Muramasa: The Demon Blade
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North American Wii cover art, featuring main protagonists Momohime and Kisuke.
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| Developer(s) | Vanillaware |
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| Distributor(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | George Kamitani |
| Producer(s) | Yoshifumi Hashimoto |
| Programmer(s) | Kentaro Ohnishi |
| Artist(s) |
Yasuhiro Fujiwara
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| Writer(s) | George Kamitani |
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| Platform(s) | Wii, PlayStation Vita |
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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Publication | Score | |
| PS Vita | Wii | |
| Destructoid | 7.5/10 | 7/10 |
| EGM | 8/10 | N/A |
| Eurogamer | N/A | 7/10 |
| Famitsu | 32/40 | 34/40 |
| Game Informer | 7/10 | 7.75/10 |
| GamePro | N/A |   |
| Game Revolution | N/A | B+ |
| GameSpot | N/A | 7.5/10 |
| GameTrailers | N/A | 8.3/10 |
| IGN | 8/10 | 8.9/10 |
| RPGamer | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| RPGFan | 85% | 86% |
| Aggregate score | ||
| Metacritic | 78/100 | 81/100 |
Muramasa: The Demon Blade, known in Japan as Oboro Muramasa (Japanese: 朧村正?, lit. "Hazy Muramasa"), is an action role-playing game developed by Vanillaware for the Wii home console, and later the PlayStation Vita handheld console. The original game was published in 2009 by Marvelous Entertainment (Japan), Ignition Entertainment (North America), and Rising Star Games (Europe). The Vita version was published in 2013 by Marvelous AQL in Japan and Aksys Games in Western territories. Using a 2D side-scrolling perspective, the gameplay revolves around a beat em up fighting system, while incorporating RPG elements such as leveling and questing.
Muramasa takes place during the Edo period on Japan's main island of Honshu. Due to ruling shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's thirst for power, conflicts have arisen over ownership of the Demon Blades, samurai swords that force their wielders to kill others before bringing tragedy and madness upon them. The story revolves around two different 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. The Vita port includes four self-contained stories based on Japanese folklore released under the banner title Genroku Legends (元禄怪奇譚 Genroku Kaikitan?).
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