Editing The Mysterious Murasame Castle

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|name=Nazo no Murasamejou
|image=[[Image:MurasameMysteriousCastle.PNG]]
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|developer=[[Nintendo EAD]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|system=[[NES]]<br>[[Game Boy Advance]]<br>[[Virtual Console]]
|release='''NES'''<br />JP April 14, 1986<br />'''Game Boy Advance'''<br />JP August 10, 2004<br>'''Virtual Console'''<br>JP August 19, 2008
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'''Nazo no Murasamejou''' translates to ''Mystery of Murasame Castle'' or ''Murasame's Mysterious Castle''. The game was released through the [[Famicom Disk System]] and was never released outside of Japan.

=Story=

At a Japanese castle during the Edo period, a great storm brings a stone idol named Murasame to life. Murasame casts darkness over the land and hypnotized the leaders of the villages to do it's bidding using five magic orbs. With his new found power, Murasame plans to overthrow the shogun and become leader of Japan. A swordsman named Takamaru has been sent to defeat Murasame.

=Gameplay=

The game has a top down perspective, similar to [[The Legend of Zelda]], but the gameplay is much different. The game is linear rather than encouraging exploration and the emphasis is on action rather than puzzle-solving. The player never gets new equipment, but can power up the shuriken.

As the player travels through the game, enemies will block the way, usually ninjas. Sometimes maidens will appear. Saving a maiden will give the player an extra life, but some maidens are really devils in disguise.  At the end of each level, the castle's lord must be defeated.

=Legacy=

*The cartridge of the game appears as a treasure in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. 
*Takamaru appears as a character in ''[[Captain Rainbow]]''.
*Koei's ''Samuari Warriors 3'' for the Wii features a special mode based on this game in addition to having Takamaru as a guest character.

==Ports and Remakes==
*In 2004, this game was ported to the [[Game Boy Advance]] as part of the [[Classic NES Series|Famicom Mini series]].
*In August 2008 it was released for the Japanese Virtual Console.

[[Category:NES Games]] [[Category:Game Boy Advance Games]] [[Category: Classic NES series]] [[Category: Virtual Console Games]]