Shinobi (2002)

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Shinobi
System(s): PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Distributor: Sony Computer Entertainment (Europe)
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sony PlayStation 2
JP
¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140)[2] SLPM-65200
Sony PlayStation 2
JP
(The Best)
¥3,000 (3,150)3,000 (3,150)[3] SLPM-74415
CERO: 15
Sony PlayStation 2
US
$49.9549.95[1] SLUS-20459
ESRB: Mature 17+
Sony PlayStation 2
EU
(Promo)
SCES-51428
Sony PlayStation 2
DE
SCES-51428
USK: 12
Sony PlayStation 2
FR
SCES-51428
PEGI: 12+
Sony PlayStation 2
UK
SCES-51428
ELSPA: 15+ OK
Sony PlayStation 2
FI
SCES-51428
VET: 15+
Sony PlayStation 2
IT
SCES-51428
ELSPA: 15+ OK
Sony PlayStation 2
AU
SCES-51428
OFLC: MA15
Sony PlayStation 2
AU
(Special Edition)
OFLC: MA15
Sony PlayStation 2
KR
₩49,00049,000[4]
KMRB: 18
Sony PlayStation 2
AS
Sony PlayStation 3
US
$9.999.99[5] NPUD-20459
ESRB: Mature 17+
Sony PlayStation 3
EU
€9.999.99[6] NPED-00035
PEGI: 16+
Sony PlayStation 3
DE
€9.999.99[7] NPED-00035
USK: 16
Sony PlayStation 3
UK
£7.997.99[8] NPED-00035
PEGI: 16+
Sony PlayStation 3
AU
$14.9514.95[9] NPED-00035
OFLC: Mature Accompanied (MA 15+)
Sony PlayStation 3
KR
₩11,20011,200[10] NPHD-00007
GRB: 18

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Shinobi (忍) is an entry to the Shinobi series, though is unrelated to the 1987 Sega System 16 release of Shinobi. It was developed by Overworks and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2 in 2002.

The game was originally planned for the Sega Dreamcast, though development was moved to the PlayStation 2 after Sega moved out of the hardware business. It was followed by a sequel known as Nightshade.

Production credits

  • English Voice Cast
    • Hotsuma: Jordan Rosa
    • Moritsune: Casey Robertson
    • Ageha: Irene Trapp
    • Hiruko Ubusuna (old): Roger Labon Jackson
    • Hiruko Ubusuna (young): Errin Clark
    • Kagari Ubusuna: Theresa Lubeley
    • Also Starring: Kevin Miller, Terence McGovern, Gary Martinez, Charles Martinet
  • Director: Kouichi Nomura
Planners
  • Main/Enemy: Takao Hirabayashi
  • Event: Keisuke Suzuki
  • Main/Chracter/System: Kazutaka Karashima
  • Map: Kaichi Satoh, Keisuke Fukuzaki
Programmers
  • Main/System: Kouichi Nomura
  • Map (Camera/Collision): Tsutomu Matsuo
  • Map (Gimmick/Effect): Atsushi Kobata
  • Event: Tatsuhiro Oshii
  • Character/Enemy/Boss: Shigeharu Yoshikawa, Takahiro Sekiguchi, Osamu Satou, Yuichi Ogawa, Kenji Osawa, Yoshiji Kosaka
  • Technical Support: Kazuhiro Matsuta, Takayuki Kudou, Hideo Ikeuchi
Artists
  • Main/System 2D Design: Hirotaka Kanazawa
  • Character Design/Main Visual: Makoto Tsuchibayashi
  • Character Model: Satoshi Arai
  • Character Setup: Tamotsu Kushibe
  • Map Design Leader: Haruo Nakano
  • Map Design: Keiichi Kawase, Hiroshi Nishio
  • Map Model: Makiko Kubo, Yuko Komuro, Yosuke Muto, Tomoyoshi Matsumoto, Yuki Kanayama, Kayo Hoshina, Naoyuki Takashima, Atsuko Moroe, Tadashi Oomine, Rie Aoki
  • Enemy Design Leader: Hitoshi Fukazawa
  • Enemy Design: Nobuto Iwao
  • Enemy Model: Takashi Iida, Makiko Ishizuka, Tetsuya Oguri, Hirotaka Kawai
  • Animation Leader/Character Animation: Hisashi Tohyama
  • Animation: Hiroko Ihara, Sachiko Kanemitsu, Tsunemasa Endo, Makoto Shimizu, Keiichi Kizu, Yoshiaki Ide, Daisuke Nakayama
  • Effect Design Leader: Yasushi Honma
  • Effect: Tsukasa Mori, Sayaca Takahashi
  • Event Leader (Effect): Satoshi Arai
  • Event Motion: Takashi Iida
CG Movies
  • Movie Director: Takeshi Matsuura
  • Movie Leader: Tamotsu Kushibe
  • CG Artists: Satoshi Tomatsu, Kiminori Kusano, Daisuke Kobayashi, Takanori Daito, Koukichi Takahashi, Isao Murata, Koji Kubo
  • Event Illustration: Makoto Tsuchibayashi
  • SCRIPT (Cooperation): Shunsuke Ozawa, Kazutaka Karashima, Toru Shimizu
  • Storyboarding: Naozumi Yamaguchi, Masahiro Kumono
  • Movie Cooperation: POLYGON PICTURES Inc., PolyAssets United Inc., Pixel Play Studio
Motion Capture StaffJapan Action Enterprise Co.LTD.
  • Action Director: Yuuta Morokaji
  • Motion Capture Actor: Kazuki Tsujimoto, Tetsuya Aoki, Mako Shimizu, Taketo Nakamura, Risa Kobayashi
Motion Capture Studio Staff
  • Visual Science Laboratory, Inc.: Nobuyoshi Ono
  • Motion Capture Studio dynamo: Hiroshi Hirokawa, Hiroki Minami, Keisuke Maruyama
  • SEGA-AM2 Co.LTD. - Motion Capture Studio: Hans van Veenendaal, Takeo Iwata, Hideaki Fukai, Katsuhiro Fujita
English Voice Recording Staff
  • Webtone Productions: Greg Weber, Errin Clark, Steven Duell, Kevin Miller, Kim Weber
  • COO Sega Europe: Naoya Tsurumi
  • Director of Product Development: Kats Sato
  • Producer: Peter O'Brien
  • Assistant Producer: Alison Lau
  • Senior Producer: Matt O'Driscoll
  • Technical Producer: Elliott Martin
  • Commercial Manager: Mark Horneff
  • Sega Europe QA: Chris Geiles, Darnis Sadeghain, David Smith, Marcus Joseph, Paul Joseph, Roy Boatang
© Overworks/Sega, 2002
Source:
In-game credits [11]


SEGA of America Inc.
SEGA CORPORATION (Sega Of Japan)
  • English Voice Cast:
    • Hotsuma: Jordan Rosa
    • Moritsune: Casey Robertson
    • Ageha: Irene Trapp
    • Hiruko Ubusuna (old): Roger Jackson
    • Hiruko Ubusuna (young): Erin Clark
    • Kagari Ubusuna: Theresa Lubeley
    • Also Starring: Kevin Miller, Terry McGovern, Gary Martinez, Charles Martinet
  • Japanese Voice Cast:
    • Hotsuma: Daisuke Kishio
    • Moritsune: Toshiyuki Morikawa
    • Ageha: Kayo Deguchi
    • Hiruko Ubusuna (old): Kan Tokumaru
    • Hiruko Ubusuna (young): Wataru Takagi
    • Kagari Ubusuna: Kumi Sakuma
    • Also Starring: Tomomichi Nishimura, Takashi Nagasako, Tetsuo Mizutori, Osamu Hosoi, Masahiro Okazaki, Sayaka Aida, Kohsuke Toriumi, Chieko Sasai, Sayori Ishizuka, Michihiko Hagi
  • Special Thanks:
Source:
US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Shinobi (2002)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Dorimaga (JP) #2003-02: "2003-02 (2003-01-31)" (2003-01-17)
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Artwork

Physical scans

PlayStation 2, US
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Cover
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Disc
PlayStation 2, JP
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Cover
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Disc
PlayStation 2, JP (The Best)
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Cover
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Disc
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Promotion disc
PlayStation 2, CN
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Cover
PlayStation 2, AU
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Cover
PlayStation 2, AU
(Special Edition)
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Cover
PlayStation 2, EU (Promo)

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Disc
PlayStation 2, NL/DE/IT/FR
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Cover
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Disc
PlayStation 2, UK
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Cover
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Disc
PlayStation 2, FR
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Cover
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Disc
PlayStation 2, DE
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Cover
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Disc
PlayStation 2, ES
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Cover
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Disc
PlayStation 2, ES (Display)
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Cover
PlayStation 2, IT
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Cover
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Disc
PlayStation 2, SE/DK/FI/NO
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Cover
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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 2d1ce57b
MD5 c8bfdd67b7fed46c53a07f2ad1b97ccf
SHA-1 f4a937c91b6302d6833cdb676ef03d058da2c7d2
1,667,432,448 DVD-ROM (EU) SCES-51428 (V1.00)
Sony PlayStation 2
CRC32 3bafe6de
MD5 ba8652ab36d7a88e480ba1f5e6ffb69d
SHA-1 250a349ae4a932ddaf258c424c8471796b096193
1,254,391,808 DVD-ROM (JP) SLPM-65200 / SLPM-74415 (V1.01)
Sony PlayStation 2
 ?
CRC32 0ce7efc0
MD5 1f3cd260e7e083d3e4c9269b9e3469cd
SHA-1 b85b953f0c2dce5cf49eb5fa588c6d1aac08aa04
1,303,281,664 DVD-ROM (US) SLUS-20459 (V1.00)

External links

References


Shinobi (2002)

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Main page | Comparisons | Credits | Development | Magazine articles | Reception


Books: Prima's Official Strategy Guide: Shinobi (2002) | Shinobi: The Rise of Hotsuma (2002) | Shinobi: The Complete Guide (2002) | Shinobi the Wide Ilustration Archive (2003)
Music: Shinobi Original Soundtrack (2002)
Sony PlayStation 2
Demos: Shinobi Taikenban (2002)

Sony PlayStation 2
Prototypes: 2002-09-12



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)