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**'''Agent:''' I.Cross
 
**'''Agent:''' I.Cross
 
*'''Director:''' [[Masahide Kobayashi]]
 
*'''Director:''' [[Masahide Kobayashi]]
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{{creditsheader|Designers}}
 
*'''Main/Character:''' [[Kazutaka Karashima]]
 
*'''Main/Character:''' [[Kazutaka Karashima]]
 
*'''Maps:''' [[Kaichi Satoh]], [[Takanobu Yoshino]], [[Takumi Kataoka]], [[Jin Kobayashi]], [[Masayuki Inoue]], [[Shinichirou Inoue]]
 
*'''Maps:''' [[Kaichi Satoh]], [[Takanobu Yoshino]], [[Takumi Kataoka]], [[Jin Kobayashi]], [[Masayuki Inoue]], [[Shinichirou Inoue]]
 
*'''Enemies:''' [[Keisuke Suzuki]], [[Shinji Motoyama]]
 
*'''Enemies:''' [[Keisuke Suzuki]], [[Shinji Motoyama]]
 
*'''Cutscenes:''' [[Kenji Matsumura]]
 
*'''Cutscenes:''' [[Kenji Matsumura]]
{{creditsheader|'''Programmers'''}}
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{{creditsheader|Programmers}}
 
*'''Main:''' [[Tsutomu Matsuo]]
 
*'''Main:''' [[Tsutomu Matsuo]]
 
*'''Maps:''' [[Atsushi Kobata]], [[Takeshi Suzuki]]
 
*'''Maps:''' [[Atsushi Kobata]], [[Takeshi Suzuki]]
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*'''Interface:''' [[Motohiko Hayashi]]
 
*'''Interface:''' [[Motohiko Hayashi]]
 
*'''Technical Support:''' [[Kazuhiro Matsuta]], [[Hideo Ikeuchi]], [[Tatsuhiro Oshii]], [[Hisao Koba]], [[Daisuke Sakai]], [[Fumihito Kondo]]
 
*'''Technical Support:''' [[Kazuhiro Matsuta]], [[Hideo Ikeuchi]], [[Tatsuhiro Oshii]], [[Hisao Koba]], [[Daisuke Sakai]], [[Fumihito Kondo]]
{{creditsheader|'''Artists'''}}
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*'''Art Director:''' [[Koki Mogi]]
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*'''Art Director:''' [[Kouki Mogi|Koki Mogi]]
 
*'''Lead Artist:''' [[Hirotaka Kanazawa]]
 
*'''Lead Artist:''' [[Hirotaka Kanazawa]]
 
*'''Character Concepts:''' [[Makoto Tsuchibayashi]]
 
*'''Character Concepts:''' [[Makoto Tsuchibayashi]]
*'''Character Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]]
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*'''Character Design:''' [[Kouki Mogi|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]]
*'''Map Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]], [[Masako Okuda]], [[Keiichi Kawase]], [[Nobuto Iwao]]
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*'''Map Design:''' [[Kouki Mogi|Koki Mogi]], [[Masako Okuda]], [[Keiichi Kawase]], [[Nobuto Iwao]]
 
*'''Lead Map Modeler:''' [[Hitoshi Fukazawa]]
 
*'''Lead Map Modeler:''' [[Hitoshi Fukazawa]]
 
*'''Map Modelers:''' [[Tadashi Oomine]], [[Kayo Hoshina]], [[Tomoyoshi Matsumoto]], [[Naoyuki Takashima]], [[Yosuke Muto]], [[Yuki Kanayama]], [[Masako Okuda]], [[Keiichi Kawase]]
 
*'''Map Modelers:''' [[Tadashi Oomine]], [[Kayo Hoshina]], [[Tomoyoshi Matsumoto]], [[Naoyuki Takashima]], [[Yosuke Muto]], [[Yuki Kanayama]], [[Masako Okuda]], [[Keiichi Kawase]]
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*'''Cutscene Effects Artists:''' [[Yasushi Homma]], [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]]
 
*'''Cutscene Effects Artists:''' [[Yasushi Homma]], [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]]
 
*'''Main Visuals/2D System Design:''' Asako Yamazaki
 
*'''Main Visuals/2D System Design:''' Asako Yamazaki
{{creditsheader|'''CG Movies'''}}
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*'''Movie Director:''' Tamotsu Kushibe
 
*'''Movie Director:''' Tamotsu Kushibe
 
*'''Movie Leader:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]
 
*'''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 Artist:''' Satoshi Tomatsu, Mamoru Ota, Masaya Shiraishi, Hidenosuke Abe, Takeshi Matsuura, Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta, Takeshi Inaba, [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]
 
*'''CG Character Modeler:''' Hiroaki Ichikawa
 
*'''CG Character Modeler:''' Hiroaki Ichikawa
*'''Script (Cooperation):''' Katsuhito Gotoh, Shunsuke Ozawa, Kazutaka Karashima, Naoki Shimada, [[Koki Mogi]], [[Masahide Kobayashi]]
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*'''Script (Cooperation):''' Katsuhito Gotoh, Shunsuke Ozawa, Kazutaka Karashima, Naoki Shimada, [[Kouki Mogi|Koki Mogi]], [[Masahide Kobayashi]]
 
*'''Cutscene Storyboarding:''' Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta
 
*'''Cutscene Storyboarding:''' Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta
 
*'''Web Support:''' [[Masakatu Watanabe]]
 
*'''Web Support:''' [[Masakatu Watanabe]]
{{creditsheader|'''Motion Capture Staff'''}}
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{{creditsheader|Motion Capture Staff}}
 
*'''Japan Action Enterprise Co. Ltd.'''
 
*'''Japan Action Enterprise Co. Ltd.'''
 
**'''Action Director:''' Yuta Morokaji
 
**'''Action Director:''' Yuta Morokaji
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*'''Sega Motion Capture Studio:''' [[Hans van Veenendaal]], [[Takeo Iwata]], [[Hiroshi Tanaka]]
 
*'''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.
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*'''Sound:''' [[Wave Master|Wave Master Inc.]]
 
**'''BGM:''' [[Fumie Kumatani]], [[Tomonori Sawada]], [[Keiichi Sugiyama]], [[Yutaka Minobe]]
 
**'''BGM:''' [[Fumie Kumatani]], [[Tomonori Sawada]], [[Keiichi Sugiyama]], [[Yutaka Minobe]]
 
**'''S.E.:''' [[Junko Shiratsu]]
 
**'''S.E.:''' [[Junko Shiratsu]]
 
**'''Sound Director:''' [[Masaru Setsumaru]]
 
**'''Sound Director:''' [[Masaru Setsumaru]]
 
*'''English Voice Over Recordings by:''' [[Webtone Productions]]
 
*'''English Voice Over Recordings by:''' [[Webtone Productions]]
**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.
**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'''}}
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{{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]]
 
*'''Public Relations:''' [[Yasushi Nagumo]], [[Kouki Akiyama]]
 
*'''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
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*'''Domestic License Coordinator:''' [[Toshiki Izawa]], Junichiro Takahashi
{{creditsheader|'''Sega Logistics Service Co. Ltd.'''}}
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{{creditsheader|Sega Logistics Service Co. Ltd.}}
 
*'''Software Manual & Package Design:''' [[Yoshihiro Sakuta]], [[Naohiko Iida]], [[Kazuaki Jikuhara]], [[Hisakazu Nakagawa]], [[Tetsuya Honda]], [[Satoru Ishigami]]
 
*'''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
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*'''QA:''' [[Junichi Shimizu]], [[Akira Nishikawa]], [[Hiroyuki Miyano]], Yutaka Kawasaki, Takanobu Fukaya, [[Kazuhiko Morii]], Chihiro Tanikawa
{{creditsheader|'''Sega of America Inc.'''}}
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{{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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*'''Localization Producer:''' [[Klayton Vorlick]]
 
*'''Localization Producer:''' [[Klayton Vorlick]]
 
*'''Director of QA:''' Deborah Kirkham
 
*'''Director of QA:''' Deborah Kirkham
*'''Lead Tester:''' Demetrius Griffin
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*'''Lead Tester:''' [[Demetrius Griffin]]
 
*'''Release Manager:''' [[Andrei Belkin]]
 
*'''Release Manager:''' [[Andrei Belkin]]
{{creditsheader|'''Special Thanks'''}}
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{{creditsheader|Special Thanks}}
*'''Sega WOW:''' [[Atsushi Seimiya]], [[Tomoyuki Ito]], [[Akira Nishino]], [[Tohru Yosida]], [[Yoshiaki Endo]], [[Toru Shimizu]], [[Takao Hirabayashi]], [[Satoshi Arai]]
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*'''Sega WOW:''' [[Atsushi Seimiya]], [[Tomoyuki Ito]], [[Akira Nishino]], [[Tohru Yosida]], [[Yoshiaki Endo]], Toru Shimizu, [[Takao Hirabayashi]], [[Satoshi Arai]]
 
*'''Sega of America Inc.:''' [[Lori Von Rueden]], [[Noah Musler]]
 
*'''Sega of America Inc.:''' [[Lori Von Rueden]], [[Noah Musler]]
 
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*'''Senior Director:''' [[Masahiro Kumono]]
 
*'''Senior Director:''' [[Masahiro Kumono]]
 
*'''Producer:''' [[Ryutaro Nonaka]]
 
*'''Producer:''' [[Ryutaro Nonaka]]
*'''Executive Producer:''' [[Rikiya Nakagawa]], [[Noriyoshi Ohba]]
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*'''Executive Producer:''' [[Rikiya Nakagawa]], [[Noriyoshi Oba|Noriyoshi Ohba]]
:[[Sofdec]], [[ADX]]
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:'''[[Sofdec]], [[ADX]]'''
 
*'''Created by:''' [[Sega WOW]]
 
*'''Created by:''' [[Sega WOW]]
 
*'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]
 
*'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]
'''© 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)[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
SLKA-25135

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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
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
    • : 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
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
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Cover
PlayStation 2, JP
Nightshade PS2 JP Box.jpg
Cover
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Disc
PlayStation 2, UK
Nightshade PS2 EU Box.jpg
Cover
Nightshade PS2 EU Disc.jpg
Disc
PlayStation 2, FR

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Disc
PlayStation 2, DE

Nightshade PS2 EU Disc.jpg
Disc
PlayStation 2, ES

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Disc
PlayStation 2, IT

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Disc
PlayStation 2, KR
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sony PlayStation 2
 ?
CRC32 e0c4b394
MD5 7eddfafb87854f4cdf4eb7966028f066
SHA-1 88b253912cba901ebf6e3f1db9bccc220ff8ecb0
3,841,753,088 DVD-ROM (EU) SLES-52238 (V1.01)
Sony PlayStation 2
CRC32 59f41eb8
MD5 930dd47a41a6d97880689324df5bbf17
SHA-1 855c957ef3deec395f8a388d054e9222d0463575
3,839,197,184 DVD-ROM (JP) SLPM-65447 (V1.00)
Sony PlayStation 2
 ?
CRC32 38db56db
MD5 05e5c0cb1c220755b698fd3c8fa46c44
SHA-1 3611c836e58d10766bfa9bc5f89171002f1e8562
3,843,686,400 DVD-ROM (KR) SLKA-25135 (V1.00)
Sony PlayStation 2
 ?
CRC32 164fab00
MD5 c6159439183cc96b92de14bfb328a08d
SHA-1 c5ba6b349c6403d60bbeddabe4e100a5d844611d
3,844,898,816 DVD-ROM (US) SLUS-20810 (V1.00)

External links

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

References


Nightshade

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Main page | Comparisons | Credits | Magazine articles | Reception


Books: Kunoichi Koushiki Guide Book (2003) | Kunoichi Perfect Guide (2004)
Music: Kunoichi Original Soundtrack (2014)
Sony PlayStation 2
Demos: Kunoichi Taikenban (2003)

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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
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)