The Revenge of Shinobi (Game Boy Advance)

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The Revenge of Shinobi
System(s): Game Boy Advance
Publisher: Infogrames Europe (Europe), THQ (US)
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Game Boy Advance
US 		$29.9929.99[2] AGB-P-A3RE
AGB-A3RE-USA
ESRB: Everyone
Game Boy Advance
DE 		AGB-P-A3RP
AGB-A3RP-EUR
USK: 6
Game Boy Advance
ES 		AGB-P-A3RP
AGB-A3RP-EUR
aDeSe: Todos los Publicos
Game Boy Advance
FR 		AGB-P-A3RP
AGB-A3RP-EUR
SELL: Tous Publics
Game Boy Advance
UK 		AGB-P-A3RP
AGB-A3RP-EUR
PEGI: 3+
Game Boy Advance
FI 		AGB-P-A3RP
AGB-A3RP-EUR
VET: S/T

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The 2002 release of The Revenge of Shinobi is a Game Boy Advance game developed by 3d6 Games. Though it belongs to the same series, it is unrelated to the Mega Drive game of the same name.

The game makes heavy use of prerendered graphics and uses plenty of asian stereotypes, not related to Japan or Ninja in particular, sometimes poorly implemented, e.g. the first boss you encounter uses thunder attacks and the Japanese Kanji for "Electricity" - "電" is displayed, albeit mirrored. Such a symbol does not exists.

Gameplay

Gameplay is much slower paced than other Shinobi games, with a bigger focus on collecting keys, pushing switches etc.

History

Recepcion

It was not well received, both by fans of the original series and gamers in general.

GameSpot named it the most disappointing Game Boy Advance game of 2002.

Production credits

Shinobi Game Development By 3D6 Games Inc.
  • Producer: William S. Schmitt
  • Technical Director: Dan Filner
  • Lead Artist: Eric Desantis
  • Lead Programmer: Ken Grant
  • Programmer: Nick Robertson
  • Designers: Eric Desantis, William S. Schmitt, Troy Sheets
  • Artists: Rick Grossenbacher, Rod Stafford, Mathew Van Dinter
  • Scripting: Nick Robertson, William S. Schmitt, Troy Sheets, Martin Theyer
  • Special Thanks: Eric Asorson, Chris "The Dirty Buddha" Esaki, Eric Guerrero, Fabio Laguna, Chris Novak, Sean Turner, Todd Widup, Dede, Sega and Overworks, Shinobi's Original Creators, Shinobi's Loyal Fans
  • Music and Sound Effects: Slackmates Inc., Rob Abernethy, Dave Adams
THQ Inc.
  • Producer: Curtis Cherrington
  • Assistant Producer: Randy Planck
  • Senior Producer: Jamie Bafus
  • Executive Producer: Carolina Beroza
  • Lead Tester: Chuck Sheffield
  • Testers: Nars del Rosario, Shane Pierson, Joe Garofalo
  • QA Director: Jeremy S. Barnes
  • QA Manager: Monica Vallejo
  • QA Technician: Mario Wiabel
  • QA Database Administrator: Jason Roberts
  • Vice President of Marketing: Peter Dille
  • Group Marketing Manager: Alison Quirion
  • Associate Product Manager: Heather Hall
  • Marketing Coordinator: Michael Greene
  • Director of Creative Services: Howard Liebeskind
  • Senior Creative Services Manager: Kathy Helgason
  • Creative Services Manager: Kirk Somdal
  • PR Manager: Reilly Brennan
  • Associate PR Manager: Erik Reynolds
  • Packaging Design: Moor Design
  • Manual Writer: Keith Kolmos
  • Extra Special Thanks: Shinobu Toyoda, Kathy Schoback, Judy Jette-Hansen
Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: The Revenge of Shinobi (Game Boy Advance)/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

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Publication Score Source
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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
(US) NTSC-U
68
[2]
(PL)
52
[3]
(UK) PAL
40
[4]
Game Boy Advance
 53
Based on
3 reviews

The Revenge of Shinobi (Game Boy Advance)

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Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Game Boy Advance
✔
CRC32 ddb4496a
MD5 da720531328fc7f37eef8c9b07d30a91
SHA-1 3340d93161d979544d3bb1be7d7771c59964e409
8MB Cartridge (EU)
Game Boy Advance
 ?
CRC32 e9339304
MD5 95b8cb63649f7bb62a2f9a6a39bf7388
SHA-1 22adb84902a1d1b3b63986eded3cc2a1bc9aa0b4
8MB Cartridge (US)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1257 (Wayback Machine: 2003-08-14 02:54)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 GamePro, "January 2003" (US; 200x-xx-xx), page 70
  3. ↑ GameBoy Magazyn, "Luty 2003" (PL; 2003-xx-xx), page 19
  4. ↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "June 2003" (UK; 2003-05-16), page 82


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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
 (1989) | (2002) | (2009) | (2012) | (2014) | (2015) | (2016) | (2022)
Book
 (1994) | (1995) | (2002) | (2002) | (2002) | (2003) | (2003) | (2004)
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