Far East of Eden II: Manjimaru (2003) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Far East of Eden II: Manjimaru

This is a remake of the original Tengai Makyou II game for PC Engine. You control Majinmaru, a young warrior who is chosen by the destiny to rid the ancient world of Jipang from the evil, and the allies he…

25 September 2003

What Far East of Eden II: Manjimaru is

Far East of Eden II: Manjimaru is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Red Entertainment and released in 2003. It was published by Hudson Soft. It is available on Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The setting starts in a beautiful country named Jipang where the Fire clan and Roots clan have been rivals over centuries since the dawn of time, good versus evil. The home town of Manjimaru Sengoku, a descendant of the Fire clan, is attacked by the Roots clan. He begins a long journey to save the world. Along the way he will meet Danjūrō Kabuki, Tarō Gokuraku and Kinu to help him in his quest.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Far East of Eden series

Far East of Eden II: Manjimaru is the 14th of 18 entries we hold in the Far East of Eden series. It arrived 7 years after Tengai Makyou: Daiyon no Mokushiroku - The Apocalypse IV. The next entry was Oriental Blue: Ao no Tengai in 2003.

See all 18 Far East of Eden games in release order →

What it launched against

Far East of Eden II: Manjimaru launched on 25 September 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Jak II, Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy and The Simpsons: Hit & Run.

Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Jak II, Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy, The Simpsons: Hit & Run.

Official trailer