Brave Fencer Musashi is an action role-playing game developed and published by Square in 1998.

Kojiro as he's about to blackmail Musashi with the Princess.The self-proclaimed archrival of, Kojiro is another swordsman from Musashi's land, who was summoned. She thought he would help rescue her, though all he cares about is having his revenge against Musashi. Apparently, the last time that he, and Musashi, dueled, Kojiro lost to Musashi, gaining a scar on his face from the battle. He teams up with Thirstquencher Empire, by means of, who helps him to gain revenge on Musashi.He challenges Musashi to a duel, promising to give back the Princess, should Musashi win. He is defeated by Musashi and disappears, afterwards. He returns at the end of the game, to once again challenge Musashi, only to be absorbed by, transforming the latter into two new forms.Notes.

Topo finds Kojiro to be attractive(at least in the English dialogue). Like Musashi, he is based off of a real legendary samurai, Sasaki Kojiro.Brave Fencer Musashi OST Archrival Kojiro AppearsKojiro Arrives on Island of Dragons Theme MusicBrave Fencer Musashi OST Sword FightDuel with Kojiro Theme MusicBrave Fencer Musashi OST You lost, KojiroKojiro Beaten Theme Music.

Gameplay of Musashi in evening as described in the bottom right. The left bottom bar shows Musashi's health points as well as his 'Bincho Energy.' Musashi is an, in which the player fights against enemies with a sword in action-based combat, with some elements. The player controls the titular Musashi, who fights a variety of enemies using his swords Fusion and Lumina and searches for five scrolls which will increase Lumina's strength and grant him new abilities. There are also several and puzzles scattered throughout which must be completed to advance the plot. The two swords he uses have varied abilities and uses.

Fusion, which resembles a, is used to chain rapid together and can also be used to absorb Bincho energy, which is a type of magical point system that controls how many spells a player can cast and how quickly, or absorb an enemies' skill. The other sword is Lumina, which cannot be effectively used in combos by itself; instead, it can be imbued with elemental properties from Scrolls.

Lumina is primarily offensive but in combination with the five elemental scrolls, it gains new skills. Climactic battle between Musashi Miyamoto (top) and Kojiro Sasaki (bottom).The character, Kojiro, was based on the Japanese swordsman,. Both Musashi and Kojiro shared a lengthy account of rivalry, hence the same frictional relationship that was referenced between the two inside the game. The legend says the two swordsmen set up to duel each other. However, Musashi reportedly arrived several hours late to purposely anger Kojiro and his supporters. Another nod to Kojiro and the legendary duel is when Musashi found him and Princess Fillet on the shores of the Island of Dragons.

This loosely referenced, the appointed location were the long-time rivals held their famous duel.When developing the characters for the game, Sakaguchi did not have a positive opinion of how popular the game would become. However, after the staff designed the graphics and the gameplay, he was surprised by the work, commenting that it was more interesting.

The characters were designed by Koji Matsuoka and illustrated. When the game was for an English release, translators had to change alcohol-based names with soda-pop names due to problems with rating boards.

This resulted in several jokes being lost in translation. The game's English title was changed from ' Brave Fencer Musashiden' to ' Brave Fencer Musashi' in order to avoid confusing non-Japanese players about the title character's name, as 'Musashiden' means 'Musashi's story'.The game's musical score was composed and produced by, who had never previously worked with Square. The Brave Fencer Musashiden: Original Soundtrack was released by in Japan on July 23, 1998; it consists of 78 tracks spanning two compact discs in a boxset. Release and legacy Brave Fencer Musashi was originally released in Japan on July 16, 1998. It was re-released on June 29, 2000 as part of Square's Millennium Collection along with merchandise including postcards, a combination camera and cellphone strap, a handy strap, and keychain. Another Japanese re-release was for the on July 9, 2008.

In the North American market, it was packaged on October 31, 1998 with the PlayStation 1998 Collector's CD Vol.2, which contained a demo of.A simplified Japan-exclusive mobile phone adaptation retitled Musashi: Mobile Samurai was released in 2005. After the release of the game, plans were made for a sequel, but were then delayed for years. A sequel, titled, was developed by Square Enix and was released worldwide in 2005. On July 16, 2018, Square Enix released a montage video celebrating the game's 20th anniversary since its release.

Reception ReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScore81 / 100 (12 reviews)Review scoresPublicationScore32 / 404.5 / 57.7 / 108.5 / 10Brave Fencer Musashi sold approximately 648,803 copies in Japan during 1998, making it the 17th best-selling game of the year in that region. The game was given a 32 out of 40 by magazine.The game received positive reviews from critics, with giving it an 81 out of 100.

Reviewer James Mielke praised the graphics, calling them 'very well done' and superior to other Square RPGs of the time. And 's reviews by Randy Nelson and Air Hendrix, respectively, similarly praised the game's 'excellent visual design'. GameSpot and GamePro reviews also praised the voice acting quality, while Nelson noted the 'stellar soundtrack' but found the voice acting to be annoying.reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that 'At the heart of Brave Fencer is an engaging and challenging (if somewhat simple) journey with some very clever features and an endearing cast.' The gameplay was also positively received; for example, Hendrix from shared his opinion that the game did well with management of the game's time. Nelson and Hendrix from IGN and GamePro both emphasized their enjoyment of the game's action elements.

GameSpot, while feeling that the action elements were the primary focus of the game, still liked the wide variety of role-playing elements present. Nelson from IGN, however, wished that the role-playing elements had been reduced even further in favor of the action parts of the game. All three reviewers compared the game to, such as Mielke from GameSpot who had discussed the game to release as a direct competitor to that series.

Both GameSpot and IGN felt that the comparison was invalid, as Musashi focused much more on action than role-playing, resulting in a game that was not a direct competitor at all. Brave Fencer Musashi Official Strategy Guide. Bradygames Strategy Guides. P. 18.

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