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PlayStation title Dragon's Crown has the worst game title font I've ever seen. It also has enormous norgs. Go figure. More »
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Not counting erotic game developers, Japanese game developer Vanillaware must surely must have the market for the industry's sauciest website cornered. Don't believe us? Check out its landing page. More »
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As seen on the Muramasa Fan Art Contest Winners page at Facebook, via Tiny Cartridge. More »
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Odin Sphere developer Vanillaware brings their signature hand-drawn 2D style to the Nintendo Wii with Muramasa: The Demon Blade, a touching tale of a boy, a girl, and a whole bunch of swords. More »
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Savvy marketing, this. For the September issue of play magazine, Ignition entertainment managed to get gorgeous Wii side-scroller Muramasa top billing on the front cover. Bottom billing, too. More »
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Vanillaware's Muramasa: The Demon Blade is a lovely looking side-scroller. But it could be even lovelier at higher-than-Wii resolution, an option not out of the realm of possibility, according to studio founder George Kamitami. More »
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Who wants a Wii game with great graphics and no motion control? More »
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Time for some fan art! Fan art featuring Momohime, star of the upcoming (and gorgeous) Wii exclusive Muramasa: The Demon Blade. Fan art featuring Momohime's butt. More »
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Vanillaware's lovely looking Wii game Muramasa: The Demon Blade (née Oboro Muramasa) is no longer coming to North America by way of publisher XSEED. Instead, publisher Ignition Entertainment will bring it to these shores. More »
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What is it with Wii games losing publishers? First Fatal Frame, now Muramasa - which was about the best-looking thing due on the console in 2009 - finds its American release up in the air. More »
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We have little doubt that Vanillaware and Marvelous Entertainment are targeting the tinglier areas of otaku with Muramasa: The Demon Blade, what with all the sexy bath time and fetishistic character designs. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5217226&view=rss&microfeed=true .html VanillaWare's gorgeous looking Muramasa: The Demon Blade makes up for a lack of polygon pushing power by going 2D, resulting in probably the most visually exciting Wii game we've seen yet. More »
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Marvelous and XSEED are bringing Vanillaware's Wii-exclusive ninja RPG to North America in 2009, and calling it Muramasa: The Demon Blade. Joystiq mentions that this is the second title coming out of a co-publishing deal signed in May, the first being Valhalla Knights 2 for the PSP. More »
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Vanillaware, whose latest gorgeous 2D games include Odin Sphere, pictured above, and GrimGrimoire for the PlayStation 2 have announced their latest game, this time for the Nintendo Wii. The latest issue of Famitsu, by way of 1UP, reveals that Oboro Muramasa Youtouden will follow in the 2D tradition, with a feudal Japan era setting that's loaded with paranormal enemies and mystical creatures. The best news? You play as one of two ninja. More »
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Atlus finally gave us a release date for their Vanillaware developed 2D action-RPG Odin Sphere, announced in February. The game will hit store shelves on May 22nd and ship with both English and Japanese voice tracks for the PlayStation 2. More »
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We posted earlier in the day of suspicious reports that NIS America would bring the lovely SRPG Disgaea to the PSP later this summer, but didn't want to believe. It was too good to be true! But word from the American branch of Nippon-Ichi Software is that the game originally released on the PS2—and a perfect addition to the PSP library—has been approved for a North American release. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=248595&view=rss&microfeed=true Here it is, the trailer for Odin Sphere, the upcoming PlayStation 2 RPG from Vanillaware and Atlus that Kotaku readers called "gorgeous indeed" and "hot enough to melt your eyes." This first look at the spiritual successor to Princess Crown comes to the internet courtesy of Japanese news hound Duckroll and should be welcome video therapy for those of you mentally scarred by my earlier Punch-Out!! clip. Michael McWhertor More »
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Normally the key features of a game like Odin Sphere, which include a "robust cooking and alchemy system" make my eyes glaze over, dreading the eighty hour play time one must sign up for to wind through a convoluted plot. But Vanillaware's latest is coming to North America and the words "action RPG" combined with the game's gorgeous, handdrawn graphics have forced me to pay attention. More »
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