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Nightshade makes you the savior of Tokyo, as a powerful female ninja facing demonic forces alone! The city of Tokyo is repairing after the invasion of the demon Hiruko, when the evil forces return again. But this time they've enlisted Hibana, an incredibly powerful ninja. She'll use her combination of martial arts & magic to face the demons one-on-one!

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Game Genre: Action/Adventure

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Product Title: Nightshade

Manufacturer: Sega

Power Score: 3.8 | 18 Reviews

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Game Genre: Action/Adventure

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Reviews on Nightshade

  • 4
  By member: menchirox - Apr 15, 2005

Nightshade

Strengths: Okay graphics, fast gameplay, just right difficulty level. Pure action game!

Weakness: A little too fast to handle sometimes, graphics could use some help.

For those of you who liked Shinobi, this game is a welcome title for you. It's pretty much the same type of gameplay...you run at very fast speeds and destory many things in sight while implicating various ninja types skills and spells. The type of gameplay is also similar to that of Dynasty Warriors because it's mostly a hack and slash game. Save points are after every level, so its not like...

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  • 4
  By member: MaxBiaggi2 - Jul 11, 2005

Anything Shinobi does, she can do better. . .

Strengths: Intense action, upbeat techno soundtrack, new combo systems, attractive female lead

Weakness: Weak graphics, high difficulty level, camera issues, limited save options

Sega decided to follow up its semi-successful PS2 Shinobi with Nightshade, replacing Joe Musashi with a new female lead. She's pretty on the box art and in cutscenes, but the in-game graphics don't let her look nearly as good. Like in PS2 Shinobi, you'll perform combination attacks against a variety of enemies to complete each level. You'll fall to your death many times, and given no mid-level...

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  • 2
  By member: JDreborn - Jul 6, 2005

Nightshade

Strengths: Its the sequel to Shinobi.

Weakness: Graphics, gameplay may be too difficult for some, and camera.

Nightshade is an action/adventure game for PS2. Nightshade is the sequel of Shinobi on PS2. The game changes the main character of Shinobi for Hibana a female ninja. The graphics of the game basically uses the same graphics engine that was used in Shinobi. The game even plays exactly the same and that includes the insane difficulty. Which is why this game might not be good for some. Give the game...

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  • 3
  By member: c0urage0us - Jul 4, 2005

Nightshade

Strengths: Sequel to Shinobi, lightning fast ninja action (who doesn't like ninjas?)

Weakness: Lack of Shinobi 1 save data disallows unlocking of certain things

When the first PS2 version of Shinobi was announced, I was quite ecstatic to say the least, as the arcade classic Shinobi games were some of my favorite. If that game revolutionized stylized 3rd person action games, then Nightshade does nothing but reinforce the dynamic changes that Shinobi presented upon its release. In short, this game r0x the b0x (don't be confused, I am not referring to the...

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  • 3
  By member: SDCho - Jun 28, 2005

Nightshade

Strengths: Ninja, super fast-pace, fun chain combos

Weakness: Repetitive, bad camera, easy to fall down pits

Nightshade is the interesting sequel to Shinobi. It adds some cool features, such as a timer for the Tate combos, and different kinds of Ninja magic. It is a decent buy for the price, and defnietly has a unique feel to it. Shadow-dashing from one enemy to the next and killing them all instantly is quite fun, but it brings about two problems. The bad camera makes finding enemies quickly (necessary...

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  • 4
  By member: fever - Jun 22, 2005

Nightshade

Strengths: Cool ninja action, super fast pace.

Weakness: Jumping is hard, camera problems

This game is unique in that skill with air motions is the best and most rewarding way to play this game. However it also makes the game very hard for anyone except the most skilled players. Falling to your death is no fun, the previous game also has this problem and this game is equally unforgiving. The graphics are fairly good and the streaming ribbons really help to keep track of where your...

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  • 3
  By member: wampa8jedi - Jun 20, 2005

Nightshade

Strengths: Stylish gameplay, ninjas, female ninjas, a nice challenge.

Weakness: Gameplay that's hard and repetitive, graphics that are passable.

Even though it was developed more than a year later, Nightshade is most certainly Shinobi's little sister. The game managed to carry over all of the original's faults (a wacky camera system, one hit falling deaths, average graphics, and a brutal--and cheap--difficulty), while at the same time coming up with new problems, such as far less interesting boss battles and an even weaker story line....

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  • 4
  By member: jngx80 - Jun 3, 2005

Nightshade

Strengths: + Satisfying action gameplay - when you learn to string together attacks, it's a thing of beauty. + Multiple difficulty settings really help you learn how to play and beat the enemies. + Fast pace

Weakness: - Very plain graphics. - Jumping in the game is really awkward and makes it a difficult game at times. - Auto locking is inconsistent - For casual gamers, this game may seem a bit repetitive

If you're a fan of Revenge of Shinobi from the Genesis and Arcade days then playing Nightshade is a mildly satisfying experience. The fast paced action, tricky jumping, and the music make it very reminiscent of the old 16 bit games although it doesn't quite hold up in the graphics department. Whereas the old 2d Shinobi games were very detailed and had some of the best graphics of its time,...

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  • 4
  By member: DirtyPudding - May 24, 2005

Nightshade

Strengths: Not as hard as Shinobi. Excellent character design.

Weakness: Later levels become too challenging. Controls take some getting used to.

Sega's Nightshade is the follow-up sequel to Shinobi. This time you play as a female ninja and fight more futuristic enemies than last time. The action is still fast and furious and is fun up until the later levels. Graphics-wise, the game does not look that much different from Shinobi. The game has a nice art style but does not compare to games such as Ninja Gaiden. All in all, the game is fun...

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  • 4
  By member: FOnewearl - May 1, 2005

Nightshade

Strengths: Fast action, TATE combos

Weakness: Not much different from Shinobi, Unforgiving

Nightshade is the sequel (not sure if it should be considered the sequel really but is related to) to Shinobi for the PS2. Nightshade doesn't really offer anything much different from shinobi which is bad if you didn't like shinobi but won't bother you much if you enjoyed Shinobi. One of the things that makes the game alot of fun to me is how TATE works. When a group of enemies appear you kill...

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  • 3.4
  TopTenREVIEWS.com - Mar 17, 2008

Nightshade

Nightshade receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS rating of 2.75 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #3,888 game of all time, #141 game of 2004 for the PlayStation 2 and #801 PlayStation 2 game of all time. The rating and ranking is based on an average of 65 critic scores, awards and other criteria. To see a breakdown of the game ranking, read individual critic reviews, or see how other games ranked, click...

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  • 4.0
  GamePro.com - Feb 12, 2004

Nightshade

Nightshade refines Shinobi?s gameplay, but is it enough to bring back those who felt burned?

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  • 3.8
  GameZone - Feb 11, 2004

Nightshade

A new rift has opened between the Earth and evil realm. What does that mean? Absolutely nothing to the uninformed. Rifts are opening up all over the place these days. You know, there was a time when "rift" even made it into the title of really bad fighting games. This rift, however, belongs to a much more important game: Nightshade. If the name doesn't ring a bell, then maybe Kunoichi will. Still...

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  • 3.0
  GameSpy - Feb 10, 2004

Nightshade

Few recent games have sparked as much conflict between gamer and reviewer as Sega's PS2 Shinobi. Many reviewers, myself included, found it to be an interesting but flawed action game. But serious fans proclaimed it to be one of the best of the generation, an incredible title unfairly snubbed by the gaming media who didn't appreciate its hardcore, unforgiving subtleties. Regardless of who's right,...

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  • 3.5
  IGN.com - Feb 6, 2004

Nightshade

After the interesting fall of 2002, in which we saw three mainstay old-school games reappear in mostly re-imaged forms, there seemed to be a wide split between whether the mining of these old classics was such a good idea in the first place. Naturally, those people who spent too much time grinding their teeth on ruthless 8- and 16-bit games have greater sentimental feelings than those who didn't....

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  • 3.8
  games.net - Jan 1, 2000

Nightshade

Published by Sega and developed by Sega, Nightshade is a action game for the PS2. It has an ESRB rating of MATURE.

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