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{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Kunoichi''''' (Kunoichi -忍-) in Japan is a [[PlayStation 2]] game developed by [[WOW Entertainment]] and published by [[Sega]]. It is an entry in the ''Shinobi'' series of games, and is a direct sequel to ''[[Shinobi (2002)|Shinobi]]''. Unlike other games in the series, the player controls a female ninja named Hibana.
 
{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Kunoichi''''' (Kunoichi -忍-) in Japan is a [[PlayStation 2]] game developed by [[WOW Entertainment]] and published by [[Sega]]. It is an entry in the ''Shinobi'' series of games, and is a direct sequel to ''[[Shinobi (2002)|Shinobi]]''. Unlike other games in the series, the player controls a female ninja named Hibana.
  
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==Production credits==
 
==Production credits==
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'''Voice Cast'''
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:'''Hibana:''' Atsuko Tanaka<br>
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{{creditsheader|}}
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:'''Onibi:''' Wataru Takagi<br>
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*'''Voice Cast'''
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:'''Hisui:''' Chiwa Saito<br>
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**'''Hibana:''' Atsuko Tanaka
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:'''Kazaguruma/Narration:''' Unsho Ishizuka<br>
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**'''Onibi:''' Wataru Takagi
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:'''Countdown Announce:''' Mami Kosuge<br>
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**'''Hisui:''' Chiwa Saito
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:'''Agent:''' Isshin Chiba<br>
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**'''Kazaguruma/Narration:''' Unsho Ishizuka
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:'''Kurohagane α/Soldier Leader:''' Toshitsugu Takashina<br>
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**'''Countdown Announce:''' Mami Kosuge
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:'''Kurohagane F:''' Hiroshi Iida<br>
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**'''Agent:''' Isshin Chiba
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:'''Kurohagane β:''' Masao Harada<br>
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**'''Kurohagane α/Soldier Leader:''' Toshitsugu Takashina
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:'''Jimushi:''' Ikuya Sawaki<br>
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**'''Kurohagane F:''' Hiroshi Iida
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'''Voice Talent Staff'''
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**'''Kurohagane β:''' Masao Harada
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:'''Hibana:''' K.Swenson<br>
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**'''Jimushi:''' Ikuya Sawaki
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:'''Hisui/Countdown Warning:''' E.Cahill<br>
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*'''Voice Talent Staff'''
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:'''Jimushi:''' A.Chriest<br>
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**'''Hibana:''' K.Swenson
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:'''Kazaguruma/Commander:''' T.Enos<br>
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**'''Hisui/Countdown Warning:''' E.Cahill
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:'''Kurohagane/Narration:''' C.Robertson<br>
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**'''Jimushi:''' A.Chriest
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:'''Onibi:''' K.Miller<br>
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**'''Kazaguruma/Commander:''' T.Enos
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:'''Agent:''' I.Cross<br><br>
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**'''Kurohagane/Narration:''' C.Robertson
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**'''Onibi:''' K.Miller
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**'''Agent:''' I.Cross
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'''Director:''' [[Masahide Kobayashi]]
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{{creditsheader|'''Designers'''}}
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*'''Main/Character:''' Kazutaka Karashima
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*'''Maps:''' Kaichi Satoh, Takanobu Yoshino, Takumi Kataoka, Jin Kobayashi, Masayuki Inoue, Shinichirou Inoue
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*'''Enemies:''' Keisuke Suzuki, Shinji Motoyama
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*'''Cutscenes:''' Kenji Matsumura
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{{creditsheader|'''Programmers'''}}
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*'''Main:''' Tsutomu Matsuo
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*'''Maps:''' Atsushi Kobata, Takeshi Suzuki
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*'''Character (Player):''' Yoshiji Kosaka
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*'''Character (Enemy/Boss):''' Yuichi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Eguchi, Akira Suzumura, Ryouichi Sakamaki, Yoshiji Kosaka, Motohiko Hayashi, [[Mitsugu Hara]], Takeshi Suzuki, Kenji Osawa
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*'''Cutscenes:''' [[Mitsugu Hara]]
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*'''Interface:''' Motohiko Hayashi
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*'''Technical Support:''' Kazuhiro Matsuta, Hideo Ikeuchi, Tatsuhiro Oshii, Hisao Koba, Daisuke Sakai, Fumihito Kondo
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{{creditsheader|'''Artists'''}}
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*'''Art Director:''' [[Koki Mogi]]
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*'''Lead Artist:''' Hirotaka Kanazawa
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*'''Character Concepts:''' Makoto Tsuchibayashi
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*'''Character Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]]
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*'''Character Setup:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]
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*'''Enemy Design:''' [[Nobuto Iwao]], [[Makiko Ishizuka]], [[Takashi Iida]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]
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*'''Map Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]], Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase, [[Nobuto Iwao]]
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*'''Lead Map Modeler:''' Hitoshi Fukazawa
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*'''Map Modelers:''' Tadashi Oomine, Kayo Hoshina, Tomoyoshi Matsumoto, Naoyuki Takashima, Yosuke Muto, Yuki Kanayama, Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase
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*'''Character Model/Lead Modeler:''' [[Makiko Ishizuka]]
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*'''Enemy Model:''' Shizuyo Kanda, [[Takashi Iida]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]], Hajime Goto, Kiyonori Osawa, [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]
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*'''Character Animation/Lead Animator:''' Hisashi Tohyama
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*'''Enemy Animation:''' [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]]
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*'''Visual Effects/Lead Effects Artist:''' [[Yasushi Homma]]
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*'''Visual Effects:''' Sayaca Takahashi, [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]]
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*'''Lead Cutscene Artist:''' [[Takashi Iida]]
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*'''Cutscene Motion Artists:''' Shinji Kaneko, [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]], [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]]
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*'''Cutscene Effects Artists:''' [[Yasushi Homma]], [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]]
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*'''Main Visuals/2D System Design:''' Asako Yamazaki
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{{creditsheader|'''CG Movies'''}}
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*'''Movie Director:''' Tamotsu Kushibe
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*'''Movie Leader:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]
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*'''CG Artist:''' Satoshi Tomatsu, Mamoru Ota, Masaya Shiraishi, Hidenosuke Abe, Takeshi Matsuura, Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta, Takeshi Inaba, [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]
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*'''CG Character Modeler:''' Hiroaki Ichikawa
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*'''Script (Cooperation):''' Katsuhito Gotoh, Shunsuke Ozawa, Kazutaka Karashima, Naoki Shimada, [[Koki Mogi]], [[Masahide Kobayashi]]
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*'''Cutscene Storyboarding:''' Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta
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*'''Web Support:''' Masakatu Watanabe
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{{creditsheader|'''Motion Capture Staff'''}}
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*'''Japan Action Enterprise Co. Ltd.'''
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**'''Action Director:''' Yuta Morokaji
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**'''Chief Manager:''' Hiromiti Suzuki
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*'''Motion Capture Cast'''
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**'''Hibana:''' Miwa Hashiguchi
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**'''Jimushi/Kurohagane:''' Kazutoshi Yokoyama
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**'''Onibi:''' Hikaru Takahashi
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**'''Hisui:''' Hitomi Hiraki
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**'''Kazaguruma/Narration:''' Arata Okumiyama
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**'''Safety:''' Manabu Kato
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**'''Setting Safety:''' Eiichi Takagi
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**'''Motion Capture Studio Staff'''
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*'''Sega Motion Capture Studio:''' [[Hans van Veenendaal]], Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka
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*'''Visual Science Laboratory, Inc. Motion Capture Studio dynamo:''' Nobuyoshi Ono, Hiroshi Hirokawa, Hiroko Masuda
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*'''Sound:''' Wave Master Inc.
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**'''BGM:''' [[Fumie Kumatani]], [[Tomonori Sawada]], [[Keiichi Sugiyama]], [[Yutaka Minobe]]
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**'''S.E.:''' [[Junko Shiratsu]]
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**'''Sound Director:''' [[Masaru Setsumaru]]
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*'''English Voice Over Recordings by:''' Webtone Productions
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:[[Greg Weber]], Kim Weber, Steve Duell, Kevin Miller
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*'''Movie Cooperation:''' Equipment Inc.
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:Takeo Ihara, Yoshihiro Kanbe, Masato Inagaki, Sho Mutuura, Shuji Ota, Yuki Kamata, Toru Kanno, Yuki Akama
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{{creditsheader|'''Sega Corporation'''}}
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*'''Marketing:''' [[Tadashi Takezaki]], Satoshi Imai, Yoshitsugu Natsume, Toyohisa Hiwatari, Mitsuru Takahashi, Kazuhiro Asami, Junichiro Hirata, Takeshi Ohsaki, Ikuo Ishizuka
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*'''Public Relations:''' [[Yasushi Nagumo]], Kouki Akiyama
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*'''Research:''' Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto, Yoriaki Toraiwa
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*'''Localization Support:''' [[Shinobu Shindo]]
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*'''Domestic License Coordinator:''' Toshiki Izawa, Junichiro Takahashi
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{{creditsheader|'''Sega Logistics Service Co. Ltd.'''}}
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*'''Software Manual & Package Design:''' Yoshihiro Sakuta, Naohiko Iida, Kazuaki Jikuhara, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Tetsuya Honda, Satoru Ishigami
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*'''QA:''' Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyano, Yutaka Kawasaki, Takanobu Fukaya, Kazuhiko Morii, Chihiro Tanikawa
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{{creditsheader|'''Sega of America Inc.'''}}
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*'''Executive Vice President:''' [[Shinobu Toyoda]]
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*'''Product Manager:''' Heather Hall
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*'''Senior Media Specialist:''' Terin Higgins
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*'''Creative Services Manager:''' Arianne McCarthy
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*'''Public Relations Manager:''' Bret Blount
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*'''Director of PD:''' Osamu Shibamiya
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*'''Localization Producer:''' Klayton Vorlick
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*'''Director of QA:''' Deborah Kirkham
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*'''Lead Tester:''' Demetrius Griffin
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*'''Release Manager:''' Andrei Belkin
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{{creditsheader|'''Special Thanks'''}}
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*'''Sega WOW:''' [[Atsushi Seimiya]], [[Tomoyuki Ito]], [[Akira Nishino]], [[Tohru Yosida]], [[Yoshiaki Endo]], [[Toru Shimizu]], [[Hirabayashi Takao]], [[Satoshi Arai]]
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*'''Sega of America Inc.:''' Lori Von Rueden, Noah Musler
 
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'''Director:''' [[Masahide Kobayashi]]<br>
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*'''Senior Director:''' [[Masahiro Kumono]]
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;'''Designers'''
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*'''Producer:''' [[Ryutaro Nonaka]]
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'''Main/Character:''' Kazutaka Karashima<br>
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*'''Executive Producer:''' [[Rikiya Nakagawa]], [[Noriyoshi Ohba]]
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'''Maps:''' Kaichi Satoh, Takanobu Yoshino, Takumi Kataoka, Jin Kobayashi, Masayuki Inoue, Shinichirou Inoue<br>
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:[[Sofdec]], [[ADX]]
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'''Enemies:''' Keisuke Suzuki, Shinji Motoyama<br>
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*'''Created by:''' [[Sega WOW]]
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'''Cutscenes:''' Kenji Matsumura<br>
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*'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]
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;'''Programmers'''
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'''© Sega WOW/Sega, 2003'''<br>
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'''Main:''' Tsutomu Matsuo<br>
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}}
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'''Maps:''' Atsushi Kobata, Takeshi Suzuki<br>
 
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'''Character (Player):''' Yoshiji Kosaka<br>
 
−
'''Character (Enemy/Boss):''' Yuichi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Eguchi, Akira Suzumura, Ryouichi Sakamaki, Yoshiji Kosaka, Motohiko Hayashi, [[Mitsugu Hara]], Takeshi Suzuki, Kenji Osawa<br>
 
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'''Cutscenes:''' [[Mitsugu Hara]]<br>
 
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'''Interface:''' Motohiko Hayashi<br>
 
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'''Technical Support:''' Kazuhiro Matsuta, Hideo Ikeuchi, Tatsuhiro Oshii, Hisao Koba, Daisuke Sakai, Fumihito Kondo<br>
 
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;'''Artists'''
 
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'''Art Director:''' [[Koki Mogi]]<br>
 
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'''Lead Artist:''' Hirotaka Kanazawa<br>
 
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'''Character Concepts:''' Makoto Tsuchibayashi<br>
 
−
'''Character Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]]<br>
 
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'''Character Setup:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]<br>
 
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'''Enemy Design:''' [[Nobuto Iwao]], [[Makiko Ishizuka]], [[Takashi Iida]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]<br>
 
−
'''Map Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]], Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase, [[Nobuto Iwao]]<br>
 
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'''Lead Map Modeler:''' Hitoshi Fukazawa<br>
 
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'''Map Modelers:''' Tadashi Oomine, Kayo Hoshina, Tomoyoshi Matsumoto, Naoyuki Takashima, Yosuke Muto, Yuki Kanayama, Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase<br>
 
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'''Character Model/Lead Modeler:''' [[Makiko Ishizuka]]<br>
 
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'''Enemy Model:''' Shizuyo Kanda, [[Takashi Iida]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]], Hajime Goto, Kiyonori Osawa, [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]<br>
 
−
'''Character Animation/Lead Animator:''' Hisashi Tohyama<br>
 
−
'''Enemy Animation:''' [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]]<br>
 
−
'''Visual Effects/Lead Effects Artist:''' [[Yasushi Homma]]<br>
 
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'''Visual Effects:''' Sayaca Takahashi, [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]]<br>
 
−
'''Lead Cutscene Artist:''' [[Takashi Iida]]<br>
 
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'''Cutscene Motion Artists:''' Shinji Kaneko, [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]], [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]]<br>
 
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'''Cutscene Effects Artists:''' [[Yasushi Homma]], [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]]<br>
 
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'''Main Visuals/2D System Design:''' Asako Yamazaki<br>
 
−
;'''CG Movies'''
 
−
'''Movie Director:''' Tamotsu Kushibe<br>
 
−
'''Movie Leader:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]<br>
 
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'''CG Artist:''' Satoshi Tomatsu, Mamoru Ota, Masaya Shiraishi, Hidenosuke Abe, Takeshi Matsuura, Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta, Takeshi Inaba, [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]<br>
 
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'''CG Character Modeler:''' Hiroaki Ichikawa<br>
 
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;'''Script (Cooperation):'''
 
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Katsuhito Gotoh, Shunsuke Ozawa, Kazutaka Karashima, Naoki Shimada, [[Koki Mogi]], [[Masahide Kobayashi]]<br>
 
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'''Cutscene Storyboarding:''' Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta<br>
 
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'''Web Support:''' Masakatu Watanabe<br>
 
−
;'''Motion Capture Staff'''
 
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'''Japan Action Enterprise Co. Ltd.'''<br>
 
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:'''Action Director:''' Yuta Morokaji<br>
 
−
:'''Chief Manager:''' Hiromiti Suzuki<br>
 
−
'''Motion Capture Cast'''<br>
 
−
:'''Hibana:''' Miwa Hashiguchi<br>
 
−
:'''Jimushi/Kurohagane:''' Kazutoshi Yokoyama<br>
 
−
:'''Onibi:''' Hikaru Takahashi<br>
 
−
:'''Hisui:''' Hitomi Hiraki<br>
 
−
:'''Kazaguruma/Narration:''' Arata Okumiyama<br>
 
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:'''Safety:''' Manabu Kato<br>
 
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:'''Setting Safety:''' Eiichi Takagi<br>
 
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;'''Motion Capture Studio Staff'''
 
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'''Sega Motion Capture Studio:''' [[Hans van Veenendaal]], Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka<br>
 
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'''Visual Science Laboratory, Inc. Motion Capture Studio dynamo:''' Nobuyoshi Ono, Hiroshi Hirokawa, Hiroko Masuda<br>
 
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<br>
 
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'''Sound:''' Wave Master Inc.<br>
 
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:'''BGM:''' [[Fumie Kumatani]], [[Tomonori Sawada]], [[Keiichi Sugiyama]], [[Yutaka Minobe]]<br>
 
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:'''S.E.:''' [[Junko Shiratsu]]<br>
 
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:'''Sound Director:''' [[Masaru Setsumaru]]<br>
 
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'''English Voice Over Recordings by:''' Webtone Productions
 
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:[[Greg Weber]], Kim Weber, Steve Duell, Kevin Miller<br>
 
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'''Movie Cooperation:''' Equipment Inc.
 
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:Takeo Ihara, Yoshihiro Kanbe, Masato Inagaki, Sho Mutuura, Shuji Ota, Yuki Kamata, Toru Kanno, Yuki Akama<br>
 
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<br>
 
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;'''Sega Corporation'''
 
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'''Marketing:''' [[Tadashi Takezaki]], Satoshi Imai, Yoshitsugu Natsume, Toyohisa Hiwatari, Mitsuru Takahashi, Kazuhiro Asami, Junichiro Hirata, Takeshi Ohsaki, Ikuo Ishizuka<br>
 
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'''Public Relations:''' [[Yasushi Nagumo]], Kouki Akiyama<br>
 
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'''Research:''' Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto, Yoriaki Toraiwa<br>
 
−
'''Localization Support:''' [[Shinobu Shindo]]<br>
 
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'''Domestic License Coordinator:''' Toshiki Izawa, Junichiro Takahashi<br>
 
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;'''Sega Logistics Service Co. Ltd.'''<br>
 
−
'''Software Manual & Package Design:''' Yoshihiro Sakuta, Naohiko Iida, Kazuaki Jikuhara, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Tetsuya Honda, Satoru Ishigami<br>
 
−
'''QA:''' Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyano, Yutaka Kawasaki, Takanobu Fukaya, Kazuhiko Morii, Chihiro Tanikawa<br>
 
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;'''Sega of America Inc.'''
 
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'''Executive Vice President:''' [[Shinobu Toyoda]]<br>
 
−
'''Product Manager:''' Heather Hall<br>
 
−
'''Senior Media Specialist:''' Terin Higgins<br>
 
−
'''Creative Services Manager:''' Arianne McCarthy<br>
 
−
'''Public Relations Manager:''' Bret Blount<br>
 
−
'''Director of PD:''' Osamu Shibamiya<br>
 
−
'''Localization Producer:''' Klayton Vorlick<br>
 
−
'''Director of QA:''' Deborah Kirkham<br>
 
−
'''Lead Tester:''' Demetrius Griffin<br>
 
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'''Release Manager:''' Andrei Belkin<br>
 
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<br>
 
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;'''Special Thanks'''<br>
 
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'''Sega WOW:''' [[Atsushi Seimiya]], [[Tomoyuki Ito]], [[Akira Nishino]], [[Tohru Yosida]], [[Yoshiaki Endo]], [[Toru Shimizu]], [[Hirabayashi Takao]], [[Satoshi Arai]]<br>
 
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'''Sega of America Inc.:''' Lori Von Rueden, Noah Musler<br>
 
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<br>
 
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'''Senior Director:''' [[Masahiro Kumono]]<br>
 
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'''Producer:''' [[Ryutaro Nonaka]]<br>
 
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'''Executive Producer:''' [[Rikiya Nakagawa]], [[Noriyoshi Ohba]]<br>
 
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[[Sofdec]], [[ADX]]<br>
 
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'''Created by:''' [[Sega WOW]]<br>
 
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'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]<br>
 
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© Sega WOW/Sega, 2003<br>
 
 
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Nightshade
System(s): PlayStation 2
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sony PlayStation 2
JP 		¥6,980 (7,329)6,980 (7,329) SLPM-65447
Sony PlayStation 2
US 		$49.9549.95[1] SLUS-20810
Sony PlayStation 2
EU 		SLES-52238
Sony PlayStation 2
KR

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Nightshade, known as Kunoichi (Kunoichi -忍-) in Japan is a PlayStation 2 game developed by WOW Entertainment and published by Sega. It is an entry in the Shinobi series of games, and is a direct sequel to Shinobi. Unlike other games in the series, the player controls a female ninja named Hibana.

Production credits

  • Voice Cast
    • Hibana: Atsuko Tanaka
    • Onibi: Wataru Takagi
    • Hisui: Chiwa Saito
    • Kazaguruma/Narration: Unsho Ishizuka
    • Countdown Announce: Mami Kosuge
    • Agent: Isshin Chiba
    • Kurohagane α/Soldier Leader: Toshitsugu Takashina
    • Kurohagane F: Hiroshi Iida
    • Kurohagane β: Masao Harada
    • Jimushi: Ikuya Sawaki
  • Voice Talent Staff
    • Hibana: K.Swenson
    • Hisui/Countdown Warning: E.Cahill
    • Jimushi: A.Chriest
    • Kazaguruma/Commander: T.Enos
    • Kurohagane/Narration: C.Robertson
    • Onibi: K.Miller
    • Agent: I.Cross

Director: Masahide Kobayashi

Designers
  • Main/Character: Kazutaka Karashima
  • Maps: Kaichi Satoh, Takanobu Yoshino, Takumi Kataoka, Jin Kobayashi, Masayuki Inoue, Shinichirou Inoue
  • Enemies: Keisuke Suzuki, Shinji Motoyama
  • Cutscenes: Kenji Matsumura
Programmers
  • Main: Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Maps: Atsushi Kobata, Takeshi Suzuki
  • Character (Player): Yoshiji Kosaka
  • Character (Enemy/Boss): Yuichi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Eguchi, Akira Suzumura, Ryouichi Sakamaki, Yoshiji Kosaka, Motohiko Hayashi, Mitsugu Hara, Takeshi Suzuki, Kenji Osawa
  • Cutscenes: Mitsugu Hara
  • Interface: Motohiko Hayashi
  • Technical Support: Kazuhiro Matsuta, Hideo Ikeuchi, Tatsuhiro Oshii, Hisao Koba, Daisuke Sakai, Fumihito Kondo
Artists
CG Movies
  • Movie Director: Tamotsu Kushibe
  • Movie Leader: Kiminori Kusano
  • CG Artist: Satoshi Tomatsu, Mamoru Ota, Masaya Shiraishi, Hidenosuke Abe, Takeshi Matsuura, Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta, Takeshi Inaba, Daisuke Kobayashi
  • CG Character Modeler: Hiroaki Ichikawa
  • Script (Cooperation): Katsuhito Gotoh, Shunsuke Ozawa, Kazutaka Karashima, Naoki Shimada, Koki Mogi, Masahide Kobayashi
  • Cutscene Storyboarding: Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta
  • Web Support: Masakatu Watanabe
Motion Capture Staff
  • Japan Action Enterprise Co. Ltd.
    • Action Director: Yuta Morokaji
    • Chief Manager: Hiromiti Suzuki
  • Motion Capture Cast
    • Hibana: Miwa Hashiguchi
    • Jimushi/Kurohagane: Kazutoshi Yokoyama
    • Onibi: Hikaru Takahashi
    • Hisui: Hitomi Hiraki
    • Kazaguruma/Narration: Arata Okumiyama
    • Safety: Manabu Kato
    • Setting Safety: Eiichi Takagi
    • Motion Capture Studio Staff
  • Sega Motion Capture Studio: Hans van Veenendaal, Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka
  • Visual Science Laboratory, Inc. Motion Capture Studio dynamo: Nobuyoshi Ono, Hiroshi Hirokawa, Hiroko Masuda
  • Sound: Wave Master Inc.
  • English Voice Over Recordings by: Webtone Productions
Greg Weber, Kim Weber, Steve Duell, Kevin Miller
  • Movie Cooperation: Equipment Inc.
Takeo Ihara, Yoshihiro Kanbe, Masato Inagaki, Sho Mutuura, Shuji Ota, Yuki Kamata, Toru Kanno, Yuki Akama
Sega Corporation
  • Marketing: Tadashi Takezaki, Satoshi Imai, Yoshitsugu Natsume, Toyohisa Hiwatari, Mitsuru Takahashi, Kazuhiro Asami, Junichiro Hirata, Takeshi Ohsaki, Ikuo Ishizuka
  • Public Relations: Yasushi Nagumo, Kouki Akiyama
  • Research: Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto, Yoriaki Toraiwa
  • Localization Support: Shinobu Shindo
  • Domestic License Coordinator: Toshiki Izawa, Junichiro Takahashi
Sega Logistics Service Co. Ltd.
  • Software Manual & Package Design: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Naohiko Iida, Kazuaki Jikuhara, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Tetsuya Honda, Satoru Ishigami
  • QA: Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyano, Yutaka Kawasaki, Takanobu Fukaya, Kazuhiko Morii, Chihiro Tanikawa
Sega of America Inc.
  • Executive Vice President: Shinobu Toyoda
  • Product Manager: Heather Hall
  • Senior Media Specialist: Terin Higgins
  • Creative Services Manager: Arianne McCarthy
  • Public Relations Manager: Bret Blount
  • Director of PD: Osamu Shibamiya
  • Localization Producer: Klayton Vorlick
  • Director of QA: Deborah Kirkham
  • Lead Tester: Demetrius Griffin
  • Release Manager: Andrei Belkin
Special Thanks


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Magazine articles

Main article: Nightshade/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
70 №15, p88[2]
Sony PlayStation 2
 70
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Edge (UK) PAL
60
[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
55
[4]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[5]
GMR (US) NTSC-U
70
[2]
Hyper (AU) PAL
65
[6]
PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK (UK) PAL
60
[7]
Play Games (DE) PAL
71
[8]
Play (US) NTSC-U
58
[9]
Surge (US) NTSC-U
60
[10]
Sony PlayStation 2
 65
Based on
9 reviews

Nightshade

PlayStation 2, US
Nightshade PS2 US Box.jpg
Cover
PlayStation 2, JP
Nightshade PS2 JP Box.jpg
Cover
Nightshade PS2 JP disc.jpg
Disc
PlayStation 2, UK
Nightshade PS2 EU Box.jpg
Cover
Nightshade PS2 EU Disc.jpg
Disc
PlayStation 2, FR

Nightshade PS2 EU Disc.jpg
Disc
PlayStation 2, DE

Nightshade PS2 EU Disc.jpg
Disc
PlayStation 2, ES

Nightshade PS2 EU Disc.jpg
Disc
PlayStation 2, IT

Nightshade PS2 EU Disc.jpg
Disc
PlayStation 2, KR
Kunoichi PS2 KR Box.jpg
Cover

External links

References

  1. ↑ Press release: 2004-02-10: SEGA UNLEASHES 'NIGHTSHADE' ON PLAYSTATION 2
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:GMR US 15.pdf, page 88 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GMR US 15.pdf_p88" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ Edge, "March 2004" (UK; 2004-02-19), page 103
  4. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 2004" (US; 2004-03-02), page 121
  5. ↑ GamePro, "April 2004" (US; 2004-03-02), page 75
  6. ↑ Hyper, "April 2004" (AU; 2004-03-03), page 58
  7. ↑ PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "March 2004" (UK; 2004-02-19), page 80
  8. ↑ Play Games, "02/2004: März-April" (DE; 2004-03-03), page 56
  9. ↑ Play, "March 2004" (US; 2004-xx-xx), page 61
  10. ↑ Surge, "Spring 2004" (US; 2004-04-13), page 120



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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