Ganryu (video game)

This article is about the 1999 arcade game. For the sumo wrestler in the Tekken video game series, see Ganryu (Tekken).
Ganryu
Developer(s)Visco Corporation
Publisher(s)Visco Corporation
Arcade
JoshProd (Neo Geo AES)
RushOnGame (Dreamcast)
Producer(s)Ume.W
Programmer(s)Seiji Kawakatsu
Artist(s)Fujimi Ōnishi
T. Nakahata
T. Nakazawa
Composer(s)Yasuko Yamada
Platform(s)Arcade
Dreamcast
Neo Geo AES
ReleaseArcade
  • WW: 1999
Neo Geo AES
  • WW: June 2016
Dreamcast
  • WW: 30 September 2017
Genre(s)Action, hack and slash, platform
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

Ganryu[a] is a 1999 side-scrolling hack and slash action-platform arcade video game developed and originally published by Visco Corporation exclusively for the Neo Geo MVS.[1] It is loosely based upon the battle of Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi on Ganryū-jima island against Sasaki Kojirō, who is also known as Sasaki Ganryū, hence the reasons for the abbreviated name of the game.[2][3] In the game, players assume the role of either Musashi or Suzume on a journey to defeat a resurrected Kojirō and his legion of evil ninjas and monsters terrorizing Kyoto. A sequel, titled Ganryu 2: Hakuma Kojiro, was developed Storybird Studio and published by Just for Games and PixelHeart. It was released in April 2022 to generally mixed reception.[4]


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  1. ^ "Musashi Ganryuki (MVS)". arcade-history.com. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  2. ^ Jones, Robert (September 2017). "Review: Ganryu". www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
  3. ^ Kalata, Kurt (June 20, 2019). "Ganryu". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  4. ^ "Ganryu 2: Hakuma Kojiro announced for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC". Gematsu. 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2022-07-07.