One of the most important moves in the games is Shinobi's somersault, performed by tapping the jump-button a second time at the height of a jump. Spectrum - For the most part this is just really, really ugly. C64 - In regards to the foreground the resolution here is noticeably lower than the console ports, but I have to say that the coders seem to have really gone the extra mile here. Extra lives are awarded by achieving certain scores, completing the bonus round see below , or when rescuing a special hostage. The Shinobi franchise sold more 4. Archived from on 7 January 2015. Fighting 1994 Gara Battle Tryst Fighting 1998 Zankoku Fighting 1994 Arashi and Goemon Fighting 1993 Ninja Action role-playing 1991 Fighting 1992 Kazan Fighting 1996 Saizo Tobikage no Saizo Bruce Lee Fighting 2008 Takada Budo: The Art of Ninja Combat 1993 Burning Fists: Force Striker Fighting Unreleased Tsukikage Fighting 1993 Asuka Other 2007 Platform 1989 Capital Punishment Fighting 1995 Beat 'em up 1991 One member of the Commandos Team is Ginzu known as Sho in Japan , a ninja trained in the fictional art of Bushinryu ninjitsu.
Platform 1988 Dating Sim 2016 A visual novel where the player character is a teenager raised as a ninja in modern times who leaves his isolated village to attend high school in an attempt to have an ordinary life Mr. On the bad side though, some of the elements here might be more detailed. Spectrum - This also follows the arcade version, but doesn't do quite as good a job in the gameplay stakes as the other computer ports, and Master System version. This and the Amstrad version are most definitely well and trully in the lead in the music criteria. After being defeated by Musashi in the original , Zeed reforms three years later as Neo Zeed and attacks the Oboro clan directly. This option is not available during the final mission.
Cyber Kunoichi Ayame X Beat 'em up 2015 An adult game. When that happens, the player must restart the stage from the beginning, although hostages that have already been saved don't need to be rescued again. The success of Shinobi inspired the development of various sequels and spin-offs of the. One of the enemy grunts in the second stage of Mission 1, a wall-crawling ninja who roughly resembles the comic book character , originally wore a blue bodysuit and mask with red gloves and boots, which was too close to Spider-Man's color scheme. Often related to the series is the handheld game for Game Boy Advance, however, this game shares only the name and basic premise ninja action with other Shinobi titles. Fighting 2013 Chirin and Chiru Strategy 2010 The Hattori Iga ninja clan is one of the playable factions in this strategy game.
C64 - This version has no in-game music at all, which is an odd decision for the C64, and webpage unfortunately its omission definitely hurts the overall experience somewhat. Rescuing certain hostages in each stage will grant him an attack upgrade. This port is generally pretty garish, but at least you can see what you're doing, and colour counts are quite high. When powered up, his throwing stars are replaced by a gun that fires large, explosive bullets, and his close-range attack becomes a slash. Bravely Archive: D's Report Upcoming and 2004 Both allow the player to create their own hero or villain. Shinobi began development as a game about shooting shurikens at enemies from a first-person view. Its soundtrack was written by acclaimed composer.
Unlike some Amstrad games the scrolling and frame rate here are good enough that they don't have a detrimental effect on the gameplay, after a while you get used to it and it becomes fairly unnoticeable. In this version there is no wait times between shuriken throws at all, which actually increases the pacing somewhat, and as opposed to the harder C64 version, in my opinion this one is actually a bit easier than the arcade version. The concept didn't prove to be that interesting and Sega decided to revamp Shinobi as a side-scrolling action game, with the shuriken-throwing game idea used for the bonus stages instead. Shadow Dancer , , , , 3. In the Wii and Xbox 360 releases, his color scheme was changed to a green bodysuit and mask with yellow boots and gloves. The Chinese character displayed on the title screen and throughout the game is the character for Shinobi in Japanese. It's Japanese for stealth, the perfect description of a Master Ninja.
Platform The 1990 original game as well as its 2001 prequel follow-up, Return of the Ninja. That just leaves us with two contenders, the C64 and the Amstrad versions, and truth be told neither of them really does the arcade game justice. However, the maximum stock of ninjutsu skills has been increased to five. In a complete break with tradition, Kunoichi in Japan featured a female ninja named Hibana. There seems to be only three music tracks used for the whole game, one for all the levels, one for the bonus rounds, and one for the boss fights. I don't want to come across too negative though, as overall its still pretty decent, but to be honest you'd expect a lot more from the Master System than this as the system had very good colour capabilities for its time.
If the player successfully completes a bonus round, he will be awarded with an extra life. Shoot 'em up All of the player characters in the third installment are ninjas, as are many of the enemies in all three games released in 1991-2001 Shoot 'em up Several player and enemy boss characters 1993—2004. Musashi can bump into most enemies without harm and can only be killed if he gets struck by an enemy's attack such as a punch or a stab , gets hit by a projectile or falls into a bottomless hole. Hidden messages The Amiga version contains this message to crackers, hidden within the game code: Fuck me! However, Tengen removed all of the close-range weapons the sword, the nunchaku, and the chain and the grenades. Mostly unchanged from their original games besides a few updated visuals, the games follow Ryu Hayabusa. Action-adventure 2011 Other 2008 Fighting 2002 Mahiro, Makora, Saizou, and Sasuke Sarutobi 1988 Sasuke vs.
With his master assassinated and his girlfriend Naoko kidnapped by the enemy, Musashi swears revenge, and in the ensuing battles through a series of locations in Japan and America, as chronicled in The Revenge of Shinobi, all but annihilates Neo Zeed. Each level is broken down into smaller scenes, and hostages are guarded by big blokes who throw swords. In addition to the standard walk, the player can perform a crouching walk by pressing the joystick diagonally downward. The first Shinobi game was released in 1987 for and has since featured in a dozen other Shinobi titles. Mission 2 is also completely omitted and all subsequent missions are renumbered as a result. Another point worth bringing up is that in this version the sound effects actually cause elements of the music to cut out.
The main plot revolves around Hotsuma's battle to defeat a powerful sorcerer called Hiruko and put an end to anarchy in. Unlike the Master System version, the player can only shoot one shuriken, dagger, or bullet on-screen at the same time, even after obtaining power-ups. Even with the lack of a final boss which I concede is an extremely big issue I still have to give credit to this version in the gameplay section, its the only 8-bit port which manages to re-create the feel of the arcade game properly in a way which is fun to play the C64 version comes close, but in the end is just a little too frustrating. C64 - This is actually pretty good, the colour choices are much more realistic and better suited not going overboard like the console and Amstrad ports , and as mentioned earlier there's some good dithering use, increasing the appearance of onscreen colours see screenshot 3. Jinginaki Onna no Tatakai 2008 Hitozumaman!! Tactical role-playing 1996 Stealth 2005 As in , the game has first joining and than fighting the League of Shadows at the beginning of the game, as well as at the end. On the more positive side are some new inclusions, there are some new magic abilities such as flight , and whilst the hostages are no longer required, if you do rescue them you receive power-ups which last until you run out of health, these range from new melee weapons chain, and nunchaku, on top of the original sword power-up , new projectiles knives and bombs on top of the original gun power-up and health bonuses which fill or even increase your health bar.
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