NES Longplay [253] Musashi no Ken - Tadaima Shugyou Chuu

Played by: MrPopsicle43 Based off of an anime and manga called “Musashi no Ken“ which features the son of two Kendo champions named Musashi. He strives to become as great at Kendo as his parents. The entire story centers around the world of Kendo and its up and coming competitors. The anime is broken up in to two parts. The first part follows Musashi’s early years in grade school while the second part follows his high school years. In the first episode, Musashi befriends an Akita puppy who is by his side throughout the series. The game was originally planned to be a home port of the 1984 arcade game Great Swordsman. The first three levels of the single player mode is a platformer and depicts Musashi during his training, going through obstacle courses collecting swords along the way. At the same time, his pet Akita will be running the course and Musashi can’t go too far behind him. The fourth level is the actual tournament and 5 opponents n