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Shinobi III Return of the Ninja Master
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Joe Musashi pushes off one wall, springs to the next and comes down with a flying kick before the enemy below can react. That kind of movement is what made Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master feel so electric on the Genesis. Known in Japan as The Super Shinobi II and serving as a direct sequel to The Revenge of Shinobi, it brings Joe down from the mountains of Japan to confront Neo Zeed, the crime syndicate run by the mysterious Shadow Master.
The expanded move set is the reason it plays so well. Joe can bounce between walls, break into a running dash that cuts through anyone in his path, drop a jump kick on enemies in awkward spots, and hold the attack button to block incoming projectiles, all on top of the series' classic somersault and shuriken spread. Shuriken are limited, so you scavenge boxes for refills and grab POW icons for flaming stars or a sword that you lose the moment you take a hit. Four ninjutsu arts, each usable once per life, add a layer of strategy: Kariu engulfs the screen in fire, Ikazuchi shields Joe from harm, Fushin launches him into enormous jumps, and Mijin detonates Joe himself, wiping out nearby enemies at the cost of a life.
The stage variety keeps surprising you. Between forests, caves, factories and city streets, Joe rides a horse at full gallop, surfs across open water, descends a cliff under a barrage of falling rocks and fights through a biological lab whose boss is a grotesque mutated face lurking in the background. The road to release was a long one: originally planned for 1992, the game was delayed into 1993 so Sega could improve the gameplay and visuals, and many features shown in magazine previews were cut or reworked. That extra time shows in how tight the finished game feels.
The soundtrack by Hirofumi Murasaki, Morihiko Akiyama and Masayuki Nagao had big shoes to fill after Yuzo Koshiro's Revenge of Shinobi score, and it brings its own moody energy to Joe's mission. Critics ranked the game among the best on the Genesis, and the most common complaint was that it was easier than its notoriously tough predecessor. That makes it the ideal way into classic Shinobi: fast, fluid and fair, and a showcase for what Sega's in-house action teams could do at the height of the 16-bit era.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1993
- Publisher
- Tec Toy
- Developer
- Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
- Genre
- Platformer, Beat 'em up
- Players
- Single player
About the game
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master, released as The Super Shinobi II in Japan, is the fourth game in the Shinobi series and a direct sequel to The Revenge of Shinobi.
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