At first glance it's easy to dismiss Muramasa: The Demon Blade (known as Hazy Muramasa in Japan) as "that game that looks like Odin Sphere," even though it was known as Princess Crown 3 during development, but even a cursory examination reveals that such dismissals are errant. The most immediate reasoning for this is the combat: while Odin Sphere's fight options were mainly limited to hockey-like poke-checks and some more limited aerial options, the focus was definitely on your item growth and your ingredients. Muramasa is the Ninja Gaiden of this equation, cleverly offering you with only a couple of buttons and the Nunchuk the abilities to uppercut slash, charge slash, aerial combo, downward thrust, and chain attacks into strings this author saw approach and surpass the 50-hit mark (reports are that the Classic Controller will also be compatible).
Nintenderos: "We kick off our interviews this year with a very special one with George Kamitani, president of Vanillaware. In case you didn't know this study, it is the one behind games of the stature of Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Odin Sphere or Dragon's Crown. In addition to, of course, unforgettable titles like the wonderful 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim published by Atlus a few months ago."
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How do you introduce people to folklore and fairy tales? Introducing people to mythology can be easy when they are young or in school, as such stories can sometimes be used to teach morals, introduce concepts that might be difficult for people to otherwise understand, act as warnings and get imaginations working. Once folks get older, it can be more difficult to get them engaged and interested in legends. Fortunately, some Japanese video games can step in to bridge the gap.
