Nightshade

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Nightshade

System(s): PlayStation 2

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega WOW

Supporting companies: Webtone (recording studio)

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2003-12-04^[2]	¥6,980 (7,329)6,980 (7,329)^[2]	SLPM-65447
US	2004-02-10	$49.9549.95^[1]	SLUS-20810
EU (Promo)	2004
DE	2004-03-05		SLES-52238 INL-P52238-GE
ES	2004-03-05		SLES-52238 INL-P52238-SP
FR	2004-03-05		SLES-52238 INL-P52238-FR
UK	2004-03-05		SLES-52238 INL-P52238-UK
IT	2004		SLES-52238 INL-P52238-IT
KR	2004-02-12^[3]		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.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Nightshade	Nightshade
Japanese	Kunoichi -忍-	Kunoichi: Shinobi

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

Art Director: Koki Mogi
Lead Artist: Hirotaka Kanazawa
Character Concepts: Makoto Tsuchibayashi
Character Design: Koki Mogi
Character Setup: Kiminori Kusano
Enemy Design: Nobuto Iwao, Makiko Ishizuka, Takashi Iida, Daisuke Kobayashi
Map Design: Koki Mogi, Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase, Nobuto Iwao
Lead Map Modeler: Hitoshi Fukazawa
Map Modelers: Tadashi Oomine, Kayo Hoshina, Tomoyoshi Matsumoto, Naoyuki Takashima, Yosuke Muto, Yuki Kanayama, Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase
Character Model/Lead Modeler: Makiko Ishizuka
Enemy Model: Shizuyo Kanda, Takashi Iida, Tetsuya Oguri, Hajime Goto, Kiyonori Osawa, Kazuyuki Watanabe, Daisuke Kobayashi
Character Animation/Lead Animator: Hisashi Tohyama
Enemy Animation: Makoto Shimizu, Takuya Toyota, Sachiko Kanemitsu, Tomoko Kanesaku, Yoshiaki Ide
Visual Effects/Lead Effects Artist: Yasushi Homma
Visual Effects: Sayaca Takahashi, Miki Nakahara, Arugo Shinohara, Yuko Takahashi, Tetsuya Oguri
Lead Cutscene Artist: Takashi Iida
Cutscene Motion Artists: Shinji Kaneko, Makoto Shimizu, Takuya Toyota, Sachiko Kanemitsu, Tomoko Kanesaku, Yoshiaki Ide, Kazuyuki Watanabe
Cutscene Effects Artists: Yasushi Homma, Miki Nakahara, Arugo Shinohara, Yuko Takahashi
Main Visuals/2D System Design: Asako Yamazaki

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.
- BGM: Fumie Kumatani, Tomonori Sawada, Keiichi Sugiyama, Yutaka Minobe
- S.E.: Junko Shiratsu
- Sound Director: Masaru Setsumaru
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

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

Senior Director: Masahiro Kumono
Producer: Ryutaro Nonaka
Executive Producer: Rikiya Nakagawa, Noriyoshi Ohba

Sofdec, ADX

Created by: Sega WOW
Presented by: Sega

©Sega WOW/Sega, 2003

SEGA OF AMERICA

Product Marketing Manager: Heather Hall
Director of PD: Osamu Shibamiya
Localization Producer: Klayton Vorlick
Director of QA: Deborah Kirkham
Lead Tester: Demetrius Griffin
Senior Media Specialist: Teri Higgins
Public Relations Manager: Bret Blount
Package Design: Global Doghouse
Special Thanks: Shinobu Toyoda, Arianne McCarthy, Lori Von Rueden, Shinobu Shindo, Yoshihiro Sakuta, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Satoru Ishigami, Tetsuya Honda, Access Communications, SEGA WOW - Kunoichi team

Source:

US manual^[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: Nightshade/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Edge (UK)

PAL

60

^[5]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

55

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GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

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GMR (US)

NTSC-U

70

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Hyper (AU)

PAL

65

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PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK (UK)

PAL

60

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Play Games (DE)

PAL

71

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Play (US)

NTSC-U

58

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Surge (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[13]

	65
Based on 9 reviews

Nightshade

PlayStation 2, US
Cover
Manual

PlayStation 2, JP
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, EU (Promo)
Cover

PlayStation 2, UK
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, FR
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, DE
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, ES
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, IT
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, KR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	e0c4b394
MD5	7eddfafb87854f4cdf4eb7966028f066
SHA-1	88b253912cba901ebf6e3f1db9bccc220ff8ecb0

3,841,753,088

DVD-ROM (EU)

SLES-52238 (V1.01)

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CRC32	59f41eb8
MD5	930dd47a41a6d97880689324df5bbf17
SHA-1	855c957ef3deec395f8a388d054e9222d0463575

3,839,197,184

DVD-ROM (JP)

SLPM-65447 (V1.00)

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CRC32	38db56db
MD5	05e5c0cb1c220755b698fd3c8fa46c44
SHA-1	3611c836e58d10766bfa9bc5f89171002f1e8562

3,843,686,400

DVD-ROM (KR)

SLKA-25135 (V1.00)

?

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

↑ Press release: 2004-02-10: SEGA UNLEASHES 'NIGHTSHADE' ON PLAYSTATION 2
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm65447.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-04-27 17:19)
↑ http://www.playstation.co.kr/game/385 (archive.today)
↑ File:Nightshade PS2 US Manual.pdf, page 30
↑ Edge, "March 2004" (UK; 2004-02-19), page 103
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 2004" (US; 2004-03-02), page 121
↑ GamePro, "April 2004" (US; 2004-03-02), page 75
↑ GMR, "April 2004" (US; 2004-xx-xx), page 88
↑ Hyper, "April 2004" (AU; 2004-03-03), page 58
↑ PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "March 2004" (UK; 2004-02-19), page 80
↑ Play Games, "02/2004: März-April" (DE; 2004-03-03), page 56
↑ Play, "March 2004" (US; 2004-xx-xx), page 61
↑ Surge, "Spring 2004" (US; 2004-04-13), page 120

Nightshade

Main page | Comparisons | Credits | Magazine articles | Reception

Books: Kunoichi Koushiki Guide Book (2003) | Kunoichi Perfect Guide (2004)
Music: Kunoichi Original Soundtrack (2014)

Demos: Kunoichi Taikenban (2003)

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)

[Press_release:_2004-02-10:_SEGA_UNLEASHES_.27NIGHTSHADE.27_ON_PLAYSTATION_2-1] Press release: 2004-02-10: SEGA UNLEASHES 'NIGHTSHADE' ON PLAYSTATION 2

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20070427171918.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.jp.playstation.com.2Fsoftware.2Ftitle.2Fslpm65447.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm65447.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-04-27 17:19)

[http:.2F.2Farchive.is.2Fzyc4x-3] ttp://www.playstation.co.kr/game/385 (archive.today)

[:File:Nightshade_PS2_US_Manual.pdf_p30-4] File:Nightshade PS2 US Manual.pdf, page 30

[5] Edge, "March 2004" (UK; 2004-02-19), page 103

[:File:EGM_US_177.pdf_p121-6] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 2004" (US; 2004-03-02), page 121

[:File:GamePro_US_187.pdf_p75-7] GamePro, "April 2004" (US; 2004-03-02), page 75

[:File:GMR_US_15.pdf_p88-8] GMR, "April 2004" (US; 2004-xx-xx), page 88

[:File:Hyper_AU_126.pdf_p58-9] Hyper, "April 2004" (AU; 2004-03-03), page 58

[:File:OPS2_UK_044.pdf_p80-10] PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "March 2004" (UK; 2004-02-19), page 80

[:File:PlayGames_DE_2004-02.pdf_p56-11] Play Games, "02/2004: März-April" (DE; 2004-03-03), page 56

[:File:Play_US_027.pdf_p61-12] Play, "March 2004" (US; 2004-xx-xx), page 61

[:File:Surge_US_02.pdf_p120-13] Surge, "Spring 2004" (US; 2004-04-13), page 120

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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)

Nightshade

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Contents

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References