Gaming Kunoichi - "Nightshade" (56k = Bad)

[I, Colossus]

[center][img]http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/Kunoichi_logo.jpg[/img][/center]

Unfortunately, the Shinobi spin-off Kunoichi will be renamed "Nightshade" here in America. :\ It isn't as bad as it could be, but I'm not too exited about that.

[quote]Sega recently gave us a chance to take a look at the movie it will be showing of Kunoichi at E3, and it also gave us some general background details on the game. The game will be a Shinobi spin-off and not a sequel, as was previously suspected. As such, it won't really have anything to do with the Shinobi storyline, but it will have similar gameplay mechanics, many of which have been improved. For example, you will be able to perform an unlimited number of tates in addition to Kunoichi's regular attacks. The development team also plans to make this game a little bit easier after receiving complaints about the difficulty of Shinobi. [/quote]

No complaints here. I was in love with Shinobi for the PS2, and this sonds like it'll be even better. I can't really say much, since most of the information released so far is sitting in that quote. Well, except for the Chakra Gauge which will enable Kunoichi to use magical abilities and that some envirements will have trains/jets. They both sound pretty cool, but could go either way.

Screens:

[img]http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/Kunoichi_Shimonin23.jpg[/img]
[img]http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/Kunoichi_Shimonin26.jpg[/img]
[img]http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/Kunoichi_Shimonin18.jpg[/img]
[img]http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/Kunoichi_NewAction1.jpg[/img]

[center][img]http://ps2media.ign.com/ps2/image/Kunoichi_HIBANA.jpg[/img][/center]

[hiachi]

Looks very cool, much like Shinobi.....although I only played the one on PS2 about 2-3 times.....all in the first level, but all in all, it was great!

[craig8429]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by hiachi [/i]
[B]Looks very cool, much like Shinobi.....although I only played the one on PS2 about 2-3 times.....all in the first level, but all in all, it was great! [/B][/QUOTE]

I was just about to suggest it being a female shinobi.

but the graphics seem rather good lets hope it's better then the shinobi game >_<

[Razzamataz]

Nightshade looks pretty good, although I'm going to miss Hotsuma's scarf (and Hotsuma himself was more badassed than Dante) but it still looks good none the less. lets hope the gameplay is just as good and just as hard.

a few more screens:

[I]a close up[/I]
[IMG]http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/screen0/914718_20030927_screen004.jpg[/IMG]
[I]groovy stabbing stuff[/I]
[IMG]http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/news/09/12/kunoichi/kunoichi_screen001.jpg[/IMG]
[I]not sure...a targeting rectile maybe?[/I]
[IMG]http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/screen0/914718_20030927_screen001.jpg[/IMG]
[I]more groovy stabbing stuff...now with stealth dash![/I]
[IMG]http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/news/09/12/kunoichi/kunoichi_screen003.jpg[/IMG]