Brave Fencer Musashi (PS1)
Developer: Square
Publisher: Square/Square Enix
Unfortunately, I've never had the opportunity to play the full game. My memories of this game is actually from the old Pizza Hut Demo Discs way back. I played the demo rather religiously, and it was just amazingly fun. I loved throwing my sword around and absorbing enemies to gain their abilities. Paired with the charming graphics, a fantastic soundtrack and character designs, the whole thing was just very memorable to me. A really, really fun action RPG that I wish I could have the opportunity to play. If I recall correctly, I remember reading an article where someone from Square said they lost the source code for some of their games. Do you think Brave Fencer Musashi was one of them?
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Mischief Makers (N64)
Developer: Treasure
Publisher: Nintendo
I never owned this game, but I actually rented this game multiple times from my local Blockbuster when they were still around. It was such a unique side scroller that I couldn't help but keep renting it. The most memorable parts of this game, besides the obvious ''Shake Shake'' that Marina does, was the music. It was so bizarre yet, catchy and good. Some of the stage and character designs were so out there too, I loved it.
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Silhouette Mirage (Sega Saturn/PS1)
Developer: Treasure
Publisher: Working Designs
I owned a copy of this game for the PS1. I never see anyone talk about it, or probably don't know that it exists. This game came out on the Sega Saturn, and was eventually ported to the PS1. Like Mischief Makers, this was also developed by Treasure. A side scroller with an interesting gimmick. Shyna, the character you play as, has two sides to her character. One side is called Silhouette and the other is Mirage. Silhouette is represented as the ''pink'' color where as Mirage is represented as the "purple'' color if I remember correctly, I might have them mixed. Enemies also had this mechanic, and you deal more damage by attacking with the opposite color. You do less, and take less by matching the color of the enemies or attacks. So essentially, think of it like Ikaruga in a way.
One thing I loved about Shyna was one of her moves reminded me of Marina from Mischief Makers. While Marina is known to "Shake" things, Shyna is known to ''Bam'' things.
The game also had different routes/endings the player could take which led to exclusive boss fights to that route. Also, if it weren't for this game, I wouldn't have bought Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete. With that said, I think this game was actually re-released on the Japanese PSN, 10 years ago. Sadly, I don't think that was ever released in the West.
Developer: Square
Publisher: Square/Square Enix
Unfortunately, I've never had the opportunity to play the full game. My memories of this game is actually from the old Pizza Hut Demo Discs way back. I played the demo rather religiously, and it was just amazingly fun. I loved throwing my sword around and absorbing enemies to gain their abilities. Paired with the charming graphics, a fantastic soundtrack and character designs, the whole thing was just very memorable to me. A really, really fun action RPG that I wish I could have the opportunity to play. If I recall correctly, I remember reading an article where someone from Square said they lost the source code for some of their games. Do you think Brave Fencer Musashi was one of them?
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Mischief Makers (N64)
Developer: Treasure
Publisher: Nintendo
I never owned this game, but I actually rented this game multiple times from my local Blockbuster when they were still around. It was such a unique side scroller that I couldn't help but keep renting it. The most memorable parts of this game, besides the obvious ''Shake Shake'' that Marina does, was the music. It was so bizarre yet, catchy and good. Some of the stage and character designs were so out there too, I loved it.
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Silhouette Mirage (Sega Saturn/PS1)
Developer: Treasure
Publisher: Working Designs
I owned a copy of this game for the PS1. I never see anyone talk about it, or probably don't know that it exists. This game came out on the Sega Saturn, and was eventually ported to the PS1. Like Mischief Makers, this was also developed by Treasure. A side scroller with an interesting gimmick. Shyna, the character you play as, has two sides to her character. One side is called Silhouette and the other is Mirage. Silhouette is represented as the ''pink'' color where as Mirage is represented as the "purple'' color if I remember correctly, I might have them mixed. Enemies also had this mechanic, and you deal more damage by attacking with the opposite color. You do less, and take less by matching the color of the enemies or attacks. So essentially, think of it like Ikaruga in a way.
One thing I loved about Shyna was one of her moves reminded me of Marina from Mischief Makers. While Marina is known to "Shake" things, Shyna is known to ''Bam'' things.
The game also had different routes/endings the player could take which led to exclusive boss fights to that route. Also, if it weren't for this game, I wouldn't have bought Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete. With that said, I think this game was actually re-released on the Japanese PSN, 10 years ago. Sadly, I don't think that was ever released in the West.
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