Nightshade

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Nightshade

System(s): PlayStation 2

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega WOW

Supporting companies: Wave Master (audio), Webtone (recording studio)

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2003-12-04^[3]	¥6,980 (7,329)6,980 (7,329)^[3]	SLPM-65447
US	2004-02-10^[1]	$49.9549.95^[2]	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^[4]		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

Main article: Nightshade/Production credits.

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

^[6]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

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GMR (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[8]

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

^[11]

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

Main article: Nightshade/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

↑ http://www.sega.com/games/allgames.php (Wayback Machine: 2005-08-26 19:18)
↑ Press release: 2004-02-10: SEGA UNLEASHES 'NIGHTSHADE' ON PLAYSTATION 2
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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)
↑ 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)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20050826191810.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega.com.2Fgames.2Fallgames.php-1] ttp://www.sega.com/games/allgames.php (Wayback Machine: 2005-08-26 19:18)

[Press_release:_2004-02-10:_SEGA_UNLEASHES_.27NIGHTSHADE.27_ON_PLAYSTATION_2-2] 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-3] 3.0 ^3.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm65447.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-04-27 17:19)

[http:.2F.2Farchive.is.2Fzyc4x-4] ttp://www.playstation.co.kr/game/385 (archive.today)

[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)

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Contents

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References