Vanillaware posted a Happy New Year’s card for fans and this greeting card showing the mecha soldier defenders.

Warning: This picture may be NSFW!

“In the beginning, it was a Dreamcast project. Before that I had been involved in the development of Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom, and for many years I’ve wanted to make something like that.”

Continuing our interview with Shane Bettenhausen from Ignition Entertainment, Bettenhausen talks about Deadly Premonition, the trial of licensing Nintendo DS games, and hints at the company’s 3DS plans.

The publisher behind Kumatanchi, a Nintendo DS title from Vanillaware, and the Pinky Street games is out of business.

We haven’t heard about Vanillaware, the developer of Muramasa: The Demon Blade and Odin Sphere, for awhile now. So, we poked around their website.

The information actually comes from Martin Defries, managing director and COO of Rising Star.

Where does Muramasa stand post release? Is it everything Vanillaware and Marvelous made it out to be?

Two points to consider: 1.) It’s based off Play Magazine’s risque Muramasa: The Demon Blade cover. 2.) It’s size XL.

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.

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.

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.