The Mysterious Murasame Castle (universe)

The Mysterious Murasame Castle (universe)
Developer(s)	Nintendo
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)	Minoru Maeda
Genre(s)	Action Adventure
Console of origin	Famicom (Disk System)
First installment	The Mysterious Murasame Castle (1986)
Latest installment	Famicom Mini Series: Nazo no Murasame Jō (2004)

The Mysterious Murasame Castle (謎の村雨城, The Mysterious Murasame Castle) is an action-adventure game set in feudal Japan, initially released for the Famicom Disk System.

Franchise description

The Mysterious Murasame Castle was a Japan-only release for the Family Computer Disk System, a disk-based expansion console exclusive to the Japanese Famicom. It was one of the system's early titles, and its second original title after The Legend of Zelda. The release of Koei Tecmo's Samurai Warriors 3 for the Wii allowed players to experience The Mysterious Murasame Castle for the first time outside of Japan, as Samurai Warriors 3 featured a 3D remake of the game as a separate mode. However, over 28 years after its release, the original game was re-released worldwide through Virtual Console on the Nintendo 3DS.

In Super Smash Bros. Melee

Although Melee lacked elements related to The Mysterious Murasame Castle, Sakurai stated that Takamaru was considered as a playable character during development, but stated that Takamaru’s chances of appearing as playable character in Melee were low.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

The universe is represented by a music track and a single sticker.

Music

• Douchuumen (Nazo no Murasamejo)

Sticker

• Takamaru

Takamaru (Nazo no Murasamejo)

In Super Smash Bros. 4

In Smash 4, the universe is represented by an Assist Trophy, a corresponding trophy, and a music track.

Assist Trophy

• Takamaru: The main character of the universe, who attacks with his katana and Windmill Swords.

Music

• The Mysterious Murasame Castle Medley

Trophy

• Takamaru

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  Takamaru's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

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  Takamaru's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Assist Trophy

• Takamaru: Returns as an assist trophy.

Spirit

The following characters from the series are spirits.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Ability
1,128		Takamaru	Primary (Attack)	★★★ (Ace)	Sword Attack ↑

Music

• "Douchuumen (The Mysterious Murasame Castle)": a direct port of the game's main overworld theme, returning from Brawl after being absent from Smash 4.
• "The Mysterious Murasame Castle Medley": returns from Smash 4.