Muramasa The Demon Blade Poster Nintendo Wii Momohime and Kisuke

Description

Muramasa: The Demon Blade, known in Japan as Oboro Muramasa (“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 ronin 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.

Muramasa takes place on Honshu, the main island of the Japanese archipelago, with its overall style and setting drawing heavily upon Japanese folklore and mythology. It is set in the Genroku period, itself within the larger Edo period, during the reign of the shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Tsunayoshi’s thirst for power has created conflict around ownership of the Demon Blades, samurai swords forged by the legendary swordsmith Muramasa Sengo that crave blood when drawn and bring madness and death to those foolish enough to draw them. Due to the chaos generated by this, the Demon Blades’ powers begin summoning demons from Hell, along with causing ancient gods to stir from long slumber.

The two lead characters are Momohime, a princess of the Narukami clan from the locality of Mino; and Kisuke, a runaway ninja with no memories but a burning desire for vengeance. For the course of the game, Momohime is inadvertently possessed by the spirit of Jinkuro Izuna (, an unscrupulous ronin who was trying to possess the body of Momohime’s betrothed Yukinojo Yagyu, a high-status samurai. Momohime and Kisuke are each accompanied and watched over by a kitsune in human form. They are Kongiku, who holds unacknowledged affection for Jinkuro, and Yuzuruha, who aids Kisuke in his quest against the Demon Blades’ corruption. A key character in Kisuke’s storyline is Torahime, Momohime’s sister.

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