difficult for you to succeed.

While players roll the dice and move across the board, there are goals for the each one to complete. What I like about Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board is it doesn’t follow the usual linear pattern of similar board games like Mario Party. There is no usual “end” or “goal” to reach. Instead, the map picks random spots for players to reach on the board as their current mission. The first person to reach that spot gets rank points, which helps the player to rank up through the Slayer Corps.

Once a mission is complete, Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board usually shifts from daytime to night. This is when the demons come out to play. The board becomes filled with much more negative effects. A new mission will appear, which involves scouting out and defeating a specific demon located somewhere randomly on the board.

This is when the bulk of the minigames happen in Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board. Battles with the demons are often lengthy affairs with multiple stages to them. Players might hold down the button to dodge for one turn. Then in the next minigame, they might mash the button over and over to slice away at the foe. The better the players do in the minigames, the more points they earn in the results. While I preferred the button inputs, there are motion controls for the minigames as well. These involve swinging the joy-cons in certain manners. They are mostly novel, but fun enough to make the minigames enjoyable for those who like this style of control scheme.

In the end, the goal to win in Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board is to earn the highest rank and have money by the end of the allotted turns. If two players have the same rank, the winner is based on how much money they have. This is intriguing, since you can spend money on items like more dice or fast travel to influence things

Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board thrives on this fascinating cycle of daily missions per turn. So, it creates two main goals. One is trying to reach each mission point first, and the other is to do the best in the minigames. The only issue is each mission point is random and can appear anywhere on the map. For instance, there was one game where I was in dead last because of the poor dice rolls. But then a mission appeared near me, and I was able to reach it first. Within the span of two turns, I went from last to first place right near the end of the game.

What I also appreciated about Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board is it works extremely well both alone and with others. Most of the time, board games like these are only solid with friends or family. However, I found it works surprisingly well with just the AI. I played quite a few rounds with three U players and never had a bad time. The AI characters work well and keep the challenge high enough.

If there is anything that holds Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board back, it is mainly the presentation. I played this on Nintendo Switch OLED, and the character models look awful. The general environments are fine, but there is a severe lack of detail for the characters. They look worse than some mediocre mobile games I’ve seen. There is no excusing how bad these fan-favorite slayers and demons look. Especiall when compared to how Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles looks on the Switch.

Overall, Demon Slayer Sweep the Board is the prime board game iteration of the series for fans. While it won’t be as welcome an experience for newcomers, it is an excellent departure from the core series. The boards are varied in stellar ways, while the minigames have great controls. The non-linear nature of the missions mean it works well no matter how you play. Whether you have a party of friends to play with or just want to compete against the U, it all works better than I expected. It’s just a shame the characters lack so much detail visually.

Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba Sweep the Board is available right now for Nintendo Switch. PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC versions are on the way.

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Aniplex has announced additional platforms for Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board. The Demon Slayer board game, which is initially available on the Switch, will also come to the PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on July 17, 2024.

Digital pre-orders for the game on the new platforms will be available starting from May 16, 2024. The board game will, however, be mostly available digitally. Only the Nintendo Switch version has had physical versions released both in Japan and internationally.

In addition, Aniplex also announced that CyberConnect2 will release a free update patch for all platforms in Summer 2024. This update will add Genya Shinazugawa and Kanao Tsuyuri as new playable characters. The game's initial roster has already featured Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke, and all nine Hashira .

Sweep the Board is a digital board game that can up to four players. The players will compete to collect points by playing mini-games in the day phase and slaying demons in the night phase. Aniplex is handling the original release in Japan, while Sega brings localizations of the game elsewhere globally.

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board will be available on the PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and PC on July 17, 2024. The Nintendo Switch version of the game is readily available worldwide.

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Sega offered a better look at the digital Demon Slayer board game Demon Slayer: Sweet the Board in a new trailer. It highlights playable characters, gameplay, and some of the minigames available.

Things begin by showing off some of the playable characters. We then see them navigating a few boards as they go through some of the turns. Like a digital board game like Mario Party, this Demon Slayer installment will have players limit how many turns will be played, with the footage here showing 10 turn games. After that, it moves on to the character select screen to show the full cast.

Here’s the full list of characters shown in the character selection portion of the trailer:

• Giyu Tomioka
• Gyomei Himejima
• Inosuke Hashibira
• Kyojuro Rengoku
• Mitsuri Kanroji
• Muichiro Tokito
• Obanai Iguro
• Sanemi Shinazugawa
• Shinobu Kocho
• Tanjiro Kamado
• Tengen Uzui
• Zenitsu Agatsuma

As a reminder, Nezuko is only a character. Also, this segment seems to suggest Kanao Tsuyuri and Genya Shinazugawa will both be absent.

From there, two boards based on locations and arcs in the series showed up. People will visit The Mugen Train and Tsuzumi Mansion and Mount Natagumo.

Here’s the full trailer. It shows a player’s team can include other characters from the series. They’ll have their own dice you can roll to benefit you and help you go further. The minigames come up at the one minute mark.

Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board will come to the Nintendo Switch in North America and Europe on April 26, 2024. It arrives a day earlier in Japan on April 25, 2024. 

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The release date for Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mezase! Saikyou Taishi, a game known as Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board internationally, has allegedly been set for April 25, 2024 in Japan, said leaker ryokutya2089 in a post on their blog. Although the date has not yet been officially announced, Aniplex had previously stated that the game was planned for a release in 2024. [Thanks, ryokutya!]

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mezase! Saikyou Taishi was revealed back on September 10, 2023 by Aniplex as a Damon Slayer board game-style party game for the Nintendo Switch. At that time, a release date for the game was not revealed beyond the 2024 release window.

Players will be able to use various characters from the Demon Slayer series and move them around on a board modeled after locations from the manga and anime. Tanjiro, Nezuko Zenitsu, Inosuke, and all nine Hashira are the characters currently announced to be in the game. As the player explore locations during the daytime through rolling the dice, minigames can be triggered in order to gain strength. At nighttime, players will have to hunt and slay demons. The winner of the game is declared the strongest Demon Slayer. Up to four players can play together both online and locally.

The English language version will be published by Sega outside of Japan under the name Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board. Sega announced back on September 13, 2023 that the game is set to release worldwide in 2024.

Currently, this game is the second Demon Slayer game to be released on the Nintendo Switch. The first game that came to the Nintendo Switch was the port of The Hinokami Chronicles, an arena fighter game developed by CyberConnect2.

The Japanese website is live for Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mezase! Saikyou Taishi. The English language website for the game is live, although it is just a placeholder website and has no information about the latest Demon Slayer game present on it.

Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mezase! Saikyou Taishi is allegedly set to release on April 25, 2024 in Japan. The Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board Nintendo Switch game will launch worldwide in 2024.

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Sega announced the Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board Nintendo Switch board game will appear worldwide and not just in Japan. Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mezase! Saikyou Taishi was originally announced on September 10, 2023. However, at the time only a Japanese version appeared. Now we know it will appear in every region when 2024 rolls around.

In Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board, players will use various characters from the series and send them around boards throughout the game based on places from the manga and anime. So far, Tanjiro, Nezuko, Inosuke, Zenitsu, and the nine Hashira are confirmed as playable characters. As you “explore” places like Asakusa by spinning, you can trigger minigames and face demons. The winner ends up becoming the strongest Demon Slayer in the Corps.

The English language website for the game is already live. However, it is primarily acting as a placeholder at the moment. It doesn't show any information about the title yet. However, the Japanese trailer is available and offers an idea of what to expect from the Mario Party-like game.

This is the second Demon Slayer Switch game so far. The first is a port of The Hinokami Chronicles.

The Demon Slayer: Sweep the Board Nintendo Switch game will launch worldwide in 2024.

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