Madou Monogatari

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For the Sega Saturn video game, see Madou Monogatari (Saturn). For the i-Mode game, see Madou Monogatari (i-Mode).
Madou Monogatari

The logo for Madou Monogatari (Saturn).
DevelopersCompile
D4 Enterprise
Compile Heart
Sting
PublishersCompile
Sega
D4 Enterprise
Compile Heart
Platform of OriginMSX2
First gameMadou Monogatari Episode II: Carbuncle
Latest gameMadou 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

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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
Madou Monogatari (Novelization) 魔導物語 Madō Monogatari 山本 剛 (Yamamoto Tsuyoshi) (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) (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) (Ichi) ASCII Famitsu Bunko August 1998
True Madou Monogatari 真・魔導物語 Shin Madō Monogatari 織田 健司 (Kenji Oda) (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) (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 its incredibly short release period, it's unclear what purpose he might have served in the game.

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