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Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console, iOS, Steam
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: SMPS 68k
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code
Wii Virtual Console
JP ▼ 		600pts600
Wii Virtual Console
US ▼ 		800pts800
Wii Virtual Console
EU ▼ 		800pts800
iOS
JP ▼ 		¥250250
iOS
US ▼ 		$2.992.99
iOS
EU ▼
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Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master, called The Super Shinobi II (ザ・スーパー忍II) in Japan, is an entry in the Shinobi Series of video games, and the direct sequel to 1989's The Revenge of Shinobi, called The Super Shinobi in Japan. It was released in 1993 exclusively for the Sega Mega Drive, though has since been included in many compilations and released as part of the Wii's Virtual Console service, as well as Steam and iOS. The iOS version is no longer available on iTunes as of 2015.

Gameplay

Controls are virtually identical to other Shinobi titles: C jumps and pressing C again at he peak of the jump performs a double jump, B shoots a shuriken or attacks with the sword when close to an enemy or object, and A performs a ninjutsu move selected from the pause menu. Support for the Six Button Control Pad is only available by using a Cheat Code. New manouvers are a dive kick, performed by pushing Down+B at the same time during a jump, and a dash attack that grants short invincibility, performed by Right,Right+B

Version differences

  • There are minimal visual differences between the western and Japanese version, like the transition to the cave in stage 1 happening earlier
  • The PAL version was partially optimized to play the background music at the correct speed. However, gameplay is still slower compared to NTSC versions. Forcing the game into NTSC mode makes the music play too fast.
  • The ASIA version is mostly identical to the japanese release, the only difference being the label on the back of the cartridge is in english.

Production credits

Directors: Tomoyuki Ito, Takeshi Matsuhashi
Programmers: Tsukasa Aoki, Toshiaki Yajima, Akio Ooi
Graphic designers: Kazuyuki Iwasawa, Katsuhiko Ogikubo, Hiroyuki Hirama, Hideaki Moriya, Masanori Hara
Music and sound: Masayuki Nagao, Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama
Planner: Naohisa Nakazawa
Supervisor: Noriyoshi Ooba
Producers: Tomio Takami, Tokinori Kaneyasu
Special thanks to: Kazuo Fuchigami, Isao Okano, Yasuo Minowa, Kouji Umeda, Kouji Iwashita, Hiroshi Ooba, Toshiyasu Kamiko, Akira Terasawa, Takayuki Yanagihori, Yuusuke Yoshida

Promotional material

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    US print advert

Digital manuals

  • Steam manual

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
89 №23, p138-140
84 №135, p22-24[2]
82 №143, p38/39
96
84
95 №49, p58/59[3]
90 №23, p148-150[4]
93 №6, p46-48
79 №13, p34
85 №5, p32/33
89 №20, p98/99[5]
73 №9/93, p80-82[6]
88 №14, p22-25
93 №21, p46-48
88 №4, p18-21[7]
89 №11, p60-63[8]
90
82 №7/93, p12/13[9]
79 №46, p38/39[10]
89 №17, p38/39
89 №18, p67
80 №24, p74
80 №4, p56/57[11]
85 №7, p10
90
Sega Mega Drive
 86
Based on
25 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[12]
Ação Games (BR)
81
[13]
Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
85
[14]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
68
[15]
Console Mania (IT) NTSC-J
93
[16]
Consoles + (FR)
89
[17]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[18]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
84
[2]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
82
[19]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT) NTSC-J
85
[20]
Dengeki Mega Drive (JP) NTSC-J
69
[21]
Digitiser (UK) NTSC
84
[22]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
90
[23]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[24]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9 (RU)
80
[25]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
89
[26]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
63
[27]
GameFan (US)
96
[28]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
92
[29]
Game Power (IT) NTSC
84
[30]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
95
[3]
Gamers (DE)
60
[31]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
80
[32]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
86
[33]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
90
[4]
MAN!AC (DE)
81
[34]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
79
[35]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
85
[36]
Megablast (DE) PAL
87
[37]
Mega Force (FR)
89
[5]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-J
73
[38]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
88
[39]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
93
[40]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
88
[7]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
89
[41]
Megazone (AU)
85
[42]
Play Time (DE)
85
[43]
Power Up! (UK)
78
[44]
Power Unlimited (NL)
90
[45]
Sega Magazin (DE)
86
[46]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
79
[10]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
89
[47]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
89
[48]
Sega Pro (UK)
80
[49]
Sega Force Mega (UK) PAL
80
[11]
Sega Force (SE)
82
[9]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
82
[50]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
80
[51]
Sonic the Comic (UK) NTSC-J
85
[52]
Supergame (BR) NTSC-J
86
[53]
Supergame (BR)
69
[54]
Super Juegos (ES)
86
[55]
Sonic Videogame & Fumetti (IT)
82
[56]
Todo Sega (ES)
85
[57]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
80
[58]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-J
91
[59]
Sega Mega Drive
 82
Based on
56 reviews

Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, JP
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Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.4gamer.net/games/049/G004989/20110128005/
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:CVG UK 135.pdf, page 22 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 135.pdf_p22" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:GamePro US 049.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 049.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:Joypad FR 023.pdf, page 148 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 023.pdf_p148" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:MegaForce FR 20.pdf, page 98 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaForce FR 20.pdf_p98" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ File:MegaFun DE 1993-09.pdf, page 72
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:MeanMachinesSega04UK.pdf, page 18 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega04UK.pdf_p18" defined multiple times with different content
  8. ↑ File:MeanMachinesSega11UK.pdf, page 60
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 File:SegaForce SE 1993 07.pdf, page 12 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce SE 1993 07.pdf_p12" defined multiple times with different content
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 File:SegaPower UK 46.pdf, page 38 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPower UK 46.pdf_p38" defined multiple times with different content
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 File:SegaForceMega UK 04.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForceMega UK 04.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content
  12. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 207
  13. ↑ Ação Games, "Setembro 1993" (BR; 1993-09-01), page 18
  14. ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 72
  15. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "August 1993" (JP; 1993-07-08), page 47
  16. ↑ Console Mania, "Ottobre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 36
  17. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 138
  18. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 187
  19. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-15), page 38
  20. ↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 109
  21. ↑ Dengeki Mega Drive, "August 1993" (JP; 1993-07-08), page 35
  22. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-09-20)
  23. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 34
  24. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 357
  25. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 9, "" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 206
  26. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 89
  27. ↑ Famitsu, "1993-07-30" (JP; 1993-07-16), page 40
  28. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 3: January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 10
  29. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 10: September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 14
  30. ↑ Game Power, "Ottobre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 72
  31. ↑ Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 64
  32. ↑ Hippon Super, "August 1993" (JP; 1993-07-03), page 42
  33. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 68
  34. ↑ MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 28
  35. ↑ Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 34
  36. ↑ Mega Action, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 32
  37. ↑ Megablast, "1/94" (DE; 1993-12-29), page 32
  38. ↑ Mega Fun, "09/93" (DE; 1993-08-18), page 80
  39. ↑ MegaTech, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 22
  40. ↑ MegaTech, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-20), page 46
  41. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-30), page 34
  42. ↑ Megazone, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-02-23), page 38
  43. ↑ Play Time, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-08), page 104
  44. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, October 02, 1993" (UK; 1993-10-02), page 1
  45. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Nummer 4, November 1993" (NL; 1993-10-27), page 55
  46. ↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 64
  47. ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 38
  48. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
  49. ↑ Sega Pro, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 74
  50. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 134
  51. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  52. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "21st August 1993" (UK; 1993-08-21), page 10
  53. ↑ Supergame, "Novembro 1992" (BR; 1992-11-xx), page 18
  54. ↑ Supergame, "Setembro 1993" (BR; 1993-09-xx), page 18
  55. ↑ Super Juegos, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 56
  56. ↑ Sonic Videogame & Fumetti, "Dicembre 1993" (IT; 1993-11-xx), page 24
  57. ↑ Todo Sega, "Septiembre 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 64
  58. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 163
  59. ↑ Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 94

External links



Games in the Shinobi series
Arcade
 Shinobi (1987) | Shadow Dancer (1989)
Sega Master System
 Shinobi (1988) | The Cyber Shinobi (1990) | Shadow Dancer (1991)
Amiga
Atari ST
Amstrad CPC
Commodore 64
ZX Spectrum
IBM PC compatibles
MSX
 Shinobi (1989)
Sega Mega Drive
 The Revenge of Shinobi (1989) | Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (1990) | Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (1993)
Sega Game Gear
 The GG Shinobi (1991) | The GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (1992)
Sega Saturn
 Shinobi Legions (1995)
Game Boy Advance
 The Revenge of Shinobi (2002)
Sony PlayStation 2
 Shinobi (2002) | Nightshade (2003)
Nintendo 3DS
 Shinobi 3D (2011) | 3D Shinobi III (2013)
Nintendo Switch
 Sega Ages Shinobi (2019)
Shinobi related media
Music
 The Super Shinobi & Works (1989) | Shinobi Original Soundtrack (2002) | Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection (2009) | Shinobi 3D Original Soundtrack (2012) | Kunoichi Original Soundtrack (2014) | Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (2015) | The Revenge of Shinobi (2016) | Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (2022)
Book
 Shinobi: The Fear Pavilion (1994) | Shin Shinobi Den Hisshou Kouryaku Hou (1995) | Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Shinobi (2002) | Shinobi: The Rise of Hotsuma (2002) | Shinobi: The Complete Guide (2002) | Shinobi the Wide Ilustration Archive (2003) | Kunoichi Koushiki Guide Book (2003) | Kunoichi Perfect Guide (2004)
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