History VideoGame / MuramasaTheDemonBlade

* WalkTheEarth: [[spoiler:Kisuke and Momohime's second endings, as well as Kisuke's third.]]

''Muramasa: The Demon Blade'' (or just ''Oboro Muramasa'' in Japan) is a 2009 action-RPG game, made by Creator/{{Vanillaware}} and released for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, that tells the stories of Kisuke, a fugitive Iga {{ninja}} determined to recover his lost memories, and Momohime, a Narukami princess who is possessed by the spirit of an evil swordsman, Izuna Jinkuro, and is helping him to return them both to functional bodies. Armed with Muramasa's earthbound spirit and his demonic blades, the pair battle through Feudal Japan, searching for their destinies on battlefields soaked in blood.

In 2013, the game was [[UpdatedRerelease ported to the]] UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita as ''Muramasa Rebirth'' (still just ''Oboro Muramasa'' in Japan), with an updated script and controls. In addition, ''Muramasa Rebirth'' got DownloadableContent, which took the form of an [[AnotherSideAnotherStory alternate mode]]; called "Genroku Legends", it features nothing regarding Muramasa or his Demon Blades, instead focusing on completely different/new characters in four three-chapter-long stories that take place in the same universe.

* DifficultButAwesome: Blocking during the few frames where you take damage has the character you're playing makes the knockback and damage from the hit reverse itself, sending you back to where you were when you got hit without any damage ''and'' without the spirit gauge decreasing. It's as difficult to intentionally perform as it sounds, and it's also an incredibly useful technique in Fury mode.

* BonusBoss: A unique variation. Both Kisuke and Momohime have their own set of bosses, but they can use the swords they get in their first endings to access the question-mark areas, which are the dungeons that the ''other'' playable character goes through in their storyline, and battle ''their'' bosses. In short, a story boss for Kisuke can be a Bonus Boss for Momohime, and vice versa.

* CombatTentacles: The optional boss, Oodako the giant octopus, with his attack style being WhipItGood.

* SpiritualSuccessor: As said above, ''Muramasa'' is one to ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'', which in turn makes this game one to ''VideoGame/PrincessCrown'' by proxy. ''Muramasa'' was even referred to as ''Princess Crown 3'' during development.

* {{Speedrun}}: The Vita version has a trophy for beating the game in less than 3 hours.

* {{Gainaxing}}:
** Kongiku wobbles a great deal, whether she's moving or not.
** The snow maidens.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The vertical spin (Cyclone, Gale, Wind, Whirldwind) and horizontal spin (Hell Spinner, Dragonfly, Swallow Saw, Moon Ring) Secret Arts.

** We're talking a game set in [[JidaiGeki Feudal Japan]]. [[AsianFoxSpirit Kongiku and Yuzuruha]] are standouts here. Raijin ([[{{Beastess}} who resembles an oni]]) is quite attractive, but her beauty is mostly overshadowed by her brash and aggressive nature (almost to [[TheLadette Ladette]] levels, [[{{Tsundere}} go figure]]). The only times it surfaces is when she's knocked out of the sky (she lands on her rump and takes a moment to tend to her rear in a typical CuteClumsyGirl fashion; notably, her voice raises from sultrily deep and tough to innocuously cute) and briefly after the BossBattle with her when Fujin calms her down. And once you beat her, she is just adorable. More are added for ''Rebirth''; the first main character is Miike, a female [[CatGirl Nekomata]] in the form of her human master Okoi, and the second is Rajyaki, a small Oni girl. Meanwhile, Gonbe is assisted by his wife's still-attractive ghost, while Arashimaru's snake familiar is actually a shapeshifting minor deity out for his blood.

* StockSubtitle: "Rebirth" for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita remake.

** We're talking a game set in [[JidaiGeki Feudal Japan]]. [[{{Kitsune}} Kongiku and Yuzuruha]] are standouts here. Raijin ([[{{Beastess}} who resembles an oni]]) is quite attractive, but her beauty is mostly overshadowed by her brash and aggressive nature (almost to [[TheLadette Ladette]] levels, [[{{Tsundere}} go figure]]). The only times it surfaces is when she's knocked out of the sky (she lands on her rump and takes a moment to tend to her rear in a typical CuteClumsyGirl fashion; notably, her voice raises from sultrily deep and tough to innocuously cute) and briefly after the BossBattle with her when Fujin calms her down. And once you beat her, she is just adorable. More are added for ''Rebirth''; the first main character is Miike, a female [[CatGirl Nekomata]] in the form of her human master Okoi, and the second is Rajyaki, a small Oni girl. Meanwhile, Gonbe is assisted by his wife's still-attractive ghost, while Arashimaru's snake familiar is actually a shapeshifting minor deity out for his blood.

* KimonoFanservice: Particularly seen with the [[{{Kitsune}} demonic fox babes]] Kongiku and Yuzuruha. Same with Shirohebi in ''A Spirited Seven Nights' Haunting''.
* {{Kitsune}}: Kongiku and Yuzuruha, as well as the other fox spirits that accompany them.

* {{Youkai}}: The game's based on Japanese mythology. Naturally, there are plenty: the ''{{kitsune}}'' that serve Inarimyojin assist Kisuke and Momohime, with Yuzuruha and Kongiku taking human form to serve as guides; ''{{tengu}}'' and ''{{kappa}}'' are common enemies, as are the ''{{karakasa}}''-type Obake, although they look slightly different from their usual form (that being a one-legged umbrella monster with a single eye and a mouth with a long tongue). Every boss (other than named characters like Kurozaru and Torahime) is based on famous Yokai and legends.

* AdultFear: A woman in Owari is killed on a way to a business trip. But even after death, she is so worried about her son that she comes every now and then to visit him... as a ghost.

* ContemptibleCover: One of the Japanese covers for the game's soundtrack has one of Oodako's tentacles covering Momohime's otherwise exposed crotch and her breasts almost falling out of her kimono. Another has Yuzuruha sitting in a seductive pose, lifting her kimono with her foot barely acting as a SceneryCensor, a third has Torahime naked in a BoobsAndButtPose with one arm covering her breasts and her buttocks obscured by [[XRayVision her flesh turning transparent]], and a forth is of a naked Momohime seen from behind with her shoulders, back, and butt covered in tattoos, glaring over her shoulder while drawing a sword.

* CursedWithAwesome: There is one advantage to playing in Fury Mode: [[StandardStatusEffects poison and burn]] deal damage proportional to your total health. Since you only have [[OneHitPointWonder one health]] in Fury Mode, getting poisoned or burned ''won't actually damage you''.

* ShownTheirWork: The games are TropeOverdosed with reverences to Japanese religion and folklore.

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Fujin and Raijin. Raijin is a hulking, muscular woman while Fujin is tiny (and green). To a lesser extent, Kisuke and Torahime as well.

* The first story is ''Fishy Tales of the Nekomata'' (released in January 2014), starring a tortoiseshell cat named Miike. When her masters, Okoi and her brother, are murdered on the command of the despicable Netsuzo Wakamiya purely for his own self-benefit, Miike becomes a Nekomata and starts down the dark path of revenge to slay Wakamiya, the people he hired to kill Okoi, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge and anyone who gets in her way]]. She's able to fight using three forms; [[CatGirl "Okoi"]], her default human form which fights purely with hard-hitting scratches and slashes of her claws; "Miike", her original cat form which can summon supernatural blue fireballs in a variety of patterns (or [[ZergRush summon a massive army of tortoiseshell cats from the sky to]] [[DeathOfAThousandCuts overwhelm her enemies]]); and [[SuperMode "Avatar"]], where she [[OneWingedAngel becomes a monstrous cat demon]] in one of two ways ("Monster Cat" where she becomes a [[MegaNeko giant ferocious cat]], and "Avatar" where she joins with a bunch of other cats to form a giant floating Cat Head).

* The first story is ''Fishy Tales of the Nekomata'' (released in January 2014), starring a tortoiseshell cat named Miike. When her masters, Okoi and her brother, are murdered on the command of the despicable Netsuzo Wakamiya purely for his own self-benefit, Miike becomes a Nekomata and starts down the dark path of revenge to slay Wakamiya, the people he hired to kill Okoi, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge and anyone who gets in her way]]. She's able to fight using three forms; [[CatGirl "Okoi"]], her default human form which fights purely with hard-hitting scratches and slashes of her claws; "Miike", her original cat form which can summon supernatural blue fireballs in a variety of patterns (or [[ZergRush summon a massive army of Tortoiseshell Cats from the sky to]] [[DeathOfAThousandCuts overwhelm her enemies]]); and [[SuperMode "Avatar"]], where she [[OneWingedAngel becomes a monstrous cat demon]] in one of two ways ("Monster Cat" where she becomes a [[MegaNeko giant ferocious cat]], and "Avatar" where she joins with a bunch of other cats to form a giant floating Cat Head).