The Wii is gradually becoming home to games you wouldn’t expect to see on the system. More serious, artistic and mature games that are created with adults and veteran gamers in mind, and not the casual or beginning gamers. Muramasa: The Demon Blade joins the ranks of Rune Factory Frontier, Resident Evil 4, Madworld and Phantom Brave as one of those more challenging and engaging games.

If you’re a fan of or familiar with Vanillaware’s Odin Sphere or Princess Crown, then you’ll know right away the kind of situation you’re getting yourself into. Muramasa: The Demon Blade is a spiritual successor to the previous titles, and once again is a 2D, hack-and-slash adventure with RPG elements.

The Shogun Tsunayoshi Tokugawa desires power. Specifically, he wants the power of legendary swords that can collect souls and unleash unbelievable attacks and abilities. The Genroku era is already violent and tumultuous enough, but when you factor in that those who use these swords become homicidal maniacs desperate to keep attacking and killing to feed the swords’ bloodlust, allowing the shogun to accumulate them is unthinkable…

For those of us not lucky enough to live near the Nintendo World Store, here’s a friendly reminder to check in with your local game shop to see if they’ve received the absolutely gorgeous 2D side-scroller, Muramasa: The Demon Blade. Muramasa follows the stories of Kisuke and Momohime as one fights amnesia and desire and one fights demonic possession.

Muramasa: The Demon Blade is set for release September 8, 2009 at $49.99.

E3 2009 is all over now and the games have all been announced. It’s time to look at the best of the best, specifically for the Wii.

There were a ton of games announced at E3 that all look very good, so I limited it to the best ten, which really only makes this a sampling. Games are listed in no particular order.