{"id":1316,"date":"2024-10-04T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T00:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2024-10-04T19:32:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T23:32:46","slug":"shinobi-iii-return-of-the-ninja-master-issue-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaminginsurrection.com\/reviews\/index.php\/2024\/10\/04\/shinobi-iii-return-of-the-ninja-master-issue-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Shinobi III<\/span>: Return of the Ninja Master \u2014 Issue 50"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shi\u00adno\u00adbi III<\/span> a fine sendoff<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I recent\u00adly delved into a game star\u00adring one of the GOATS<\/span> in video game his\u00adto\u00adry, Joe Musashi, with Shad\u00adow Dancer: The Secret of Shi\u00adno\u00adbi. Sega\u2019s own mas\u00adter nin\u00adja is one of video game\u2019s great\u00adest pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnists who has earned his bones fight\u00ading crime and the low-lev\u00adel hench\u00admen belong to his great\u00adest ene\u00admy, the Neo Zeed orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. I will give Neo Zeed cred\u00adit: Every time Joe beats the liv\u00ading day\u00adlights out of them, they always come back want\u00adi\u00adng all the nin\u00adja smoke and hands that they can eat, repeat\u00ading defeat after defeat. The noto\u00adri\u00adous crime syn\u00addi\u00adcate has returned with a strong sec\u00adond wind and a sin\u00adis\u00adter plan to obtain their great revenge in Shi\u00adno\u00adbi III<\/span>: Return of the Nin\u00adja Master.<\/span><\/p>\n

After his lat\u00adest bat\u00adtle against the nefar\u00adi\u00adous cult known as Union Lizard, Musashi aka \u201cthe Shad\u00adow Mas\u00adter\u201d returned to Japan to recov\u00ader and sharp\u00aden his supe\u00adri\u00ador tech\u00adniques. While our hero trains in the moun\u00adtains to acquire new skills, Neo Zeed has near\u00adly recov\u00adered near its pre\u00advi\u00adous lev\u00adel. They\u2019ve obtained more nefar\u00adi\u00adous war\u00adriors who are moti\u00advat\u00aded by penal\u00adty of death via the most bru\u00adtal lead\u00aders of the group or rich\u00ades and pow\u00ader beyond com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsion via vic\u00adto\u00adry over Musashi. With the world in per\u00adil once more, our hero\u00adic nin\u00adja heads out to fight Neo Zeed hop\u00ading that this lat\u00adest encounter will be the last with this crim\u00adi\u00adnal can\u00adcer that threat\u00adens the world\u2019s peace.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nThe graph\u00adics in Shi\u00adno\u00adbi III<\/span> fol\u00adlow the pre\u00advi\u00adous design of oth\u00ader games in the series. They have a bal\u00adance of nat\u00adur\u00adal, rugged ter\u00adrain with ele\u00adments of cur\u00adrent indus\u00adtri\u00adal set\u00adtings and futur\u00adis\u00adtic con\u00adcepts in some stages. Bat\u00adtles hap\u00adpen in var\u00adi\u00adous forests and caves through\u00adout Japan in fight\u00ading with var\u00adi\u00adous nin\u00adjas and mer\u00adce\u00adnar\u00adies to reach the lev\u00adel boss. These stage range from dim-light\u00aded caves to open fields, a secret weapon fac\u00adto\u00adry, a secret bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry, a lab devel\u00adop\u00ading Gun\u00addam-type mecha with a trap-laden canyon lead\u00ading to a mas\u00adsive air fortress (a first for a Shi\u00adno\u00adbi game). My only prob\u00adlem is that while Sega was going for a fresh take on stage design, they used the same tem\u00adplate with the excep\u00adtion to the biol\u00ado\u00adgy lab and passed it off as arcade quality. <\/span><\/p>\n

The con\u00adtrols are sim\u00adple to use, but you will need to take time to mas\u00adter Joe\u2019s new skills such as the Death Kick and Nin\u00adja Death Strike, which allows you to strike an ene\u00admy out of range and deliv\u00ader a fin\u00adish\u00ading blow with a sword. Though Joe has a myr\u00adi\u00adad of oth\u00ader attacks, they are all easy to use in the heat of bat\u00adtle. Shi\u00adno\u00adbi, as a series, shows seri\u00adous growth in the con\u00adtrols as an action-adven\u00adture title. <\/span><\/p>\n

As much as I love the game, I have some dis\u00adlikes as well. Sega went with new\u00adcom\u00ader com\u00adposers Hiro\u00adfu\u00admi Murasa\u00adki, Mori\u00adhiko Akiya\u00adma and Masayu\u00adki Nagao to han\u00addle the game\u2019s music. While accept\u00adable, Yuzo Koshi\u00adro should have been used since he has the most expe\u00adri\u00adence devel\u00adop\u00ading music that\u2019s wor\u00adthy of the Shi\u00adno\u00adbi name. The music was chop\u00adpy in some areas but still suit\u00adable for the game. Anoth\u00ader prob\u00adlem I have is the sup\u00adply of shuriken that you must con\u00adserve. By pay\u00ading so much atten\u00adtion to main\u00adtain\u00ading your sup\u00adply, you might miss oth\u00ader cru\u00adcial ele\u00adments and expose your\u00adself to ene\u00admies unnec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly. Joe should have end\u00adless shuriken to fight evil.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shi\u00adno\u00adbi III<\/span>: Return of the Nin\u00adja Mas\u00adter is a 16-bit swan song for nin\u00adja leg\u00adend Joe Musashi. Although Sega has con\u00adtin\u00adued the har\u00adrow\u00ading adven\u00adtures of Joe and his descen\u00addants through games on numer\u00adous next-gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion con\u00adsoles, the Nin\u00adja Mas\u00adter is expect\u00aded to return some\u00adtime this year in var\u00adi\u00adous projects. Though he\u2019s not around promi\u00adnent\u00adly right now, do not count on him stay\u00ading van\u00adished for long.<\/span><\/p>\n