Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Based on ancient Japanese lore, Murumasa: The Demon Blade plunges players into the mystical Genroku era, ruled by the skilled shogun Tsunayoshi Tokogawa. But this culture is threatened; Tokugawa's thirst for…
Muramasa: The Demon Blade is an adventure developed by Vanillaware, released 9 April 2009 on Wii U and Wii.
What Muramasa: The Demon Blade is
Muramasa: The Demon Blade is an adventure game developed by Vanillaware and released in 2009. It was published by Ignition Entertainment. It is available on Wii U and Wii.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Muramasa: The Demon Blade is a 2009 action role-playing game developed by Vanillaware and published for the Wii by Marvelous Entertainment (Japan), Ignition Entertainment, and Rising Star Games (Europe). Set in the Edo period during the reign of shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, conflicts have arisen over ownership of the Demon Blades, samurai swords forged by Muramasa Sengo that bring tragedy and madness upon their wielders. The story follows two protagonists related to this conflict: Momohime, a woman who is possessed by the spirit of vengeful rōnin Jinkuro Izuna; and Kisuke, an amnesiac ninja on the run for a forgotten crime who is tied up with the tragedy that destroyed Momohime's family…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Muramasa: The Demon Blade holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 18 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Muramasa: The Demon Blade launched on 9 April 2009, within three weeks of Guitar Hero: Metallica, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona and Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Guitar Hero: Metallica, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - The Director's Cut.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Muramasa: The Demon Blade yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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