Muramasa: US Goes Ronin
I've been falling out of love with the release lineup fo the Wii. Lets face it, after the launch of Madworld, there really hasn't been much lined up for the system. Muramasa: The Demon Blade was a wonderful exception to the rule. Unfortuntely, it's fate is now in jeopardy. XSEED Games, the original publisher set to bring the title to the US, has officially announced that they will not be bringing the title stateside as previously intended.
XSEED Games confirms that it is no longer involved with the North American release of Muramasa: The Demon Blade. XSEED Games and Marvelous had previously announced the game as part of the initial line up between the two publishing partners. We firmly believe in the product and will look forward to seeing it release in North America. We enjoy and respect our relationship with Marvelous, and are committed to working together to deliver an amazing line up of games in the US including the highly anticipated Little King's Story, the epic RPG Arc Rise Fantasia and Suda51's intriguing mystery adventure Flower, Sun, Rain.
It's good to know they are sticking with their other titles, and hopefully they have their hand in bringing Game Center CX 2 to the US. Lets keep our fingers crossed that someone else picks up this beautiful 2D adventure.
XSEED Loses Muramasa: The Demon Blade [IGN]
[via Kotaku]
Asterick
Posted to Video Games on 21 April 2009
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I have to say this was my most anticipated wii game, now I have nothing to look forward to -_- great way to start the day.
Atlus, I choose you! Use "Acquire and Publish!"
Kinda sucks that it won't be coming stateside. At least there is Arc Rise Fantasia. That game looks wonderful. I don't have a Wii, so I hope it gets ported to the PS2. *crosses fingers*