The Mysterious Murasame Castle (universe)
The Mysterious Murasame Castle (universe) | |
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Developer(s) | Nintendo |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Designer(s) | Minoru Maeda |
Genre(s) | Action Adventure |
Console/platform of origin | Famicom (Disk System) |
First installment | The Mysterious Murasame Castle (1986) |
Latest installment | Famicom Mini Series: Nazo no Murasame Jō (2004) |
The Mysterious Murasame Castle (謎の村雨城, The Mysterious Murasame Castle) is an action-adventure game set in feudal Japan, initially released for the Famicom Disk System.
Franchise description
The Mysterious Murasame Castle was a Japan-only release for the Family Computer Disk System, a disk-based expansion console exclusive to the Japanese Famicom. It was one of the system's early titles, and its second original title after The Legend of Zelda. The release of Koei Tecmo's Samurai Warriors 3 for the Wii allowed players to experience The Mysterious Murasame Castle for the first time outside of Japan, as Samurai Warriors 3 featured a 3D remake of the game as a separate mode. However, over 28 years after its release, the original game was re-released worldwide through Virtual Console on the Nintendo 3DS.
In Super Smash Bros. Melee
Although Melee lacked elements related to The Mysterious Murasame Castle, Sakurai stated that Takamaru was considered as a playable character during development, but stated that Takamaru’s chances of appearing as playable character in Melee were low.[1]
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
The universe is represented by a music track and a single sticker.
Music
Sticker
Takamaru (Nazo no Murasamejo) |
In Super Smash Bros. 4
In Smash 4, the universe is represented by an Assist Trophy, a corresponding trophy, and a music track.
Assist Trophy
- Takamaru: The main character of the universe, who attacks with his katana and Windmill Swords.
Music
Trophy
Takamaru's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Takamaru's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Assist Trophy
- Takamaru: Returns as an assist trophy.
Music
- "Douchuumen (The Mysterious Murasame Castle": a direct port of the game's main overworld theme, returning from Brawl after being absent from Smash 4.
- "The Mysterious Murasame Castle Medley": returns from Smash 4. Seen in the Sound Test in the August 8th, 2018 Direct.
Elements from or in the Super Smash Bros. series
Takamaru is the protagonist of The Mysterious Murasame Castle. Like his appearance as an Assist Trophy, he wields a katana and shurikens. Douchuumen (Nazo no Murasamejo) is the title theme of The Mysterious Murasame Castle, and as the name indicates, The Mysterious Murasame Castle Medley is a medley of songs from the game.
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