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is an action role-playing game
for the Nintendo Entertainment System
by Konami
, released in 1987. This game was never released outside of Japan
, although console emulation hobbyists have translated the game into English.
Fūma Kotarō.
, the player can navigate Fūma through traditional platform action, jumping and attacking enemies with a sword or other weapons. There are also first-person dungeons later in the game. In these dungeons, the player can collect money and then use it to buy weapons and other accessories on the overworld.
Action role-playing game
Action role-playing games form a loosely defined sub-genre of role-playing video games that incorporate elements of action or action-adventure games, emphasizing real-time action where the player has direct control over characters, instead of turn-based or menu-based combat...
for the Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
by Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
, released in 1987. This game was never released outside of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, although console emulation hobbyists have translated the game into English.
Story
In the first year of the Demon Age (14672), a horrible demon named Dragon Master was revived by his minions in hell. To protect the peace of the overworld, the two eldest Fūma brothers fought the Dragon Master. Both were unable to defeat him and were killed, losing their legendary Hadouken ("wave") swords. To avenge their deaths, the last of the Fūma brothers vowed to slay the Dragon Master and retrieve the swords. The lead character, Getsu Fūma, is based on the real-life 16th century ninjaNinja
A or was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations...
Fūma Kotarō.
Gameplay
The player controls Fūma, who travels through the overworld on pre-determined paths, which often branch off, leading to shops, character areas, and dungeons. Once in a dungeon, which is usually marked on the map with a toriiTorii
A is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred...
, the player can navigate Fūma through traditional platform action, jumping and attacking enemies with a sword or other weapons. There are also first-person dungeons later in the game. In these dungeons, the player can collect money and then use it to buy weapons and other accessories on the overworld.
Legacy
- Although there hasn't been any remake or sequel done by Konami yet, Fūma has appeared as a playable character in the Wai Wai World franchise (where other Konami characters made an appearance as well).
- Gesshi Hanafuuma, a character based on Getsu Fūma Den, was also featured in Konami's crossover shoot-em-up game Otomedius ExcellentOtomedius Excellentis an Xbox 360 game and the sequel to the 2007 arcade game Otomedius by Konami, which is a spin-off of the Gradius series. Otomedius Excellent features female characters representing different Konami franchises riding on vehicles or equipped with flying armor...
. She is the ancestor of Getsu Fūma as the member of Gesshi Clan in the 21st Century Earth while she enters into a new student of St. GradiusGradiusThe Gradius games, first introduced in 1985, make up a series of scrolling shooter video games published by Konami for a variety of portable, console and arcade platforms. In many games in the series, the player controls a ship known as the Vic Viper...
High School.
- In the Yu-Gi-Oh!Yu-Gi-Oh!is a Japanese manga created by Kazuki Takahashi. It has produced a franchise that includes multiple anime shows, a trading card game and numerous video games...
trading card game, Getsu Fūma and his enemy, the Dragon Master, also appear as cards (the English versions of the cards are called "Getsu Fuhma" and "Ryu Kokki").
- In Ganbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun MagginesuGanbare Goemon 2: Kiteretsu Shogun Magginesuis a Super NES game by Konami released only in Japan, and the second of the SNES Ganbare Goemon games. This game was re-released along the first SNES Ganbare Goemon: Yuki-Hime Kyūshutsu Emaki in a Game Boy Advance compilation, which also remained in Japan...
there is an unlockable cameo involving a Castlevania and Getsu Fuma Den Stage called "Virtual Hell" in Circo Puerto Amusement Park.
- Fuma appeared as the wrestler, The G Getsu Fūma (The G・月風魔), in the 1996 Super Famicom wrestling game Jikkyou Power Pro Wrestling '96: Max VoltageJikkyou Power Pro Wrestling '96: Max Voltageis a Super Famicom video game that was released in 1996 for an exclusively Japanese audience.-Summary:This game is officially dedicated for those people who enjoy professional wrestling. Mostly in Japanese, the game is based on the strategies found in Japanese professional wrestling...
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- He also appeared along with the song, "Go! Getsu Fuma", under the genre GETSUFUMA-DEN in the arcade music game Pop'n Music Sengoku RetsudenPop'n Music, commonly abbreviated as Pop'n, PM or PNM, is a music video game in the Bemani series made by the Konami Corporation. This game is known for its bright colors, upbeat songs, and cartoon character graphics...
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for Castlevania: Harmony of DespairCastlevania: Harmony of DespairCastlevania: Harmony of Despair, known in Japan as , is a 2D action-adventure game. The game features a new map system that allows players to see the current quest map's entire setup, as well as up to six players at once over Xbox Live. The game was first leaked as an OFLCA Rating on May 27, 2010,...
features Fuma as a playable character and a stage based on of the game.