I preordered Muramasa Rebirth today for Playstation Vita, out June 25th. It's a port of Muramasa: The Demon Blade that came out on the Wii in 2009 with some extra characters and levels to play. I also hope there will be a upgrade to the graphics although this game looked great anyway and probably doesn't need much of that.
I bought Muramasa: The Demon Blade for the Wii on day-one September of 2009. I got the preorder bonus poster (see pic) but I sadly let it get mangled since then. I played as Momohime until I got stuck on the boss Wanyudo. I was nearly able to beat it and, with a little more work, would’ve gotten to the next Act, but then Demon Souls came out and I jumped on that instead. I thought the controls for Muramasa on the Wii were very good and even though it allowed for control with the Classic Controller, I stuck with the Wiimote and Nunchuck. No game other than MadWorld has made me feel as comfortable with that strange arrangement of two controllers attached by a cord.
What sold me on Muramasa: The Demon Blade was mainly the art style, but I also liked the 2D side scrolling fighter RPG genre and since I was already a fan of Vanillaware for their PS2 games Odin’s Sphere and GrimGrimoire, another amazing looking game by them was a no brainer.
Now that it's out again on a system I don't have yet, it's motivating me, along with Dragon's Crown out in August, to pick up a Vita sometime next month. Call me a sucker for a beautiful Japanese art style. Vanillaware games have become a system seller for me.
Hm, I want to love Vanillaware games for their art style alone, but I couldn't force myself to love Odin Sphere. It wasn't necessarily the lack of depth in the battle system, but the insane amount of repitition of environments, enemies, and bosses. Hopefully, Muramasa fixed that major issue.
I don't recall those problems in Muramasa.
I have Muramasa on the Wii, so I won't be getting a Vita just to get the Vita version. Since Dragon's Crown is also coming for the PS3, I'll get that instead, too. However, the Vita might be more tempting to me when the new Ys game comes out.
I was thinking the same because I usually favor the PS3 version over any handheld versions but I began to think these two 2D games might look and play really well on the Vita.
Can't blame you too much, that art does look nice.
I just hope there will be other titles for the Vita this holiday season. Persona 4 Golden though is always an option. I wonder if it will work closely with PS4.
I played this on Wii. It was pretty cool. I'm waiting for FFX to buy a Vita.
Ooo. FFX would be nice.
I have the Wii version of Muramasa. Haven't played it yet but my brother did and really liked it. I bet it will really pop on the Vita screen though.
That's what I'm thinking. It's gonna look great!
I will be on the lookout for Muramasa now. Ever since I got a Wii I search for adult oriented titles. You really have to look for them it seems. That looks like one I would like. I think Japanese game developers have such great artistry,and always have.
It's a great game for the Wii. There are so few games like it for that system.