Far East of Eden II: Manji Maru

### Platforms

PC Engine CD, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Network, PC Engine Mini

### Modes

Single player

***Far East of Eden II: Manji Maru*** (天外魔境II 卍MARU, *Tengai Makyō II: Manji Maru*), is a role playing game for Turbo Grafx CD released by Hudson Soft on March 26, 1992. It is highly popularity game in series, and still has the vote for being the highest rated game in the series. As a result of the game's popularity it would receive spin-off games, a TV show adaption, a CD drama adaption and many remakes and ports for different platforms.

## Story

A boy named Manji-MaruSengoku lived in Shirakawa village in the country of Hida in Yamato district.
Admiral of the village, he takes children and goes to the nearby Takayama village to see the festival, suddenly a huge flower "dark flower" appears from the ground and the village is destroyed. At the same time, "Brothers of the Dead Gods" who appointed the generals of the "family of the root" appeared at the same time, the mother and the villagers were taken hostage.

Manji-Maru who headed for the captured "Ryoumen cave" hostage, succeeds in rescuing the hostages by defeating the dead brothers' king of the horns. And from the mouth of the mother who helped me, I was revealed to be the descendant of the "family of fire" that I fought 1000 years ago as a "family of roots".

Manji-Maru who knew his destiny departed for the seven "holy sword" which can slash the dark flower in order to prevent the resurrection of the root family god "Yomi" ...

### Setting

The stage of the story is the region called Jipang's "Yamato". It depicts the battle of Manji-Maru Sengoku and the fellows of three friends who stand up against the "family of the roots" who resurrected after 1000 years, descendants of the family of fire.

Three sacred treasures of Japanese myth appear as important factors in the three works of ZIRIA, II, and III, and in this work "Sword" is an important item.

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Manji-Maru Sengoku
* Danjuro Kabuki
* Taro Gokuraku
* Kinu

## Ports and Releases

The game was remade in 2003 by Hudson for the GameCube and PlayStation 2, and a version was released for the Nintendo DS in 2006. The game was included in the *PC Engine Best Collection: Tengai Makyou Collection*, released for PlayStation Portable on 2008 in Japan, and also included in the list of games available for the PC Engine Mini in March 19, 2020, only in Japan. All versions of the game were released only in Japan.

### Cancelled English Release

In the March 1992 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly on page 16 it is announced that *Turbo Technologies, Inc.* (joint venture company by NEC and Hudson Soft) would be translating and releasing Far East of Eden II for North American markets on the *TurboDuo*. In Electronic Gaming Monthly's "1993 VIDEO GAME PREVIEW GUIDE" magazine bundled along side their March 1992 issue, on page 27 Far East of Eden II is briefly mention again, but with no concrete release date with only the expectation that it would release at some point in 1993. The game did not meet its vague 1993 release date for unknown reason, any chance of Far East of Eden II being localized for the *TurboDuo* were dashed when *Turbo Technologies, Inc.* wet out of business in 1994.

## Gallery

### Videos

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## References

1. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly: March 1992 - TurboPlay
2. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly's "1993 VIDEO GAME PREVIEW GUIDE" - SegaRetro