PixelPerfectGaming writes: The Shinobi series has been on hiatus for a long time. The last official game in the series was Shinobi Nightshade for Playstation 2, and while the game tried to revive the franchise, gamers were frustrated by the combo system and dodgy camera angles.
Shinobi for Nintendo 3DS marks the return of the Musashi family and the introduction of Jiro Musashi, the father of Joe Mushasi (the protagonist of earlier Shinobi games). While the plot is thin, the story keeps it simple: a group of ninjas attack Jiro’s ancient hometown. Without hesitation, Jiro springs into action to find the source of the attack, but instead gets swallowed up by a time vortex. This sets the stage for Shinobi and the locations he will visit during his adventure.
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I think this is the first time anyone working for sega has actually confirmed it’s being made. There has just been a lot of rumors, speculation, and leakers, but nobody working for sega said specifically it was being made until now.
This sounds interesting as Shinobi is being made into a movie at Univeral.
It came from the shadows, and to the shadows it shall return. Here are the best ninja games on the PlayStation 2.
Everyone is focused on open world unfortunately 😒 2000s had some of the best games in general. Just enough depth that you don't have to sign your life away to complete a game.
Seriously, I miss classic character action hack n slash games. Now everything is either huge open world gruel or a souls-like, often both.
Ikr? I would love a new Tenchu game.
It doesn't need to be a big budget with epic scope or other BS. Just a fun game like before with updated graphics and some quality of life improvements.
I'm hoping the success of armored core they'll be more inclined to revisit Tenchu as it really showed that a smaller scope game with a tight refined experience can be a success as well as the huge complex open RPG affairs. Still bums me out that Sekiro started as a new Tenchu, but they changed their mind halfway through development.
*ARAGAMI 1 and 2 for a current fix
**Wrath of Heaven is probably the greatest ninja/stealth game ever.
Shinobi was okay. Your sword drained your health. So you had to constantly keep moving. You couldn't take your time to even explore or even breath. Nightshade rectified this.
