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''Brave Fencer Musashi'' (ブレイブフェンサー武蔵伝 ''Brave Fencer Musashiden'') is a Console Role-playing Game (RPG) published by Squaresoft in 1998 for the Sony PlayStation . The game involves real-time combat in a 3D environment, and features voice-overs for most dialogue. A playable demo of '' Final Fantasy VIII '' was also included on a second CD. A and was released in the U.S. on March 15 , 2005 , and in Japan on July 7 , 2005 . ''Brave Fencer Musashi'' was Scored by Tsuyoshi Sekito , a former Konami employee. OVERVIEW The player controls Musashi, a boy summoned to the Allucaneet Kingdom by its Princess — named Fillet — to save it from the invading Thirstquencher Empire. Fillet's intention was to summon the legendary Brave Fencer Musashi, who had saved the kingdom from a monster called the Wizard of Darkness 150 years before; she is therefore disappointed when she gets a small boy instead. Nevertheless, Musashi is given the blade Fusion, and charged with the task of obtaining Brave Fencer Musashi's sword — Lumina, the Sword of Luminescence — before the Thirstquencher Army does. The bulk of the game involves Musashi fighting a variety of enemies, using both Fusion and Lumina, to save the kingdom from various threats (which range from fires breaking out, to an invasion of half- Vampire , half- Zombie monsters called Vambees), and to acquire five scrolls which increase Lumina's strength and grant Musashi new abilities. There are also several Minigames and puzzles scattered throughout which must be completed to advance the plot. CHARACTERS
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RELATIONSHIP TO MIYAMOTO MUSASHI Several elements of ''Brave Fencer Musashi'' are superficially derived from the legend of Miyamoto Musashi , a famous Japanese swordsman, though the game's plot is unrelated to Musashi's life. Musashi's two-sword style of combat is the most obvious connection, as Miyamoto is known for his ''nitouichi'' (二刀一, "two swords as one") kenjutsu technique; however, Miyamoto used a Katana and Wakizashi , whereas in ''Brave Fencer Musashi'', Musashi wields a katana and a sword with an extremely wide blade (causing it to somewhat resemble Cloud Strife 's Buster Sword from '' Final Fantasy VII '') which can also be considered a type of Zanbato which was an unsuccessful weapon from feudal Japan. The game also includes its own interpretation of one of Miyamoto Musashi's most famous duels, against Sasaki Kojiro ; the character Kojiro is introduced as Musashi's rival, who searches for him in the hopes of defeating him in a duel. In addition, Kojiro's main offensive technique is the "Swallow Wave," likely a nod to Sasaki Kojiro's trademark "Swallow's tail strike." Furthermore, the five scrolls — the scrolls of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Sky — which Musashi must find may be a reference to Miyamoto's ''" are common in RPGs, so the connection to ''The Book of Five Rings'' may not be intentional. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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