Originally Posted by
necroleopard
I think that you might be thinking of Strife, I'm not totally sure but I think you get a crossbow fairly early on and you definitely play as a rebel
Aha I am really glad for this thread, I've been trying to remember the name of a game for the SNES since before that system went out of fashion!
You play as a samurai fighting ghosts and demons, when I played Onimusha the similarities were so strong that it got me thinking it may have been related. It is a 2d side-scroller, and your primary weapon is a slashing spear like a naginata (I think that it was double-ended, but I may be making that up.) The level I remember most vividly was a tunnel, mostly yellow, that seemed like it was supposed to be made of bones and whatnot.
I know this probably sounds like every game ever for SNES, I'm hoping that the spear will be distinctive enough to jog someone's memory.
(solved, thanks!)