Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Wii)

You know that awesome hardcore Wii game you've been waiting for to get your blood pumping like back in the good old days?

The Wii game that provides a level of excitement that you have yet to feel while playing your Nintendo Wii?

Well, my friends, I have discovered that game, and it's name is, "Muramasa: The Demon Blade"

Muramasa: The Demon Blade is a 2D Side Scrolling Action RPG made exclusively for the Nintendo Wii.
And although Muramasa is a 2D game, it has by far the most impressive visuals I've ever seen on Wii! And I've played Fragile & The Conduit!

So much detail is put into every little thing on the screen, and the back grounds are bursting with color!
Muramasa is not just a game, it's a work of art!

The action is fast-paced and exciting, so much so that it made my heart race in a way that it hasn't since the N64 days!
You use the Wiimote & Nunchuk, Classic Controller, or GCN Controller to move your character and pull off dazzling moves with grace, precision, & lightning speed!
No Motion Controls here, just good old-fashioned button pressing.

At first glance, Muramasa would appear to be a Button Masher, but it's actually quite the opposite...
Battles in Muramasa require a lot of strategy & precise timing, you won't get very far if all you do is mash the buttons wildly.

Muramasa has 3 modes in all...
Muso (Easy-Normal)
Shura (Hard)
And Shigurui (Super Hard) *Unlocked by beating the game on Shura, In this mode, you only have 1 HP!

There are 2 Playable characters, Kisuke (Male) & Momohime (Female) each has their own unique story, swords, & bosses!
The game requires multiple playthroughs to view everything, but don't let that turn you off! Muramasa is so insanely entertaining that you'll want to play it over many times as both characters.

Muramasa also has over 100 different blades within the game to collect, but much like the characters story, it requires multiple playthroughs to obtain them all.

Muramasa is also fully voiced in the original Japanese language, with English Subtitles. No poor-quality English Dubbing here!
There's also an option to switch off the Voices if you find them too distracting.
The game includes no cut scenes, every character you speak with in the entire game has full voiced dialogue.

Music in Muramasa consists of beautiful classic Japanese instrumentals which serves to further immerse the player into the atmosphere of the game.

The only slight draw-backs to Muramasa is that it's Single Player only, and it would've been awesome if there had've been some 2 Player Co-op thrown in.
Also, translation isn't word for word, it's basically just the gist of what the characters are saying.
Many reviewers have also complained about alot of back-tracking, but they obviously were unaware of the "Bronze Mirror" item which allows you to warp back to the last Save Point you visited.

Otherwise, Muramasa: The Demon Blade is a truly breath-taking Wii game and the most entertaining one I've ever played!
I literally couldn't stop grinning while I was playing!

Please go out and buy a copy, (rent it 1st if you have any doubts) it's clear that Vanilla Ware & Ignition put alot of work into this game, and this game deserves to sell well and let the developers know when they've done something right.

It's not everyday that you play a 3rd Party Wii game that it's clear the developer worked really hard on, and Muramasa is the 1st Wii game I've ever played with this extensive amount of effort weaved into every fiber & detail of the game from the visuals to the combat system.

Muramasa is a classic in every sense of the word, and has earned it's place as a shining example of what can be achieved on the Wii with a little effort.

Wow wow wow, if like me you grew up with such great games as shinobi and many of the other great 2d action platformers you will want to own this, alrenatively if you are of a slightly youger generation and are discovering this type of game platform for the first time please take the plunge, The storyline is brilliant, the cutscenes brathtaking and the action quick and fun, there is a small exploring element to the game but nothing to taxing, all in all a great game thats easy to pick up and hard to put down and at such a great price yopu surely must treat yourself1

I was looking forward to this game but got put off slightly when all the magazine previews spent a lot of time rambling on about how beautiful the graphics were. I find that when that's all that can be said about a game it's not usually any fun to actually play. When I bought it though, I was proved wrong, and it showed me a lot of great things about the game that magazines didn't tell me.

The action and gameplay is REALLY good! super smoothe and fast animation and highly reactive controls make it very easy to play. However, the game really makes use of the abilities of the charachter, which makes play refreshingly challenging at times. I say refreshingly as I've found most wii games to be a bit too easy and simplistic. This one has the nice option of an 'easy' or 'challenging' dificulty selection each time you play though, and the harder mode deffinately fulfills my thirst for a challenge.

The story and charachter design is really REALLY good and draws you deeply into the plot. This is something that I was very impressed by as again, a lot of recent wii games have been very superficial and shallow in plot. Although the graphics may be considdered a little cartoony, this game is deffinately intended for a more maturely minded audiance as the plot tackles some pretty serious issues.

That in mind, I would still recommend this game to my own young neices and nephews, as it is not needlessly graphic or violent (like madworld or similar games), and I think the growing generation of kids deserve the oppertunity to play a really good game that isn't patronisingly idealistic and shallow (Paper mario was fun, but I can't say it really drew me into the plot!).

If you're thinking about getting it, do! You'll love it!