Publisher: Sega
Released: 1991
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi is an action game that was first released in the Arcade in 1989.
+ Despite there only being two face buttons, the magic and canine attacks are well executed and aide you in combat strategy.
+ Character sprites are chunky while animating fairly well, and there's some detailed backdrops that include parallax scrolling.
- There's only four brief stages and once you've memorised them there's absolutely nothing else to keep you playing.
- The screen real estate during boss battles is ludicrously cramped, which leads to lots of frustration and trial and error.
- Movement is extremely limited during a mid-air jump, which often leaves you susceptible to an incoming attack.
- First-person bonus rounds drag on and the voice-over and SFX when using your ninjutsu attack are horribly distorted.
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