Difference between revisions of "Nightshade"

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'''Director:''' [[Masahide Kobayashi]]
 
'''Director:''' [[Masahide Kobayashi]]
 
{{creditsheader|'''Designers'''}}
 
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*'''Main/Character:''' Kazutaka Karashima
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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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*'''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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*'''Enemies:''' [[Keisuke Suzuki]], [[Shinji Motoyama]]
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*'''Cutscenes:''' Kenji Matsumura
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*'''Cutscenes:''' [[Kenji Matsumura]]
 
{{creditsheader|'''Programmers'''}}
 
{{creditsheader|'''Programmers'''}}
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*'''Main:''' Tsutomu Matsuo
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*'''Main:''' [[Tsutomu Matsuo]]
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*'''Maps:''' Atsushi Kobata, Takeshi Suzuki
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*'''Maps:''' [[Atsushi Kobata]], [[Takeshi Suzuki]]
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*'''Character (Player):''' Yoshiji Kosaka
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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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*'''Character (Enemy/Boss):''' [[Yuichi Ogawa]], [[Hiroyuki Eguchi]], [[Akira Suzumura]], [[Ryouichi Sakamaki]], [[Yoshiji Kosaka]], [[Motohiko Hayashi]], [[Mitsugu Hara]], [[Takeshi Suzuki]], [[Kenji Osawa]]
 
*'''Cutscenes:''' [[Mitsugu Hara]]
 
*'''Cutscenes:''' [[Mitsugu Hara]]
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*'''Interface:''' Motohiko Hayashi
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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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*'''Technical Support:''' [[Kazuhiro Matsuta]], [[Hideo Ikeuchi]], [[Tatsuhiro Oshii]], [[Hisao Koba]], [[Daisuke Sakai]], [[Fumihito Kondo]]
 
{{creditsheader|'''Artists'''}}
 
{{creditsheader|'''Artists'''}}
 
*'''Art Director:''' [[Koki Mogi]]
 
*'''Art Director:''' [[Koki Mogi]]
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*'''Lead Artist:''' Hirotaka Kanazawa
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*'''Lead Artist:''' [[Hirotaka Kanazawa]]
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*'''Character Concepts:''' Makoto Tsuchibayashi
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*'''Character Concepts:''' [[Makoto Tsuchibayashi]]
 
*'''Character Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]]
 
*'''Character Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]]
 
*'''Character Setup:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]
 
*'''Character Setup:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]
 
*'''Enemy Design:''' [[Nobuto Iwao]], [[Makiko Ishizuka]], [[Takashi Iida]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]
 
*'''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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*'''Map Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]], [[Masako Okuda]], [[Keiichi Kawase]], [[Nobuto Iwao]]
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*'''Lead Map Modeler:''' Hitoshi Fukazawa
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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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*'''Map Modelers:''' [[Tadashi Oomine]], [[Kayo Hoshina]], [[Tomoyoshi Matsumoto]], [[Naoyuki Takashima]], [[Yosuke Muto]], [[Yuki Kanayama]], [[Masako Okuda]], [[Keiichi Kawase]]
 
*'''Character Model/Lead Modeler:''' [[Makiko Ishizuka]]
 
*'''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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*'''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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*'''Character Animation/Lead Animator:''' [[Hisashi Tohyama]]
 
*'''Enemy Animation:''' [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]]
 
*'''Enemy Animation:''' [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]]
 
*'''Visual Effects/Lead Effects Artist:''' [[Yasushi Homma]]
 
*'''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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*'''Visual Effects:''' [[Sayaca Takahashi]], [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]]
 
*'''Lead Cutscene Artist:''' [[Takashi Iida]]
 
*'''Lead Cutscene Artist:''' [[Takashi Iida]]
 
*'''Cutscene Motion Artists:''' Shinji Kaneko, [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]], [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]]
 
*'''Cutscene Motion Artists:''' Shinji Kaneko, [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]], [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]]
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**'''Setting Safety:''' Eiichi Takagi
 
**'''Setting Safety:''' Eiichi Takagi
 
**'''Motion Capture Studio Staff'''
 
**'''Motion Capture Studio Staff'''
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*'''Sega Motion Capture Studio:''' [[Hans van Veenendaal]], Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka
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*'''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
 
*'''Visual Science Laboratory, Inc. Motion Capture Studio dynamo:''' Nobuyoshi Ono, Hiroshi Hirokawa, Hiroko Masuda
 
*'''Sound:''' Wave Master Inc.
 
*'''Sound:''' Wave Master Inc.
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**'''Sound Director:''' [[Masaru Setsumaru]]
 
**'''Sound Director:''' [[Masaru Setsumaru]]
 
*'''English Voice Over Recordings by:''' Webtone Productions
 
*'''English Voice Over Recordings by:''' Webtone Productions
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:[[Greg Weber]], Kim Weber, Steve Duell, Kevin Miller
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**[[Greg Weber]], Kim Weber, Steve Duell, Kevin Miller
 
*'''Movie Cooperation:''' Equipment Inc.
 
*'''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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**Takeo Ihara, Yoshihiro Kanbe, Masato Inagaki, Sho Mutuura, Shuji Ota, Yuki Kamata, Toru Kanno, Yuki Akama
 
{{creditsheader|'''Sega Corporation'''}}
 
{{creditsheader|'''Sega Corporation'''}}
 
*'''Marketing:''' [[Tadashi Takezaki]], Satoshi Imai, Yoshitsugu Natsume, Toyohisa Hiwatari, Mitsuru Takahashi, Kazuhiro Asami, Junichiro Hirata, Takeshi Ohsaki, Ikuo Ishizuka
 
*'''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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*'''Public Relations:''' [[Yasushi Nagumo]], [[Kouki Akiyama]]
 
*'''Research:''' Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto, Yoriaki Toraiwa
 
*'''Research:''' Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto, Yoriaki Toraiwa
 
*'''Localization Support:''' [[Shinobu Shindo]]
 
*'''Localization Support:''' [[Shinobu Shindo]]
 
*'''Domestic License Coordinator:''' Toshiki Izawa, Junichiro Takahashi
 
*'''Domestic License Coordinator:''' Toshiki Izawa, Junichiro Takahashi
 
{{creditsheader|'''Sega Logistics Service Co. Ltd.'''}}
 
{{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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*'''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
 
*'''QA:''' Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyano, Yutaka Kawasaki, Takanobu Fukaya, Kazuhiko Morii, Chihiro Tanikawa
 
{{creditsheader|'''Sega of America Inc.'''}}
 
{{creditsheader|'''Sega of America Inc.'''}}
 
*'''Executive Vice President:''' [[Shinobu Toyoda]]
 
*'''Executive Vice President:''' [[Shinobu Toyoda]]
 
*'''Product Manager:''' [[Heather Hall]]
 
*'''Product Manager:''' [[Heather Hall]]
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*'''Senior Media Specialist:''' Terin Higgins
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*'''Senior Media Specialist:''' [[Terin Higgins]]
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*'''Creative Services Manager:''' Arianne McCarthy
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*'''Creative Services Manager:''' [[Arianne McCarthy]]
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*'''Public Relations Manager:''' Bret Blount
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*'''Public Relations Manager:''' [[Bret Blount]]
 
*'''Director of PD:''' [[Osamu Shibamiya]]
 
*'''Director of PD:''' [[Osamu Shibamiya]]
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*'''Localization Producer:''' Klayton Vorlick
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*'''Localization Producer:''' [[Klayton Vorlick]]
 
*'''Director of QA:''' Deborah Kirkham
 
*'''Director of QA:''' Deborah Kirkham
 
*'''Lead Tester:''' Demetrius Griffin
 
*'''Lead Tester:''' Demetrius Griffin
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*'''Release Manager:''' Andrei Belkin
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*'''Release Manager:''' [[Andrei Belkin]]
 
{{creditsheader|'''Special Thanks'''}}
 
{{creditsheader|'''Special Thanks'''}}
 
*'''Sega WOW:''' [[Atsushi Seimiya]], [[Tomoyuki Ito]], [[Akira Nishino]], [[Tohru Yosida]], [[Yoshiaki Endo]], [[Toru Shimizu]], [[Hirabayashi Takao]], [[Satoshi Arai]]
 
*'''Sega WOW:''' [[Atsushi Seimiya]], [[Tomoyuki Ito]], [[Akira Nishino]], [[Tohru Yosida]], [[Yoshiaki Endo]], [[Toru Shimizu]], [[Hirabayashi Takao]], [[Satoshi Arai]]

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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)[2] SLPM-65447
Sony PlayStation 2
US 		$49.9549.95[1] SLUS-20810
Sony PlayStation 2
EU 		SLES-52238
Sony PlayStation 2
IT
Sony PlayStation 2
KR

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
Programmers
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
  • 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.
Sega of America Inc.
Special Thanks


Sofdec, ADX

© Sega WOW/Sega, 2003

Magazine articles

Main article: Nightshade/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
70 №15, p88[4]
Sony PlayStation 2
 70
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Edge (UK) PAL
60
[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
55
[6]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[7]
GMR (US) NTSC-U
70
[4]
Hyper (AU) PAL
65
[8]
PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK (UK) PAL
60
[9]
Play Games (DE) PAL
71
[10]
Play (US) NTSC-U
58
[11]
Surge (US) NTSC-U
60
[12]
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

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PlayStation 2
  • Nightshade on PlayStation.com: JP, US, KR

References

  1. ↑ Press release: 2004-02-10: SEGA UNLEASHES 'NIGHTSHADE' ON PLAYSTATION 2
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm65447.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-04-27 17:19)
  3. ↑ http://archive.is/zyc4x
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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
  5. ↑ Edge, "March 2004" (UK; 2004-02-19), page 103
  6. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 2004" (US; 2004-03-02), page 121
  7. ↑ GamePro, "April 2004" (US; 2004-03-02), page 75
  8. ↑ Hyper, "April 2004" (AU; 2004-03-03), page 58
  9. ↑ PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "March 2004" (UK; 2004-02-19), page 80
  10. ↑ Play Games, "02/2004: März-April" (DE; 2004-03-03), page 56
  11. ↑ Play, "March 2004" (US; 2004-xx-xx), page 61
  12. ↑ 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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