In Edo period Japan, Murasame Castle houses a gigantic stone statue known as Murasame. The people lived peacefully until one stormy night, when a shining golden object fell onto the castle from the sky. Deafening shrieks arose from the castle, and the shining object is later revealed to be an alien creature who gives life to the stone statue Murasame and takes over the castle. The alien creature extends its power to four other neighboring castles, giving the daimyo lords each an evil sphere of power. The lords are taken over by the alien's evil power, and use the spheres to summon ninja armies and monsters to attack villagers. Hearing of these strange occurrences, the shogunate led by Tokugawa Ietsuna sends Takamaru, a samurai apprentice, on a secret mission to investigate the castle.

As Takamaru, the player must infiltrate the four castles to defeat each castle lord, before going on to face the alien entity itself. Nazo no Murasame-Jou is a fast-paced action game. You have two weapons: (unlimited) shurikens for ranged attacks and a sword for melee combat. The sword is automatically used when you are close enough to an enemy, and it can also be used to deflect enemy shurikens. But since you are constantly under attack by ninjas from all directions and also have only a limited time to finish each stage, the game is still quite hard.

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Alternative Titles

The Mysterious Murasame Castle, 謎の村雨城

Platform

Famicom Disk System

Developer(s)

Nintendo

Publishers(s)

Nintendo

Genres(s)

Action, Adventure

JP Release Date

April 14, 1986

MVGL User Score

8 by 3 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

-

Composer(s)

Koji Kondo

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5 User(s)

This game also exists on:
Nintendo Gameboy Advance Nintendo Wii Nintendo Wii U

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