Madō Monogatari

Madō Monogatari
GenreRole-playing
DevelopersCompile (1989-1998)
D4 Enterprise (2005-present)
Compile Heart (2013-present)
ZeroDiv (2013)
PublishersCompile (1989-1998)
Sega (1993-1994)
NEC Avenue (PCE)
D4 Enterprise (2005-present)
Compile Heart (2013-present)
First releaseMadō Monogatari Episode II: Carbuncle
December 10, 1989
Latest releaseMadō Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School
November 28, 2024
Spin-offsPuyo Puyo

Madō Monogatari, formerly known as Sorcery Saga outside Japan, is a dungeon crawler role-playing video game franchise created by Compile. The first game was released in 1990 for MSX2. Sega published the Game Gear remakes based on 1-2-3. The characters of this series would later be used in the puzzle game Puyo Puyo.

The plot of the first game consists of a six-year-old named Arle Nadja, who has passed the written test and she needs to scale a giant tower to pass the actual test. In the second game, ten years later, Arle Nadja encounters Schezo Wegey, and also Satan (Dark Prince outside of Japan), and in the end Carbuncle joins Arle Nadja.