The Mysterious Murasame Castle cover

The Mysterious Murasame Castle

First release
Apr 14, 1986
Publisher
Nintendo
Genres
Adventure · Action

Restore peace to a land that has been overridden by evil! One stormy night in feudal Japan, a mysterious force begins to take control over Murasame Castle and its lands. Each lord in four neighboring castles has taken possession of a dark sphere of power, allowing them to summon ninja armies and monsters that wreak havoc in the villages. Takamaru, a brave and young samurai apprentice, has been sent to investigate. He must infiltrate all four castles and defeat the lords before making his way to Murasame Castle. Use sword and shuriken attacks against the swarms of enemies, and unlock the secret behind the source of evil. The game was at first released exclusively for the Famicom in Japan, but it would come to the rest of the world for the first time in 2013 as part of the 3DS virtual console, as well as for Nintendo Switch Online in 2023.

Also known as The Mysterious Murasame Castle, Nazo no Murasame-jou, Nazo no Murasamejou

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Release dates
Family Computer Disk System
Apr 14, 1986
Wii
Aug 19, 2008
Nintendo 3DS
Jul 03, 2013
All 7 release dates
Nintendo 3DS
May 29, 2014
Wii U
Jul 30, 2014
Nintendo 3DS
Aug 07, 2014
Nintendo 3DS
Jul 06, 2016
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Where to buy
Keywords
ninja, samurai, castle, feudal japan, virtual console
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How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface
  • 日本語interface
IGDB · recorded 17 Sept 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 17 Sept 2026