Marvelous has confirmed a launch date for Muramasa: Revenant Blades, which is in improvement for Nintendo Change 2 and Nintendo Change.
From developer Vanillaware, that is pitched as “an elevated revival of Muramasa: Rebirth” and marks the primary time that the sport may have full English voiceover and new localisations in a number of languages.
The 2D motion RPG was initially launched for the Wii (2009) and was later ported to PlayStation Vita (2013), and now involves the transportable house consoles with help for as much as 4K decision, new fight and weapon techniques, together with extra modes and gameplay choices.
“Deep in Japan’s previous, an incredible battle erupts over the possession of fabled and highly effective samurai swords cast by the legendary Senji Muramasa,” the writer writes in a press launch.
“These swords grant their proprietor each unbelievable energy and a insanity that may be sated solely by blood. As numerous factions conflict over these legendary weapons, demons and evil spirits drawn to the bloodshed rampage throughout the land. These fables discover the fates of six various characters whose lives are thrown into chaos by these revenant blades.”
Muramasa: Revenant Blades will function unique protagonists Momohime and Kisuke alongside Okoi, Gonbe, Arashimaru, and Rajaki, who had been launched within the PlayStation Vita model. It will imply which you can expertise all six distinctive storylines in any order you select from the beginning.
The writer has outlined the sport’s key options, which embody:
The Final Muramasa: A brand-new localisation, together with English voiceover, supplies immersion like by no means earlier than. Plus, all six tales can be found from the beginning, confirming this as the entire model of this unforgettable story.
Fluid and Frenetic Gameplay: The side-scrolling, hack-and-slash motion has by no means been higher with up to date controls, over 100 swords to forge, and dozens of expertise to improve, grasp, and customise.
Breathtaking Magnificence: Muramasa’s fantastical world has been meticulously upgraded to beautiful 4K, bringing characters, maps, and animations to vibrant life with gorgeous readability.
Reforged and Refined: Variable gameplay types and new modes give gamers extra methods to play this basic journey, and to understand the sport’s magnificent artwork and animations from a recent perspective.
Muramasa: Revenant Blades will likely be launched at retail and digitally on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Change 2 and Nintendo Change worldwide on 4 February 2027.
