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Nightshade

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega WOW

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.

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

Magazine articles

Main article: Nightshade/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Edge (UK)

PAL

60

^[4]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

55

^[5]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

83

^[6]

GMR (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[7]

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]

	65
Based on 9 reviews

Nightshade

PlayStation 2, US
Cover

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)

✔

CRC32	59f41eb8
MD5	930dd47a41a6d97880689324df5bbf17
SHA-1	855c957ef3deec395f8a388d054e9222d0463575

3,839,197,184

DVD-ROM (JP)

SLPM-65447 (V1.00)

?

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

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)

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

[:File:EGM_US_177.pdf_p121-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 2004" (US; 2004-03-02), page 121

[:File:GamePro_US_187.pdf_p75-6] GamePro, "April 2004" (US; 2004-03-02), page 75

[:File:GMR_US_15.pdf_p88-7] GMR, "April 2004" (US; 2004-xx-xx), page 88

[:File:Hyper_AU_126.pdf_p58-8] Hyper, "April 2004" (AU; 2004-03-03), page 58

[:File:OPS2_UK_044.pdf_p80-9] PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "March 2004" (UK; 2004-02-19), page 80

[:File:PlayGames_DE_2004-02.pdf_p56-10] Play Games, "02/2004: März-April" (DE; 2004-03-03), page 56

[:File:Play_US_027.pdf_p61-11] Play, "March 2004" (US; 2004-xx-xx), page 61

[:File:Surge_US_02.pdf_p120-12] Surge, "Spring 2004" (US; 2004-04-13), page 120

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[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

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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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Magazine articles

Physical scans

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ROM dump status

External links

References

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-{{sub-stub}}'''''Nightshade''''', known as '''''Kunoichi''''' (Kunoichi -忍-) in Japan is a [[Sony 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 (2002)|Shinobi]]''. Unlike other games in the series, the player controls a female ninja named Hibana.
+{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', 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 (2002)|Shinobi]]''. Unlike other games in the series, the player controls a female ninja named Hibana.
-==Production Credits==
+==Production credits==
-: '''Voice Talent Staff'''
+{{multicol|
-'''Hibana:''' K.Swenson<br>
+{{creditstable|
-'''Hisui/Countdown Warning:''' E.Cahill<br>
+*'''Voice Cast'''
-'''Jimushi:''' A.Chriest<br>
+**'''Hibana:''' Atsuko Tanaka
-'''Kazaguruma/Commander:''' T.Enos<br>
+**'''Onibi:''' Wataru Takagi
-'''Kurohagane/Narration:''' C.Robertson<br>
+**'''Hisui:''' Chiwa Saito
-'''Onibi:''' K.Miller<br>
+**'''Kazaguruma/Narration:''' Unsho Ishizuka
-'''Agent:''' I.Cross<br><br>
+**'''Countdown Announce:''' Mami Kosuge
-'''Director:''' [[Masahide Kobayashi]]<br>
+**'''Agent:''' Isshin Chiba
-: '''Designers'''
+**'''Kurohagane α/Soldier Leader:''' Toshitsugu Takashina
-'''Main/Character:''' Kazutaka Karashima<br>
+**'''Kurohagane F:''' Hiroshi Iida
-'''Maps:''' Kaichi Satoh, Takanobu Yoshino, Takumi Kataoka, Jin Kobayashi, Masayuki Inoue, Shinichirou Inoue<br>
+**'''Kurohagane β:''' Masao Harada
-'''Enemies:''' Keisuke Suzuki, Shinji Motoyama<br>
+**'''Jimushi:''' Ikuya Sawaki
-'''Cutscenes:''' Kenji Matsumura<br>
+*'''Voice Talent Staff'''
-: '''Programmers'''
+**'''Hibana:''' K.Swenson
-'''Main:''' Tsutomu Matsuo<br>
+**'''Hisui/Countdown Warning:''' E.Cahill
-'''Maps:''' Atsushi Kobata, Takeshi Suzuki<br>
+**'''Jimushi:''' A.Chriest
-'''Character (Player):''' Yoshiji Kosaka<br>
+**'''Kazaguruma/Commander:''' T.Enos
-'''Character (Enemy/Boss):''' Yuichi Ogawa, Hiroyuki Eguchi, Akira Suzumura, Ryouichi Sakamaki, Yoshiji Kosaka, Motohiko Hayashi, [[Mitsugu Hara]], Takeshi Suzuki, Kenji Osawa<br>
+**'''Kurohagane/Narration:''' C.Robertson
-'''Cutscenes:''' [[Mitsugu Hara]]<br>
+**'''Onibi:''' K.Miller
-'''Interface:''' Motohiko Hayashi<br>
+**'''Agent:''' I.Cross
-'''Technical Support:''' Kazuhiro Matsuta, Hideo Ikeuchi, Tatsuhiro Oshii, Hisao Koba, Daisuke Sakai, Fumihito Kondo<br>
+*'''Director:''' [[Masahide Kobayashi]]
-: '''Artists'''
+{{creditsheader|Designers}}
-'''Art Director:''' [[Koki Mogi]]<br>
+*'''Main/Character:''' [[Kazutaka Karashima]]
-'''Lead Artist:''' Hirotaka Kanazawa<br>
+*'''Maps:''' [[Kaichi Satoh]], [[Takanobu Yoshino]], [[Takumi Kataoka]], [[Jin Kobayashi]], [[Masayuki Inoue]], [[Shinichirou Inoue]]
-'''Character Concepts:''' Makoto Tsuchibayashi<br>
+*'''Enemies:''' [[Keisuke Suzuki]], [[Shinji Motoyama]]
-'''Character Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]]<br>
+*'''Cutscenes:''' [[Kenji Matsumura]]
-'''Character Setup:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]<br>
+{{creditsheader|Programmers}}
-'''Enemy Design:''' [[Nobuto Iwao]], [[Makiko Ishizuka]], [[Takashi Iida]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]<br>
+*'''Main:''' [[Tsutomu Matsuo]]
-'''Map Design:''' [[Koki Mogi]], Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase, [[Nobuto Iwao]]<br>
+*'''Maps:''' [[Atsushi Kobata]], [[Takeshi Suzuki]]
-'''Lead Map Modeler:''' Hitoshi Fukazawa<br>
+*'''Character (Player):''' [[Yoshiji Kosaka]]
-'''Map Modelers:''' Tadashi Oomine, Kayo Hoshina, Tomoyoshi Matsumoto, Naoyuki Takashima, Yosuke Muto, Yuki Kanayama, Masako Okuda, Keiichi Kawase<br>
+*'''Character (Enemy/Boss):''' [[Yuichi Ogawa]], [[Hiroyuki Eguchi]], [[Akira Suzumura]], [[Ryouichi Sakamaki]], [[Yoshiji Kosaka]], [[Motohiko Hayashi]], [[Mitsugu Hara]], [[Takeshi Suzuki]], [[Kenji Osawa]]
-'''Character Model/Lead Modeler:''' [[Makiko Ishizuka]]<br>
+*'''Cutscenes:''' [[Mitsugu Hara]]
-'''Enemy Model:''' Shizuyo Kanda, [[Takashi Iida]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]], Hajime Goto, Kiyonori Osawa, [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]<br>
+*'''Interface:''' [[Motohiko Hayashi]]
-'''Character Animation/Lead Animator:''' Hisashi Tohyama<br>
+*'''Technical Support:''' [[Kazuhiro Matsuta]], [[Hideo Ikeuchi]], [[Tatsuhiro Oshii]], [[Hisao Koba]], [[Daisuke Sakai]], [[Fumihito Kondo]]
-'''Enemy Animation:''' [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]]<br>
+{{creditsheader|Artists}}
-'''Visual Effects/Lead Effects Artist:''' [[Yasushi Homma]]<br>
+*'''Art Director:''' [[Kouki Mogi|Koki Mogi]]
-'''Visual Effects:''' Sayaca Takahashi, [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]]<br>
+*'''Lead Artist:''' [[Hirotaka Kanazawa]]
-'''Lead Cutscene Artist:''' [[Takashi Iida]]<br>
+*'''Character Concepts:''' [[Makoto Tsuchibayashi]]
-'''Cutscene Motion Artists:''' Shinji Kaneko, [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]], [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]]<br>
+*'''Character Design:''' [[Kouki Mogi|Koki Mogi]]
-'''Cutscene Effects Artists:''' [[Yasushi Homma]], [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]]<br>
+*'''Character Setup:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]
-'''Main Visuals/2D System Design:''' Asako Yamazaki<br>
+*'''Enemy Design:''' [[Nobuto Iwao]], [[Makiko Ishizuka]], [[Takashi Iida]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]
-: '''CG Movies'''
+*'''Map Design:''' [[Kouki Mogi|Koki Mogi]], [[Masako Okuda]], [[Keiichi Kawase]], [[Nobuto Iwao]]
-'''Movie Director:''' Tamotsu Kushibe<br>
+*'''Lead Map Modeler:''' [[Hitoshi Fukazawa]]
-'''Movie Leader:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]<br>
+*'''Map Modelers:''' [[Tadashi Oomine]], [[Kayo Hoshina]], [[Tomoyoshi Matsumoto]], [[Naoyuki Takashima]], [[Yosuke Muto]], [[Yuki Kanayama]], [[Masako Okuda]], [[Keiichi Kawase]]
-'''CG Artist:''' Satoshi Tomatsu, Mamoru Ota, Masaya Shiraishi, Hidenosuke Abe, Takeshi Matsuura, Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta, Takeshi Inaba, [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]<br>
+*'''Character Model/Lead Modeler:''' [[Makiko Ishizuka]]
-'''CG Character Modeler:''' Hiroaki Ichikawa<br>
+*'''Enemy Model:''' Shizuyo Kanda, [[Takashi Iida]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]], [[Hajime Goto]], [[Kiyonori Osawa]], [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]], [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]
-: '''Script (Cooperation)'''
+*'''Character Animation/Lead Animator:''' [[Hisashi Tohyama]]
-Katsuhito Gotoh, Shunsuke Ozawa, Kazutaka Karashima, Naoki Shimada, [[Koki Mogi]], [[Masahide Kobayashi]]<br>
+*'''Enemy Animation:''' [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]]
-'''Cutscene Storyboarding:''' Naozumi Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Yabuta<br>
+*'''Visual Effects/Lead Effects Artist:''' [[Yasushi Homma]]
-'''Web Support:''' Masakatu Watanabe<br>
+*'''Visual Effects:''' [[Sayaca Takahashi]], [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]], [[Tetsuya Oguri]]
-: '''Motion Capture Staff'''
+*'''Lead Cutscene Artist:''' [[Takashi Iida]]
-'''Japan Action Enterprise Co. Ltd.'''<br>
+*'''Cutscene Motion Artists:''' Shinji Kaneko, [[Makoto Shimizu]], [[Takuya Toyota]], [[Sachiko Kanemitsu]], [[Tomoko Kanesaku]], [[Yoshiaki Ide]], [[Kazuyuki Watanabe]]
-'''Action Director:''' Yuta Morokaji<br>
+*'''Cutscene Effects Artists:''' [[Yasushi Homma]], [[Miki Nakahara]], [[Arugo Shinohara]], [[Yuko Takahashi]]
-'''Chief Manager:''' Hiromiti Suzuki<br>
+*'''Main Visuals/2D System Design:''' Asako Yamazaki
-'''Motion Capture Cast'''<br>
+{{creditsheader|CG Movies}}
-* '''Hibana:''' Miwa Hashiguchi<br>
+*'''Movie Director:''' Tamotsu Kushibe
-* '''Jimushi/Kurohagane:''' Kazutoshi Yokoyama<br>
+*'''Movie Leader:''' [[Kiminori Kusano]]
-* '''Onibi:''' Hikaru Takahashi<br>
+*'''CG Artist:''' Satoshi Tomatsu, Mamoru Ota, Masaya Shiraishi, Hidenosuke Abe, Takeshi Matsuura, [[Naozumi Yamaguchi]], Tatsuya Yabuta, Takeshi Inaba, [[Daisuke Kobayashi]]
-* '''Hisui:''' Hitomi Hiraki<br>
+*'''CG Character Modeler:''' Hiroaki Ichikawa
-* '''Kazaguruma/Narration:''' Arata Okumiyama<br>
+*'''Script (Cooperation):''' Katsuhito Gotoh, Shunsuke Ozawa, Kazutaka Karashima, Naoki Shimada, [[Kouki Mogi|Koki Mogi]], [[Masahide Kobayashi]]
-* '''Safety:''' Manabu Kato<br>
+*'''Cutscene Storyboarding:''' [[Naozumi Yamaguchi]], Tatsuya Yabuta
-* '''Setting Safety:''' Eiichi Takagi<br>
+*'''Web Support:''' [[Masakatu Watanabe]]
-: '''Motion Capture Studio Staff'''
+{{creditsheader|Motion Capture Staff}}
-'''Sega Motion Capture Studio:''' [[Hans van Veenendaal]], Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka<br>
+*'''Japan Action Enterprise Co. Ltd.'''
-'''Visual Science Laboratory, Inc. Motion Capture Studio dynamo:''' Nobuyoshi Ono, Hiroshi Hirokawa, Hiroko Masuda<br>
+**'''Action Director:''' Yuta Morokaji
-: '''Sound'''
+**'''Chief Manager:''' Hiromiti Suzuki
-'''Wave Master Inc.'''<br>
+*'''Motion Capture Cast'''
-'''BGM:''' [[Fumie Kumatani]], [[Tomonori Sawada]], [[Keiichi Sugiyama]], [[Yutaka Minobe]]<br>
+**'''Hibana:''' Miwa Hashiguchi
-'''S.E.:''' [[Junko Shiratsu]]<br>
+**'''Jimushi/Kurohagane:''' Kazutoshi Yokoyama
-'''Sound Director:''' [[Masaru Setsumaru]]<br>
+**'''Onibi:''' Hikaru Takahashi
-: '''English Voice Over Recordings by:'''
+**'''Hisui:''' Hitomi Hiraki
-'''Webtone Productions:''' [[Greg Weber]], Kim Weber, Steve Duell, Kevin Miller<br>
+**'''Kazaguruma/Narration:''' Arata Okumiyama
-: '''Movie Cooperation'''
+**'''Safety:''' Manabu Kato
-'''Equipment Inc.:''' Takeo Ihara, Yoshihiro Kanbe, Masato Inagaki, Sho Mutuura, Shuji Ota, Yuki Kamata, Toru Kanno, Yuki Akama<br>
+**'''Setting Safety:''' Eiichi Takagi
-: '''Sega Corporation'''
+**'''Motion Capture Studio Staff'''
-'''Marketing:''' Tadashi Takezaki, Satoshi Imai, Yoshitsugu Natsume, Toyohisa Hiwatari, Mitsuru Takahashi, Kazuhiro Asami, Junichiro Hirata, Takeshi Ohsaki, Ikuo Ishizuka<br>
+*'''Sega Motion Capture Studio:''' [[Hans van Veenendaal]], [[Takeo Iwata]], [[Hiroshi Tanaka]]
-'''Public Relations:''' Yasushi Nagumo, Kouki Akiyama<br>
+*'''Visual Science Laboratory, Inc. Motion Capture Studio dynamo:''' Nobuyoshi Ono, Hiroshi Hirokawa, Hiroko Masuda
-'''Research:''' Tsuyoshi Sawada, Noriko Hashimoto, Yoriaki Toraiwa<br>
+*'''Sound:''' [[Wave Master|Wave Master Inc.]]
-'''Localization Support:''' [[Shinobu Shindo]]<br>
+**'''BGM:''' [[Fumie Kumatani]], [[Tomonori Sawada]], [[Keiichi Sugiyama]], [[Yutaka Minobe]]
-'''Domestic License Coordinator:''' Toshiki Izawa, Junichiro Takahashi<br><br>
+**'''S.E.:''' [[Junko Shiratsu]]
-'''Sega Logistics Service Co. Ltd.'''<br>
+**'''Sound Director:''' [[Masaru Setsumaru]]
-'''Software Manual & Package Design:''' Yoshihiro Sakuta, Naohiko Iida, Kazuaki Jikuhara, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Tetsuya Honda, Satoru Ishigami<br>
+*'''English Voice Over Recordings by:''' [[Webtone Productions]]
-'''QA:''' Junichi Shimizu, Akira Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Miyano, Yutaka Kawasaki, Takanobu Fukaya, Kazuhiko Morii, Chihiro Tanikawa<br>
+**''':''' Greg Weber, Kim Weber, Steve Duell, Kevin Miller
-: '''Sega of America Inc.'''
+*'''Movie Cooperation:''' Equipment Inc.
-'''Executive Vice President:''' [[Shinobu Toyoda]]<br>
+**''':''' Takeo Ihara, Yoshihiro Kanbe, Masato Inagaki, Sho Mutuura, Shuji Ota, Yuki Kamata, Toru Kanno, Yuki Akama
-'''Product Manager:''' Heather Hall<br>
+{{creditsheader|Sega Corporation}}
-'''Senior Media Specialist:''' Terin Higgins<br>
+*'''Marketing:''' [[Tadashi Takezaki]], [[Satoshi Imai]], [[Yoshitsugu Natsume]], [[Toyohisa Hiwatari]], [[Mitsuru Takahashi]], [[Kazuhiro Asami]], [[Junichiro Hirata]], [[Takeshi Ohsaki]], [[Ikuo Ishizuka]]
-'''Creative Services Manager:''' Arianne McCarthy<br>
+*'''Public Relations:''' [[Yasushi Nagumo]], [[Kouki Akiyama]]
-'''Public Relations Manager:''' Bret Blount<br>
+*'''Research:''' [[Tsuyoshi Sawada]], Noriko Hashimoto, Yoriaki Toraiwa
-'''Director of PD:''' Osamu Shibamiya<br>
+*'''Localization Support:''' [[Shinobu Shindo]]
-'''Localization Producer:''' Klayton Vorlick<br>
+*'''Domestic License Coordinator:''' [[Toshiki Izawa]], Junichiro Takahashi
-'''Director of QA:''' Deborah Kirkham<br>
+{{creditsheader|Sega Logistics Service Co. Ltd.}}
-'''Lead Tester:''' Demetrius Griffin<br>
+*'''Software Manual & Package Design:''' [[Yoshihiro Sakuta]], [[Naohiko Iida]], [[Kazuaki Jikuhara]], [[Hisakazu Nakagawa]], [[Tetsuya Honda]], [[Satoru Ishigami]]
-'''Release Manager:''' Andrei Belkin<br>
+*'''QA:''' [[Junichi Shimizu]], [[Akira Nishikawa]], [[Hiroyuki Miyano]], Yutaka Kawasaki, Takanobu Fukaya, [[Kazuhiko Morii]], Chihiro Tanikawa
-'''Special Thanks'''<br>
+{{creditsheader|Sega of America Inc.}}
-* '''Sega WOW:''' Atsushi Seimiya, Tomoyuki Ito, Akira Nishino, Tohru Yosida, Yoshiaki Endo, Toru Shimizu, Hirabayashi Takao, Satoshi Arai<br>
+*'''Executive Vice President:''' [[Shinobu Toyoda]]
-* '''Sega of America Inc.:''' Lori Von Rueden, Noah Musler<br>
+*'''Product Manager:''' [[Heather Hall]]
-'''Senior Director:''' Masahiro Kumono<br>
+*'''Senior Media Specialist:''' [[Terin Higgins]]
-'''Producer:''' Ryutaro Nonaka<br>
+*'''Creative Services Manager:''' [[Arianne McCarthy]]
-'''Executive Producer:''' [[Rikiya Nakagawa]], Noriyoshi Ohba<br>
+*'''Public Relations Manager:''' [[Bret Blount]]
-[[Sofdec]], [[ADX]]<br>
+*'''Director of PD:''' [[Osamu Shibamiya]]
-'''Created by:''' [[Sega WOW]]<br>
+*'''Localization Producer:''' [[Klayton Vorlick]]
-'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]<br>
+*'''Director of QA:''' Deborah Kirkham
-© Sega WOW/Sega, 2003<br>
+*'''Lead Tester:''' [[Demetrius Griffin]]
+*'''Release Manager:''' [[Andrei Belkin]]
+{{creditsheader|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]]
+<br>
+*'''Senior Director:''' [[Masahiro Kumono]]
+*'''Producer:''' [[Ryutaro Nonaka]]
+*'''Executive Producer:''' [[Rikiya Nakagawa]], [[Noriyoshi Oba|Noriyoshi Ohba]]
+:'''[[Sofdec]], [[ADX]]'''
+*'''Created by:''' [[Sega WOW]]
+*'''Presented by:''' [[Sega]]
+:'''©[[Sega WOW]]/[[Sega]], 2003'''
+| console=PS2
+}}
+}}
+==Magazine articles==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
-==Physcial Scans==
+==Physical scans==
+{{ratings|PS2}}
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+| disc=Nightshade_PS2_JP_disc.jpg
+}}{{Scanbox
+| console=PlayStation 2
+| region=EU (Promo)
+| front=Nightshade PS2 EU promo front.jpg
+| square=yes
 }}{{Scanbox
 | console=PlayStation 2
 | region=UK
 | cover=Nightshade PS2 EU Box.jpg
-| disc=
+| disc=Nightshade PS2 EU Disc.jpg
 }}{{Scanbox
 | console=PlayStation 2
 | region=FR
-| cover=
+| cover=Nightshade PS2 FR cover.jpg
-| disc=
+| disc=Nightshade PS2 EU Disc.jpg
 }}{{Scanbox
 | console=PlayStation 2
 | region=DE
-| cover=
+| cover=Nightshade PS2 DE cover.jpg
-| disc=
+| disc=Nightshade PS2 EU Disc.jpg
 }}{{Scanbox
 | console=PlayStation 2
 | region=ES
-| cover=
+| cover=Nightshade PS2 ES cover.jpg
+| disc=Nightshade PS2 EU Disc.jpg
+}}{{Scanbox
+| console=PlayStation 2
+| region=IT
+| cover=Nightshade PS2 IT cover.jpg
+| disc=Nightshade PS2 EU Disc.jpg
+}}{{Scanbox
+| console=PlayStation 2
+| region=KR
+| cover=Kunoichi PS2 KR Box.jpg
 | disc=
 }}
-==External Links==
+==Technical information==
-* [http://sega.jp/ps2/kunoichi/ Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese)]
+===ROM dump status===
+{{romtable|
+{{rom|PS2|sha1=88b253912cba901ebf6e3f1db9bccc220ff8ecb0|md5=7eddfafb87854f4cdf4eb7966028f066|crc32=e0c4b394|size=3,841,753,088|date= |source=DVD-ROM (EU)|comments=SLES-52238 (V1.01)|quality=|prototype=no}}
+{{rom|PS2|sha1=855c957ef3deec395f8a388d054e9222d0463575|md5=930dd47a41a6d97880689324df5bbf17|crc32=59f41eb8|size=3,839,197,184|date= |source=DVD-ROM (JP)|comments=SLPM-65447 (V1.00)|quality=good|prototype=no}}
+{{rom|PS2|sha1=3611c836e58d10766bfa9bc5f89171002f1e8562|md5=05e5c0cb1c220755b698fd3c8fa46c44|crc32=38db56db|size=3,843,686,400|date= |source=DVD-ROM (KR)|comments=SLKA-25135 (V1.00)|quality=|prototype=no}}
+{{rom|PS2|sha1=c5ba6b349c6403d60bbeddabe4e100a5d844611d|md5=c6159439183cc96b92de14bfb328a08d|crc32=164fab00|size=3,844,898,816|date= |source=DVD-ROM (US)|comments=SLUS-20810 (V1.00)|quality=|prototype=no}}
+}}
+==External links==
+* Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sega.jp/ps2/kunoichi/ PlayStation 2]
+* ''{{PAGENAME}}'' on PlayStation.com: [http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm65447.html JP], [https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/nightshade-ps2/ US], [http://www.playstation.co.kr/game/385 KR]
+==References==
+<references/>
-{{Clear}}
+{{NightshadeOmni}}
 {{Shinobi}}