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All Vanillaware games are fun but for me personally this is the best one. style of the game is great it is Vanillaware games. But what sets it apart for me is the swords and how the upgrade system works.

One of the best games on the original Wii. The story is great, the gameplay feels really fluent, almost like a fighting game, incredibly responsive. The Japanese retro aesthetic combined with a demon fueled story makes this game almost a masterpiece.

Good animations and different combat style using Wiimote, very fun playing this game.


I picked a Vita for games like this and was not disappointed.

Masterful presentation. Not the deepest game, but the experience is a joy to play through. When I see a pretty background the neurons just activate.

I love the art but the gameplay can get repetitive

Éste juego es realmente bonito, marca de la casa, tiene una jugabilidad increíble y muy bien pensada, lastima qué ahí se quedé, tiene una historia pasable.
El problema está en su diseño de mapa, quiere ser un Metroidvalnia pero al mismo tiempo te limita tanto qué se vuelve tedioso, lo he disfrutado mucho, pero siento qué tiene un grave problema a lo qué dirección sé refiere.

Great game, but the Vita version is better.

OS JAPONESES ATE PARA A WII CONSEGUEM FAZER BONS JRPGS

Sigo esperando que esta joya atemporal la revivan en alguna plataforma actual.

Juego de aventura 2d hack slash, donde controlarás a dos personajes e irás desbloqueando nuevas armas, poderes... A quién le guste la cultura japonesa les va a gustar.

Diversos finales dependiendo de qué arma lleves equipada.

Great art style just like Vanillaware always delivers. A very simple metroidvania style game with satisfying combat. Unfortunately, the areas are very samey and you don't get many meaningful upgrades to make the combat more interesting. Those things combined make it feel like a chore to play towards the end.

Up to jump is a scourge on a great beat 'em up

Great music and visuals, battle is good but simple and running through the map is horrible

Vanillaware did an amazing job with this hack-n-slash, the graphics are beautiful, the gameplay is fun and easy to learn but difficult to master, you get sooo many blades to make and none feel the same. The story is actually interesting though the beginning I felt lost, but it catches up at a good pace. The controls work very well though pushing UP to jump can work a nerve. The only minor flaw is while Kisuke has a different story, the places and enemies don't change so I'm not gonna do his arc.

I spent almost 40 hours playing this game and despite liking it a lot, I have to admit that it misses a few right steps.

The game is beautiful! The art design of the entire game, environments, animations, bosses and heroes is utterly amazing! The soundtrack also helps to make you feel invested in it. The battle system is incredible and the challenge had the right dose of "tough, but fair". The system where you create swords is also great. Probably one of the biggest reasons why I took so long to finish it and, also, the game is packed with A LOT of content.

But the game suffers a lot from repetition. Levels, music, enemies and even dialogue. This ruined a lot of my enjoyment over time. It also "forces" you to grind to get all the endings, without actually giving you a good reason to, since the main story basically sucks. The DLC has some good tales though, but ultimately gets dull, as not all DLC pieces are fun to play.

In the end, this is a good game where you can spend hours and hours playing, but after you're done with it, you probably won't come back. Very easy to recommend it though, for the battle system and art design alone!

Menudo juego, que wapo esta, que fluido el gameplay y que buena estética. Es de esos juegos que juegas con 14 años por ser de samuráis y espadas y te acaba flipando la historia la estética y todo. Uno de los juegos que mas difícil se me hizo mecánicamente de adolescente.

Beautiful game. Vanillaware and George Kamitani made it once again.
Maybe it has a little too much grinding to get the true endings, but it's bearable thanks to its fun gameplay.

El diseño artístico y las mecánicas se llevan todo el peso que son muy buenas.
Los personajes y la historia no salen de los tropos japoneses de siempre. Mención especial a lo machistas que son incluso para un juego japonés.

What a art direction. Vanillaware sold me to them with this game. This is a spectular to the eyes.

Gameplay goes a bit repetitive but its forgiven by all the rest.

a fantastic and heavily underappreciated hack and slash, looks and plays absolutely gorgeously

The game itself is great, but the Wii version is very incomplete, does not enjoy the benefits of the DLCs the Vita has, and the translation is horrendous and inaccurate, easily confirmed by comparing it to the Vita relase. No reason to play this on the Wii if you have the alternative.

DIOS QUE BIEN SE SIENTE JUGAR ESTA MADRE UFFFFFFFF

Todo lo que hace Vanillaware merece ser jugado y este no es una excepción. Divertido dinámico y, como siempre, precioso

Great action, incredible visuals and art style. Starts to get long in the tooth. Looking forward to DLC characters.


Se tem uma coisa que eu amo é o estilo gráfico da Vanillaware! Esse estilo feito a mão, igual uma aquarela, tanto dos cenários quanto dos personagens...
Você consegue ver que eles colocaram amor em tudo.

Cada jogo da Vanillaware parece ser algo diferente:
Dragon's Crown é um beat'em'up, Odin Sphere um e Muramasa é um dos Metroidvanias mais unicos que eu já joguei! O sistema de armas, todo o estilo gráfico e as lutas incríveis!

Fui apresentado a esse jogo no Wii do meu irmão, zerei o jogo no Dolphin e, agora que eu tenho um Wii, faço questão de zerar (mesmo que em OFF) novamente esse jogo incrível!

Awesome 2D hack n’ slash / beat’em up for the Wii, all under the exquisite Vanillaware art

Este juego es una joya de aquellas. Vanillaware saca juegos tarde, mal y nunca, pero todos son obras maestras.

se ve como un millón de dólares y se juega como tres euros. aburrido y pobremente balanceado