The Mysterious Murasame Castle

The Mysterious Murasame Castle also known as Nazo no Murasame-Jou in Japan is an Action Adventure game developed by Nintendo EAD for the Nintendo 3DS and was released on July 03, 2013. The Mysterious Murasame Castle was one of the earliest games for the FDS and was one of the first original titles along with The Legend of Zelda. However, unlike the latter, The Mysterious Murasame Castle never saw release outside of Japan until it was released on the 3DS Virtual Console in 2014.

The Game takes place in Edo-period Japan and stars the Samurai, Takamaru. There was once a castle, named Murasame Castle, that housed a giant stone statue known as “Murasame”. One day, during a stormy night, a mysterious shining gold object fell into the castle. A loud shriek was heard, and the strange alien object gave life to the giant statue and took over the castle.

The game uses a top-down view of the action without scrolling, similar to that of The Legend of Zelda. Takamaru’s movement also functions like that of Link, and the game is at times referred to as Zelda’s “sister” game, similar to the relation between Metroid and Kid Icarus. The gameplay. however, differs a lot from its sister game. Murasame’s Mysterious Castle is a linear, level-based game with fast-paced action, rather than Zelda’s open-ended puzzle-based gameplay.