My skills have obviously gotten rusty over the years as this was a game that as a kid I was able to win, no problem. I managed to win it again as an adult and my hands are achy and I would have had no chance without using the save states that you can use for the game I got, basically a PS4 game that has several Genesis games on it. It is a sequel, but I am not sure what the first game was as there are so many games with the title of Shinobi. I wonder if it is the one where you rescue people tied up, but that feature is not in this game, but is featured in another ninja game Shadow Dancer. It gets confusing, but what isn't confusing is that this is a fun game.
The story, the corporation that the guy in this game one is out for revenge and begin killing all the ninja and such. They kill the ninja's master and capture his girlfriend so he begins his quest for revenge and rescue. He will go through many environments on his way to the corporations offshore facility where the main bad guy dwells in a maze that I have no idea how I got through as a kid because it was confusing. I was wondering that thing for awhile before I finally found the exit now!
The game play has you throwing shurikens, swinging a knife and kicking. If you get a power up you can use a sword and your shuriken are way stronger. Throughout the game, you go through a stage dived into two levels and a boss battle. The boss battles are all pretty fun, but the newer version made me sad as in the original Japanese version you actually fought both Spider-man and Batman in one level and Godzilla in another. Our version you got to fight Spider-man and Godzilla, but Batman was turned into an actually bat. Now, in this latest version Batman is still a bat, but now Spider-man is pink and Godzilla was a walking skeleton. This made me sad.
So, this is a really fun and challenging platformer game with cool fights and very difficult stages. Sometimes you get the jump timed wrong and you do not do the somersault needed to get to the next ledge and so you die! There is also the danger of running out of shuriken; however, that can be alleviated by simply going to the options and putting the shuriken on 00 and after about 20 seconds it turns into an infinity symbol and you are good to go! Trust me, you will need a never ending supply of throwing stars to last through the hordes of rival ninjas and mercenaries!
The story, the corporation that the guy in this game one is out for revenge and begin killing all the ninja and such. They kill the ninja's master and capture his girlfriend so he begins his quest for revenge and rescue. He will go through many environments on his way to the corporations offshore facility where the main bad guy dwells in a maze that I have no idea how I got through as a kid because it was confusing. I was wondering that thing for awhile before I finally found the exit now!
The game play has you throwing shurikens, swinging a knife and kicking. If you get a power up you can use a sword and your shuriken are way stronger. Throughout the game, you go through a stage dived into two levels and a boss battle. The boss battles are all pretty fun, but the newer version made me sad as in the original Japanese version you actually fought both Spider-man and Batman in one level and Godzilla in another. Our version you got to fight Spider-man and Godzilla, but Batman was turned into an actually bat. Now, in this latest version Batman is still a bat, but now Spider-man is pink and Godzilla was a walking skeleton. This made me sad.
So, this is a really fun and challenging platformer game with cool fights and very difficult stages. Sometimes you get the jump timed wrong and you do not do the somersault needed to get to the next ledge and so you die! There is also the danger of running out of shuriken; however, that can be alleviated by simply going to the options and putting the shuriken on 00 and after about 20 seconds it turns into an infinity symbol and you are good to go! Trust me, you will need a never ending supply of throwing stars to last through the hordes of rival ninjas and mercenaries!