Madou Monogatari
- For the Sega Saturn video game, see Madou Monogatari (Saturn). For the i-Mode game, see Madou Monogatari (i-Mode).
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Developers | Compile D4 Enterprise Compile Heart Sting |
Publishers | Compile Sega D4 Enterprise Compile Heart |
Platform of Origin | MSX2 |
First game | Madou Monogatari Episode II |
Latest game | Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School |
Madou Monogatari (魔導物語 Madō Monogatari, Sorcery Saga) is a series of primarily first-person dungeon crawler RPGs. The series was created by Compile and it is currently owned by D4 Enterprise, with the latest entry having been made by Compile Heart. Its spinoff series, Puyo Puyo, uses characters and settings from the Madou Monogatari games. Set in the fantasy land of the World of Sorcery, it follows the adventures of several characters, mainly Arle Nadja, as they traverse through various labyrinths. In most games, there are no visual stats, and the player must rely on cues such as their character's expressions and quotes to determine their condition. In more recent years, special remastered compilations of games in the series have been released for modern PCs in collaboration with SEGA, as part of D4's Project EGG collection.
In October 2023, a brand new entry featuring the original characters, tentatively titled Madou Monogatari 4, was announced in Famitsu. Its name was later changed to Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School.
Games
- Madou Monogatari 123 (1990) (PC-98 port released 1991)
- Madou Monogatari I: Mitsu no Madoukyuu(1993; remake)
- Madou Monogatari II: Arle 16-Sai (1994; remake)
- Madou Monogatari III: Kyukyoku Joou-sama (1994; remake)
- Madou Monogatari I (1996; remake of 1)
- Madou Monogatari I Honoo No Sotsuenji (1996; remake of 1)
- Madou Monogatari: ARS (1993)
- Madou Monogatari A: Doki Doki Vacation (1995; remake)
- Madou Monogatari: Hanamaru Dai Youchienji (1996)
- Madou Monogatari (1998)
- Madou Monogatari (2005)
- Sei Madou Monogatari (2013) (released internationally as Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God)
- Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School (2024)
Disc Station
- Madou Monogatari Episode II: Carbuncle (1989)
- Madou Monogatari: Michikusa Ibun (1994)
- Madou Monogatari: Chaotic Final Exam (1996)
- Madou Monogatari: Tower of the Magician (1997)
- Madou Monogatari: Secret of Elysium (1997) (Korea only)
Print media
For summaries, please see:
Main article: List of Novels
For artwork anthologies and collections, please see:
Main article: List of other media
Title (English) | Title (Japanese) | Title (Romanized) | Author | Artwork | Publisher | Imprint | First release | Last release |
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Madou Monogatari (Novelization) | 魔導物語 | Madō Monogatari | 山本 剛 (Yamamoto Tsuyoshi) | 壱 (Ichi) | Kadokawa Shoten | Sneaker Bunko | April 1994 | December 1995 |
Puyo Puyo RPG Manga Madou Monogatari | ぷよぷよRPGまんが魔導物語 | Puyo Puyo RPG Manga Madō Monogatari | 押田J・O (Oshida J O) | Tokuma Shoten | Tokuma Intermedia Comics | August 1995 | ||
Puyo Puyo RPG Manga Madou Monogatari: Hanamaru Daiyochienji | ぷよぷよRPGまんが魔導物語 はなまる大幼稚園児 | Puyo Puyo RPG Manga Madō Monogatari: Hanamaru Daiyōchienji | 押田J・O (Oshida J O) | Tokuma Shoten | Tokuma Intermedia Comics | December 1, 1995 | April 1996 | |
New Madou Monogatari | 新☆魔導物語 | Shin Madō Monogatari | 山本 剛 (Yamamoto Tsuyoshi) | 壱 (Ichi) | Kadokawa Shoten | Sneaker Bunko | July 1996 | September 1997 |
Madou Monogatari '98 - The Terrifying Dimensional Lifeforms! | 魔導物語’98―次元生命体の恐怖!の巻 | Madō Monogatari '98 ― Jigen Seimeitai no Kyōfu! no Maki | 織田 健司 (Kenji Oda) | 壱 (Ichi) | ASCII | Famitsu Bunko | August 1998 | |
Satan's Grand Popularity Enterprise | サタンさまのモテモテ大作戦 | Satan-sama no Motemote Dai Sakusen | Narumi Takahira | Mifuzuka Tsukasa | March 1998 | |||
True Madou Monogatari | 真・魔導物語 | Shin Madō Monogatari | 織田 健司 (Kenji Oda) | 壱 (Ichi) | ASCII | Famitsu Bunko | December 1998 | March 1, 2001 |
Puyo Puyo Gaiden: Puyo Wars | ぷよぷよ外伝 ぷよウォーズ | 織田 健司 (Kenji Oda) | September 1999 | |||||
Super Madou Monogatari | 超☆魔導物語 | Chō Madō Monogatari | 山本 剛 (Yamamoto Tsuyoshi) | 壱 (Ichi) | Kadokawa Shoten | Sneaker Bunko | March 1999 | February 2000 |
Trivia
- Sometime around 2002, Compile had been planning a Madou Monogatari game for the Game Boy Advance[1] featuring the world and characters seen in Pochi and Nyaa. Concept art for Prim[2] and brand new characters[3] illustrated by the franchise's former character artist Ichi were shared on Twitter by former scenario writer Keiji Uemizu in 2015 and 2021. While not much is known about the game, the official Pochi and Nyaa website reveals that the Tower seen in Pumpkey's stage (PlayStation 2 version only) was planned to be the first dungeon to be explored in the game.[4] The game's development was seemingly never revisited due to the poor sales of Pochi and Nyaa.
- Additionally, Graber makes an appearance in Madou Monogatari (i-Mode)[5], though due to the small amount of info about the game due to it's incredibly short release period, it's unclear what purpose he might have served in the game.
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/uemyz/status/1518990358918574080?s=46&t=Cy2gMbz8tfgX27xdepsr4w
- ↑ https://twitter.com/uemyz/status/595547258331926528?s=46&t=6f0fSRrZm6CWX21ROdPVWA
- ↑ https://twitter.com/uemyz/status/1351755253394247684?s=46&t=6f0fSRrZm6CWX21ROdPVWA
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20041211095143/http://www.aiky.biz/pochinya/character/stage.html
- ↑ https://twitter.com/uemyz/status/1470587518890684416?s=46&t=Cy2gMbz8tfgX27xdepsr4w