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The GG Shinobi

System(s): Sega Game Gear, Palm OS, Virtual Console

Publisher: Sega

Developer:

Sega CS

M2^[1]

Genre: Action^[2]^[3]^[4]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-04-26^[4]	¥3,8003,800	G-3302
US	1991-06^[5]	$39.9539.95^[6]	2402
EU	1991-07^[7]		2402
UK	1991-07^[7]	£24.9924.99^[8]^[7]	2402
BR	199x		012110
US	2003-04-14^[9]	$19.9519.95
JP ▼	2012-03-14^[10]	¥286 (300)286 (300)^[10]
US ▼	2012-03-15^[11]	$3.993.99^[11]
EU ▼	2012-03-29^[12]	€4.004.00^[13]
DE ▼	2012-03-29^[15]	€4.004.00^[13]
UK ▼	2012-03-29^[14]	£3.603.60^[13]
AU ▼	2012

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The GG Shinobi (ＴｈｅＧＧ忍), also referred to simply as Shinobi on western game covers, is an entry to the Shinobi series. Released exclusively on the Sega Game Gear in 1991, it sees the player rescue different coloured Shinobi characters, each completely playable with their own special skills.

The GG Shinobi was followed by Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (The GG Shinobi II in Japan), another exclusive Game Gear game.

Gameplay

Characters

The Red Ninja is initially available, but the others must be unlocked by completing stages.

	Red Ninja
	Main Weapon: Short-ranged, 180-degree sword slash towards the front. Special Technique: None Ninjutsu: Earthquake. Damages all enemies on the screen and destroys cracked boulders.
	Blue Ninja
	Main Weapon: Manriki-kusari. Blade with a long chain. Powerful and has better range. Special Technique: Can use his weapon to swing from grappling points. Ninjutsu: Tatsumaki. Turns into a whirlwind and flies around the screen. Can be controlled. Use it to reach high places. Also damages enemies it touches while flying.
	Yellow Ninja
	Main Weapon: Chi blasts. Medium-range weak projectiles fired from hands. Holding the attack button allow firing a more powerful blast. Special Technique: Walking over water. Ninjutsu: Ikazuchi. Creates a lightning barrier that protects the user from damage until it takes enough damage or disappears.
	Pink Ninja
	Main Weapon: Short-ranged but powerful bombs. Special Technique: Can walk on ceilings. Ninjutsu: Flash. Creates a blinding light that stuns the enemies and illuminates dark areas.
	Green Ninja
	Main Weapons: Shurikens, long range but weak power. Special Technique: Double Jump. Pressing attack button during double jump fires 5 shurikens towards the ground, similar to the special attack in Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi III. Ninjutsu: Mijin. Creates a powerful blast that will kill all enemies on the screen and cause heavy damage to bosses. Costs one life.

Rounds

The first four rounds are available immediately and can be played in any order. Each of them unlocks a different ninja as a playable character once completed, and Neo City is unlocked once they have all been completed. Some of the rounds contain obstacles and hazards that are trivialized by a ninja's abilities, so there is an element of strategy in selecting the optimal order in which to play the rounds. Additionally, each of the initial four rounds contains a Power-Up item, which permanently extends the player's hit point gauge by two points, and some of them can only be accessed by certain ninjas.

	Highway
	Unlocks the Pink Ninja upon completion.
	Harbor
	Unlocks the Yellow Ninja upon completion.
	Valley
	Unlocks the Blue Ninja upon completion.
	Woodland
	Unlocks the Green Ninja upon completion.
	Neo City
	Unlocked once the other four rounds are completed.
	Final Boss

History

Legacy

The game was later re-released as one of the four games pre-installed on the red model Game Gear Micro.

Production credits

Planning: The Hase, K.O.B.
Program: Lunarian SG, Yuichi.M
Artwork: Kudor-Yo, 7July Big King
Sound: Yuzo Koshiro
Sound Management: TN
Special Thanks: LLG, Asohy, B.Back Stage
Presented by: Sega

One of these aliases is Yukio Futatsugi

Magazine articles

Main article: The GG Shinobi/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-05: "May 1991" (1991-04-08)
also published in:

Mega Drive Fan (JP) #16: "May 1991" (1991-04-08)^[16]

Print advert in Pixel (GR) #96: "Fevrouários 1993" (1993-0x-xx)

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

ACE (UK)

70

^[17]

Ação Games (BR)

92

^[18]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

83

^[19]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[20]

Consoles + (FR)

91

^[21]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

84

^[22]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

94

^[23]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

92

^[24]

Excalibur (CZ)

88

^[25]

Game Mania (UK)

90

^[26]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

96

^[6]

Gamers (DE)

73

^[27]

Games-X (UK)

78

^[28]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[29]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

92

^[30]

Joystick (FR)

97

^[31]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

72

^[32]

Mean Machines (UK)

90

^[33]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

91

^[34]

Power Play (DE)

83

^[35]

Raze (UK)

82

^[36]

Sega Power (UK)

73

^[37]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

100

^[38]

Sega Pro (UK)

79

^[39]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

93

^[40]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

84

^[41]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

76

^[42]

User (GR)

PAL

92

^[43]

Video Games (DE)

84

^[44]

Zero (UK)

90

^[45]

	85
Based on 30 reviews

The GG Shinobi

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	83926bd1
MD5	21d2e4e7c508e6abbb12bb96c7aac868
SHA-1	c5e1c2329f94f0804140792a3e3d5be2ac0d5d0d

256kB

Cartridge (JP)

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CRC32	6201c694
MD5	48d741774004eab9c19c1dd43758bf2b
SHA-1	cd57301d16202ea02d9f97bd8b17d71772782c94

256kB

Cartridge

External links

Sega of Japan 3DS VC catalogue pages: Game Gear
Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, US, UK, AU

References

The GG Shinobi
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Maps \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Reception No results

Games in the Shinobi series
	Shinobi (1987) \| Shadow Dancer (1989)
	Shinobi (1988) \| The Cyber Shinobi (1990) \| Shadow Dancer (1991)
	Shinobi (1989)
	The Revenge of Shinobi (1989) \| Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (1990) \| Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (1993)
	The GG Shinobi (1991) \| The GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (1992)
	Shinobi Legions (1995)
	The Revenge of Shinobi (2002)
	Shinobi (2002) \| Nightshade (2003)
	Shinobi 3D (2011) \| 3D Shinobi III (2013)
	Sega Ages Shinobi (2019)
Shinobi related media
	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)
	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)

[https:.2F.2Fwww.mtwo.co.jp.2Fdevelopment.2Fretrogame-2.2F.23tab-4-1] ttps://www.mtwo.co.jp/development/retrogame-2/#tab-4

[:File:GGShinobi_GG_EU_Box_Back.jpg_p-2] File:GGShinobi GG EU Box Back.jpg

[:File:GGShinobi_GG_JP_Box_Front.jpg_p-3] File:GGShinobi GG JP Box Front.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20181207045745.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fgamegear.2Fsoftware.html-4] 4.0 ^4.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/gamegear/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-12-07 04:57)

[:File:EGM_US_023.pdf_p27-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 27

[:File:GamePro_US_026.pdf_p46-6] 6.0 ^6.1 GamePro, "September 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:SegaPower_UK_20.pdf_p20-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Sega Power, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-06), page 20

[:File:CVG_UK_116.pdf_p97-8] Computer & Video Games, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-15), page 97

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20030417044727.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega.com.2Fpalm.2Fpurchase.2Fbuy_select_shinobi.jhtml-9] ttp://www.sega.com/palm/purchase/buy_select_shinobi.jhtml (Wayback Machine: 2003-04-17 04:47)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20171029065835.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fvc.sega.jp.2F3ds.2Fggshinobi.2F-10] 10.0 ^10.1 http://vc.sega.jp/3ds/ggshinobi/ (Wayback Machine: 2017-10-29 06:58)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20120309021740.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com:80.2Fgames.2Fdetail.2Fus4h9rLO3WTM2ZjsLYfadJ_OielVrsMW-11] 11.0 ^11.1 http://www.nintendo.com:80/games/detail/us4h9rLO3WTM2ZjsLYfadJ_OielVrsMW (Wayback Machine: 2012-03-09 02:17)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FOQciu-12] ttp://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Console-virtuelle-Nintendo-3DS-/Shinobi--275825.html (archive.today)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20170704151329.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendolife.com.2Fgames.2Fgamegear.2Fshinobi-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/gamegear/shinobi (Wayback Machine: 2017-07-04 15:13)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2F2QPvj-14] ttps://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Nintendo-3DS-/Shinobi--275825.html (archive.today)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FG5p4n-15] ttps://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Virtual-Console-Nintendo-3DS-/Shinobi--275825.html (archive.today)

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-05.pdf_p140-16] Mega Drive Fan, "May 1991" (JP; 1991-04-08), page 140

[:File:ACE_UK_47.pdf_p73-17] ACE, "August 1991" (UK; 1991-07-08), page 73

[:File:AcaoGames_BR_005.pdf_p53-18] Ação Games, "Setembro 1991" (BR; 1991-09-xx), page 53

[:File:ASM_DE_1991-09.pdf_p122-19] Aktueller Software Markt, "August/September 1991" (DE; 1991-07-26), page 122

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-05.pdf_p28-20] Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1991" (JP; 1991-04-08), page 28

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_000.pdf_p117-21] Consoles +, "Tilt Hors-Serie" (FR; 1991-07-xx), page 117

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p149-22] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 149

[:File:CVG_UK_116.pdf_p102-23] Computer & Video Games, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-15), page 102

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p169-24] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 169

[:File:Excalibur_CZ_17.pdf_p14-25] Excalibur, "" (CZ; 1993-05-10), page 14

[:File:GameMania_UK_05.pdf_p70-26] Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 70

[:File:Gamers_DE_1992-01.pdf_p35-27] Gamers, "Februar/März 1992" (DE; 1992-xx-xx), page 35

[:File:GamesX_UK_08.pdf_p35-28] Games-X, "14th-20th June 1991" (UK; 1991-06-14), page 35

[29] Hippon Super, "May 1991" (JP; 1991-04-04), page 43

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_001.pdf_p56-30] Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1991" (ES; 1991-xx-xx), page 56

[:File:Joystick_FR_017.pdf_p124-31] Joystick, "Juin 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 124

[:File:Micromania2_ES_043.pdf_p80-32] Micromanía (segunda época), "Diciembre 1991" (ES; 1991-1x-xx), page 80

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_10.pdf_p58-33] Mean Machines, "July 1991" (UK; 1991-06-29), page 58

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p143-34] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 143

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-08.pdf_p122-35] Power Play, "8/91" (DE; 1991-07-1x), page 122

[:File:Raze_UK_11.pdf_p44-36] Raze, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-07-25), page 44

[:File:SegaPower_UK_22.pdf_p12-37] Sega Power, "September 1991" (UK; 1991-08-01), page 12

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p61-38] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 61

[:File:SegaPro_UK_06.pdf_p28-39] Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 28

[:File:SegaPro_UK_13.pdf_p27-40] Sega Pro, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-08), page 27

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p74-41] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 74

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p88-42] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88

[:File:User_GR_22.pdf_p86-43] User, "Mártios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 86

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1991-03.pdf_p80-44] Video Games, "3/91" (DE; 1991-09-06), page 80

[:File:Zero_UK_22.pdf_p71-45] Zero, "August 1991" (UK; 1991-0x-xx), page 71

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+The first four rounds are available immediately and can be played in any order. Each of them unlocks a different ninja as a playable character once completed, and Neo City is unlocked once they have all been completed. Some of the rounds contain obstacles and hazards that are trivialized by a ninja's abilities, so there is an element of strategy in selecting the optimal order in which to play the rounds. Additionally, each of the initial four rounds contains a Power-Up item, which permanently extends the player's hit point gauge by two points, and some of them can only be accessed by certain ninjas.
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Games in the Shinobi series
	Shinobi (1987) \| Shadow Dancer (1989)
	Shinobi (1988) \| The Cyber Shinobi (1990) \| Shadow Dancer (1991)
	Shinobi (1989)
	The Revenge of Shinobi (1989) \| Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi (1990) \| Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (1993)
	The GG Shinobi (1991) \| The GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (1992)
	Shinobi Legions (1995)
	The Revenge of Shinobi (2002)
	Shinobi (2002) \| Nightshade (2003)
	Shinobi 3D (2011) \| 3D Shinobi III (2013)
	Sega Ages Shinobi (2019)
Shinobi related media
	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)
	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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Contents

Gameplay

Characters

Rounds

History

Legacy

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References