Muramasa: The Demon Blade

Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Developer(s)	Vanillaware
Publisher(s)	JP Marvelous Entertainment NA Ignition Entertainment EU Rising Star Games
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date(s)	JP April 9, 2009 NA September 8, 2009 EU November 27, 2009
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player
Input methods	Wii Remote + Nunchuk, Classic Controller, GameCube Controller
Compatibility	4 Playable
GameIDs	RSFE7U, RSFP99, RSFJ99
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Muramasa: The Demon Blade unfolds during feudal Japan's Genroku era, a volatile time marked by warring factions and grave civil unrest under the reign of the evil Shogun Tsunayoshi Tokugawa. Play as two heroes thrust into this treacherous climate as they venture across the dangerous countryside in a race to collect an array of legendary cursed swords before the vile Shogun can reach them. Who will you encounter? Friend of foe?

Emulation Information

Controller Map Overlap

Muramasa: The Demon Blade is capable of using both GameCube controllers and Wii Remotes. If a physical controller is set to emulate both a GameCube Controller and a Wii Remote concurrently, it will operate both devices at the same time. To fix, migrate controls to use separate physical controllers.

Problems

Tile Edges

Sometimes image tiles seem to be rendered 1px off, leaving small gaps or improperly drawn tile edges. This occurs even with 1x Internal Resolution and Anisotropic Filtering / Anti-aliasing off. Refer issue 6833. This is due to various texture interpolation issues and may happen on a real Wii. This may not occur with PAL releases.

Tiling problems

More tiling problems

Similar tileset problem

Single tiling problem

Enhancements

HD Textures

Muramasa: The Demon Blade UHD

Configuration

No configuration changes are known to affect compatibility for this title.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with Muramasa: The Demon Blade since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

2.0

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
2.0	Windows XP	AMD Athlon II x2 215 @ 3.45 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 7025	Complete Momohime story (PAL version). Most time run at 46-50FPS (Sadly I can't play OdinShere at this speed), in some menu drops to 35FPS. You'll get 5-15 more FPS on 2.0 then on latest revisions (r7605). Get some very minor texture bugs: catfish (at title screen) and head of broken Buddha statue (at last stage) - have black squares. Game may hanging then fighting numerous enemies - if enable JIT recompiler it seem to hang less often	†.fl.l).
r7257	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-860	ATI Radeon HD 5770	Perfect 60FPS, no problems	ThatLuciano
r7257	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Solo @ 2.2 GHz	Intel Mobile 4 series	Perfect 45FPS, small lag	Speed king
r7478	Windows 7	Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.4 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6950	Runs 100% perfect.	Robodt7
r7561	Windows 7	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 3.2 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6950	Runs 100% perfect, but some texture problems.	Gix
r7670	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.1 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6850	Runs 100%. This revision introduces a strange glitch on the title screen, the main symbol as all blotched up.	MegaJump
r7673	Linux_64	AMD Athlon 64 X2 @ 2.6 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT	Runs 100% perfect so far.	pantaril
r7719	Windows 7	Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT	Some textures should be transparent are black, playing is incompatible (cannot read map etc..) Game itself is running OK	jamaica
3.0-202	Windows XP	AMD Athlon II X2 250 @ 3.0 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 4650	Significant FPS drops on the main menu, the save menu and some areas of the game with lots of sprites. There there are times were there is a buzzing sound on top of normal game sounds. Did not happen with my previous revision, r7599.	PokéDude
3.0-235	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	Fully playable ~60FPS	Fabolous
3.0-421	Windows 7	AMD Athlon II X3 450 @ 3.2 GHz	AMD Radeon HD 6670	Fully playable. Minor glitches such some strips over the end of textures, and fuzzy sound. 60FPS.	faefdsedf
3.0-645	Windows 7	AMD FX 8120 @ 3.8 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 6850	D3D11, 8xAA & 16xAF, constant 60FPS	Sleepsong
3.0-710	Windows 7	Intel Core i7 @ 3.2 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti	D3D11 Backend - Constant 60FPS with 4x Internal Resolution, 1xAA, and 4xAF with incredibly few slowdowns	machomuu
3.0-750	Windows XP SP3	Intel e6400 @ 2.13 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 4850	60FPS in most areas, some slowdown (50-55FPS) in crowded screens. OpenGL gives ~5FPS better than D3D9 on Windows XP. 1x Native, AA off, 1xAF, V-Sync On.	Zamzummin
3.0-776	Linux elementary OS	Intel Core i3-330m	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330m	Sometimes slow at random locations. Otherwise everything perfect.	Krummer
3.5-556	Windows 8	Intel Core i5-2310 @ 2.9 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT	Runs 100% perfect so far. Muramasa The Demon Blade - Dolphin 3.5 Rev. 556	WWSNK
3.5-663	Windows XP	Pentium 4HT NorthWood @ 3.05 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 3450	Looking playable. Complete 1 level. Get 55-40% of speed in game. Audio is working OK, no big problems detected.	†.fl.l).
4.0.2	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.4 GHz	ATI Radeon HD 7850	Set Texture Cache Accuracy to "Fast" and enable Progressive Scan. No other issues to report.	Porkchop7

Gameplay Videos

Muramasa: The Demon Blade - Dolphin Emulator 5.0-12904 [1080p HD] - Nintendo Wii

Muramasa: The Demon Blade on Dolphin Wii/GC Emulator (720p HD) Full Speed

(60 FPS) Muramasa: The Demon Blade on NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV - Dolphin Emulator (Nintendo Wii)

• Dolphin Emulator 4.0 - Muramasa: The Demon Blade (1080p HD) - Nintendo Wii
• (Wii) Murasama: The Demon Blade Gameplay with Dolphin Emulator