Shinobi: Art of Vengance (Sega | Lizardcube) - coming 29 August 2025

Favourite Shinobi game?

  • Shinobi (1987)

    Votes: 10 8.3%
  • Shadow Dancer (1989)

    Votes: 18 15.0%
  • The Revenge of Shinobi (1989)

    Votes: 39 32.5%
  • Shinobi III (1993)

    Votes: 42 35.0%
  • Shinobi Legions (1995)

    Votes: 1 0.8%
  • Shinobi (2002)

    Votes: 10 8.3%

  • Total voters
    120
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One of the best game on Master System !

I hope this kind of bonus stage will be back!

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The Revenge of Shinobi is my favourite although double jump timing makes me crazy. Yuzo Koshiro OST is a bliss. Shinobi III is a great sequel though.

I'm not spoiling me with the demo, i just hope the full game will be as enjoyable as SoR reboot was. It's a shame it comes up in the same time as MGS Delta.
 
I thought this was gonna be better than Ninja Gaiden from all the praise, but this wasn't as fun for me. The
jump around and grapple or jump off of walls was frustrating because you can't change direction in mid-air.
. The combat feels bad, like you can just jump kick an enemy a bunch of times or there's a whole sub-menu of bullshit to remember. Wish it felt more like Revenge of Shinobi or Shadow Dancer.
 
I don't like all the dramatic pausing when hitting enemies. It's super annoying.
I'm a fan. Sakurai talks about putting these pauses into games like Smash Bros and it really enhances the impact of hits for me. I don't like when some games (mainly action-RPGs) just have you repeatedly slashing and the enemy doesn't react at all. Makes it feel like you're slapping them with a feather.
 
I pre-ordered Deluxe Edition as soon as it became available and now and after playing a demo... I CANNOT WAIT for the game's release.

Like, yeah, it's nothing like the old games, that's for sure, but it is still an incredible combo-driven action game in its own right and I love it to death! If Ninja Gaiden is mostly a one hit kill game (excluding bosses), here's it's all about combos, using different abilities and mixing everything together in extremely satisfying, smooth as botter gameplay and absolutely perfect controls. You can kick enemies in the nuts from sprinting, launch a few basic attacks to kick them in the air, then launch heavy attack, dash forward, launch heavy attack finisher, throw kunai and then use one of the abilities, all of this in very quick succession and it looks and feels amazing! And it's only the beginning of the game, imagine what else is there the more you'll be playing it.

Honestly, what's not to like here? If it were clunky af with input delays and just in general wasn't all that satisfying and animations wasn't as god-like, then yes, I can see why some people might not like it, but c'mon now, it's anything but that. They fuckin' nailed it!
 
Can't understand why people tolerate this stupid slow motions.

Was terrible in GoW when you use skills there. Totally break the immersion.
 
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