Vanillaware's Muramasa: The Demon Blade coming stateside
by Jason Dobson 
{ Oct 3rd 2008 at 3:15PM }
The publishing duo of XSEED and Marvelous Entertainment announced plans to bring Vanillaware's Wii-exclusive ninja-action title, Oboro Muramasa Youtouden, to the US sometime next year. The game, which will be redubbed as Muramasa: The Demon Blade for the local market, marks the second title to emerge from a co-publishing deal inked in May, following this week's release of Valhalla Knights 2 for the PSP.
Muramasa looks to continue the tradition of Vanillaware's eye-poppingly gorgeous titles, Odin Sphere and Grim Grimoire, promising hand-drawn 2D sprites and side-scrolling levels. Beyond this, details are scarce, though more is expected to be revealed next week when the game is officially unveiled during TGS.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
lanis @ Oct 3rd 2008 3:20PM
it better keep the original language track like odin sphere for those of use who can't stand shitty dubs.
D-5 @ Oct 3rd 2008 4:40PM
Odin Sphere didn't have a shitty dub.
Megadanxzero @ Oct 3rd 2008 5:17PM
Maybe he meant not terrible, but still pretty bad, dubs. Which aren't much better to be honest...
Eggman @ Oct 3rd 2008 3:22PM
Best news of the day.
Josh @ Oct 3rd 2008 3:25PM
Really really old, guys.
samfish @ Oct 3rd 2008 3:32PM
YAY! I've been amped for this since I played Odin Sphere. Can't wait for this one!
Nintendo should take a page from XSEED and Marvelous and learn a ting or two about publishing games in North America.....
victor terrero @ Oct 8th 2008 12:06PM
hey have you played grim grimoire for the ps2 and princess crown for the psp both good games from the same company with the same visuals too
Mr Khan @ Oct 3rd 2008 3:44PM
Sweet. 2009 just gets better and better.
Immortal Technique PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Oct 3rd 2008 7:08PM
Looks promising. It is at least something different. With the knack Nintendo has for making fun gameplay experiences I don't see why they don't branch out and try something new with some IPs.
doc j @ Oct 3rd 2008 3:45PM
Good news for Wii owners if it is as good as Odin Sphere. I loved that game.
Phil @ Oct 4th 2008 4:40PM
Presumably it's going to be better. Odin Sphere was good and the gameplay wasn't bad, but I believe I really only had two problems with it:
Repetitive Gameplay
and
Difficulty
Not that the difficulty made the game impossible, but it was challenging that could've used a difficulty option. Other portions of the game were tolerable, but sometimes, I had to get through a boss fight TWENTY TIMES before I could figure out a decisive strategy to defeat them.
Let's hope they stepped up the gameplay for Muramasa... Even if not, I'm still going to get it. I just love Vanillaware's art style.
Yourself @ Oct 3rd 2008 3:49PM
Can't even express how happy I am to hear this. Odin Sphere was easily the second best game I've ever played.
Megadanxzero @ Oct 3rd 2008 5:19PM
So when can we expect this in Europe? 2010 maybe? Actually that's probably being a bit optimistic... At least the Wii has some decent games coming out for it at some point though...