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Developer(s) | Sega Wow |
Publisher(s) | Sega |
Director(s) | Masahide Kobayashi |
Artist(s) | Makoto Tsuchibayashi |
Composer(s) | Fumie Kumatani Tomonori Sawada Keiichi Sugiyama Yutaka Minobe Teruhiko Nakagawa Masaru Setsumaru |
Series | Shinobi |
Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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Genre(s) | Action-adventure, hack and slash |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Nightshade, released in Japan as Kunoichi ('Female Ninja'), stylized in both regions with the kanji 忍 behind the title, is an actionvideo game for the PlayStation 2 (PS2), developed by Overworks[3] and published by Sega in 2003. It is the 11th game in the Shinobi series and follows the exploits of a female ninja named Hibana. The game is a sequel to the 2002 PS2 game Shinobi.
In Nightshade, the player plays as Hibana, a female counterpart to Shinobi's Hotsuma. She is a government-employed ninja tasked with the elimination of members of the Nakatomi Corporation, which has unwittingly unleashed hellspawn upon futuristic Tokyo. She is also ordered to recover the shards of 'Akujiki', the legendary cursed sword that Hotsuma used to seal the hellspawn the last time.
Nightshade's missions are linear, and each one culminates in a battle against a challenging boss opponent. The core of Nightshade's gameplay is hack and slash, with accumulating combos on spawning enemies about the level. Using Hibana's arsenal of a katana (the primary weapon), short daggers (achieve less damage, but score a higher combo multiplier), shuriken (long range projectiles), and various ninjutsu spells, the game challenges the player to achieve as high a score as possible while eliminating the opposing threat.[4]
Nightshade also includes aspects of platforming. With Hibana's ability to dash in mid-air, the game requires the player to use this ability to bypass holes and hazards. Game mechanics restrict Hibana to only a double-jump and an air-dash before she falls, requiring the player to strike enemies in mid-flight to stay in the air. By doing this, the player combines accuracy and timing to stay in the air continuously, or fall to their death.
If the player has a completed save file from Shinobi then Hotsuma, the protagonist of the previous game, is available as an optional playable character. He differs from Hibana in that he does not use daggers like her and is only able to use Akujiki, the sword he used in the previous game. Hotsuma plays exactly as before with the same arsenal of moves and operates under the same mechanics as he did in the previous game. He must always be finding and defeating enemies to feed their souls to Akujiki, or the cursed sword will devour his soul instead and kill him.
The Nightshade soundtrack is based upon the Japanese techno of the previous iteration, Shinobi. All tracks were produced by Fumie Kumatani, Tomonori Sawada, Keiichi Sugiyama, Yutaka Minobe, Teruhiko Nakagawa, and Masaru Setsumaru of Sega Digital Studio. Nightshade did not see an official soundtrack release until July 2014, where it was released digitally on Amazon Music and iTunes.
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Nightshade received 'average' reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[5] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one nine and three eights for a total of 33 out of 40.[9]
Pause the game, then hold L1 + R2 and press Up, Triangle, Down, X, Left, Square, Right, Circle. Resume the game and press L2 + R2 to display the debug menu at any time.
Carry more itemsAt the item selection screen, hold Triangle and press L1, R1, Up, Right, Down, Left to carry up to 30 items.
Increase each item by oneAt the item selection screen, hold Triangle and press L1, R1, Up, Down, Right, Left.
Maximum powerPause the game when having less than full power. Then, press L1, R1, Right, Down, Left, Up.
Bonus levelBeat the game with Rikimaru. Then the 2030 A.D. level will appear under the time attack option.
Extra languagesBeat the game to unlock a language selection on the options screen. This allows the dialogue to be displayed in Spanish and French.
Invincible | 8006D09E 0050 |
Infinite Magic | 8006D018 0004 |
Silver Key | 8006D01C 0001 |
Gold Key | 8006D034 0001 |