Editing The Mysterious Murasame Castle

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|developer=[[Nintendo EAD]]
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|system=[[NES]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[Virtual Console]], [[3DS Virtual Console]], [[Wii U Virtual Console]]
|release='''NES'''<br />JP April 14, 1986<br />'''Game Boy Advance'''<br />JP August 10, 2004<br>'''Wii Virtual Console'''<br>JP August 19, 2008<br />'''3DS Virtual Console'''<br />JP July 3, 2013<br />EU May 29, 2014<br />US August 7, 2014<br />'''Wii U Virtual Console'''<br />JP July 30, 2014
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'''The Mysterious Murasame Castle''' is an early Nintendo adventure game that was originally released only for the [[Famicom Disk System]]. It did not receive an English release until 2014, when it was ported to the [[3DS Virtual Console]].

=Story=

At a Japanese castle during the Edo period, a great storm brought a stone idol named Murasame to life. Murasame cast 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.
*In ''[[Nintendo Land]]'', there is a mode based on the game called "Takamaru's Ninja Castle".
*In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U]]'', Takamaru is featured as an [[Assist Trophy]].

==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 [[Wii]] [[Virtual Console]].
*In 2013, it was released for the [[3DS Virtual Console]] in Japan, and this version was released in America and Europe in 2014. 
*In 2014, it was released for the [[Wii U Virtual Console]] in Japan.

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