![]() When Takamaru reaches more than 99 lives, he becomes invincible. ![]() Other items include fireballs, which are more powerful than the shurikens a lightning-themed explosive, which gives heavy damage to every enemy on screen and a cloak, which makes Takamaru invisible and invulnerable to enemies and objects for a short period of time. The katana can also be used to deflect projectiles. The katana can only be used when Takamaru is close to an enemy or projectile (excluding fireballs), while the shurikens can only be used when he is farther away. The player's only weapons are a katana and shurikens upgrades to the shuriken can be obtained, but are lost whenever Takamaru loses a life. Each level, divided into two parts: the path to the castle, and the castle itself, is of considerable size, and Takamaru must defeat generic enemy characters to reach the innermost region of the castle where the castle-lord resides. The appearance of enemy characters (including samurai, ninja and hannya) borrows heavily from existing Japanese culture. The game consists of five castles: Aosame Castle, Akasame Castle, Ryokusame Castle, Momosame Castle, and the titular Murasame Castle. When all lives are lost at any point in the game, the game over screen will appear, in which the player can continue the game or save their progress. One life is lost when Takamaru's health gauge runs out or he runs out of time. Players are given a certain number of lives, and may gain additional lives by rescuing the castles' princesses and playing through bonus rounds after completing the first half of each level. The game world has scrolls scattered throughout the castles for Takamaru to collect, and special raccoon suits may reveal power-ups. The game has only a limited number of power-ups, forcing players to rely on their own action skills more than anything else. The player moves from different directions in a top-down view with no side-scrolling. The objective is to race through Murasame Castle and the four neighboring castles, obtain the four gems from the castle lords and defeat the main antagonist Murasame. ![]() The player takes on the role of the main protagonist Takamaru. The player controls Takamaru throughout Murasame Castle.
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