Yokai Buster: Ruka no Daibouken

Yokai Buster: Ruka no Daibouken

Released1995
Game developers Sting' were contracted by the publishing comglomerate Kadokawa Shoten for a tie-in game for their gaming magazine Marukatsu Super Famicom, which had recently just started pushing a new mascot named Ruka (with an accompanying mini manga in each issue) to try and help boost sales of the magazine. Rather than create a new game from scratch, Sting opted to re-brand the already existing "The Jetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates" game they had released the year before, which had not been released in Japan. The gameplay and level design between the two games is ultimately the same, though the story, sprites, and artwork were completely redone, as well as music.

Details

DeveloperSting Entertainment
PublisherKadokawa Shoten
ReleasedJuly 9, 1995
StatusReleased
GenresPlatform
ThemesActionHorror
PlatformsSUP Super Famicom
ModesSingle player

About This Game

Ruka-chan may look like a feisty teenager, but this demon huntress is over a thousand years old. Her boss is Enma—the Buddhist deity of the dead, depicted here as a giant red oni in a business suit she calls "Elvis"—whose body has been stolen by a smooth-talking villain known only as "Body." Left with only his floating head, Enma orders Ruka to retrieve his body and stop the army of monsters that came with it, or he will take her body as a substitute.