Europeans don’t have too long a wait ahead of them before they can play Rising Star’s version of Muramasa: The Demon Blade.

The biggest mistake you can make is to let an enemy find their footing — and give them a chance to block or retaliate in doing so — after you’ve launched them. If I had to make a comparison, I’d say that Muramasa feels like a 2D Devil May Cry.

Ignition has been releasing trailers of Muramasa: The Demon Blade showcasing the game’s locales and boss fights. Here’s something they haven’t shown yet, a boar and Momohime in the hot springs.

Muramasa: The Demon Blade is coming to North America soon. Naturally, magazines are highlighting Marvelous’ gorgeous looking game, but the way it’s being advertised in North America is quite different than Japan.

“Should the market be exclusively about 3D graphics, then some who are very talented in 2D would not feel the need for them to get involved in the industry.”

It’s official! The North American version of Muramasa: The Demon Blade will come with the wall scroll Japanese gamers got for everyone who pre-orders the game.

Rising Star Games updated the product page for Muramasa: The Demon Blade and it looks like Europe will get to slice tengu this year.

“For Muramasa we decided to stick with the original Japanese voices and only localize the text,” Shane Bettenhausen, Business Development Director at Ignition, told Siliconera in a post E3 phone interview.

With all the positive buzz, Muramasa: The Demon Blade is going to be a surefire hit for whoever publishes the game. Unfortunately for Xseed, they aren’t handling Muramasa anymore. At E3 I asked how Xseed felt about losing the game.

Xseed was supposed to publish Muramasa: The Demon Blade, but now Ignition is handling the duties. The sudden publisher switch was unexpected. What happened? During E3 I set out to find out.

No, it’s not Xseed. While XSEED was scheduled to localize and publish the game in the U.S. until a few weeks ago, this is no longer the case. A press release confirmed that Muramasa: The Demon Blade will be published…

I’ve been playing Muramasa: The Demon Blade as “Princess” Momohime. I put “Princess” in quotes because Momohime is more than meets the eye. She is a furious fighter, a good thing because Muramasa: The Demon Blade is action packed.

Despite their partnership with Marvelous USA, Xseed is not involved with Muramasa: The Demon Blade anymore (thanks for the tip Denpa no Sekai!!). We contacted Xseed about the news and they confirmed it was accurate.   The change of hands happened with in the past few weeks, but will not affect the domestic release of [...]

Marvelous teased an image scroll as a pre-order bonus for Muramasa: The Demon Blade in Japan. Individually, each picture is tiny. Strung together the scroll is over five feet long. Characters are on the front. Enemies and stages are on the back.   Xseed hasn’t said if they will offer the same bonus when Muramasa: [...]