Brave Fencer Musashi

Brave Fencer Musashi is the result of an idea in Square's development team involving the legendary swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi, fighting in an alternate world. It's a charming, action-packed, and memorable game that was sadly overshadowed by The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, which was approaching release at the time.

Debug Menu#

By enabling the below code for your version of the game, you can access a debug menu by pressing L3 (works best while in-game). The only thing that appears to function correctly is the area selection of this menu. Nothing else appears to work. To operate this menu, use the directional pad and Circle to accept.

Press L3 for Debug Menu (Japan Demo)
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Press L3 for Debug Menu (Japan)
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800B8B3E 0007

Press L3 for Debug Menu (USA)
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800B99DE 0007

Unused Music#

Burning Lava and Twisting Steel

Track 128, titled "Burning Lava and Twisting Steel", is never used in the game. It follows the same theme as the other tracks from the different sections in the restaurant basement ruins.

Unused Scene Select#

Hidden in the games files exist 3 TIM-formatted textures for a Scene Select feature. This appears to be content that may have been included in some form of demo for the game, but is inaccessible in normal gameplay.

Scene 1	Scene 2	Scene 3

Regional Differences#

Alcohol#

To do: Add alcoholic jokes lost in translation as a result of the character names being changed.

The Thirstquencher Empire was known as the ル・コーアル帝国 ("ル・コーアル" is an anagram of "アルコール", the Japanese word for alcohol, while "帝国" simply translates to "empire") in the Japanese version. All names and references to alcohol were changed to represent soft drinks instead. Several of the members of the Empire names were altered due to this:

When Musashi finds the restaurant owner in the ruins under the restaurant for the first time, he notices "soda pop bottles" on the ground and asks if the owner "had a bit too much caffeine" after talking to him. The bottles on the ground clearly resemble liquor bottles, and the restaurant owner's face is blushing red due to obviously being drunk. In the Japanese version, this dialogue isn't censored - Musashi identifies the bottles as alcoholic and asks if the owner is drunk.

Sword Names#

The names of the two swords Musashi uses are different in each version.

• In the Japanese version, the sword given to him in the beginning is called らいこうまる ("らいこう" is the Japanese word for "lightning", and "まる" or "丸" is a suffix that can be added to names), while in English it is called "Fusion". The technique used to absorb enemy abilities in the Japanese version is called "ゲット・イン" (literally "get in") while the English version is called "assimilation".
• The large sword he retrieves from the tower is known as レイガンド ("Reigando") in the Japanese version. This name is probably referencing Reigandō (霊巌洞, "Spirit Rock Cave"), which was a temporary home for the legendary Miyamoto Musashi (whom the titular character is obviously based on). The English version calls the sword "Lumina".

References#