CONSTRUCTOR KIT LEGO NINJAGO

Story of Ninjago began in 2011, when famous LEGO Company issued the first series of constructor kit with toy ninja-warriors. Series has astonishing success, and fans liked heroes so much, that story was continued and storyline was significantly expanded.

Epic Ninja 2; Epic Ninja; Our ninja games feature a variety of game types, including action, adventure, fighting, and stealth. Use just your keyboard to sneak through levels, hop over opponents, slide under obstacles, and swing your fists of fury! If you wish, view the instructions included in each game and learn how to devastate your enemies. Ninja-kun's Demon Castle Adventure features three upward scrolling levels that repeat and become more difficult. The objective is to defeat the enemies on each screen and advance to the next screen. The player can attack with shurikens and jump on enemies' heads to stun them.

Game world of Ninjago is fictional Asian country, which is constantly attacked by armies of skeletons from underground kingdom and legions of aggressive adders, which are going to kill all people in the world. Team of young ninja, headed by wise teacher Sensei Wu, fights cruel bogey. Each hero has personal story, character and unique power one of natural elements.

WARRIORS NINJAGO

Team of desperate heroes Sensei Wu includes:

Kai - temperamental and irrepressible red fire warrior.

Cole - solid and sound black earth ninja.

Jay - merry fellow, dreamer and inventor, possessing lightings blue warrior.

Zane - very clever and dreamy titanium ninja, who conquer ice element.

Nya - expert sister of Kai, charming, energetic and dreamer of becoming real ninja.

Very different, but friendly and united by one goal, Ninjago don't only fight, train and getting new knowledge, but also spend leisure time very cheerfully. Games, competitions and entertaining excursions, they organize regularly and invite kids to participate in them.

NINJA MISSIONS

But of course, the main goal of LEGO ninja remains to protect the towns and villages of their world from evil invaders and oppressors. No matter how strong is enemy, how many teams are against heroes, they are always ready to oppose them with his courage, skill, ingenuity and cunning.

Each warrior is fluent in Ninjago murderous force of the ancient martial power of Spinjitzu and is able to fight numerous enemies. Old Master Wu cares about his desperate students and constantly backs them up during the dangerous missions and sorties. Young Ninjagos respect their teacher, but give him bother, starting independent trips without his advice and instructions. In most cases it ends sadly and Sensei Wu has to save youth from another mess.

ONLINE GAMES

Virtual world of Ninjago invites both adult and young fans of brave LEGO team. Together with your favorite characters you can feel exciting adventures and participate in battles with armies of evil Lord Garmadon and General Acidicus.

The Mysterious Murasame Castle (謎の村雨城, Nazo no Murasame Jō) is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo, which released in Japan for the Family Computer Disk System (FDS) on April 14, 1986. The game was one of the early games released for the system, and the second original game after The Legend of Zelda. The game was released outside Japan for the first time on the Nintendo 3DSVirtual Console in Europe and Australia in May 2014^[1][2] and in North America in August 2014.^[3]

Gameplay[edit]

The player takes on the role of the main protagonist Takamaru. The objective is to race through Murasame Castle and the four neighboring castles, obtain the four gems from the castle lords and defeat the main antagonist Murasame. The player moves from different directions in a top-down view with no side-scrolling. The game has only a limited number of power-ups, forcing players to rely on their own action skills more than anything else.

The game world has scrolls scattered throughout the castles for Takamaru to collect, and special raccoon suits may reveal power-ups. Players are given a certain number of lives, and may gain additional lives by rescuing the castles' princesses and playing through bonus rounds after completing the first half of each level. One life is lost when Takamaru's health gauge runs out or he runs out of time. When all lives are lost at any point in the game, the game over screen will appear, in which the player can continue the game or save their progress.

The game consists of five castles: Aosame Castle, Akasame Castle, Ryokusame Castle, Momosame Castle, and the titular Murasame Castle. The appearance of enemy characters (including samurai, ninja and hannya) borrows heavily from existing Japanese culture. Each level, divided into two parts: the path to the castle, and the castle itself, is of considerable size, and Takamaru must defeat generic enemy characters to reach the innermost region of the castle where the castle-lord resides.

The player's only weapons are a katana and shurikens; upgrades to the shuriken can be obtained, but are lost whenever Takamaru loses a life. The katana can only be used when Takamaru is close to an enemy or projectile (excluding fireballs), while the shurikens can only be used when he is farther away. The katana can also be used to deflect projectiles. Other items include fireballs, which are more powerful than the shurikens; a lightning-themed explosive, which gives heavy damage to every enemy on screen; and a cloak, which makes Takamaru invisible and invulnerable to enemies and objects for a short period of time. When Takamaru reaches more than 99 lives, he becomes invincible.

Plot[edit]

In Edo-period Japan, Murasame Castle houses a gigantic stone statue known as Murasame. The people lived peacefully until one stormy night, when a shining golden object fell onto the castle from the sky. Deafening shrieks arose from the castle, and the shining object is later revealed to be an alien creature who gives life to the stone statue Murasame and takes over the castle. The alien creature extends its power to four other neighboring castles, giving the daimyō lords each an evil sphere of power. The lords are taken over by the alien's evil power, and use the spheres to summon ninja armies and monsters to attack villagers. Hearing of these strange occurrences, the shogunate led by Tokugawa Ietsuna sends Takamaru, a samurai apprentice, on a secret mission to investigate the castle. As Takamaru, the player must infiltrate the four castles to defeat each castle lord, before going on to face the alien entity itself.

Ports and related releases[edit]

The Mysterious Murasame Castle was ported to Game Boy Advance on August 10, 2004 as part of the Famicom Mini Series in Japan. It was released on Virtual Console in Japan for Wii on August 19, 2008 and for Wii U on July 30, 2014.^[4] It was released on Virtual Console for Nintendo 3DS in Japan on July 3, 2013,^[5] in Europe and Australia on May 29, 2014,^[1][2] and in North America on August 7, 2014;^[3] this was the first time the game had been released in the West.

In June 2010, the game was featured amongst others from the Nintendo Entertainment System and Super NES as part of a tech demo called Classic Games at E3 2010.^[6]

Reception[edit]

Nintendo Life's Marcel van Duyn gave the 3DS virtual console re-release of The Mysterious Murasame Castle a rating of 8/10 stating 'It's anyone's guess as to why it took so long for this game to finally be released outside Japan, but it is without a doubt a very welcome release. The Mysterious Murasame Castle is unlike any other Nintendo game of the time, with incredibly fast-paced gameplay and a high degree of difficulty which, thankfully, manages to feel completely fair. With all of the references the game has had in recent years, you're now finally able to see what the fuss is all about'. On the Nintendo Life website, the game maintains a rating of 7.1/10 from 10 user ratings as of July 2019.^[7]

Den of Geek rated The Mysterious Murasame Castle 3.5/5 for the release of the 3DS Virtual Console version in North America.^[8]

Other media[edit]

A television drama of the same name was produced by Fuji Television in 1986 with a plot loosely based around that of the game.^[9]

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While The Mysterious Murasame Castle never received a proper sequel, the game as well as Takamaru have made several appearances in other video games. In the Nintendo GameCube game Pikmin 2, one of the objects found in the game is The Mysterious Murasame Castle game disk. In the Wii game Captain Rainbow, Takamaru appears as a supporting character.^[10] In the Wii game Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a song titled 'Nazo no Murasamejo - Douchuumen', based on the overworld theme heard before entering the castles, appears as an unlockable song for the Mario Bros. stage, along with Takamaru himself as one of the many unlockable stickers. In the Nintendo DS game WarioWare D.I.Y., one of the microgames in the Japanese version is based on this game, which was replaced with a Pikmin microgame in non-Japanese versions. In the Wii game Samurai Warriors 3, Takamaru (voiced by Hiroshi Okamoto in Japanese and Darrel Guilbeau in English) appears as a bonus character in the 'Murasame castle' mode. The series is also featured in Nintendo Land for the Wii U as Takamaru's Ninja Castle. Takamaru appears as an Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and is voiced by Tomokazu Sugita; when summoned, he uses his signature Multidirectional Pinwheel Knife Rook Attack. Takamaru was originally considered to be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, but was cut because he was not recognized as much as other Nintendo characters;^[11] with his main theme being used in the Duck Hunt stage.

During a 2015 Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U presentation, a downloadable Mii Fighter costume based on Takamaru for the Mii Swordfighter was revealed. It was released alongside the rest of the DLC on February 3, 2016.^{[citation needed]}

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Takamaru's assist trophy and Mii costume returns.^[12][13] He also appears as a Spirit, one of the game's collectibles.^[14]

In Super Mario Maker 2, the 'Ninja Attack!' sound effect causes Takamaru and ninja enemies from the game to appear on-screen.

References[edit]

1. ^ ^ab'European download update revealed for May 29, 2014'. The Nintendo Channel. May 26, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
2. ^ ^abWassenaar, Troy (29 May 2014). 'Nintendo Download Update (29/5) - Gaining Traction - eShop News from Vooks'. Vooks. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
3. ^ ^abCarter, Chris (28 July 2014). 'Mysterious Murasame Castle hitting the 3DS eShop next month'. Destructoid. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
4. ^津久井箇人 (23 July 2014). 'Wii Uバーチャルコンソール7月30日配信タイトル ― 『弟切草』『謎の村雨城』『ニュートピアII』『BE BALL』『ロックマンエグゼ バトルチップGP』の5本'. インサイド (in Japanese).
5. ^'耳から離れなくなる和風BGM『謎の村雨城』3DSバーチャルコンソールに登場'. エキサイトニュース (in Japanese). 26 June 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
6. ^6/18/10 5:00pm 6/18/10 5:00pm. 'Mega Man 2, Yoshi's Island Among Teased 3DS Sorta-Remakes'. Kotaku.com. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
7. ^http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds-eshop/mysterious_murasame_castle_nes Nintendo life
8. ^https://www.denofgeek.com/us/games/the-mysterious-murasame-castle/238186/the-mysterious-murasame-castle-review Den of geek
9. ^'DVD「おニャン子クラブ in 月曜ドラマランド」発売イベント'. AV Watch/Fuji Television. Archived from the original on 2006-03-06. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
10. ^'YouTube - Captain★Rainbow 'The Failure of the Light Diet''. 23Makoto23/Nintendo/Skip. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
11. ^Osborn, Alex (March 23, 2015). 'Takamaru Originally Planned as Playable Character in Super Smash Bros'. IGN. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
12. ^Saunders, Toby (2018-12-06). 'Smash Ultimate Assist Trophy List - Complete List of Assist Trophies'. GameRevolution. Archived from the original on 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
13. ^Newell, Adam (2018-12-06). 'Here are all the Mii Fighter costumes available in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'. Dot Esports. Archived from the original on 2019-01-17. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
14. ^EST, Phillip Martinez On 1/2/19 at 4:06 PM (2019-01-02). 'Spirits from the NES and Famicom era get the spotlight in latest 'Smash Ultimate' event'. Newsweek. Retrieved 2019-10-05.

External links[edit]

• Official Wii U Virtual Console version website(in Japanese)
• Official Wii Virtual Console version website(in Japanese)
• Official GBA version website(in Japanese)

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