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The floor underneath their feet crumbles and our brave samurai fall into the huge cavern that contains the three temples, which are slowly sinking into the smoldering lava.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is now up to our heroes to explore the cavern and find as many of the relics, sacred scrolls, and monks as possible, to bring back safely to the Shogun before the volcano erupts and all is lost forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFuji Koro\u003c\/strong\u003e can be played in a competitive mode with 2 to 6 players or a cooperative mode with 1 to 6 players.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayers will try and gather sacred scrolls and blueprints for magical weapons, gather resources, craft the best possible gear, and try to get out of the volcano before it fully erupts. 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